The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-25
TEACH GIRLS HOW TO RUN.


A sure way to Disarm Masculine RIdicule
Of Present Inability.
Women who have grown tired Of
the masculine ridicule of their run
ming when there is occasion for them
70 run, cannot do better says Har-
per's BazaT, than 10 have their
daughters take a course Of exercise
that shall spare them such m0rtifca-
lions. since at one time 0T another in
life il may beeO necessary for all
people 10 run To this end exercise
ia a gymnasium Is most desirable, be-
ginning with gentle caiisthenicS and
going on v th bars and trapeze and
ring, and ladder, aveAiing the heavier
work, the abrupt pulls upon the
strength Or any too violent force Of
movement, thus increasing gently
r0g breathing and the sud0rinc power,
quicgening aud cleaning the Flood
and eliminating a world Of refuse
through the skin. In the gymnasium
The girl viii be taught 70 run so that
her movement ia her light skirts be-
comes a far more graceful thing than
the running Of her brother when he
seems all legs But her exercise need
not stop at the gymnasiumg while
there is riding and rowing and swim
ming outdoors and fencing and dane
ing within. Dancing Is always a
healthy exercise under favorable con-
ditions-that is. IN pure air and with
not too late hours And few things
develop the shape better or produce
more grace Of movement than fenc-
ing does. calling upon all the mus
cles and cultlYating readiness, quick
ness, caution, and resolution at the
same time. Swimming, although it
leaves no single muscle dntried, is a
less desirable form OF exercise, be-
cause the temptation there is t0Oyer-
do: still the great swimmers declare
that no other form OF exercise makes
the body feel afterWard SO much as II
it, had wings and could soar In outer
ether. But it should be taken gently,
and II the swimmer is at all chilled.
it should be left Immediately and
brisk friction with brush ana towel
should take its place.
After any OF this order Of exercise
when the first glow has passed, there
should be a gu OK bath and a cold
water dOu che, which prevents taking
cold. Other forms Of healthy exer-
tion are still to be found In walking
and Ia domestic work But il should
be understood, by the way, by those
who desire 20 rid themselves Of
superluous flesh, that walking is OF
little use for that purpose unless il
produces perspiration; and walking,
when carried 20 such point IS not
always best There are more eifec-
tive ways, through gymnast exer-
cis', 70 promote perspiratiOn and
thus reduce flesh. And, after all.
there is no healthier OF better way 20
do this In general than by what is
called hOusewOrk. whenever there is
the requisite strength for its steady
pull, and it is marvellous here how
the strength grows By what it feeds
on. Many a girl who was too deli
cate or too listless 10 help her mother
in anything but trifies, marrying and
doing her own work develops a full
chest, a strong back, stout limbs and
good lungs with the broom and the
duster. the tat iron and the scrub
bing board, and appetite and CHEEKY
spirits and good nature have devel-
oped at the same time with the swift
and happy coursing OF the blood in
the veins By reason Of the work