Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-04-16

It is during the age Of adolescence
that girls are most responsive to phys
lcal exercise and when their physical
condition needs careful watching.
Generally speaking, the age from IA
to Is Is the corrective age. Faults
and defects which may develop into
unattractiveness and serious ailments
In womanhood are comparatively easy
TO overcome then by training. Beauty
Of face q girl may not possess, but II
she Is eXquisitely nodded in form and
limb, Is graceful in carriage and
walk and has the rich coloring. the
sparkling eyes and the cheerful,
wholesome air that bespeak good
health, her irregular features are for
gotten in the admiration of her other
attractive points.
There is a series of exercises recon-
mended by Mr.. Cooper for girls. They
are all simple to perform and are ef-
fective He recommends taking them
IN front of an open window, standing
about four feet away from it. facing
outward. No matter how cold the
weather may be the eXerciser will not
catch cold, so he claims, II she wears
light dressing gown over her night
gown and has her throat and chest
protected from the cold. In some OF
the exercises a Dell bar Is used. This
is q substantial wooden wand. about
four feet long, tipped on the ends with
wooden balls. 1t is light and serves
only as an incidental feature of the
exercises. They can be performed
without any apparatus. The first ex-
ercise is one of the best for reducing
the waist line and aiding digestion.
Stand with the feet planted firmly on
the floor and foot or more apart.
Grasp the wand or bell bar in the two
hands, fingers curved downward
over 1t, and the hands on line with
the shoulders. Bend the body for
ward with the knees and arms
straight and the muscles of the abdo-
men rigid. Inhale long breath as
the head and trunk are raised and the
body swung around to the right side,
with the arms, elbows still straight,
pointing backward. The head should
be erect, the feet in the original posi-
ton and the whole upper part Of the
body bent backward. This position
stretches the muscles Of the sides
and abdomen. From the backward
position the body should be turned
forward again and the head bent low,
as at first, and the breath exhaled 40
the return is made. Next the exercise
should be repeated. turning the body
to the left side and the motions con-
tinued, alternating right and left, for
u or Is times.
An exercise to strengthen the IN
festival organs, the liver and kidneys
Is as follows: Stand with the bar
vertical In front of the body at arms
length, with one end touching the
floor and the other held In tho right
hand. without moving the bar bend
the head and shoulders forward and
raise the left knee up 40 high do pos
sibie and inside the bar, keeping the
foot horizontal and the toes pointing
parallel with the right foot. Straight
en- the body, drop the left foot 10 Its
original position, then bend forward
again and this TIME false the fight
foot inside the bar In the same mani.
Aer. II this exercise Is dohe regular:
y every morning the ihtestines will
Sc kept Id perfect condition except tn
Some extraordinary easel. says Mf.
COOPER, who considers It ofs Of the
most important for young girls to
take, The general state Of health and
the 6ieArness Of the c6niplexiUh de-
pehd largely on the intestinal eoHdi'
H., ana two or Tires minutes 81 this