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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-22
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

Schedule Effective June 5. 1904.
Arrival and departure of trains,
Central Station, West Broad, foot of
Liberty street. except for Tybee.
Goth meridian time-one hour slow
er than CITY time.
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stout in the abdomen: and at the age OF
so. the very age when she should be at
her best. she Is hopelessly u%ngainly.
She is stout below the belt and there Is
nothing that ages a woman and makes
her as awkward as this physical defect.
Ninety-nine women out of one hundred.
and. maybe. the percentage is a fraction
greater. are too stout. At the age of 80
almost no woman has preserved her
figure.
She is bulky around the hips and too
stout in the lower limbs. About the waist
she Is usually far too small to be in pro-
portion and she goes through the remain
ing twenty years of her life almost dis
figured by fat that is placed in the wrong
spots.
THE SITTING HABIT.
Sitting is supposed to be responsible for
the loss of a woman's figure. AS a woman
gets along in life her interest in trivial
things lessons.
She Is not SO fond OF dress; she does not
shop so much; she gives up making calls
or makes them but rarely. Her feet
pain her and she grows accustomed to
the arm chair and the fireside, going out
only once In a while.
The result Of too much sitting Is perni-
csous.
The woman grows heavy around the hips
and. very soon. she is unable to walk at
all. or any more than is absolutely neces-
sary.
Her feet and ankles will not support her
weight, and her figure Is not comfortable.
except when she is seated.
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walked not at all. but rode in the quaint
old carriages of those days. They played
not golf, nor tennis. nor any Of the ath
letic soprts OF now.
! They had n or two mild little games
for the lawn, but the prettiest of the
bellies Of Virginia and the Colonies did
not attempt this. They were more for
the younger generation the school girls.
BELLE OF THE OLD SOUTH.
With all this. without walking exercises.
without calisthenics. without Indian clubs.
dumb bells, swords or golf, they were
very graceful.
Their out-of-door exercise was mostly
that of horseback riding. but this. in the
belle of to-day. would not reduce precepti-
bly, nor would 1t make any woman neces-
sarily graceful. What, then. was the. Sc
cret of the slender grace of that day?
h teacher of physical culture who in
vented the system. and who made a pro-
found study Of the reasons. came to the
conclusion that 1t was because the South
ern girl danced SO much that she was
graceful; and that 1t was this love of dan
cling which made her graceful.
The girl OF to-day likes to dance. But
this is only one of her many recreations.
She does not 60 into it wholesale as did
the girl Of the long ago who had no other
pastime. .tt
Even back no longer than the Civil War
days the bellies danced and danced, not
once in a while. out every evening.
At night after supper the piano. the ac-
Gordon. the violin. the harp or any other
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musical instrument within reach was
touched and the feet Of the dancers mer-
rily tripped over the floor. And not only
did the young people dance. but the older
ores as we'll.
Light boards inc gray boards all en-
gagged in the glories of T~erpsichore.
The founder of the new system makes
only enc thing obligatory upon his pupils:
that they shall dance an hour a nay
this can be done every evening In the pail
room., all well ard good. But II NOT ana
very few are sure of a dance every high''
then it must be done during the Gay.
There are dancing steps which are ad-
vised as being the best for seif-de'eiop,
ment. They are not motions that would
come in the cotillon, yet the ghi VINO
learns them will be sure to dance the CO.
tilIon better for having practiced them.
PRACTICE THESE MOTIONS DAILY.
The first is this: Place both hands high
over the head and clasp them together.
Bend the body from right to left. While
In this position draw a long breath. Hoio
tie breath as long as possible without dis
comfort. .
Now expel the breath slowly. letting It
out between the teeth with a Missing.
sound. While doing this keep the knees
stiff and pend only from the waist.
Repeat this exercise. but the second time
try bending from left to right, instead OF
from right to left.
While the hands are clasped over the
head. draw a long breath. Hold the breath
EXpel slowly and with an audible hiss.
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n akes in criticising the American people
for giving to their women such universal
higher education.
He divides us into two classes, "the peo-
pie Of America" and the women, the latter
being the recipients of the bounty OF the
former in educational advantages. But
the citizens of this Republic are of both
sexes, and the women witt the men are
seeking and receiving college educations.
not because one confers the gift and the
other demands it, but because as a liberty
loving people we recognize the ~inalienable
right of every citizen to obtain all the
knowledge and training hat he can.
Our critic says. Generally speaking,
they twomen) are not scholars and cannot
hope to be-" We wonder why they can
not hope to be. =
How does the female brain differ in
quality from that Of the male? If woman
went on producing her kind and man prop
agated his kind the difference would be-
Gene very pronounced in time. But every
woman possesses something of her father
ard every man something of his mother,
ard thus constituted the two sexes de-
velop together, and with the same envir-
onment acquire equal ability and power.
There - no. question that much Of an
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I This state Of affairs is found. not in tho
case of old women, but in the middle-aged
and even in women Of about 70. As far
as beauty is concerned, and as far as
srace goes. the woman of 10 might as
well be out Of the world.
You would never think Of classifying her
as among the attractive women Of The
day.
Yet the woman of 10 might be immense
w attractive. The fact that there are Q
few who are SO indicates that all may be.
Every woman can lave a nice figure, be
she II. or 40. or 20, or GO.
Every woman can nave nice hair, NO
matter what her age. for hero art will as
sist nature, n it is only carelessness
that makes the hair grow out of sorts,
gray and scraggly and the head bald.
Any woman can have a good complex.
ion. and, though it may not glow with the
roses OF youth. 1t can be clear and free
from eny blemish of any sort
The woman who dances a great deal; the
| dancing teacher; the girl whose daily
routine keeps her exercising for several
| hours a day will not need reminders how
to keep her figure.
Her figure will take care of itself. A
for the complexion a good skin usually
| follows a good figure. Both are created by
good healthful out-of-door exercise.
The girl who takes the Colonial system
of physical culture and who develops the
muscles Of the upper part Of the body,
putting on flesh even while she reduces the
hips and abdomen, will be the girl who 3
a belle at 20, and who. at 40. has not for
srken her belle6om.
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I Try a seesaw motion. Put plenty Of
force into the exercise.
LEARN TO USE YOUR MUSCLES.
These exercises. if practiced properly
and with plenty of time put upon them,
should occupy nearly an hour a day.
The idea is to take them. not with too
much vigor 80 as to tire the muscle.
but so as to give the patient plenty OF
wholesome exercise.
It. is just becoming known that women
do not use more than a third of the
muscles of the body.
The muscles of the back they seldom
or never use. Too often they are almost
useless from having been strapped INTO
a corset that was too tight.
The corset. If properly fitted. is a sup
port. but nothing more. 1t does not
| cranp the body. Gn the contrary. 1t sup
ports it and makes it more able to bear
Its own burdens.
ton for the back. just as the right kind
of shoes are a protection for the feet.
A poor corset is worse than none at all.
just as a poor pair of shoes is worse
than no shoes at all.
So, laced too lightly, enveloped in bands
and in clothing not always of the most
hygienic kind. woman. poor woman, loses
| the use of her muscles for lack of daily
exercise.
And what is the result? Why it is
| simply that a woman loses her figure
early.
At the age of so she begins to get fat;
! five year., later size is much too big around
the hips: The five years more she is too
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not know Of any lower sphere which is
not crowded. the contention seems to me
TO fall to the ground.
l can hardly assume that home life is
considered by the speaker as a lower
sphere" but If 1t we're it would be easy
to point to many college women who are
each the center Of an exquisitely ordered
home life as, evidence that the college
training does not make girls unfit for that
particular line Of duty.
All this. however. is SO obvious that l
! fear I have missed the point intended. The
criticism is like Hamlet's cloud; we do
not know whether we are dealing with a
weasel or with a whale. 1t may be that
the critic meant to say that the American
education of women is less thorough than
that of men; this Interpretation Is sug-
gested by his use of the word "smatter-
ing"
II his be the proposition, I do not think
1t can be sustained by an investigation Of
the work lone in the leading women's
colleges.
Again, the idea may be that the higher
education for women is not justified I'M
less. in the majority Of cases, 1t produces
scholars. but this would be q .two-edged
sword, As the same conclusion might be
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This is a hne exercise for the muscles
Of the waist and for the liver.
The second motion Is a double one. IL
is to timber the waist and back muscles
! and, this is a motion which will be of the
Eutmost value to the girl who wants to be
graceful.
To do this raise the hands high over the
head. Touch the fingers together. Keep
the knees stiff. Stoop over until the tips
OF the fingers touch the floor.
Lift your arms again and. as you do SO.
draw a very long breath. Touch the
finger tips together over the head.
Expel the breath. Draw another and.
while you are doing 90. bend. over for
ward and touch the finger tips to the
floor.
The third exercise is to stand erect.
Touch the heels together.
Take a deep breath. Lift the left hand
high in the ar. but hold the right hand
down close at the SIDE.
Press the right hand close to the body,
knee.
Now alternate arms.
Lift the right arm high and let the left
arm fall down until the tips of the fingers
press against the side of the knee. Do
this. ten times. alternating arms every
time.
The fourth exercise is one to strengthen
the wrists and develop the arms.
To-accomplish this take a deep breath.
Clinch the fists, making them as hard
| as possible. Extend the elbows.
Keep the fists tightly ciinchcd and
make the forearm rigid. Turn from
right to left and back again, but only
from the elbow. D.
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that II our women graduates enter any Of
these fields they are superficial is not
borne out by the instances which have
come under my observation.
He m~isconceives the nature of the train
ing. II a woman graduate goes into any
of the professions she takes. a course Of
professional training, supplementary to
the college course. In the same as
her brother. II she goes into business she
has as a basis. the same college training.
The criticism undoubtedly holds that
women do not continue in the professions
or in business in like ratio as men. but
this is a matter which personally affects
the women. It has no bearing On the main
subject.
II by the term everyday duties the
critic means the care of the home. his ar
gument seems to lack substance.
Undoubtedly college women marry at a
later period than those who do not enter
college. as. in addition to the four years
between the ages of Is and 2. when they
are students. two or three years are
usually necessary, as in the case OF their
brothers. to convince them that the world
Is not at their feet.
The statistics collected by the collegiate
alumnae also show that . smaller percent
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education is superficial. but this is not due
to the school. to the teacher or to our sys-
tenn OF education. but to the natural dis
inclination Of the average human mind to
engage in any strenuous effort.
Now and then az individual becomes a
thorough student. but that is the excep-
ton and not the rule. and supericiality is
not a question of sex. 1t is easy to rtdi-
Guile women for being superficial, for their
historical societies and economic clubs
and for the courage with which they at
tack the gravest problems Of the day.
But never before have there been SO many
women superior musicians, never before
so many eminent In all branches of lit
erature and successful workers on maya
zines and in publishing houses.
Never before have there been so many
women reading good books. thinking and
talking about them and endeavoring to
apply the lessons contained to the prob
lens Of their cwn lives. And this activ-
ity, even II sometimes crude, is of the
SORT which must tell strongly in a world
where intellectual force is bound to DOM
mate life.
Whatever may be said to the contrary,
this 'smattering'' Of knowledge ID not T.
DO despised,
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DOES EDUCATION UNFIT WOMEN FOR WORK IN THE LOWER SPHERE OF IFE2

quite as unwisely reached in regard to the
higher education for men.
The verdict of the reverend doctor looks
nore like preconceived theory than like
crystailized experience.
For myself, / can only say that l have
Known hundreds of students. and have fol-
lowed the after lives of many. and that
although 1 have. Of course. seen women
unified for life by defects of temperament
or of home training. l have never encoun-
tered a case in which either the secondary
CT the higher education was a factor in
pl cuucing practical failure.
"Benehts of THAT Little VeneerinE
of Knowledge"
BY MINNIE BRONSON.
Superintendent of Elementary and Second
airy Education. Worlds Fair.
To quote Tx Marvel, TT makes one a
little tired to think how long it has been
going on, this criticism of the old bottle"
1t would seem almost time to stow 1t
away in the attic of our philosophy.
Indeed. the American people have done
so generally and only now and then is it
resurrected. 1t really dlgnifies an absurd
ity to discuss it.
It Is rather amusing to observe the Inn
Piled classification which Father Finley
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secondary or Higher Education IL
Never \ Factor In Producing Fail

BY HELEN GRAY CONE.
English Literature. New York Normal Col
lege.
1t is. hardly possible to meet satisfac-
torily a criticism so vague as that of the
reverend gentleman. I do not know
wha is meant by American universal
higher education for women"
The term universal would seem to i'm
ply that all American girls go to college.
II this were true. it might also be true
that there would arise a dearth of ma
terial with which to fill lower Spheres"
whatever that convenient generality may
stand for, since the graduate of Bryn
Mawr does not. for instance, gravitate to-
ward the factory or the department store.
But as it is perfectly clear hat the col
lege education for men and women Is not
universal" In America, and ~ one does
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
- HERE is a new system of phys
' icai culture, which. though re-
Gently formulated. has already
~ gained thousands of followers
1t is called the Yirginian sys-
TEN. and is so named because
OF the grace of the Southern girls. and
particularly of the old bellies of Virginia.
Inc FOUNDER of the system, who is an
american of French descent, when casting
ABOUT for Il nGme, bethought himself of
tne bellies of the South, and so hit upon
the State whose beauties were famous in
Colonial days.
In Europe the same system is being
taught under the name of the Colonial
system; and, perhaps. for hat reason it
Is better to speak of it as such.
The fundamental idea is based upon the
beauty of the bellies of the days when
there were neither gymnasiums nor
physical culture classes.
The bellies of those old lays would never
have thought of putting on boomers;
they never dreamed of Indian clubs for
their W use: they had no idea of boxing
gloves and punching bags. nor does his
tory say that they practiced with the
foils for the sake of pure exercise.
True. these young women were good
shots n many of them were clever
swordswonen. but their knowledge was
gained. not for the sake of pleasure, nor
for the sake of physical culture, but be-
cause of the necessity of such knowl-
edge.
Yet the bellies of the Old days were ex-
tremely graceful.
They kept their grace though they
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BY HOWARD ]. ROGERS.
Chief CT Department of Education, Worlds
Fair

RITE FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
H HE question as to whether high
"a er education for women units
them for everyday duties is
~ one that is not capable of such
categorical declaration, either
for or against, as our English
critic makes
There are no statistics on the subject,
and any conclusion is purely conjectural.
When we. consider that only five out of
every hundred pupils enrolled in the Unit
ed States reach the high school. and only
two out of every hundre boys and girls,
both included, reach college. the leaven
must be particularly active to disturb in
any degree social conditions.
The point of view is so radically differ
ent that a criticism from a European on
the higher education of women loses value.
Europe is not yet reconciled to woman's
naking a living in any of the vacations
which custom has for centuries restricted
to men.
In this country we approve OF woman's
entering the field Of medicine, law, Jour-
uai1srn, teaching or business.
me implication OF an English critic
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age of college women marry than those
who do not go TO college. but when We
consider that the women attending COL
leges are less than one-half of the two
per cent mentioned in the first part of this
article 1t does not become a very serious
consideration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-10
Arrival at Benton.

The crowd arrived at Benton about
2:3O O'Clock and proceeded at once to
the Jail, but the bird had flown. 1t
i; definitely understood that Sheriff
Kelley of Benton received message
from Pine Bluff to the effect that the
cob was coming after Hooker and he
succeeded in hiding the murderer out
somewhere in the woods so that he
could not be found. The crowd from
Pine Bluff filed off the train very quiz
city and marched up a small ravine to
the Jail. A knock summoned Sheriff
Kelley and a quiet request was made
of him to give up the prisoner. Mr..
Kelley said Hooker was not in the
Jail and gave the crowd permission to
search the premises. A search of the
whole of the Jail was made, but Hook
er could MOI be found The men had
had their sixty-mile ride through the
cold winds of the night for nothing.
Hooker could not be found. Even then
the men made no demonstration, but
finding that their trip was useless,
fled back to tho train and started for
Pine Bluff. Many expressions of dis
appointment were heard.
The fact that the crowd had started
was discovered by a representative of
the Graphic about 10 O'Clock last
night and this paper was pre- pairing to
issue special edition. A force OF
men was kept on duty all night.
The crowd arrived in Pine Bluff
end quietly dispersed The identity
OF the members of the crowd is I'M
known and the third effort to lynch
the negro proving a failure, the Sc
cret of those who made the effort
will be kept quiet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-10
--o--.
First Attempt.

A daring attempt to lynch Houston
Eooker was made at Little Rock
Tuesday afternoon shortly before 4
O'Clock, the day on which he murder
eo Atwood. Nerve, quick thinking
and determination on the part of
Joe Moore and Guy Tucker, who had
the negro in charge, to carry to a sue
cessful end a hazardous undertaking
saved Hookers life. Tucker, single.
handed, stood off the wOuld-be lynch.
ers while Moore hustled his nan to
safety.
The officials at the penitentiary
knw OF the unrest on the streets and
the swelling tide in favor of lynching
Hooker, and they decided to get him
Out OF harms way as soon as pos l.
BILE. 1t was decided to send him to
Benton on the Iron Mountain traia
and put him in the Saline county
Jail there if the news of the killing
had not become general in Benton
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About ll:"o o'clock Tuesday night
October -. at Little Rock a II oh of
about fifteen men went to the pcni-
t'ntlary for the purpose of lynching
Hooker, but their effort was entirely
barren OF results. and after two of
their number had made an inspection
ot the entire building and failed to
locate the negro they returned to the
city.
Th" news reached Pine Bluff soon
after the shooting and crowd of
nearly three hundred men gathered
a. the depot awaiting the arrival Of
the morning train, for it was thought
the negro would be brought here. Tho
crowd was disappointed when the
train arrived and the negro was not
II be found. A special was hurriedlv
made up to run to Farrell to get the
negro. but it was learned that he
FAD been taken to Little Rock and the
crowd did not go. Several times
there has been talk of lynchng the
hegro in Benton, but not until last
night was the crowd we'll organized.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-10
Made Up Of Good People.

While no names are mentioned it
Is definitely known that the lynching
party was made up of respectable
citizens entirely and no mob was ever
more thoroughly organized.
The rabble, the toughs and the bad
characters that are generally suppos-
cd to have part is such affairs had no
Part in this. Hands that had never done
rough labor took hold of the handles
Of the hand cars and helped propel
them to Benton The crowd was so
|c1derly and quiet that very few poo-
'rle in Pine Bluff even knew that
lynching was contemplated.
After the crowd was organized the
news was kept a secret and only a
very few people in Pine Bluff outside
'he immediate family of those who
con posed the crowd knew of it. The
attempt was to have been made Tues
day night. but owing to it being cleo
ton night the trip was postponed I'M
til Wednesday night Quietly and
secretly the crowd began to gather at
the Sawyer and Austin yards about
9 o'clock, and by 10 o'clock every
thing was in readiness for the trip.
The engine blew blast from
the whistle to warn late corners and
then the men began to get into the
boX cars. There was no noise, no
confusion and the crowd moved as
one man. Pistols and winchesters
were noticed. but not unnecessarily
displayed, while two or three ropes
we're noticed. The engineer opened
the valve of the whistle the second
time and every one piled on board
ard the trip over the log road was
commenced.
Arriving al the break in the road,
the hand cars were brought into SER
vice and willing hands helped to lift
the cars over the break Again the
crowd got aboard and again the winds
whistled about the ears of the men
who were riding through the night
with the single purpose in view.
The sixty mile run to Benton was