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Show WHY GIRLS CANNOT TMOw'i ST. NE. ' The difTerencf b -i ween tjir.'s thro ins and a boy'c is uhJtaiiti'iMy tli: The boy crooks hi elU.w and rMc: es hack with the upper p.trt ol h'8 arm about at right angles with bis bjdy, . And the forearm at an angle ol forty-five forty-five degrtes; the direct act ol throw-' iug i? accnmpliahed by bringing the arm back with a sort of snap, like the tail of a snake or a whiplash, wo;k-l iug every joint (rum shoulder tu wrist, ( niid eoinetimes making your elbow King as though you bad got a whack on the craty bone. '1 be girl throws wilb her whole arm rigid, the boy with his wLo'e arm relaxed. Wiy. this marked and unmistakable dif frence exists we never learned until,' at a somewhat advanced period, we dove into a book of physiology, and 'earned that the clavicle, or collarbone, collar-bone, in the anatomy ol a female is 3ome inches longer, and aet some degrees lower down than in the masculine irame. This long, crooked, awkward bone interferes with the full and free action cf the shoulder, and that's the reason why a girl cannot throw a etone. |
