The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-14
The
Gymnasium
Class

Honestly" exclaimed Miss Beck, in
tone of disgust, IF looked like that
ibid refrain from this sort of work
and wear kimonos the rest of my
lifei"
The other girls looked where she
pointed and beheld a woman of unde-
cided years hanging from the stall
bars, In an earnest endeavor to cast
OF, or at least redistribute, some Of
her superfuous avoirdupois.
"Oh, don't think she so bad" said
Miss Short, anxiously glancing down
at her own lower extremities and max
ing a mental comparison. "Of course
she's too fat, but she's well proper
toned, l think" and she felt her arm,
near the shoulder, with an imper-
ceptible sigh of relief to find that IT.,
too, was proportioned to her other
limbs.
81 do hope" sighed Miss Barclay, in
q tone Of perfect content with herself,
that this work won't decrease my
weight" Then she cast an apprecia-
tive eye over her own plump charms.
well, all can say" returned Miss
Beck, as at a personal affront, az she
peered down, trying to catch a
glimpse of her own sylph-like legs
completely hidden by the voluminous
folds of black boomers unless she put
one forward purposely-"is that it's
lots easier to add than to take away,
and as for as I'm concerned I'd hate
to see myself in a position where /
couldn't wear the present styles with
any degree of comfort"
"Say, just look over in the corner.
See that girl-or woman, l suppose
she is-catching the ball! Did you
ever in your life behold any one quite
so much higher in one shoulder than
the other?" Miss Father spoke.
mo one except yourself" replied
Miss Short unfeelingly. "The director
was saying last week that you'd need
a seven year course to get you
Strengthened up from side to side"
'I'm glad it's my shoulders instead
of my hips. at any rate" retorted Miss
Father, maliciously glancing at her
tormentor's slightly ungeometrical pro-
portions.
WELL" said Miss Garvin TRANQUILITY,
''Pm waiting to be told Of my chief
deformity. Or must wait until I've
been here while longer?" She viewed
the mirrored image of her projections
with calm approval. while you peo-
pie are striving to get back to normal
I'll be so far ahead Of you in the grace
full art that I'll be talking only the
sign language. It's too bad that my
friends are mostly deformed and Grip
p1ed!" and she dexterously caught a
ball that came whizzing her way.
mo, dearest" cooed Miss Beck,
you aren't as perfect as you think.
But you don't learn of your Imperfect
lions until you've had few lessons.
1t took me three before was inform
ed that I had one shoulder too high,
one hip too large and a bad case Of
swayback. You're a mere kinder
gartener at it, and. of course, you
can't yet understand! But you'll
learn. SO contrive to be happy, dear,
until you have come to earth! You
are young and you are beautiful, but
you may be knock-kneed or pigeon
toed or bowlegged or even swayback,
for all you know. It isn't my place to
inform you, but you'll be informed in
due season" She gave Miss Garvin a
look of compassionate pity!
'Well, at any rate, If am all those
things. I won't advertise 1t by wear,
ing silk stockings" exclaimed Miss
Garvin. "See that young thing-she
can't be more than forty-over there
hanging on those rings that are fast
ened to the ceiling? I'll offer special
prize to any one telling me just
where her ankles are-that is, where
her calves and her feet are Joined
I'll be blessed II can tell" She ex.
tended q we'll turned ankle, deliberate
ly, before the others. 81 may as well
own that that's my one pride and
glory" she confessed. shamelessly
81 may be fat or thin, straight OF
stoop shouldered-"
GLASS In line!" ordered the direc
- SAd~xthe girls FASTENED to their
fd girl there!" The di
<Ated at Miss Garvin. please
<o4tend your ankle when you mark
time! One would think you were
hundred years old, the way you lan6
on your heels! I wish could make
this class understand! For beauty Of
ankle you simply have got to extend
1t at every step-that gives 1t sup
pleness. II you'd do that"-to Mis-.