Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

| ness which came after exercising on her va
| cation. She feels exhausted when she fin
| ishes her hour at the class and before long
| she drops the gymnasium and all the mus
cuar exercises as quickly as she LOOK thetii
up. -,
| This is not the experience Of one girl only
It is the experience of hundreds, for the
simple reason that they all go into the work
in too general a manner and without any
consideration Of whether It Is Tor their
pleasure or physical good. They start OUT
with too much of the spirit IN which man
enters his athletic life.
Athletics of all kinds should be practiced
by girl from quite different STANDPOINT.
man goes into them TO develop MS mus
cles and get his body hard and slneWy. A
girls main object should be to gain grace
and repair the damage to her health and
beauty caused by inactivity or by being
shut in for the daily grind of business.
Precede All Else.
With the up-to-date girl grace and beauty
have taken precedence over physical
strength and development. She realizes the
mistakes of the vigorous woman athlete
who marked the awakening of the feminine
world to the value of sound lungs and
strong body This woman went to ex-
tremes, like all reformers, ana sacrlhceu
the charms of graceful womanhood TO the
DEVELOPMENT of muscles and sineWs. She
destroyed her innate loneliness in trying 10
acquire the power and vigor of the other
sex. -,
The twentieth century girl, however mas
the advantage over her older sisters She
sees the fascination of the langulshlng
woman of fifty years ago and the force OF
the athletic woman of ten years PACK So
she has chosen to enjoy the energy ana VI
tality of the latter and still possess the
charm and beauty of the former
This Irresistible combination is made pos
sible by specializing in her athletics. She
suits her sports or gymnastics TO the cohai-
- no h,1ci nSE n q.
IT all she makes cheerfulness and genuine
pleasure her watchword in whatever she
undertakes.
training. Her special sports always circle
around the most excellent method OF Keep
ing herself sound and strong without IN any
way making her masculine.
Her Daily Walk.
The business girls time for walking is on
her way to work, or, even better, after leaV-
ing her office at night. If 1t Is necessary
for her to ride to business she gets up a
few minutes earlier than is absolutely es-
sential and walks along the car line for at
least half mile. Or she plans a short,
brisk walk either to market or in some new
direction each morning, so that she has
always something to divert her mird Whiie
she is getting her exercise. Walking with
out an object or in a lstless manner is of
very little benefit
Neither Is her walk 100 long before SoihS
to business as this takes away all the en-
orgy for her days work. A slight faint
feeling, especially where girl eats small
breakfast, is quickly relieved by one or TWO
crackers a box of them being Kept inside
her locker or desk.
When a girl has not the inclination to
rise early, she should start out from her
cffice at the end of the day work ana
walk with quick step until her mind Is
free from all thought of the days occupa,
ton and she feels that her lungs are rio
of dust and close air.
A girl whose life is not as systematic as
the business girls should make a point
az donning her hat and coat as soon as
she rises from the breakfast table. Not
less than a mile walk the first thing In the
morning and another mile before evening
dinner are necessary, whether she has reg
uIar sports that she is interested in or not
Good Rules to Follow.
Here are few rules for proper, bene-
fetal walking:
1. Have the chest in a straight line over
the forward foot and just little behind
the toe.
2. The chin should be lifted slightly from
the normal position 80 that there Is sense
Of the head rising In straight line from