The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22

w1rITEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Ths picturesque possibilities Of the stair
way are such that It Will be many q day boz
fore the staircase 10 abolished from the
modem home.
In spite Of the convenience OF the eleva-
tor. tho stairway looms upward IN the stair
case hall. and, upon Its wide steps, woman
lovely ~womnn-1nds a stage for her pretty
endeavor.
Unless she takes advantage Of its stairs
for the display Of her grace and her figure
she IL lacking in that keen sense OF the
beautiful which seems to have been be-
slowed upon every woman as an addition
TO her femininity.
Primarily the staircase Is placed IN the
house to AFFORD q means Of rising from one
moor to the next But 1ust as all other
necessities have been converted into things
Of beauty. Just 80 has the staircase been
made INTELLECTUALLY handsome and fitted
out to servo the part OF prettiness a. well
a. the part OF utility.
AL homes. now. are provided with hand
some staircases. but all are not provided
With women who understand the art Of
going UP and down properly.
And In one respect stairs arc peculiar,
differing from almost every other means of
exercise.
II rightly used they are very healthful,
and II one knows how to 60 UP or down
properly, one can find. not only Q COM
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that IL absolutely refreshing.
But, on the other hand. IL wrongly used,
ths stairs arc injurious. and besides being
very uncomfortable to manage. arc poEitive-
ly detrimental to the progress OF the sys-
lem
GOOD FOR THE SYSTEM.
The progress Of the system" is q term
which Is not Inadvertently applied.
That the body should progress In every
WNY all tbrough ffQ 6arARr Nh on rfh Ia Nnuy
q settled fact. and when q Frenchman
wrote q book to demonstrate this. he very
apty named II, Tho Progreso Of the Sys-
tenn" meaning the various steps OF the de-
velopment of the body from iirst to last.
In the progress OF the body the climbing
OF stairs plays an important part. The
exercise involved is very much like that
OF riding a bicycle.
The same muscles are exercised, and the
strain comes upon the knees. the calf Of the
leg. the back. the heart and the breathing
apparatus
II you doube this. Just try tho experiment.
OF firing yourself upon the wheel
A soon a. you dismount from the bicycle
you experience Q sense Of relief. But, II you
Try to mount q stairs. the fatigue will at
once return. and the legs. knees and heart
viii show that they haYe been taxed. Stair
climbing and bicycle riding arc thus found
to be alike.
: Doctor Hammond of Washington, long
before the days OF the safety, advised thoss
OF wesk hearts and weak knees to climb a
stairs regularly. His advice was to SO Ut
and down many times a day. =
He claimed that, while the stairs would
tire on the first few trips. they would soon
cease to Be burdensome, and that Mt the
n OF two weeks a man would crave his
Aaily stair climb as a necessary part Of hiz
daily regime.
Stair climbing for women has always been
kmder . prejudice. It being thought that the
climbing OF stairs would injure the mechan-
Hsm Of the body. But such has never been
proven to be the case. Aid the woman who
~ able to walk on the leEel IS able, also, to
walk 10 and down stairs.Ss>
GRACEFUL STAIR cLINBINo. .
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stimnfng ons must do It gracefully. Tina n
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