How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie.

  • William Blaikie
Date:
1892
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Credit: How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III. WILL DAILY PHYSICAL EXERCISE FOR GIRLS PAY ? Observe tlie girls in any of our cities or towns, as they pass to or from school, and see how few of them are at once blooming, shaj)ely, and strong. Some are one or the other, but very few are all combined, while a decided majority are neither one of them. Instead of high chests, plump arms, comely figures, and a graceful and handsome mien, you constantly see flat chests, angular shoulders, often round and warped forward, with scrawny necks, pipe-stem arms, narrow backs, and a weak walk. Not one girl in a dozen is thoroughly erect, whether walking, standing, or sitting. Nearly every head is pitched somewhat forward. The arms are frequently held almost motionless, and there is a general lack of spring and elasticity in their movements. Fresh, blooming complexions, are so rare as to attract attention. Among eyes, plenty of them pretty, sparkling, or intelligent, but few have vigour and force. If any dozen girls, taken at random, should place their hands side by side
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