The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
PAINTING TYPE OF
WOMAN HAS PASSED
Stronger and More Dependable Type
Has Taken Her Place.

Has Taken Her Place.
For some time We have been hearing
that the average weight and size Of
women are increasing; that with the
growing tendency to athletics they are
becoming more muscular and fndepen-
dent, and the pleasantest chapter in the
story is that they are healthier than
ever before.
II we doubt the truth OF these reports,
we need only look to the newspapers for
verification-
Women Rout Burglar.
It quite startles and almost shocks
ones sense of the fitness of things to
read OF the modern young woman who
dIsdains the proverbial practice of look
ing for burglars. but meets him when he
comes like a man." blow for blow
There is nothing pretty IN the story, ex-
cept as II demonstrates what physical
culture will do for women But haven't
you been a bit surprised Of late to read
Of the number OF women who have rout-
ed burglars sharply punished the COM
mon street fiirt, and thoroughly demon
strated their fitness to protect them
selves?- Their grandmothers. or great
grandmothers. would have promptly
tainted, else have ingloriously run away.
There is the determined young wopan
ern State. mounted on her own horse,
partly for the pleasure OF 1t. she says,
partly to tell OF the charms Of the West
Incidentally, she demonstrates her beau
tiful endowment Of health the gift of
the frea, pure air. the sun. and the
abundant exercise
And there is the young girl swimmer
whose powers OF strength and endur-
ance make US wonder what We may see
a few generations hence
Saved n Life.
A few days ago a crowd OF men, un-
able TO swim, watched a girl heIplessly
struggling in the water. and while they
were waiting for anything TO happen that
might. another young girl came along.
She was only thirteen, but was the
wholesome. athletic type Of girl who
knew how to do things. and without any
ceremony she went to the rescue. fully
dressed. and saved q life. I am afraid
her great-gra randmother would have help
lessly wrung her hands and wept.
Probably she, OF the long ago. was
more airy. more fragile. quite in keep
ing with the times, but not nearly so
strong and dependable-and then. II IS
mighty nice to live up to ones pos
sibilities. whether II is IN the art OF
swimming or something higher.
II was partly strength of arm partly
that recently in New York led the wou-
an editor OF the Animal News, a pub
licat!on gotten out In the interest OF
animals, TO proceed 10 enforce her re-
mands upon a driver to stop beating
his horse. He resisted her authority
and she grabbed the whip from his
hands.
She may have had more OF moral than
of physical strength. but II Is one OF
many similar happenings that bear wit
ness to the fact that many time the
woman OF to-day Is unafraid In a situa-
ton which years ago would have led to
hysteria-
No Trying to Outdo Brothers.
Women are not trying to catch I'd
to their brothers in the way OF physical
strength: probably they could not II
| they would But, according to records
from maternity hospitals and elsewhere,
it is a fact that they are responding
TO the fuller exercise and the treer life
that have come to them Even their feet
are said to have grown larger. But one
strongly suspects that much Of that I'm
preston is due 20 the fact that they
simply wear larger shoes in Difference TO
their growing love of walking and other
exercise.
And when one seriously thinks Of 1t ir
Is very peasant lndlcaton, FOR IN
earlier DAYS women were more or less
house-bound through the fear OF being
sun burned. tanned. or freckled. Ad-
rliringly noting the athletic girl as she
swings along in bounding beautiful
health, We are glad indeed for the
passing Of the fainting, weeping. helpless
type that never knew how to live. And
If it is true that they are taller, heavier.
more muscular. It is also true that they
are ruddier, more resourceful. happier,
and more useful.
you?