PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR GIRLS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 5

PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR GIRLS

4 __ Once, schooline. (lavs arc over, h jjrent percentile of {,-irls take up positions in i:ily Ikisihws firms, as « menus of oarttiny ii living. Almost uiitonialicall.y such girl's semifliililcor life <il' school limn ci-iisc.s. ami "Jin limls herself workimj indoors v.-hers she sets little or no exercise. Hit home, in the majority nf cases, is twi far nil'.. of Iho cily to allow licr to walk io work, so day al'lcr (lav she lakes th(- Imm or (rain backward a'ml fonnird Io liiisik'SS. t'or wiuil nf exorcise her system soon loses ils former healthy vißoiir, ami she finds lipr.self out of sorts ami.ill. The VouiiK \Toinon's Christian Association is now j,-renllv pxlendiii",' its aolivilies In this cily. Included hi its scheme is Hie owl inn nf a new jrviniinsiiun ami social hull, where, under Hie enrol'ul liiifion nf a feminine instructor. I .vnunc ladies will receive ;\ course in physical culture, which will not onlv lie extremely henolioial hut. jjrnuinolv enjoyable. The irynnuisiinn and social hall a'-e l.> he luiill ul Ihe rear of ils newlv lilted hostel in Booh-nll. Klrenl, at. an' oxpcli(l it lire of -Ktilin. The V.W.C.A. is also extemlimr ils hos. lols and completely fiiniishim; and eriuilining o i'lii!) house for the Imsiuc.-s jirl. The njlimiited lolal expcndilure is jtlaJM). I'm- which a puhlic appeal is i.iw Ikmhi: made, and il all l 0 Kivo generously Io such an admirable eJiuse. Km plovers esneeiallv owe il Io Iheir sled's Io siipnorl any'scheme || ln | makes for Ihe heller housim; ami comfurl of (he girl worker. Apart alhipefher from oliilanlhroiiv, money Ihus m'rnl is a «ooil inveslineiil. for a hapoy life and e<:i» f nrlablc siinnomN'ii.c.s make a ;mod worker. Siih"-"ii)tions in-iv he senl Io lh" Ip-h----urcr. Air. A. I!. BavMd. Box IOVh. Wol-liii!:ton.-(l'ul!l:Hii.d hv arraii-einenl.)