The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1901, Page 3

THE SUNDAY CALL, 0 STGHA - I CHA TRATLRITY. SENNE FEW. VS TEUCTA — free and ) z st e them might- rform it ally fits he >mmon = long leap. » run and jump any di do jump they nesr- heads off. F a horizontal tart at a brisk pace, in- the pol e nea < to spring, on reaching which p forward without a mo- s0 as to lose none of the run. One thing to be ffness of the knees after letic sports 5 x é e jump. If the knees are Stiff there i s da But if they are n the right way using terrific jar, and to entir d not the u asantne the body thrown®backward hing to learn Is to walk smooth and easy. That is peopls who are R re e sden the shock caused t of the body th. 1t of the spring can jump neatly and he feet and the we and a number of them are in it. bars are just about the best thing going to develop the wrists s. When the bod s held in an position by the strength of ihe erms all the muscles are brought 'r:o ve play, a fact that many of the girls fully realize, for they are ever ready to take & turn on the bar. It probabiy would be rather mean to even hint that mnasium indry has s comes, the they do it because it makes the arm rger and firmer, but, nevertheless, that al vears of dlligent practice and patience. fact has been ascertained after sev For patience alone will do it. mbing the ladder, head first or feet . just as the fancy strikes them. is her amusement. Not one of them is d of a rush of blood to the head. n that ladder and- as though it we - > v oc ence, and probably it ; 8 ob It is easy t > up one side just a * one would climb ordinary step-ladder, s but when ihe top is reached the major not keep right on going and la on the ground head first. ommon to land there feet 2 But Mil people are looking for 1 , and they certainly find it. Nothing pleases them more than to turn a “pancake,” to do the *everlasting or to circle the horizontal bar. All of them are on the circus order, but they require constant and long training 1 1o do easily and well. - The two jolliest things In the entire > in one corner “gym” are the see-saw ‘and the glant day one may stride. The latter consists of a pole with or a swivel at the top, to which several ropes of equal lengths are attached, with small cross-sticks at their extremities. The cross-stick is taken in one hand and > rope in the other, and then everybody ces to run. In a few minutes the s and only the tips of the toes touch occasionally. When five or six jolly girls are golng fast and furiously it is great fun. But woe be unto the maid who happens to trip and down. Ehe drags behind, but is unable to stop entirely. Everybody who comes her way gives her a kick as they go by for being so clumsy, for grad- ually the stride is stopped in spite of all their efforts to keep it going. There is only one trouble with this ex- ercise. When going one way the right arm and right leg are used. It always seems more natural to swing a certain di- rection, and consequently one side is de- veloped at the expense of the other. The way to get out of that difficulty is to use the right arm and the left leg. At first it seems awkward, but with a little prac- tice it Is quite easy. To be sure, the girls have ,their full share of t weights, pulleys, stall bars, climbing ropes and even the new Swedish bom. Clubs and dumbbells are taken up at Mre. Mills' orders, but they soon get stupid. Club drill by well trained girls is a very pretty sight, and some of the girls are constantly in training and frequently glve an exhibition of their skill on class or some other equally festive day. Mills boasts of handball, basket-ball and tennis courts. Everything in the way of athletics has been provided both for the amuse- ment and for the health of the girls. ~Few of the girls are good at handball, nnd for the simple reason that muscles are brought into play that do not ook well when fully developed. It Is more essential to look well in an evening gown than it is to win honors as a ball piay Basket-ball is more practiced, but tennis is by far the most popular of all. A rats tling good game i3 a splendid appetizer, and it gives them the necessary fresh air as well. Few women breathe half deep enough, and yet it is one of the simplest and easi est class exercises of all. After thres long nd deep breaths all the old air that wa the lungs has been got rid of and they are filled with new and pure alr. The lungs are easily enlarged and the chest girth made greater by large inhalations of air. If the air is held as long as pos- sible in the lungs before it s exhaled the shoulders cannot help but be broader, But all these things take time and patience and plenty of them, too. Very little dif- ference will be noticed unless the exer- cises are gone through with about twenly- five times each day. It is far better to go through them in the morning and again at night. Another drill that Miss Rew says 1s par- ticularly effective is a broadener as well. Stand up and place the palms of the hands together in front and throw them back- ward quickly, trying to strike the backs arms horizontal. practice to be able to do this well (%4 3, VU e Vozmerave i 722, LIORZONIAL, of the hands together hehind, keeping the Everything that is athletle, everything grave attention, out when the marked It takes a great deal of that borders on physical culture, is all improvement In physique was shown the the rage. At first the ldea was given fad was pronounced & howling succesa,