Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-25
HoUSEwoRK IS THE
BEST KIND OF PHYSI-
CAL CULTURE -:
by a Woman Doctor.

| often think that II the girls who spend
so much time. money and energy on phys.
ical culture would turn their attendance
to housework as a means OF physical ex.
erclse, they would derive a great deal Of
profit at very small cost
heard a young lady the other day
grumble because she could not afford an
expensive course Of physical culture.
why not try kitchen gymnastics" I
replied. why not get interested IN
housework and try what busting and
sweeping and bedmaklng will do for youi
health and coed looks?" How can house.
work improve the figuro?' she asked in
credulously
II is quite simple after all. The mus.
Giles OF the spine. the shoulder blades, tho
arms and the body generally arc all
brought into play in sweeping and dustin1
and bcdmaRing
! Business girls ard girls who stay al
home and yet do not absolutely need 10
help with homework. would find how
| much even an hours brisk housework
every morning would do for their health
Have you ever observed how closely
| the muscle movements necessitated by
sweeping. busting. and. above ALL bed.
making. resemble the physical culture ex
ercises which are 90 much practiced just
now?
Bali punching is one OF the fads OF the
hour The fashionable ladies who spend
so much time daily punching an elabora;l
! striking ball would derive just as much
good from pORlng and punching their boil
sters and pillows ~ the would engage
upon the homely occupation Of making
their own beds
Turning the mattress entails a musou.
lar effort which exercises the muscles Of
the back and shoulders. Brisk busting
and sweeping provide healthfui exereis,
at the minimum OF cost TO every woman
who will give homework a trial.
All women must have a certain amount
OF physical exercise to keep them iu
| health But they cannot all afford au
expensive course OF lessons In physical
culture. So why not give housework
J triAl7 II is often difficult for business
girls TO find the necessary time, but
even half ar hours brisk housework,
combined with walk to and from bust.
ness, will do a great deal to keep youf
muscles In a healthy condition.
Miss Slt-by-the-Fire would find that
after one months housework that sha
was a happier healthier and better look
ing girl. Even II your mother can az.
ford the domestic service necessary to d.
the housework, YOU should endeavor to
take o part OF II upon yourself for youi
healths sake
Poverty which entails no servant FOL
| the young wife Ia often blessing in die
gulse, medically speaking, because n
| means that she has to take a parctica!
part in keeping her little home In order
! The girl who haa to sweep and dust and
| cook for several hours daily ls othsl
things being equal, far happier indy
idual than the wife fho can Afford I,
be lazy. who need not do tan minutes
good honest work. in the twenty-fou
hours.
Many a poevlsh dlscontented, saliou
young woman would be transformed b,
n good liberal dose OF housework.
| Take more exercise" Is the advice o.
nine out OF ten doctors 10 such a patient
And 80 the cheapest and easiest TO pro
cure OF all exercise for the averag,
woman consists I'm housework, why mol
try course OF swSeping. busting Of
kitchen gymnastics generally?
II you are sensible woman and in
tend to so In for household gymnastics
remember first that housewor4S done witt
open windows and plenty OF fresh ali
about is ten times more valuable thar
tho same work done I'm badly ventilated
rooms,
30 open the windows before you begin
Secondly, be careful to vary the type o.
Kitchen gymnastics as much as possible
ironing for two or three consecutiy,
hours Keeps a certain set OF muscles OF
tension. Continually bending in a effor
TO sweep half dozen rooms with a small
brush and shovel is fatiguing II Il q
done without any intervals OF rest.