Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-13

bloomerS and white MILDLY hlouseS
26O young women and girls of the
Young Women's Christian Association
! are being trained as athletes and
marathon runners by Miss Marjorie f.
! Rolles, physical director, a recent
graduate of the Sargent School of
Physical Training of Cambridge. Mass
Divided into ten classes, each taking
| two lessons a week, high school girls,
! business women, junior girls, working
girls, married women and private
school girls are making good use of
the finely equipped gymnasium on the
fourth floor of the new building at
Fourth and Walnut streets, where
every appliance. convenience and ap-
paratus has been provided to make the
physical department complete and
modern.
Some Lose: Others Gain
Since the opening of the gymnasium
early in November some of :he girls in
training have lost as much as two
pounds in one week: others have
gained an equal amount; and in fact
there seems to be a general balancing
of natures forces in the line of phys
iCal development. Miss Ella NJ. Stitt
general secretary of the association,
says all the classes are highly en-
thusiastic and the girls show their ap-
probation of the gymnasium by reg
ular attendance at Miss Bolles classes.
The physical director is said to be
highly popular, and she looks it.
Conservative Estimate. This
Miss Bolles is not more than thirty
or forty. She is enthusiastic in her
work and has enough energy to lead
four classes a day and two more in the
evening. With a grip like an Indian
warrior she welcomes visitor and
hustles OF to her gymnasium where
| class of about fifty girls is i'm
patiently waiting to set into calls
theniC action.
The first number on the regular
class program is a military drill, in
which Miss Bolles. like captain of
the guard. puts the students through
some fancy rapid-iire maneuvers. The
class looks like a company of West
J Point cadets. Miss Bolles runs them
through "a double quick forward
hep, hep. hep. hep, hep; hay foot
straw foot. hep, hep, hep; right-about
face. one. two. halt"
The next is a dumbbell drill with
whirls and lunges and flying arms that
seem to make = dangerous tangle
among the company scattered over
| the gym floor. once in while there
( Is a crack of dumbbells that makes the
sparks fly. and the building sometimes
/ seems TO shake with the regular jump
/ OF the whole company in some OF the
I exercises.
interesting DIX Dances
The folk dances are probably the
most interesting and entertaining of
the class exercises. There is Dutch
dance with many intricate steps and
combinations made to piano accom-
paniment with the tune
20 where. o where, is my little dog
gone,
/ Q where. o where can he be-"
! The Highland fling and half a dozen
other dance features are used on diff
! fercnt occasions and add a musical
interest to the regular drills Free
arm calisthenics and apparatus exer-
cises are also part of Miss Bolles' pro-
: gram. which make the real moneys
worth of the physical training and
give the neHt-day stiffness to beginners.
/ Reap Hairpins
/ The liveliness of the classes can he
! measures by the harvest of hairpins
/ that are swept up after each drill. Al
/ though the girls are seen arranging
+; their hair every few minutes and
! whenever there is a rest spell in their
| attempts to prevent the upsetting Of
their coiffures. there is many hairpin
& lost on the floor and recovered only
/ when the broom is used after the class.
I Many ingenious schemes have been
/ suggested to prevent this loss. but up
TO date nothing effective has been de-
! yised. In this there lies a fertile field
for Harrisburg inventor.
! Track Meet. Maybe
Several of the larger classes of the
I gymnasium have been organized with
officers and will hold social events.
! The Juniors have volleyball team
and will arrange games every tw,,
| weeks. Other games will be taught by
Miss Bolles as soon as she gets her
L work in more complete order. Fxbi-
. E1-if aa srf--
/ walls later in the season and it is hoped
that interest can he aroused for an
J.. open-air track meet when the weather
permits.
Cafeteria Popular
One Of the most successful depart-
ments Of the Y. W. G. A. is the cafe
terra. under the direction of Mrs. Sarah
Erlenmeyer Since its openirg in the
perfectly fitted room on the first floor
of tn new building ii has drawn much
larger crowds than the establishment
in the old place.
Although the cafeteria was idle two
months last wear the total number al
. meals served was 44.715. and during
1918 1929 The total receipts Tor
1914 were s5.735.S4
The cafeteria is an attractive and
Quiet place for noon luncheon. where
the nqtrons helm themselves and paI
for what they get At tho entrance
sils necessary for a meal and is sun
plied with the foods desired by attend
ants In charge. PAYMENT is made tr
the cashier. who sums un the prices nj
all the dishes on the trav, and the
patron goes to a table and takes the
meal without any further attendan nee
from mattresses.
Prices VARY
The prices vary from cents for a
NORTON ~ roast haaf to cent for .
'Hil Of butter. A full meal ran he hac
for =. ve~v moderate sur1. The ca 70 I.
II noni1Ia~ lurchaon nlace far man,
r''s'ros~ women and store girls and /,
aivo nafron'@od ~ a nv, her of rnen
who az Welcomed bv the mana ge-
mont The lar~Ast nuupto- of lunchers
se-'-ed m NV lay was 220
Tho cafeteria &c nnen from ft.9o
| - ~ o'clcct a-d befwaan : and s 20
| SATURDAY. e~nninrs 4 Zig dav ia ev-
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