New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
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MODERN AMAZ0NS
Physical Perfection IN Spite of
Office Life.
Copyright 1910. by Hamilton wright)

Copyright 1910. by Hamilton Wright)
Perhaps one of the most remarkable
clubs of Office girls in the world Is one
organized a few years ago in San Fran
cisco. These girls have hit upon plan
whereby they manage TO string their vaca-
tion throughout the year.
The members Of this club had at the
start the build of the average young wom-
an, but since they dubbed together 10 live
an outdoor life wonderful things have hap
pened. In bust, waist and arm measure
Inent they are now close TO the perfect
standard, and they have become strangers
to the pain and inflrmities that beset their
sex They have tasted the highest physical
exaltation. and the draft has made easy
the little sacrifices which their way or liv-
Ing entails. For these healthy Amazons
earn their living by hard work Most OF
them work from 9 O'Clock in the morning
until or $50 o'clock in the afternoon.
leaning over machine or desk. II Is easy
for the woman of leisure 10 be an athlete,
and most Of the younger generation OF this
class are splendid physical specimens, but
1t must often be hard for the woman who
earns her living under the conditions I'M
posed by modern business lie 10 get up
energy enough for athletics II would have
been easier. no doubt, for these girls Of
ssn Francisco 10 have rested late In bed
on Sunday morning than 10 get up and
race along the beach. But the effort has
been a constantly diminishing one, and now
81 would be impossible 10 keep them from
their outings.
At first tho gi-ls CO the San Francisco
Club started IN modest way. A few
walks and brisk runs through the unfre-
cuented cinder paths ct Golden Gate Park
and brisk plunge fer moment or two
into the t!EslinE salt waters Of the Pacific
developed as the months went by into
longer walks and more extensive rompS
in the water
Three evenings OF the week after dinner
they devote O couple OF hours to Indian
clubs or basketball But on Sundays and
holidays they don their flannel bathing
suits and shoes and lay claim to the whole
peninsula OF San Francisco for their Iomp-
ing ground. They generally take hike"
OF ten or twenty miles, after which they
congregate at their cabin along the beach,
which is made of two disused old street
cars Thus the great expense of owning
clubhouse, which with many business
women constitutes an insuperable barrier
TO athletics, is obvlated.
After they have come In from their hike
they change their suits for plunge in the
ocean The Cliff House Beach IS not a
popular swimming place on account Of the
undertow and the fact that the tempera-
ture never rises above ~ degrees. Sturdy
men prefer to keep to the shore here, and
the breezes are so sharp that II makes one
doubt the existence Of the japan current.
AS bathing beach and playground the
spot is fitted only for the most hardy ath-
letes But IL is precisely this beach that
this club e working women has taken
possession Of
Here they play leapfrog and punch tho
medicine ball. dashing into the surf OF the
slightest pretext at any and all seasons
OF the year
on New Years Day the men athletes OF
the Olympic Club have a club run through
the park and leap into the surf. When they
emerge refreshed with the bracing water
they look about 10 see whether the Car
negie committee is not waiting 10 begin a
distribution of medals. Usually the girls
spend the previous night at their club
house and take a dip before the Olympic
Club arrives.