The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-01
BETTER THAN BEAUTY DOCTORS
No Need of Cosmetics If Women
Would Do Their Own Housework.

No Need of Cosmetics If Wome1
Would Do Their Own Housework.
Is athletic exercise for women merely
an affectation, a delusion and snare:
is it a preteXt for the donning OF
smart clothes, an excuse for coquet-
fish posing with a background of foil
age, or for conscious silhouetting
against a blue eXpanse of sky? Is all
this golfng and tennis and rowing and
walking and swimming, etc, ETC., a
sham pure and simple? Does the ath-
letic girl really love the effect of the
exercise-or just its effectiveness?
This is offered as a crucial test:
4 ''Does she do the housework?" At that,
of course, she has but little chance
to assume the bewitching-but tell US,
pretty maiden, what manner of exer-
else do you find on the field that you
cannot duplicate in a. plain round of
weekly homework?
Rejoice, all We women who have fam
lilies of girlsi According to a certain
clever young south side matron, here
is a chance for them to concentrate
their trained energy upon an admir-
able object Let athletic housekeep-
ing, properly costumed and with in
teresting diversions, become a recog-
nized sport" says she, land the serv-
ant girl problem will be a question
Of the faraway past. Also the modern
old maid (alias bachelor girl) will
start on her march to the obsolete
Away with calisthenics, away with
beauty exercises, for the practical girl
has discovered that the much sought
beauty of muscular development can
be acquired and the advantage of a
great economy gained at one and the
same time.
Look at the average servant maid.
Has she not muscles that may well be
envied? Has she not a good color, a
hearty appetite? And that certain
physical courage that a knowledge of
ones own strength brings with it?
A few butts" are to be expected to
pit against any new theory. The first
objection is, naturally, But Homework
is not done out of DOORS" That's true,
yet it can always be done in the fresh
air if the windows are opened as they
will be when the hardy houseworker
finds herself bravely defiant of drafts.
The certain young matron"- has
mapped out an entire novel scheme of
caIisthentic housework, and as she is
an exceedingly popular person, her
new whimsey bids fair to become a fad,
with a goodly thrOng of followers.
1t is all stuff and nonsense, she de-
4clares, this thing of girls spending hour
after hour idly on the golf links. OF
course they need exercise, but why not
take at least a part of it at home
where their growing strength can be
put to some purpose.
All of the popular games can be par
alleled by exercise at home. In golf,
the best liked of all, to begin with,
the golf stick may be replaced by the
I'll y. D
the long walk around the links? Why,
let little Miss Athlete do the market
ing instead. Not at the nearest mark |
ct, but at a chosen one, say, some four
miles distant. Let her swing a wick |
er basket over her arm, to bring the
groceries back in, or let caddy carry |
it. Don't have all the fun spoiled by |
going alone. Have a regular time Of |
starting each day, and let some one else |
come along for company sake.
Every day of the week brings a
game of its own. Certainly variety is |
not lacking in the new round of sport. |
The Monday work is whole course |
Of physical training in itself. If the |
laundry is dark and stuffy, buy cou
pie Of old fashioned wooden wash tubs /
and a wash bench roll up your sleeves
and do the washing in the back yard. |
Rubbing the clothes out on the wash |
board and wringing them out brings |
into play all of the muscles that are
required for boat rowing and a few
more. And think Of the good exercise
in carrying the water. Then the lifting
In and out of the boiler, running them
through the wringer, and, best of ALL
hanging them out, beats any field sport
On record. The wrist exercise alone
that is gone through with in merely
stretching the line, adjusting the pins
and sprinkling down the dry clothes
puts ping pong on a level with kinder
5arten work.
Tuesdays ironing develops a strong
light arm that would hold catboat
% its course in the heaviest sea. Nine.
3eautifuPs treatises on vapor baths,
ace steaming, etc, become mere purile
ak TO the girl who does the ironing
With the intention of profiting by its
physical effect. The muscles of the
pack, shoulders and arms are exercised
md the pores of the skin are expanded.
AS soon as the work is finished a good
path and rubbing down with Turk
sh towel will give a glow and beauty
hat could never have been attained by
bathing without the previous violent
york
One of the principal beauties of the
lew regime is the compelling necessity
hat one feels for full bath daily, a
necessity that many idle women do
lot realize the full force of-"more's
he pity"
Did you ever try the exercise of MAX
ng bread? You knead it, And while
is in process Of baking, the mending
an be done. Then there's the kitchen ,
o be scrubbed. That is really fine | {
In scrubbing, the position is
ne of the first that nature dictates
or the development of the body, the
anne as in creeping. 1t is much the
anne as the position in swimming. For |
he holding UP of the head the neck. $
houlders, back and arms it is the I
anne, as it is also for the f1exing of I
nees. The leg motion is, of course,
bsent, but leg exercise is the easiest ,
all to obtain in a short time. One |
as but to run up and down stairs half |
dozen times and the leg motion of ]
ennis, swimming, ETC., is equaled, if i
ot eXcelled. Several conditions must
e observed in this exercise to make it I
erfectly healthful. The shoulders must &
e thrown back, the inhalations of q
reath must be deep, and the mouth /
aust remain closed. In fact, the Sc i
ret of defying competition in running a
nd climbing lies in keeping the mouth
losed, simply because it forces deep n
reathing and compels the use of the t
iaphragm. A good plan is to fill the il
lngs with air and hold the breath until /,
ne top is reached, then expel slowly. v
he clothing must be comfortably q
pose. Il
Thursday may be made the midweek d