The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1904, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. health is really retaining one's seible to pos- other. k of health g childhood, is begun hood is s benefits children need y all need tructions in & fixed habit and vastly improved est exercises for children t in e and there k T t brings all their muscles E roduces a general glow nem evenly. e and o e a duck to For instance, few run without losing ng spasmodically their sides as though i »uld jump 4 s been tr s crect iy, good pace speed Lu thout being se- i8¢ run just so. T s to the ne strange rea- out of ten deem it and too much exer- such an ex- se as this. women do not their heaith they would p gh vanity to learn this trick an who stoops can have any style about her. The rt- est, most s h gown droops like a bargain counter dress when it is hung fr nded shoulders and every line of the entire body looks de- Jected and blue id quite ready to be lald away on the top skelf for repairs. A woman will often work like a fiend to make herself fair to look upon, when she wouldn't two pins about her general health. Of course, this is sup- posing she is fairly well To at- tain this end she works incessantly to fill out her neck and shoulders so she may wear an evening frock and look well in it. She struggles with her hips because one is a trifie larger than the other and does not look well in a tall- ored gown, and she even goes through ull sorts of running and jumping exer- cises in order that she may be a fetch- ing maid in a bathing suit. And when she gets herself in good condition what does she do? Goes to balls, suppers and the theaters, night after night. She eats everything from terrapin to can- dies and ices and with it drinks cham- pagne as a running accompaniment and then expects to get up late the next morning and be as fresh looking &nd feel as well as when she was liv- ing a simple life and in tralning. But people will crave excitement and what is more live on it until the erack of doom, and there is but one thing to do and that is point out a remedy that s and genergl dissipation. \lmost the first thing to do is to certain exercises for certain and then to devote, say ten minutes a day to them, and this ten minutes, by the way, may be at odd in- tervals if one likes, for if the exercises taken whenever one has time the result is the same. Last Sunday I gave a series of ple arm and shoulder exercises and this week I want special- ly to dwell upon trunk exercises, for they seem to me all important. Walking, as you must have guessed, is one of them and there is one other that cannot be practiced very well in one’s boudoeir. This {is* swimming. Every muscle of the body is in ac- tive working order and the sleep that one should get immediate'- after is the purest and best that one can have and every minute is a golden one. So much for outdoor exercise. Of course any indoor training is. more irksome, but it is frequently quite as beneficial and it most decidedly should not be left out. Figures 1 and 2 are a splendid pair for actual benefit. Raise the hands and place them on the hips, fingers to the rear, thumbs to the front and the elbows pressed well back. Bend the trunk forward at the hips and then slowly raise and bend the trunk to the rear as far as is possible. Execute both motions slowly and without bend- ing the knees, else half the good will be lost. Another excellent exercise is No. 8. The hands are thrust down full length to begin with and the trunk is bent to the right ar” left without twisting it or raising either heel. As you can easily see it is practically the same 2s the one above it, but the results are vastly different and it is well ;u:]nh while to do both of them faith- ully. Nos. 1 and 2 are called the circle, of course merely for convenience. The hands are upon the hips in all these exercises, by the way, so that much is taken for granted each time. This exercise differs only inasmuch as the trunk is turned in all directions. to the left, right, front and rear, and are then bent as far as possible in that direction. After getting limbered up it is well to gently revolve round and round, for this not only strengthens all the muscles in the trunk, but works the liver at an exceedingly lively pace at the same time, and there is seldom, if ever, a time when this liver wring- ing comes in amiss. Another exercise that doubtless all have tried at some time or other i No. 4. The arms are raised from the sides and extended to their full length until the hands meet above the head, palms to the front, fingers pointed up- ward, thumbs locked, right thumb in front, and the shoulders pressed back. Then comes the test, and & test it is, too. Bend over until the finger tips touch the ground and remember to keep the arms straight and the knees rigid as well. Straighten the body and swing the arms, extended, to the verti- cal position. At first this will doubt- less be absolutely impossible, but it can be mastered in a short time, and I assure you it is well worth the while. 6. Raise the arms to the front until the arms are in front of and at the height of the shoulders. The palms are down, fingers extended and joined and the thumbs under the forefingers. Bend the trunk forward at the hips as far as possible and swing the arms backward, knees and arms straight. Then straighten the trunk and swing Z the arms to the forward position to the height of the shoulders. 6. Place the hands on the hips. Then lower the body and slowly separate the knees, bending as far as is possible with the head and trunk erect; heels raised, with the weight of the body resting upon the ball of the foot. This is ‘practically all, but the exercise I8 one that is especlally good for the upper and lower leg. § 7. This is termed the balance exer cise, as it teaches one to balance the body and reduces the hips at the same it. Move the left leg to the front with the knee straight and take care to see that the foot is raised as high as is possible, with the toes well depressed. Of course, it goes without saying that any exercise where instructions are glven only for one side means that the opposite side is to be exercised in pre- cisely the same fashion. No. 8 is an exercise that is of great benefit to ladies in traveling upstairs and In making-a long stride, for it brings into play the largest muscle of the body. Place the hands upon the hip, raise the right leg to the front, then bend and elevate the knee as far as is possible, The leg from the knee to the instep should be vertical with the toes depressed. This is con- tinued by replacing the right foot and raising the left until the exercise is taken in double time. Practicing spasmodically a week or S0 certainly will not have the desired MOICAILL ot IEZ effect, and if you do not intend work- ing faithfully it will be infinitely bet- ter for you not to begin at all, for all the muscles that have been suddenly brought into play will become. sore [ [A glimpse of the past and into the future of the viticultural industry of the United States. Read at a meeting of the California Viticultural Club at San Francisco.] REVIOUS to the introduction of the Catawba into general culti- ¢ation, the “more important at- tempts at grape growing in the States ‘east of the Rocky Mountains had been with Vinifera varieties and were naot a commercial success. The introduction of this grape really marked a new era in viticultural his- tory, for with it began the improving of our native grapes and the raylf\g of varieties from them for commercial purposes. It gave such an impetus to grape culture that ten years later nearly 100 varjeties were enumerated; forty years later all the States and Territories, except four, were growing grapes, and now there are over 100,000 well described varietles of American grapes. While this was occurring in the States east of the Rockies, the pioneer grape growers of California, who had previously been growing the Mission variety, turned their attention to the introduction of choice European vari- eties, and grape growing in California as an industry began to assert itself. How rapid for a time the progress was are matters of comparatively recent history. The ticultural industry in this country as such is, therefore, little over haif a century old and is as yet in its infancy. It has led up-to the manufac- ture of choice. wines from American grapes. The manufacture of sparkling wine and unfermented grape julce has been developed in the Eastern States, while the Pacific Coast has entered mnto direct competition with the choicest European wines and has captured the raisin market of this country. The industry in this country has already up to date divided itself imto two en- tirely distinct districts. In California, \vhere the Viniferas have ever found a congenial home, these are being ex- clusively grown, and east of the Rocky Mountains, where previous at- tampts seemed to indicate that Vini- ferag were a failure, the culture and improvement of American varieties has been as tenaciously followed. What a wonderful effect surroundings have, and what diversity of tastes they de- velgp into individuals! For instance, in Oregon, where guite a number of people have settled from States east of the Rockjes, the fresh grapes and unfermented juices sold are principally from the States whence these people came. In making my rounds of the experimental vineyards condugted by the Government on,the Atlantic Coast, where the culture of Viniferas on resistant stock has been made an important study, I have often invited people to try the frujt and express their opinicn regarding the Vinifera vari- eties grown there, and the answer usuglly is: “They are nice, but not as good as Concord, Niagara or Dela- ware." Considering the youth of our indus- , the results so far achieved are glunble. and we have reason to feel proud of them. Nevertheless, we have only made a beginning and much remains to be done: Major John Adlum, writing to Nicho- las Longworth of Cincinnati about the Catawba, says. “In introducing this grape into general cultivation I have done the country a greater good than if I had paid the national debt.” No doubt he had become convinced that for the territory he and Longworth were familiar with and in which they bhad been trying to grow grapes the improving of the native species was the road to success, when really it means far more than this, for the im- proving of our native species is the problem which, when solved, will make it possible to grow grapes in practically all parts of the Union. No doubt he never thought that resistant stock (or American varieties) would in AX BOMIE~ S 2or” Geo- relling ~ ~ ACTRNU TI0. KIEIRCIHSBIES and lame, and so will your temper if you are not perfectly angelic. But practicing persistently and faithfully for, say some six months, each move- ment fifteen or twenty times a day, '‘GRAPE GROWING IN UNITED STATES By George C. Husmann § will most dssuredly tell, and the weak, flat-chested, scrawny girl will come out of the fray in splendid condition and quite another creature. The popular idea that your emtire body will move gracefully and easily if you' hold your head at the proper angle and your chin out has not proved itself thoroughly satisfactory, but an orderly training of calisthenics has never failed yet, and it never will But there is one warning that I wish to impress fully upon: you. Neveér go at a thing with your entire streagth. Re- serve a little forifuture use, for you never know whem you may need it, and exhaustion And pain are to be avoided as a deadly pest. Perhaps It might be just as well for me to add that great care should be taken to see that the room in which you exercise is well ventilated and that your clothing is easy, for each and every one of these minor things adds its weight, and either very materially assists or just as materially deters. the near future be the agency through which the leading grape,districts of the world could re-establish their vine- yards. Neither was he aware of the immense poseibility for the future there is in the improving of another native American species. 1 refer to the Scup- pernong, which,is another case of the survival of the fittest—a native grape abounding on the Atlantic Coast, from Maryland to Florida, and along the Gulf to Texas, which resists the phyll- oxera, is the most immune from dis- eases of any grape species, produces enormously, needs perhaps less care and attention than any other, and thrives on soils almost worthless for other purposes. It resists and adants itself to climatic - conditions, which make the cost of producing other grapes so costly. Nice Sauternes and sparkling wines have been produced from them, and yet, strange to sav, little or nothing has been done so far to develop and improve this species. In it there certainly appear to be great possibilities for the South Atlantic and Gulf States. According to the census of 1900. 169,055 gallons of sparkling wine were produced in the United States. Of this Missouri reported 2840, California 8880, Ohio 15,600 and New York 113,435. Thus New York produced more than twice 8¢ much as all the rest of the country and more than twelve times as much as Cglifornia. The same year the Chau- tauqua belt alone, on Lake Erie, shipped 8000 cars of table grapes and made one and a half millions gallons of dry wine and unfermented grape juice. This entire output is from Amer- ican varieties. The importance of American or re- sistant varietieg to California viticul- ture needs no mention from me, for upon this so largely depends the fact of whether or not the real wine dis- tricts of California will or will not ex- ist in the future. Realizing the gravity of the situation in California and that similar conditions were liable to arise at any time in any of the States and Territories of the Union where Euro- pean grapes are a commercial possibil- ity, the Départment of Agriculture has 1 ed in California nine experimental vineyards for the purpose of making such investigations as are deemed nec- essary. These have been located with special reference to a diversity of soil and climatie, hillside, valley or desprt conditions, nearness to and distance from the ocean, bay and other bodies of water, and so as to take in the raisin and table grape as well as wine and brandy producing districts. At these experimental vineyards, to begin with, four cardinal questions are to be inves- tigated: First—Make a comprehensive test of the resistant varieties of vines, to de- termined their adaptablility to the dif- ferent vineyard soils and climatic con- ditions. Second—To study and determine the congeniality of Vinifera varieties to the different resistant varieties. Third—To ascertain wigich varieties are best adapted to the different local- ities. Fourth—To afford oppertunity for testing all classes of grapes, with refer- ence to their resistance to diseases which have been doing such serious in- jury to the vineyards, and, if found necessary, to undertake the creation of an entirely new class of grapes to re- sist them. The first plantings made by the De- partment of Agriculture in the experi- mental vineyards located in California are expected to make sufficient growth this season so that systematic grafting experiments will begin the coming spring to study the congeniality as well as the relative value of the leading commercial varieties of grapes grown on the coast for different purposes, grafted on various resistant stocks. Some observations will be made on the relative growth and merits of resistant varieties on different sofls under dif- ferent climatic and other conditions. The relative rooting qualities of sixty-three resistant varieties are being tried, with reference to their commercial value for stock purposes. The plantings made to date at the experimental vineyards are as follows: Oskville—About 10 acres; 179 resist- ant varieties and 57 Vinifera varleties on resistant stock. Cucamonga—About 8.4 acres; 400 varieties, nearly all Vini- feras. Fresno—About 6 acres; 155 re- sistant varieties. Concord—About 1% [ acres; $4 resistant varieties. ville—About 7% acves; 73 re rietles. Lodi—About 1% acres; sistant varieties. Livermore—Abc acre; 72 resistant varieties. Mounta View—About 11-7 acres; 79 varieties. Sonoma—About 1.1 ac resistant varieties. These pi will be enlarged upon as rapidly theught necessary. In prosecuting these investigatious the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture has estab- lisned and is maintaining the abovs mentioned vineyards. The ag teral experiment station of th versity of California has agreed to operate in the work by making s analyses of soils, vines and products as shall, upon mutual agreement be- tween the bureau and the station, be fcund desirable or necessary. While carrying out these investiga- tions it is our desire to get in as close touch as possible with all those in- terested and make the investigations have a direct and decided influence toward improvement in various ways in the re-establishment of the vine- yards that have been destroyed through various causes, as well as in the new acreage planted. Earnest con- sideration should be given in planting, not only to the selection of varieties for special purposes, but also to soils and districts producing the best qual- ity and results for that purpose. Every individual should determine, before planting, whether it is desirable to grow table, raisin, wine or brandy grapes, and locate and act according- ly. Quite a number of localities have already given proof of raising superior quality along particular lines; thus, Livermore has produced cholice Sau- ternes. In the Napa and Sonoma dis- tricts there are localities where spe- cially fine white wines and others where most excellent red wines are produced, whereas, in the Fresno dis- trict, ra while in th ckoice table grapes are grown. There cannot be too much con- sideration given to quality. In this re- spect California has not been improv- ing along wine lines, but rather retro- grading. Very nearly the same prices are being pald for Indifferent as for the choicest grapes, so there is ne In- ducement to produce quality and real choice wines are becoming more of a rarity every year. Those who do not look into these things closely wonder the consumption does not In- crease more rapidly, and the compe- tition with New York wines and those of other States is becoming keener every year. ncing over last year's crop re- ports, we that California _pro- duced more than three-fourths of the viticultural products of the coun- try, producing in fiscal year of 1902- 03 5,700,343 gallons of brandy (by >ut in the history ., and in 1903 30,000,000 wine, 300 cars of dpied 00,000 pounds of rai- pped 1718 carloads of green S California’'s - green grape shipments, the smallest - com- mercial output of the e, last year amounted to about 35,000,000 pounds, which, compared to other fruit ship- ments, repres almost one-fourth of the entire shioments of deciduous green fr fro: the State. Were we to compute the amount of green grapes necessary to produce Califor- nia’s output of last year we would have a grand total of from $00,000 - 600 to 1,000,000,000 pounds. : When we consider that the indus y is in its Infancy and that at least s. of flourishing vineyards en destroyed by phyHoxera, 3 other agencies, a great deal has been accomplished. How- ever, when we think California has a wine producing area almost equal to the whole of France and has never duced more than a little ov 000,000 gallons e A a of wine, wh France oroduces over one and & meis billion gallons annuall or about thirty-seven and a ' N times as much, we conclude there Is plenty of room to grow in, and we know that by going at it right Californta can produce products that will compare with the best Euronean productions. and while European countries must }ae szuan;d with from 175 to 500 gal- ons to the acre, California ¢ A e produces