The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
AA Among Mem who Work with Hand Or Brain
Bv Robt. Modler

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@ @ ~ ERHAPS half the occupations OF men
I ] are harmful to the body, productive
OF lung brain. eye, heart. or other
Il - troubles. Practically every clerical
VI position is harmful to physical health
m a Many occupations requiring little mental
WAN or physical effort necessitate the workers
M occupying such cramped positions, or such
- lIh constrained attitudes that thev become
((N7I!0 doubly injurious.
II &Uhl( Clerks and bookkecpers who bend over
IL &Il ledscrs counters girls who stand for hours
w in one position bend over typewriters,
men who lean upon fiat desks, straining
III shoulders eyes backs. and arms, suffer
great physical harm, which, unless offset
ii by some systematic exercise or recreation.
III will result In physical penalties.
"a An all round development may best be
T7) attained without apparatus by throwing the
VII body into such attitudes as require great
general effort of the muscles OF the trunk
\ aud limbs to get into, get out Of, or sustain.
\ IA With the human body. with any material
MY{A body, the,ncnrer 1t gets to horizontal posi-
AWYI/ tion the difficult 1T is 10 get II lnto
NM WI vertical position again.
h\ME Up to 10 or - years of age there would seem
,M\T, to be no good physiological reason why girls
MkVW should not indulge in the same physical ex-
\N)VJ ercises as boys. Swimming is. perhaps. one
NV OF the best exercises Tor girls, because nearly
kVHx alNof the muscles Of the body are brought
MI WI ntoNa stateof gentle activity
-NW|If Dancing and Golf Beneficial.
MtlAN Dancing every girl should indulge in, not
AWAY necessarily the society dancing that always
s NFl( requires partner but tina free and joyous
( MI | expression Of the emotions through the
}MYHL| rhythmic and graceful movements Of the
WVl body and limbs which delight both the per-
NyYk\ former and the observer
kLiN( Golf is\cspecialy advanta geots to womal,,
.k(NQA1 mot only because 1t takes her into the
WIEVA open country but because the game calls into
#W|/n particular action the muscles of the chest
.l\NM and front. and side walls of the waist and
NNHH1 abdomen. II the waist is large and neshy.
Nt(H this game tends to reduce it, IT, on the other
Any M/h hand, the waist is and CONSTRUCTED.
NM WN golf tends to broadenit 1t is splendid anti
N\/L// dote to the corset It tends to develop the
kNyHTd abdominal muscles which this carmen.
Wy/kUi makes inert.
9WlUj For this reason golf is better game physl-
NJ caly for women than for men, these
MlINd muscles are more important vitality to the
f(UI former than to the latter. These are the
UMN w muscles upon which the Greeks laid so muc!
VVI stress in their male female statues, and
NffHf for the development Of which they prescribed
MYKkI so many exercises.
,ANu/ What Men and Women Should Do.
NN]Vd All exercises should be considered especial
NIII " advantageou for women In proportion as ].
NKl they give employment to the respiratory
HAWI muscles of the chest the muscles Of the
H\NI/If spne and the muscles Of the waist and
kNtII/ abdomen. asl i8886
AVN w ] Men who have been accustomed to take e
kh\f|HA vigorous exercise in their youth should do
WA one of three things-engage in some active
Mht occupation, greatly reduce the amount OF
&SHAyE food they consume or enter the regular
4M&lHk practice Of some form OF exercise that will
NIFTY enable themto properly digest and assimilate
NEHSN 1t is much more hygienic well much
t&&M more economical to try to keep the body
AENX\ warm through an increase of clothing rather
A1El/N than an increase of external heat To the
ENw/h young and vigorous continued heat Is more #