Show Swimming for Women Of the several games and sports of this season none are more helpful in the development de-velopment of the muscles of women than swimming In this exercise every muscle of the body is brought into play and those muscles which ordinarily are dormant dor-mant are strengthened In this respect swimming is better than lawn tennis or croquet Ia the former game only the legs and arms are used whereas in the water no pars of the anatomy is neg J lected London and Paris have swimming schools for women which are liberally patronized Many are very select and are frequented by the nobility During the afternoon these schools servo the purpose pur-pose of at homes The course of iustruction abroad is much more severe than here In the few swimming schools for women in London the pupils are first taught to swim and after they are proficient the real work of instruction begins This consists of diving div-ing floating the turning hand springs and other tricks all of which tend to harden the muscles and make strength For stout women swimming is of inestimable o ines-timable value It is a great reducer of embonpoint 3 If the same S VErC treatment were pursued pur-sued hero its effect would be seen in the present well as future generations of women If the mothers are healthy lard aud strong the children will in a majority ofcases take after them < If eak women incapable of standing a plunge in cold water should wish to try swimming as an exercise let them begin by visitin a Turkish bath where cold and warm plunges ari obtainable By o degrees they will be able to work up to the cold plunges and will wonder hoT they were fever induced to take a warm one n In oonaaciioc with the free baths the c < > ii c i r Q C i 3 > f t I city should engage competent teachers IAn I-An expenditure of a sum greater than the i cost of erecting and maintaining the I I baths should be no detriment New York Journal V 1 |