The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1901, Page 11

at- strong 1t she CrOSSING T HE TRAVELING RINGS p."" And oomered cluba interesting ap- systematic train p with pride, for very improved wonderfuily in » much “‘apparatus” work Sometimes it but the girl one th {rmand some fun. 1 sometimes another. ,'r he New X a shop on A avenue there d metallic ng. with a in ank of long. llic torpedo boat plundes into the irty feet bout four st depth. The boat's t to ecarry it through » incline back to the several feet higher of the water in the tank. cockpit, a and omes within a th the pa to sengz » the inventor, L. Chute of “Dip the Di; the speed of the pointed boat throws the water aside, to use Mr. Carpent | own words, “the speed .of the boat as| 1t enters the water is about fifty feet a second, or thirty miles an hour, which en- les the boat to travel its own length in onc-quarter of a second. This takes them through that part of the tank in are totally submerged, a dls- y feet, in less than one-half | The opening in the boat being | five feet, gives the water but one- Ifth of a second in which to fall on the but as the force of gravity is fent to draw any object further -quarter inch the first one-| twelfth of a second the water does not get time to get into or touch any part of the | boat, e opening where the four v “The boat Is so heavy and sharp pointed | and com ers, than partics senge: fencing 1s more popular than anything els; It was a sport that belonged exclusively he water at such a rate | harp nose literally bore of speed or tunnels a passage for itself through the | to aninis daa water, which does niot have time to fall | et B S hodapvgl s gtaliein g M Y assed | Present time. What does, in fact? No one through. The lLoat, after coming out of | has ever doubted its value as an exercise the water, travels along and up an fncline | and as a means of developing strength of a he! t of SI!XXOI' elght feet by its own | and grace in a marvelous manner. So the momentum Chis act, us a brake and 5 . girls took it up—ana really, now, is the slows the boat up so that it glides around | P-anll realiygsnow, Aainate any sight more attractive than a graceful girl fencing? 'The strength of the wrist, the polse, the freedom acquired through devotion to the folls always will repay | elther man or woman who will devote the | necessary time to it. g @ sport far too little appreclated the curve and comes to a standstill at the | starting point, ready to bé connected to an endle: ble and drawn up the incline | for a fresh start.” Mr. Carpenter has been allowed a patent on the “Dip the at Crescent Beach the structure.—Boston Post, first full-sized | It and far too little practiced 4n this coun- THE SUNDAY CALL. The main trouble with ft drtli does not as a genera! v much good. It is alm that should have t is tnat clas: img one individual bappens to come in contact with Many of the exercises are gone through with by the country lads and lassies. It amounts to practically the > thing when they swing r the limb of a neighboring tree, jump the hitching pe or climb the slats on the barn to he glorlous slide. The main difference is that the family Is very apt, to call them * ties,” while at the High they are dignified with a longer, higher-sounding name, But be they country or city, the girls enjoy the work just the same. Almost ging by their toes, ciimbing the slippery pole or having a glorious rough-and-tumble fight, By actual experiment it has been ascers tained that the girl of to-day who Is an advocate and who has been brought up under the new regime of physical culture shows a marked improvement {n physique, Her shoulders are broader, her lungs stronger, walst larger, and she Is at least an inch and a half taller, to say nothing of beirg fully 100 per cent better physi- cally. The latter scored Wway up in G with the parents, and they took pains that their children didn’t procure a doctor's certifi- cate that would excuse them from so many hours “gym,” and that would glve them extra time for some neglected study. Varlety is ever the splee of life, and too much plain “apparatus” work bored the girls when the novelty of the new term wore off. They demanded ‘“free work" and they got it. Plenty.of it. The O. H. S§. girls shine and shine brightly in one particular. Basket-ball is thelr chief delight, and you ¢ be sure that when eighty girls stay after hours three nights in the week to play ball that they are intensely interested in it. The teams are so strong that the only wonder is so many heads come out of the fracas whole. \ “Camille has been putting up a rattiing | good game lately, and you want to keep | your eye on her,” whispers one girl with | a red ribbon on her arm to another with the some badge of partnership. ‘“You see that she doesn't get the ball, for she hits the basket pretty nearly every time now."" And “Camille” is in trouble. Every time ) ] she tries to make a run somebody butts: up against her and turns her out of her course. Every time the ball is almost within her grasp somebody jumps up in the air and sends it whizzing through to- ward the other goal. From the time the ball is kicked into the air there is a general scramble for it. If the hair is puiled nearly out, if one gets a nasty fall or a vigorous poke in the eye, the spirit of the game is not lost, but the TUORMNMING T HE. N EIEET . — injured one gives an undaunted toss of the head and plunges in with the best in- tentions in the world to fix the next fel- low who happens to ruthlessly cross her h. When the whistle blows they are in such a bewlldering mass that it is hard to tell one from the other, “If you hadn’t taken a header, Mir'm, we would have made that point,” or “That was a great throw, Alice. Do it some more.” These little side remarks come from the two sides during a rest and then they all get their heads together and plan how to block the other side. That basket-ball may be carried to an extreme s no mcre than Is true of any cther competitive pastime, but physicians and cautious heads of women’s gymna- of stums are forever discussing how far it improves the physique and strength of its devotees. Girls sometim suffer injuries from it and so, too, do men. It as easy for man to fall and break a couple of ribs as it is for but the old-fas ioned peop heads. Ti that ment 1 that come from it That the girls have trespas in a of favor. Th and up to thi 3 it was tl usurping man's a: good pos: no can er ones co had common and who brothers w But encour: the girl a good racket, who get from “green” to “gre: who will not bet about a swim is to be found. Even if she truly ignorant about he policy to say so. fashion spells gymnastics letters. Indoor work has opened a fleld for all girls, for most of the games demand th the pocket-book be opened, 1 better. And the timid ge They can take sqlid comfort hand-spring or a back flip i corner. Then again expensive,. but there is a eerts of sociability connected with it. The preliminary work is the most m- portant of all. At the same time, with thy exercises of the first there usually a course of lectures upon hygi living, how to acquire and preserve a proper carriage and the value of outdoor life and regular living. now when apital With such careful traming how fs it possible for other than good to come from gymnastics? - 3 A Queer Case of ROFESSOR LANCEREAUX has p]ust brought before the Paris Acad- emie de Medicin a curious case of catalepsy, combined with manifes- tations of “double sight,” or telepathy. A young girl of 14, a patient of Dr. Four- nier of Angouleme, suddenly fell into regular cataleptic fits. Her members be- came rigid, breathing and heart beats were almost imperceptible, and there was complete insensibility to pain. Nothing very extraordipary in all this; the strangeness of the affair was that the fits came on at irregular Intervals, Jast- ing from a few hours to several days, and yet had no apparent ill effect on the child’s health. Yet more singular, the seizures appear- ed to be in some way assoclated with a young married weman, a neighbor, and great friend of the girl. When this woman visited the house the child, though In a cataleptic condition, got up and trled to follow her out into the street. Another time the girl was In a | back room, the friend passed the house, and at once catalepsy supervened. Then the doctor put seme coins into his hand, closed it and held it over the rigid girl, “What have I got in my hand?"” Over anl over again the answers were perfect- Iy accurate. The young married woman left the town on a short visit, and her little friend showed no untoward symptoms. Sudden- ly some one said in her presence, *““Mr —— has returned,” and the girl instantly Auto-Suggestion. fell into a cataleptic state. Dr. Fournier seems to have thought that the case was one of telepathic com- munication or auto-suggestion, so he hy notized the girl and ordered her to cease believing that Mme. — had any influen: on her. The command was well impress- ed upon the patient, who was then aw ened. Since then there has been no re- turn of catalepsy. Professor Lancereaux @eclined to be- lleve in ‘double sight™ or divination: he thought, however, that the ca was really one of auto-suggestion. He inclined to think that the girl imagined her friend had special influence om her, and thence fcllowed the curious symptoms. As regards the doctor's experiments with. coins, his explanation iy that t doctor thought of the cofns and conveyed his thoughts to the cataleptic girl. This, of course, Is telep: or thought read- ing. As If this declaration from the learned professor was not sufficiently he went on to give particulars ¢ flar case which came under his o sonal ubservation. man, w ed w fever, which was not only quinine, but abnormal and duration. The you confessed that the attacks onl: A young mar as when her mother-in-law was in the house, “I feel her coming even whem far oft.” Investigation seemed to confirm the truth of -this singular statement, the case thus finding its parallel in the Incident reiated above.—london Express.