The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
BY KATHERrNE MORTON. tCopyright. 1904, by T. .. sacCIure.)

l work without leg work at the same
 time. MT. Harper says:
 It used to be customary to let q
 pupil stand rigidiy still, sometimes for
 naIf an hour, and go through the most
 dfmcuit arm work all the time. The
 result was that the circuIation wa.
 violently stimulated in the upper part
 of the body alone. The modern idea
 Is to push the blood into stronger and
 quicker circulation throughout the en-
 tire body, distributing it equally. Circulation is the watchword. On
 ~ depends everything. All the system
 Is stirred to activity. The skin ia cleared and frightened; that Is the outward and visible sign" So here is word to the wise who want to better their SSmplexfons. AS soon as the dancing steps and the oumb-beil motions are learned separ- ately they are combined, and we have all sorts of pretty bends and twifls ana stretches. There is far more grace in the new work than in the stiff, muscle building old style. Not but that the new builds muscle. put that Is not the primary object. ana the building is carried only to tha point where 1t rounds out the form
 sumciently for beauty--never beyond that. r Indian club exercises are the same as
 ever, with the addition of dancing steps. This work Is based on fha
 same principle. that the circulation of
 the blood must be evenly distributed
 throughout the body.
 All the exercises are given in quick
 time, for the sake of this circulation.
 The plano means much in that it iu- spires HracHS If you will experfmant you will reAdfly find that 1t is easier
 to fall into pretty poses and move ii, pretty curves in rhythm with music than at the instigation of mere count. ing. It is claimed that the old scboo failed to increase flesh for the thin m that 1t worked their flesh on. It is an established fact that violent exercise. causing profuse precipitation, does this. In the last century all women. fat and thin alike. were given the same kind of hard lessons.
 Abdominal work of all kinds is one of the specialities of the new gymna- sium. MT. Harper claims that darc- ing Is one of the best exercises for the abdominal muscles. The jarring strengthens them. Certain twisting and bending movements effect the same result. That work is prominent also.
 Mat work. as you may or may not
 know, is done while lying on a mat | tfSoS OH thc uOOI. lnC AcB6 are | stretched to their full extent, up, out. and. so one; the knees are drawn up on the chest: all the muscles in the
 region of hips and abdomen are | forced into action.
 "Handball is one of the best games | girl can play" says Mir. Harper.
 Tt Is light and quick. The blood is
 started into brisk circulation, but the | physical strain of the game is not | intense.
 Dancing and rope jumping jar the body in such a way that they amount 1 to an abdominal massage. They are invaluable in strengthening the ab- dominal muscles which are so inclined | to be weak. When women have strengthened themselves in this way l there will be less need of stern corr l sets to flatten the stomach'-to say nothing of less backache and better | general health"
 I Medicine ball' is the big, light.
 weight ball tossed from one to an- | other. The tossing is required to be | at short distance. This compels | quicker action and less muscular force, the end and aim of the new | work.
 | The rings are of benefit because
 they give extension. A girl dangling I from. them by her hands cannot well avoid being stretched to the utmost. Physical culture was a fad in the last century; today it Is an accepted l part of every education, based on sci-I
 entific principles" says Mir. Harper.