Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-01

to jump before going in or after coming
out OF the water. The sand Is a far
better place for the exercises than the
water, because the air offers practically
no resistance, while the water offers a
great deal
TIP to leap upright and you will he
surprised at the resistance of inadequacy
OF the unaccustomed muscles. But per-
sist Prepare the mind by saying to your
self, "Rejoice!" Then, one arm extended
straight upward, the other at your side,
spring as high into the air as you can
If you tumble over, face forward or back
ward in the sand, no harm is done. But
leap several times. until you are warned
by fatigue that you have jumped enough
When you have practiced three or four
leaps a day for fortnight the body will
begin TO be obedient. 1t will form a
vertical line. This will give you poise
and lengthen and strengthen the longi-
tudinal muscles.
A running jump is of great value in
the development of strength of the I'M
used muscles about the waist-line. Run
half dozen steps, then, flinging your
arms high above your head, jump into
the air. This is an excellent heart slim
illus. Taken thus in the open, it excels
any Spring or other season tonic
The high run, with one arm extended
in front, the other at the back, then al.
ternating, Is a most valuable exercise
for the digestive tract.
The leaping should be done singly at
first. Afterward groups may form and
the jumping be done in unison, under a
leaders, commands. The running group
enjoys the added zest of competition,
which Is always an incentive to do ones
best
The seashore is coed spot also for
the exercise known in the gymnasium as
working at the bars, but is In most in
stances stretching. My girls found at
Atlantic City, among the rough Orders
Of the pier. strong timbers from which
they swung their weight back and forth
by their hands, rhythmically as the PEN
dulum o ia clock. The sideward swing
exercises develop long. supple waist mus
cles, slender hip line, a straight back
and full chest.
That is another exercise in which wo-
men of this country are singularly inept,
and which is one reason why they do
not grow taller. American women would
acquire much statelier height IT, from
their childhood, their longitudinal mus.
cles were stretched by swinging from
cross bars, branches Of trees or lintels
Of doors.
1t is a very good symptom OF national
growth that dancing is INDUCED in at
the beach ut the seashore. There is no
better time for dancing than the day,
while the sun is shining, no better place
than the beach, where the bodies arc
unimpeded by too much clothing 1t is
n natural expression OF a natural JOY
In life, and under right spirited chaper-
onage should be encouraged. II bathers
would indulge In leaping running, swing
Ing and dancing on the beach, instead
Of passively looking on or taking quiet
sun baths they would derive far moro
benefit The bathers who chill quickly
should exercise IN these sports for fifteen
minutes preceding the ocean bath.
Leaping, running. swinging. dancing,
especially out of doors, are a return to
the spirit of old Greece. BY so much as
Americans encourage this spirit. espe-
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