The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-16
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M,sssa\kEoMAN'S
1aEEE WORLD
1t Has Become the Rule For Both Girls
and Their Mothers
OPEN AIR LIFE FOR WOMEN.


and Their Mothers.
twenty-five years ago it was cutie
usual for women in accepting invita-
tions for outings to insert provisional
clause-if 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 i'll. make
what plans they please Life in the
open air has become the rule instead
or 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 dignided
A stout gentlewoman OF middle age
does not look ont OF place on the links.
although her slim and graceful daugh-
ter may show 10 more picturesque pur-
pose there. Women no longer shrink
from a wetting. Even in driving
rain and 2 furious wind. their thicl;
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 a 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 craes. 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 well fitted out that they
may comfortably spend a night in an
Out-of-the-w farmhouse or at n rural
inn, the student who mas had her last
semester crammed with hard work.
will find relaxation and new freshness
Il me road.
A sound body is almost essential 10
the full enjoyment OF 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.
I ormerly fragility was considered ele-
CANT. Ii is well-nigh dlsgraceful to the
ordinary young woman in the early
avs of the new century to have a
habit of headache, or a disability of
any sort which hygienic 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 dies before it. Bright eyes.
clear skins and wholesome beauty fol-
low in its wake. \ woman who exer-
cise5 beyond her strength, or who de-
votes her entire time to athletics. Is
indiscreet, but, having practiced I'M
der competent instructors in the gym
nasium. most women are aware OF
what they may safely do, and they
also understand the value of rest at
proper intervals.
\ sign that BODIES well for the future
is the increase Of staying power on the
tart of our girls. They are to be the
mothers OF tn, future. The race, here
in America. must not be suffered to
deplete in quality. and yirile forceful
.Tength 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 felicitation in the splendid vigor of
American women. due to their open
air life and interest in athletics. CO.
liCr's Weekly.