The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
By ISABEL STEPHEN.

There came, a few years ago TO this
country from the little city OF Gratz
in the province Of Steiermark, Austria,
an exceedingly plump little girl, Caroline
Bauman. Her parents settled in Chi
cago and there she went to school As
she grew older she grew plumper and
when she reached eighteen years of age
she was in despair. Full Of ambition, the
only career open to her, she believed. was
fat girl in 4 museum. Before abandon
ing herself TO this fate, however she de-
cided to try strenuous means to reduce
herself to normal measurements. Attila.
the veteran gymnast, the trainer of San
dow and other professional strong men.
was located in Chicago at the time, and
she placed herself in his hands.
At the end of a year Attila declared
that she was the most wonderful of the
thousands of pupils whom he had trained
during his fifty years work among ath-
letes She then weighed only 135 pounds
and was able to lift the hugh dumbep
which Sandow used. Thus the career
of physical instructor naturally appealed
TO her more than any other, an she is
today Attila's partner in their large
gymnasium in New York City.
To-day, when women are undertaking
all kinds of strenuous work, physical
training is absolutely necessary, and the
field for instructors is very great. Wom-
en- prefer to have female instructors ma
turaIly, and there are really not enough
of them to satisfy the demand" said
Miss Bauman in speaking Of this pro-
fession for women.
My pupils range in ages from ten
years old to eighty-three. Yes, indeed
] have one woman who Is eighty-three,
and a very good pupil she is She is
proud of her age and her vitality. I
have many women around fifty and sixty
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Every woman wants to look as at
tractive as possible, and q corpulent or
a very thin woman never looks attract
i've. A corpulent woman appears awk-
ward. one too sylphlite gives the i'm
preston of poor health. II Is possible
to reduce any part of the figure burdened
with superfiuous flesh or build up any
part that is undeveloped. The effect OF
my method can be concentrated on the
hips, waist. limbs or any other portion
Of the body.
Dancers. singers, clubwomen and suf
fragists are among my pupils. for women
are beginning to realize that II they
want to live the strenuous life they must
have the physical strength to stand the
great strain that is put upon their vital
fly.
Strength building does not mean hard
work. Hard work methods destroy beauty
and the refinement of beauty. Women
should be giants in strength il they wish
to be not only mans equal. but Helens
in beauty and charm. In reality, strength
is the foundation and permanent sus-
tainer of beauty. Women have energy
and courage. They have more endurance
than men. All they need Is science, and
boxing and bag punching lessons will
give them these requisites.
To-day women are going in for out
door sports and indoor strenuous dances
very much more than they ever did be-
fore, and therefore II stands to reason
that the demand for women instructors
is great. In order to be successful IN
this work a woman must have great
physical strength, her constitution must
be perfect and her patience everlasting.
She must have tact and sympathy; other
wise she had better choose some other
occupation, for wonders In physical i'm
provement cannot be wrought over night,
and she must always be ready with the
necessary encouragement