New-York tribune., 1906-05-14

Take that type of woman that is so common In
New York-muddy skin. dull eyes the whites yell
low fat accommodating over the abdomen. Obesity
is the curse Of the well-to-do American woman.
owing to her tendency TO overeat and underexer-
else Little by little the organs clog, the liver
becomes inactive the circulation grows languid. IN
digestion sets in.
Now continued Mr.. Cook. there Just about
a thousand things such a woman can do TO extri-
cate herself from a condition like that If she only
Will Let her get one of those combination gyms
for s. or S. consisting OF a bar and flying rings.
Any man can put them up for her in a doorway.
When she Is using the rings she can take down the
bar. and vice versa
Now for exercise that will fairly chop the tat
of the abdomen. We call it the carousel move
meni Grasp the rings. standing rigid beneath
them, with feet together Then. falling backward
TO fun arms length take a slow. rotary movement,
using the feet as pivotal point
This Is also especially beneficial for the round
shouldered woman. II will draw her shoulders
hack. Ill in the hollows and develop her generally.
Another great abdominal exercise consists in
hanging from the rings at arms length feet placed
forward and resting on the floor. legs rigid. Now
raise the right leg till the body forms letter l.:
now the left leg The abdominal muscles which
usually neglected in women's development
VIII harden under course of this exercise. while
al the sluggish organs Will be stirred up into activ-
fty. and the blood will be sent coursing through
the veins with vigor. This holds true Of the
scTaWny ansmic woman. well the fat one.
CURATIVE POSSIBILITIES.
The curative possibilities Of gy1nnastic work
where there is actually disease as in curvature of
the spine. are no less great. according to Mr..
Cook.
i know Of young girl OF sixteen said Mr..
Cook. whose curvature was pronounced incurabIe
attending gymnasium three times week where
che worked at extension and other exercises under
the continued observation of the director; sne
was able to carry out the same system at home
and was eventually cured. That is 20 say She
va eualenpeleo OUT 10 the normal
A girl OF eleven had such high shoulders owine
% curvature OF the spine, that she had virtually
" neck To make the case still worse. one shoui
or vas higher than the other. BY the use Of ex.
tension exercises, with the corrective apparatus
commonly used in such cases. not only has Ehe
been changed from delicate to a robust child hui
the head has been brought from one-ouarter tc
three-eighths OF inch nearer the normal
81 know of several cases INbeTe the se1r, ro.
been the salvation OF women with muscular rheu.
snatism They took light general work and 1vorSef
the uric acid out OF their systems
Boxing is capital exercise for women Fenc.
ing is good. but apt TO be sided unless one is
enough or a Eencer to turn around and fence WITH
the left hand But a rule, II is all around wors
woman needs. II she attempts to specialize She
according 70 Mr- Cook four years IS not too early
foE q child 20 take up gym work provided it 4
mother and child 10 work together in the homo
with simple, home grown" apparatus.
biiities for home work would not advise woTn
an TO use heavier ball than from two "a four
ban cover and ali 1t with felt or excelsior and Won
"Let the mother and child or the two rlavers
DesIn oy sltung al opposite ends Of a thfck rug
tossing the ball from one to the other Next raise
tho ball over the head reaching as high as noe
chest and neck muscles Third from tbn e i34i 94Gh
posilon as the ball Is caught bend back iii the
heAo ana snoIiGers reach the floor and one is
the feet the floor. rise TO a sitting r1osffo,Ss
-hls IS very dIicut 70 do at first. but some light