The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08

hat surely. becoming q nation OF athletes.
The remark wasn't made In q moment of
enthusiasm over Dufy's running 100 yards
In 0 rs seconds In the in~tercolleeiate games
last Saturday. but in q talk on the COM
p~sra,ive physiology o. nations. The
physician gave a. the reason FOR his state
ment, the wonderful increase In the popu-
larity % physical culture. Then he added.
with the men and women 81 this country
and even the children. physical culture
has taker such a hold a. To have become
alinos, as much a matter Of daily habit
a. eating and drinking. To-day everybody
We know plays golf OF ennis and the women
are AZ much interested in athletics as the
men. The result Is that We are getting
stronger and heslthic. every day and the
benefit accruing 10 children yet unborn
can hardly be estimated. II will be said
one day Of Americans. as Il was Of "A people
OF an older time. There were giants in
those days.
II Ia true, as the doctor said. that physical
culture IL becoming more popular In the
United States every day. But according
10 the experts, there In a fine distinction
bet ween physical culture and athletics
Tho physician quoted evidently made the
one 10 include the other. The authorities
say that there 10 just the difference between
s~o-cslled physical culture and athletics.
that there In between work and play.
The culture Of the muscles involves
steady. patient. systematic work. To
obtain ss mar n perfect physique A. Il
possible requires 4 course Of training quite
~ sxactins A. that demanded Of the man
who would become eminent In any of the
professions. Athletics, as induleed In
by the general run OF people, ara taken
up and put aside according TO the inclina-
ton Of the individual.
IL ons Il going TO educate the body,
he can work in no desultory fashion 10 the
education Is 20 amount 70 anything. For
this reason IL In all the more remarkable
that the popularity Of tho real. genuine.
no-discount physical culture Ia increasing
20 such a marked extent. II Is said that
the people OF no country In the world have
taken TO the scientific development OF tho
body With such earnestness as the people
81 the United States. Ten years ago,
for instance. there were in New York per
haps two or three apologies for schools
81 physicsl culture. Nov there are a
score or more good schools.
Thoe. who have studded tho subject say
that there are several reasons why tie
training OF tho body has q taken up
with 50 much enthusiasm all over the
country In a nutshell. physical culture
has followed the increased interest In
general athletics In tie days when base
ball was about the only great uut-of-ioor
game In America. only a comparatively
small proportion of the population went
IN T.r IT, sn.rf Rnaahan Il. M lalNltkA
game. and serious minded, business or
professional men find 1, - strenuous AS to
interfere with the comfortable transao-
ton Of their bustne-s the day after PLAYING
But a time came when tennis was brought
over from England. and that opened tine
way to athletics for women. Up TO the
Introduction Of tenn. In the United states
the athletic woman was regarded as very
much Of an amazon. Before the days of
tennis, tho fashionable woman was she
who was a clover musician or artist, or
skilful NJ neediswork and embroidery
She was n creature ~ stay. and silks, laces
founces and furt~lpss
Tennis h~came a compromise on final
emancipation II hecsme popular with
tho women, and the letter they liked IL
the moro popular II became with tho men.
Tennis required for the women short skirts.
but short skirts needed more than tennis
10 make them generally popular. III"
bicycle fever struck In and the skirts went
n bit higher. Then golf came over ia"
o can. and with IL tho emancipation of the
American woman In IN" matter Of ou'-oi-
door dress. Tho gam" made II possible,
oven moro han tennis, for the woman
athlet. to develop sd" 10y sid with her