The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1907, Page 9

A AN SR o RSN : \ PEBRMARS 2 ¥ you are & woman, how woifld yon like to he made a football of: or'to 3 head: or to twist your body into cenvolutions dragon; or to bave some one suddenly leap ely on the other side; or to remain polsed extended at an acute angle of perhaps an effort to touch the marked place on the 'wall? In short, to t as if you had no bones or cartilage and were just piece of tic rubber, ready to stretch any way. required. All these things and more can the members of the San:F: isco Women's Athletic A ion d If it needed another name it might be called the it is composed of young business women—stenographers, rs fly swiftly over typewriter keys ali day; or words at the rate of 150 a minute. g b was 905 intended for purely athletic uses, gs it side urishing finely until the late fire disbanded” the Morganization, scattered the memb and put an end to the training, enjoyment ‘3 laxation of some girls who had been attending the exercises regularly and rogress in the stunts which the club teaches. ven by the destruction of* their: club- Mrooms, the burnin, r apparatus thing else. Very soon after:the e the few members who could be found got together, reorganized and secured lquarters at 3259 Clay street, w the exercises are gone through. with re- doubled vigor. Jules Wieniawsk! is the club’s instructor, and he is pufting th¢ Bgirls through a series of exercises for the development of grace, actlvity, and flast, but most important of all, good health. To these.ends, feneing, club § 4wwinging, dumbbeils, calisthenics and certain forms of physical culture are em- $oloyed. These, of course, are among the simpler form When one is more lmdvenced there are bars, German horse, Jadder, trapeze, rings, weights and Sgeveral othér methods. Mr. Wieniawskl does not believe in cannon-lifting ae fmn exercise for women, but any game or exercise which conduces to gracé and without undue strain is heart{ly approved and émployed. ese exerci constitute the serious work of the class. ~For relaxation flu jitsu, hockey and a number of other diverting'games shriek-and laugh like noisy children.. At times the fan but the instructor is always on guard and never an vigor of the sceme. In fencing some of the girls exe e masks and padded jackets are worn to guard of any. thrust passing through the blouse.