The evening world., 1915-01-07
Prove They Are of Emanci-
pated Sex by Filling Gym"
Seats on a Club Night.
NOT A BIT HORRlFlED.
Wholesome, Slangless Girls
Interested Spectators, Ears
Unassailed by Profanity.

evening. 1t was club night ana thero
were to be four very lively boxing
bouts, one of four and three OF ten
rounds, five-ounce gloves. Queens
berry rules. Some two hundred mon.
most Of them young. one-third OF
them athletic, all Of them clerks or
business men In appearance. sat on |
long benches arranged In tiers. Hair
of the men were smoking. Scattered |
here and there in tho house were |
dozens Of other women.
In the good old days that the dod-
derers love to talk about. tho mere
idea of a woman at q boxing match
would have prostrated the so-called
sterner sex. Fifteen years ago q
madcap girl tried to get into the OLD
Broadway A. c., her soft brown hair
tucked up under q mans baggy cap
and the rest Of her attire most man
nish. The gate guardians suspected
her and asked questions. She be-
came excited. raised her hand IN q
gesture and displaced her cap
Down fell her hair in q cascade. The
crowd hooted her as she ran back TO
her carriage.
But now! why. thanks to the
emancipation Of woman, q girl at the
ringside arouses no more comment
than a woman shopping. And for
that matter. why should she?
JUST TWO YOUNG AND WHOLE
G, some WOMEN.
The two young women who came
into Browns Gymnasium were Of the
sort that any man would pc glad to
own as wife or sister. They were
tho wife and the sister of the young
man who escorted them. He looked
like q prosperous man OF business, a
clear-eyed. cheerful person.. weh
dressed aud AbstainlnG from tobacco.
They were normal. rather athietic
girls in the early twenues. 30 tnor.
oughly American that no one coula
guess from what European race they
Ssd sprung. They were blue-esed
and brown-haired. They too were
MI dressed, their clothes modish but
not extreme. OF the hdeous pigments
that ruin the faces OF 20 many mod
ern women there was not trace.
Each had an attractive complexion,
also an air Of wholesomeness ana
The three took seats on the highest
bench at the rear of the gymnasium.
They were no more self conscious
than they would have been in church.
Their pl,.ce was near an open door,
and no smoke came near them. One
dropped her glove to the floor. ana
her husband climbed down to get IT,
She thanked him and laughed; v,..
"'Helgho! one day said KING
Francis" she quoted.
"Oh. but Brownings lady did not
thank him for jumping down into the
nit for her glove" he protested.
: That kind Of people.
- ''Tt's near Q o'clock. They're never
on time" wife remarked.
.'Of course not; they're artists" re-
piled sister.
Presently two little fellows who were
to begin the sport climbed up into the
ring, One took long swig from
long, narrow bottle.
What is ne drinkint?" asked wife.
"Water," husband replied.
"How silly" said she. ito drink
ANYTHING before exercise"
Sound sense. She knew more about
conditioning than the boxer.
sHUppCR At KNOCKOUT FOOL
IsH QUESTION.
In the second round the lad called
Johnny cracked the one called KID
20 hard on the jaw that his hands
dropped and he wabbled heiplessly
He was "out on his feet" a. II In
called, and Bill Brown stopped the
bout. Were the ladies' excited? DID
they shudder? or did they turn aside
and weep7 Foolish questions! They
scrutinised the beaten BOY very
earnestly. as n he were some new
sort Of creature thar must pe STUDIED
with care.
"He doesn't seem 10 ree' paih' sis-
Dr soiiIoquised' .
he dossn., w,. s''n Ia.n hHama 1s,iam v,,n M
,hs wind Knocked out OF him At foot.
ball or hockey. Same thing The
ladies agreed. They were distinctl,
not shocked. They seemed simply
keen to gather new experiences;
The second pair were bigger, lookee
Mke weiterwelghts. They clompet
about on heavy feet and swung long
sailing arms awkwardly. Present.,
the lucky one swung his right INST OF
the Others ,A~; causing MIN A.. to ieai M