The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
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OPEN AIR LEE EoR WOMEN.
It Has Become the Rule For Both Girls
and Their Mothers.

At Has BecOme the huio For Both Girls
and Their Mothers.
Twenty-Five years ago 1t was quite
usual for women in accepting invita-
tions for outings to insert a provisional
clause-4f the weather permit we will
have pleasure in coming, or going. To.
day, in complete independence Of the
weather's vagaries, women, old and
young, unless absolutely Ill, make
what plans they please. Life in the
open air has become the rule instead
of the exception for both girls and
their mothers. The almost universal
interest in golf has largely contrib
uted to the health and vigOr of the
sex. Golf has the advantage over other
games of being in it's way dignifed.
A stout gentlewoman of middle age
does not look out Of place on the links,
although her slim and graceful daugh-
ter may show to more picturesque pur.
pose there Women no longer shrink
from n wetting. Even in a driving
rain and a furious wind, their thick
boots, short skirts, trim Jackets and
natty hats enable them to fare forth
fearlessly, and the raincloaks OF the
period are among the most becoming
garments of feminine attire ever in
vented. On the top Of coach, women
as eagerly as men enjoy the panorama
Of the hills, or sweep along breezy
plains within sound of the breaking
surf. The sand-dunes, the crags, the
uplands, know their bright faces and
their CHEEKY voices; for there is no cor
ner of the countryside to which WON
en- do not penetrate in the summer
days of freedom and pleasant adven-
ture and excursion. Walking parties
will be In vogue during the coming
season, and, lightly equipped with lug
gage, yet so we'll fitted out that they
may comfortably spend a night in an
out-of-the-way farmhouse or at a rural
inn, the student who has had her last
semester crammed with hard work,
will find relaxation and new freshness
On me road.
a sound body is almost essential to
the full enjoyment of a sound mind.
Indeed, so subtly interviewer are soul
and body that the one cannot grow and
thrive when the other is impaired in
vitality and handicapped by weakness.
Formerly fragllity was considered ele-
giant. 1t is well-nigh disgraceful to the
ordinary young woman in the early
lays of the new century to have a
habit Of headache, or a disability of
any sort which hygienlc living can
cure. Exercise in the open air, at least
in moderation, is a remedy for almost
every physical i'll. Morbid feeling and
melancholy flies before it, Bright eyes,
clear skins and wholesome beauty fol
low in it's wake. A woman who exer-
clses beyond her strength, or who de-
votes her entire time to athletics, is
indiscreet, but, having practiced un-
der competent instructors in the gym
nasum, most women are aware of
what they may safely do, and they
also understand the value of rest at
proper intervals.
A sign that bodies well for the future
is the increase of staying-power on the
part Of our girls. They are to be the
mothers of the future. The race, here
in America, must not be suffered to
deplete in quality, and virlle, forceful
Ltrength on the part Of sons yet to be
born will depend in no small degree on
the mothers who bear them. For this
reason, among others, there is cause
for felicitaton in the splendid yigor of
American women, due to their open
air life and interest in athletics.-Col-
'tsc's Weekly.