Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-01-20 | Page 10 | When Woman Should Set the Pace

Wb When Woman Vv oman Should Set th the Pace By Florence Floence Howe Hall I Personal r refinement shows itself cl in our movements Th The wen well 11 bred bied d mill man moves easily grac groc gracefully rull and quietly When ve we wish to condemn a person as boorish we vc say a av He Tie U Is as awkward ard aSlie as ho lie can be People are art ungraceful fut b bo- bo co th they have o not learned to control their muscles The hobbledehoy has hall grown so rapidly that ho does not know whet what t lo to do clo with his aims arms and legs They rho are ate twice lee as HI 1 long It a- a athe the limbs h ho v was as accustomed to and are forever cr In his hili WR way H Ho should learn to 10 dance and aiRl play tennis or ball of some Romp kind He lic lican mil an at lea le least t go 0 o through exercises s o er every da daj In- In But development dl o of the muscles muscle alone IR Is not sufficient We Ye must roust be able to tou u uMe UM e them In iii a wa way a adapted to the time timo and place Motions l and gestures which look nil all rl right ht In tho the field are out of scale saIe In ha the streets of ot a R city and Im Impossible impossible im- im possible In a R drawing room The long stride of tho the distance runner i Is III ad admIrable admirable ad- ad mirable on tho cinder track hut lint In ordinary walking nothing Is I uglier tighter r than thana a ii step that In is too long for ones one's height Th The man who ho mo moves mO es In this way looks like a a. L pair of compasses bobbing up and down dot It gives a a. woman niso a most ungraceful ungraceful un un- un- un graceful n appearance Wo We do not wish l h to return to the tho little mincing walk ak of our grandmothers s but tho the step should hould al- al alwa wa was s be In proportion to ones one's height Toung loun women remember that It ls is their undoubted right to sot tho the pace Hence wh when n walking with men they should bo ho careful to maintain this right rather than to adapt their steps pS to the gait It of th their lr companions Oth Otherwise they will form Corm an ungraceful Cul habit of DC overstepping On the golf field It seems to be necessary RU sary to stand with the feet teel apart when playing off olf tho the tee This Is one of ot the most mOlt ungraceful that a n woman oman can assume She should never fall tall into it except pt where here It Is ts really necessary on the athletic field Some persons persona havo have a i trick of or lurchIn lurchIng lurch lurch- jag Ing forward as ne they walk first with one shoulder then with the tho other This Thill style of progress reminds us of tho the gentlemen of ot tho the prize ring Why Vh do we have special costumes for rowing owing riding on horseback playIng playIng play play- Ing tennis and basketball Because these are appropriate to the thing in hand and allow us more freedom of motion Our girls should bear this distinction in m mind nd When the they ha 10 lay side a-side their thIr athletic dress drees and put on their ordinary ordinal gowns the they should remember to 13 lay aside also alao the style of gesture and notion motion suitable to our conventional feminine attire Actors AdorA say MY that to learn lear to stand perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- still on the stage stag Is ii extremely difficult Man Many people find rind it quite as ashard ashard hard to learn to sit It still Hence somo some women carry rry a fan tan with ith which to work off any superfluous energy y of motion Elderly ladies ladles who feel a R. certain awkwardness awkwardness awk awk- I In sitting BItting with folded hands now take refuge In knitting or crochet One should endeavor however to loam learn to sit still Nervousness Is la contagious cOI and the man who has the habit of toyInG toyIng toy toy- ing with a paper cutter or a a. a watch chain Imparts his hi own o feeling fe of ot unrest to tho the person with whom he Is 15 talking