The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1902, Page 6

THE SUNDAY CALL. Cop 1902, by S. §. McClure Company. Y ile I live, will i . rning words, uttered by l Zenobia in her own defense, it . . rth while for every lly, for the sake fc thereby experiment, ablish you in ty of form which even if bea of e No one utte them—cabanstic of every to give nor will she be quainted herself in order to see i r ideal; and then gained where it The woman who pometric chart going he breadth, s anatomy the must for a share of attention. 1ck height stick ce of a per- these mat- 2 on who h ition of the body, ener one wants to find out , and re- the chart. The height may be h or without shoes; without better; stand erect, close to a u t clothes or deduct four for clothing, according to flated—Take as full a breath as measure close under the est natural—Also take measure close under the arms t smallest part m—Around the largest part, with the arm b t up until the hand near- ly_touches the should: Forearm—Around gest part, with arm extended and fist closed. Hips, thigh and ealf—At largest part of s, breadth—Arms at sides, th: i ken about two inches der blades, surement will require mea: below e (To get this me astistance.) the accompanying illustration, . the rea who possesses almost a perfect or classic figure, and her physical num- Beaul 5] s o THE WRONG nearly approaching those of a Greek statue, are given for the benefit of the maiden who wishes to have something for comparison. They are as follow: 0 years -5 feet 5 inches 20 pounds 1 inches 4 inches Upper-arm. 10 inches Forearm. inches Walst. inches Neck 12 inches Hip: inches Breadth of hip Breadth of w .25 inches Depth of chest. 8 inches Depth of abdomen. .7 inches A few months ago there was a lack of THE SECRETS OF siiaiucia W | Predictions for the week by a professional astrologer showing lucky and unlucky days for business, love and marriage, giving birthday advice and life forecasts of infants born during the next seven days. g on Sunday, the earth and heart of ths sign and and ex- world. People of mental emo- to be somewhat Retail d people will be week beginni uld be unsteady and at There should be some various lines. e not very good. There be a sm percentage of real all- however, to the number of imeg- be uncertain. From h there should be heavy s the Southwest; flurries other places, followed by cold, snow along the Atlantic Marriage. This is en excelleat time for marriage, each day being under a most propitious fluence. All couples entering the wedded state during this week should experience most happy marital careers. Business. y 9, Sunday—A quiet day for s meditation. , Monday—This day will be an important one to wholesale dealers. The greatest activity will be in the ma- ine and the manufacture of raw day the grain market may e up. but go down by 10, with Metals and mining stocks ive the most excitement. Tuesday—Retail trade should be brisk to-day in manufactured useful articles. This is a good day for e transfers. ooens quiet, but will ble up to 1L It will and up at L he 80 THE STARS MADE CLEAR T0 YOU. Mining stocks are noon ¥cbruary 12, Wednesday—There will_be some heavy frading upon this day. Re- tail trade Wili be best in the afternoon. stock market will be active upon It opens low, goes up at 10. nd me ocks should lead from likely to go up at 1 , while gr wilt"be best at_noon. Ty Thursd Ask favors, 1 business affairs and sign all con- before noon. In retail lines all novel ‘and new articles should find a ready sale. The market opens fair. Sugar should be up at 10, but all provision lines will be changeable until noon, then there will be a decided downward tendency. February 14, Friday—This is St. Valen- tine’s day. and will be more largely cele- brated this vear than for many seasons past iness will be unsatisfactory upon th 3 Markets open uncertain. By 10 the mar- ket will fall, but rise at 117 with metals highest at 12 February cellent day Satnurday—This is an ex- upon whick to make changes, 't upon journeys or start new enter- prises. Mining stocks and metals should be best at the opening of the market and should rise at 10 o’clock. Sugar should go up a few points at 11, and the market should then ‘be very changeable until the close. Birthdays. February 8, Sunday—Those who cele- brate their birthday upon this day should not travel, make changes nor go to law during the next year. With care they should experience a prosperous year, but should take no risks. The young will court and marry. February 10, Monday—This will be an unsettled y Ty of their birth upon this day. will require constant attention for successful returns. Women had best exercise great care in the bestowal of their affections. February 11, Tuesday—This will prove to be a favorable year for all who cele- brate their birthday to-day. Affairs of those engaged In business will prosper and money will increase. Those who be- gin new enterprises should meet with suc- cess. Young women should make advan.- tageous marriages. February 12, Wednesday—There will be many annoyances, both in business and family affairs, for those whose birthday falls upon this date. They will experience worry, but the latter part of the year will bring ‘unexpected good fortune. Young widows should receive offers of marriage. February 13, Thursday—This will be an eventful year for those who celebrate their birthday to-day. Those in the em- ploy bf others should receive promotion, while there will be alternate gains and losses for some. All should care for their {‘A‘ual‘h and be careful of risks in specuia- on. February 14, Friday—An active year, with financial gain, awaits those whose birthday falls upon this date. Great pru- should be exercised by all, and moderation used in the quest of pleasure. | should make ex- cellent marriages. February 15, Saturday—This will not be a very fortunate year ior those who cele. brate the anniversary of their birth to- day. Business will ~be uncertain, and there will be domestic infelicity for some. here may be unhappy terminations to romantic love affairs. Births. The children of this week will be sensi- tive and of intensely emotional tempera- ments. They will be affectionate and very bright mentally. They should be artistic, musical and poetical. Februfiry 9, Sunday—The children born upon this day will be active and ener- getic, of quick wit and most generous na- tures. The boys will be successful in business careers, and the girls will marry early and make loving wives. February 10, Monday—These _children will be of restiess disposition and fond of journcying to distant places. The boys should choose transportation or Govern- ment situations and will be promoted to high positions in life. The girls will not be very happy in their married lives. February 11, Tuesday—These children will be successful in iife. They should make many friends and prosper in finan- clal affairs.. The boys should make fine civil engineers and architects. The girls should Tise to high social positions through their talents and make brilliant marriages. February 12, Wednesday—The children born upon this day will be fond of pleas- ure, with extravagant inclinations. They will have many friends, and will be suc- cessful as emotional actors or musicians. The girls will be beautiful in appearance, February 13, 1 nurnds}r—’l‘hc children of to-day will be successful in the employ of others, and should rise rapidly to trusted positions. They may encounter false friends and experience heavy finan- clal losses. The girls should do well in music, art and literature. February 14, iday—These children should be quick and clever, with great executive ability. They will rise rng!}?ly ey in life through their own talents, should exercise great care for their health when at the age of 30. February 15, Saturday—The children born upon this day will be restless, care- less and extravagant. They will be bright and will always gain a livelihood. They £hould be taught economy and caution. The girls should be talented singers, and would do well in professional careers. . / PoSITIoN = - some tenths of Inches in the girth of the forearm and the depth of the chest; other measurements were not quite up to the standard, but by intelligent and systemat- ic exercise they have been brought to the desired form. ‘A point to note in the fore- going table s that the breadth of the shoulders exceeds that of the hips, which is rather unusual but always desirable. The depth of the abdomen should be less ;};an that of the chest in the perfect fig- . ix As several members of the other sex have been among my correspondents, seeking advice and particularly regarding this subject of measurements, the fgllow- ing table ‘is for their benefit. It shows the average state of development of two hundred young men upon entering college; the second table shows the average state of the growths and development of the same men after having practiced In a gymnasium half an hour a day, four times a week, for six months: TABLE I Age . Height . Weight . Chest inflated . Chest natural .. Upper-arm Fore-arm alf o Shoulders—breadth TABLE IIL (Showing the average lncreuse%)' Average Increase in height. n. Average increase in weight. ibs. Average increase of chest inflat- o O RS " 1% in. Average increase of chest con- tracted - % in. Average increase of girth of up- per-arm .1 in. Average increase of girth of 1\ n. in. in. calf .. . e in. Average increase of shoulders .......... ve eaene The apparatus used was light dumb- bells,\ 2% pounds; Indian clubs, 38} pounds, and pulley-weights, from 10 to 15 pounds. An adult, with a stature of 5 feet 2 inches should weigh ‘1% pounds; of & feet 3 inches, 129 pounds; Increasing three pounds for each inch up to 5 feet 8 inches, when the weight should be 155 pounds; b feet 10 inches should weigh 169 pounds, and 6 feet 178 pounds. A woman should weigh at least 20 to 2% pounds less than a man of the sam height. For one thing, a man’s hard mus- cles and larger bone will weigh mors, of the same apparent size. One-twentieth the weight should be fat in a man, one- sixteenth in a woman. One may purchase & chart for record- ing measurements—an _anthropometric ch:lrf.—ol' ml.‘kdfl one, taking the foregoing tables as guides. A word about expanding the chest. This is best accomplished when in a nu.nding osition. The cavity of the chest shoul e slowly expanded to its full extent by raising the ribs, thereby allowing a large amount of air to stream into the lungs. ‘When at the height of inspiration, the greatest expansion of the chest is reached and it should be maintained for a mo- ment. This is the time to take measure- ment for ‘“chest inflated.” Then the ribs should be allowed to recede slowly, but completely, so that the cavity of the chest becomes narrowed, and the air which had filled the lungs is expelled. In this way inspiration and expiratien should alternate in a regular tempo. The inspiration through the nose, with the mouth shut or only slightly should be taken in the open air, [ should take place chiefly These exercises when opened. weather permits, or in a very well ven- tilated room, free from dust, and neither close nor damp. The windows may re- main open, even in the severest weather, f there is no draught. TJAKING [LER It is utterly useless for a Wwoman to go In _for development of the figure un- less she first learns how to hold up her head. She cannot be well and strong, or as well and strong as she should be, with a drooping chin, nor can she be beautiful and irteresting unless she holds her head up. It Is a wise plan to practice tipping the head back as far holding the chin up high, a moment, then stand up straight again— the exercise is taken in a standing posi- tion; repeat this several times. This also makes the back of the neck sirong and shapely; it expands the chest by making it stand out fuller. To rhake the chest large and full not only improves the looks of the person, but it may add years to life. An addition of three inches to the cir- cumference, of the chest, Morgan tells us in “University Oars,” implies that the lungs, instead of. containing twc hundred and fifty cubic inches of air, as they did before their functional activity was ex- alted, are now capable of receiving three hundred cubic Inches of air within their PE/YI/CAL [IEASVREMENTS cells; the value of this will be admitted. Suppose one is attacked by inflammation of the lungs; . lung tissue t tional cubic turn the will suffice to e of recovery. It over Jot_onl, held up, stomach s have more room, rk _moge freely ngth and chin drawn downward, the chest be- comes small and flat, and the lungs and stomach are cramped until they become weak and unfitted for the work they are expected to perform. Some one has said that it is a pity we are not obliged to walk a mile daily, carrying a half dozen pounds or. so of glass on a tray on the head, and which must be paid for if broken. Heads would be carried very erectly in this case and figures would become Juno-like. BEST-KNOWN CL “The Best Known Club Wo- men of the Pacific Coast.” Do you know who they are? Or, in knowing who they are, have you ever studied their personalities to know why they should be considered the “best known”’? This sketch of Mrs. Annie Little Barry is the fourteenth in an interesting series on just those lines. o T R L the man’s HE club woman 1s woman." So says Mrs. Annle Little Barry, president of the Corona Club. Being a club president, she ought to know. But she is flylng in the face of tradition. If the comic papers know anything about it, then is the club woman a being dread- ed of man and shunned by him. “The club woman is the man’'s woman. Mrs. Barry insists upon it. She will not have it for a minute that the flyaway and frou-froned lady, the one of whims and wiles, 1s what man is after. She says he wants something more substantial—ths good, wholesome bread and butter of life rather than the dessert. Mrs. Barry certainly must know some- thing about men as well as clubs. She ‘| has a husband and she has brought up five boys; when her own supply gave out she took to nephews for the sake of hav- ing boys about her. She says they like her, and it isn't hard to believe 1t. "She radiates healthy good temper. Whether the club is responsible for this is another guestion. 3 She has always had literary interests. ‘When she was a little girl, only a mite of a youngster, on a New England farm she used to-run away when it was time for school or time to be dressed for din- ner, or even time for dinner itself—think of it!—and sneak out to the barn and bury her little nose In a book or scratch la- boriously with a pencil writing out some of her own childish ideas. She keeps ltp her story-writing now, and she is pretiy sure to have a boy somewhere in every tale she writes, for she evidently dgesn’t think much of any book or home that pretends to do without one. The literary end of the club work is what interests her. She devotes herself to this as much as possible in the time left over after her official duties are attended to. She is preparing a paper now on the poets of America, and she has gone so far into the subject that she is resurrect- ing_Anne Bradstreet 'and showing the moderns what was called poetry in the severe days of our New England ances- tors. She has written out something about men and the women'’s club. You can hear her argue for herself. By Mrs. Annie Little Barry. Of course there are clubs and clubs Just as there are women and women. I believe the average club helps the av- erage woman to be a better home maker and more companionable to her husband. In the past women have not been inter- ested in the same things as men. We ought to study the vital questions of the day and be able to discuss them intelli- gently. Girls are now given the same edvcational advantages as boys. There is no excuse for a woman who annoys her husband when he comes home from business with the trouble of her servant or with her own petty allments. Much of, the invalidism of woman has been for want of intere in anything but her own little circle. True, the care of a home and children will fill any woman’s time and thought and heart, but should not do so to the eradication of her own indi- viduality, till at 35 or 40 years of age, or even younger, she has given up any idea % of progress and lives only for her chil- dren—alas, too often to the exclusion of her husband. The world would be better if each in- dividual made the most of his own life, at the same time ' being ,unselfish and thoughtful of others. Women's clubs help us toward this. It is the duty of every woman to dreas neatly and becomingly according to her means, but too many women spend far more thought, time, strength and money on clothes than they can afford. My home comes first, then my church, after that the club. Most of us look at the world from.our own little corner. We need to broaden in our ideas, to come in contact with others’ opinions and envi- ronment. At the present time I believe there is no better way to do this than through the women’'s clubs, which are only in their inciplency and are destined to be one of the powerful factors in the lives of women. All women do not marry; of those who do not many have more time and thought to give to club work than women with families do, and they may te of great help to their club. We should not only think of what we receive, but what we can give our club. The lesson of service is always a sweet one. The time has passed for men to sneer at or discuss women's clubs. It is very rare to find a husband of a club woman ‘who is not quite as willing for his wife — UB WOMEN ON THE PACIFIC COAST. to give time and thought to clud work as she herself. If any woman nas a husband who is 30 far behind the times she can afford to wait. Club life can never repay for dis- cord In the home. But I honestly belleve, in the largs majority of cases, it creates a stronger bond. A pretty face will fade, flattery will cease to charm, air castles will fall to the ground, bright bubbles of fancy will burst, housekeeping may be hired. True companionship is the basis of an endur- ing love that survives adversity as well as prosperity and makes happy homes. Our clubs should make us better com- g&nlons—we believe they do—but—ask the usbands, |