Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-02-12
Ml(ady's
Mirror
Sports Help Good Looks.

Sports Help Good Looks.
The best exercises for women. says
n physical director in Il girls college.
are those that are simply good fun
and have no such special object as the
winning of Il match.
would not for worlds forbid women
to play games like tennis. hockey and
golf. provided that they will not take
them seriously.
The two essentials of any form Of
physical exercise are that it should
be enjoyable and that it should be
Rhythmic. If you enjoy thoroughly.
your muscles may get fatiSued. but
YOUR nerve force will not get exhaust
ed. and if the exercise is rhythmic. If
it goes with q swing that brings every
muscle of the body into play. then the
fatigue will he that glorious. glowing
laXnesS of body.
The secret of that swing, of that
rhythm is this: The body must move
the limbs and not the limbs the body.
Watch a fine walker. fine oarsman.
fine Jumper. 1t is always the body
that lifts and impels the limb. There,
indeed. you have the secret Of grace
in every action of life-you must make
gesture with your whole body. with
your whole will.
a great weakness Of golf. rs of most
other games played with handle. is
that the clubs must hr swung on the
right side of the body.
Instead of CORRECTING the unwiSe pref.
erence we give to the li"ht hand. such
games aCcentuate it whereby one set
of muscles land one part of the brainb
are developed at the expense Of anoth-
,er. while the UNMARRIED swing from
right to left puts the body out Of poise.
Hockey. too. has this fault Though
its rhythm is more varied and continu-
.ous) and has the additional one of
low crouched attitude which cramps
the organs and impedes the breathing.
Tennis is some ways finer This
more than any other ball game exer-
-cises every part Of the body harmoni-
-ously. Its poses and gestures are many
ND varied: the player gets quick eye.
.chtline flick of the wrist: the in:
hntancorS speed Of cat on the
bounce. the power to hit with arm and
~body curled or far extended. and, If
he will and is wise. he may hold the
racket indifferently in his right hand
.or his left.
Unfortunately. though the rhythm is
continuous. it Is jerky. and. though the
gestures are varied. few Of them are
-noble-a tennis player rarely looks dig
-nified-while. when the game is played
well. the nervous tension flor women
at least Is apt to be too great.
Fencing is too fine an exercise to be
ignored. 1t gives sureness Of ,poise.
1ightness of limb. grace Of carriage and
a quickneSS Of eye and Of wrist far
greater than tennis gives. 1t common
1y shares with golf the unwise pref.
.erence for the right hand Though some
are wise enough to fence with either
hand). and it tends to overdevelop the
muscles of the wrist and arm.
AS to horse riding, there is no sport
more exhilarating. There is nothing In
motion more splendid than the free
movement Of the brave creature under
YOU. his quick response to hand or foot
the mingled sense Of hazard and secu
rity. the sense Of being launched in air.
the flashing picture Of the way and the
quick whistle of the wind.
But riding may he overdone. even by
strong women. The woman who rides
to hounds is fine picture on horse
back, but she is not always graceful on
foot.
Woman's Reason.
Women have more of what is termed
good sense than men. They cannot
reason wrong, for they do not reason
at all. They have fewer pretensions,
are less implicated in theories and
Judge of objects more from their i'm
mediate and involuntary impression on
the mind, and therefore more truly and
naturally.-Hazlitt.
An Explanation.
There are in the United States IT,.
100000 unmarried adults. Out of ev-