The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-26

her natural physical activity and for
ever and ever keep nagging her and
telling her little girls must not run,
jump and climb trees or do this, that or
the other because-heaven help us!-it
isn't nice for little girls to do these
things. Oh, the sins mothers and
grandmothers and aunts will have to
answer for because of their stunning
of the physical development of little
girls! They have done it centuries I'M
til the most stupid, helpless, ignorant
human creature in civilization is the
middle aged and elderly woman. Now
let the stunning be stopped for good and
all.
That splendid physical develop
ment in a woman is entirely compati-
BILE with purity of thought and modesty
is proved by the brave COW girl, Bertha
Grant. Wherever she is known she is
mentioned in terms of admiration and
respect, yet this girl has been riding
astride in a divided skirt since she was
old enough to sit upon a horse, and she
knows no other way. She says she
does not see how, it is possible to sit
horse any other way than upon the
cross saddle.
sIf I were riding in big city, I
should do it just the same" she says.
81 would imagine / was going to fall
off all the time If / rode sidesaddle.'
''Broncho buster| Oh, yes. She has
never yet found the range horse that
she could not master. The cowboys,
whose pet she is, taught her horse
breaking, and now she can do it with
the best of them. Then. too. her adj
miring, devoted father has been her
constant companion from her child
hood The broncho has bad name
for stupidity. treachery and obstinacy,
but Bertha Grant says: -z
"Bonchos are hard to manage, but
after you have them trained they are
nearly as intelligent as a man. Once
they know their master, he can do any.
thing with them"
One hardly knows which to be more
enthusiastic over. this Arizona girl
horse trainer or that Maine woodswo-
man, Mrs. Freese. Her camping ground
is the region of the headWaters of the
more familiar than any other person
living. She has absolute control over
her nerves, never loses her head and is
q noted hunter of game. large and
small She is a fine wing shot. She is
rather slender in figure, but perfectly
strong and healthy, and she gets this
splendid physique, mark you, by active
outdoor life, not drudging, STOPPING
over the soil, nose to the ground, but
by long tramps and canoe trips. She
was born with the woods love in her
blood No narrowing. stunning female
pruning could starve it out of her. Now
she makes her enthusiasm pay by con-
Quoting hunting and tourist parties
through her beloved haunts in forest
and by stream. Maine has 1900 reg
istered and licensed guides, and Of these
Mrs. Freese is one of the most skillful
as well as noted. Her nearest hunt
ing ground is fourteen miles from her
home, nine by canoe, four afoot.
In the heart of the forest she has a
winter lodge of logs There she goes
upon snowshoes and camps when the
woods longing surges over her soul in
cold weather. At these times she cuts
holes in the ice Of the Penobscot wa
tiers and catches fish. All this. bear in
mind. without neg1ecting her household
duties. So men need net be afraid Of
the physically new WoEiail
ALICE ZIMMERMAN.