Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-13
DUNHAM BROTHERS

thing else with some object in view
When woman sweeps she is exercis
ing, but she is also accomplishing
something. When she goes out, un
less she has an object for her wall
she is generally bored by it. We rea,
of English women walking three mile
out on the turnpike and three mile
in again in the laudable pursuit O.
exercise and we think with a supe-
rior thrill that an American woman
would find some more interesting way
of winning to the same end. But
when we hear of stout New York
1 women who post so many times
around the reservoir in Central Park
/ in the endeavor TO reduce their flesh
we wonder if after all, we are SO
/ prise and invention.
When a woman is on a wheel it is
different thing. She is taking the
air and exercising her muscles. But
she is also getting somewhere,-to
pay call, to do an errand, to make
the acquaintance of a bit of road
which had been too remote to ex-
plore on foot. A New England doc
tor has put himself on record by de-
claring among the advantages of the
bicycle that lit interests people and
keeps them out of doors, two very
important factors in a healthy. happy
life
Yet the woman makes a mistake If
she takes a long run on her wheel
one day and allows il to gather dust,
unused thereafter for a week or ten
days. If she is to derive full advan
tage from her cycling, she must make
1t an every day matter, weather per-
hitting Not the amount, but the
regularity,-let me repeat it again
BY this | do not mean that the days
runs must always be of uniform
length They may be extended or
contracted as seems advisable. But
the unvarying habit of riding must
be kept up and the body thus pre-
in condition for work or play. |
This necessity for regular exercise |
is winning attention more and more. /
The whole problem of proper bodily /
development has of late years re-
ceived serious consideration, both by /
the medical fraternity and by the |
aity. The popularity of the various
systems of physical training is a
good Indication and many of these
schools seem to have accomplished
good. one of these that appeals to
1ne peculiarly. by reason of the I'M
usual breadth and value of its scope,
S the American Institute of Physical
Culture. This is Boston. enterprise
md is endorsed by men whose names
stand for much in their respective
ines. 1t is rather unusual in that
he ethical side is made of paramount I
Importance. |,
Many women. young and old, would |
'e materially benefited in general !,
Iealth. pose of body, clearness of I
omplexion and keenness of mind by l
course of moderate physical train I
ng under a guidance which gives S
roper consideration to individual 9
eeds. 1t is this which is furnished I
Y this Boston school, and by its well Y
ranged correspondence system the
irectors are able to keep In touch g
18th their pupils all over the country. I
hese teachers. too. insist upon regu- n
rity as a fundamental part Of the t
hysical training they direct c
Similar regularity is essential so Il
II as sleep is concerned for those il
no wish to keep their health. do Il
ot mean by this that a fixed hour p
n retiring must be immutable in the Il
lse of adults.-although 1t is a pity p
ey cannot submit themselves to d
me such standard. While the ext h
,ncies of life forbid this. they permit W