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Show MAIDENS OF MUSCLE MODERN GIRL NOT OF THE CLINGING VINE VARIETY. Robust, Independent and Fearless, She Can Row a Boat or Figure In Athletic Games After the Men of Her Set Give Up. The clinging Ivy and tho sturdy oak Idea has received its quietus. The fragile woman, much adored ' and courtod by men, Is a thing of tho past Much to tho regret ot the men, perhaps, per-haps, has all this happened. It may bo that they long for a return of the gontle mnldon who had to bo shlolded from the sun, whoso most arduous oxorclso was riding in a victoria, who was so essontlally fomlntne. Thoro ls no chanco for a modern Sir Walter Raleigh to spread his cloak over a mud puddlo for a modern queen. Tho queen would Jump tho puddlo. It Is distressing for the mon, who, for the Bake of self-respect, must bo stronger and sturdier than the women. They must bo the sturdy oaks even If the Ivy refuses to cling. Their only hope ls In developing Into In-to Samsons. As soon as this has been realized thoroughly thoy may be depended de-pended on to rush for the physical culturlsts, the gymnasiums, and the turnvorolns. Tho American girl will forco tho American man to bustlo for muscle. Then everybody will have biceps bi-ceps which stand out ltko knotted hawsers, and America will be the ath-, lotlc wondor of the world. "A girl cook la a cap and gown on a yacht? Why, It's outlandish 1" That's what a man said, and a man usually knows about things yachting, but for onco this gentleman with tho massive brain has been mistaken. It Isn't outlandish In the least. Who-over Who-over found anything that a common girl might do outlandish, and If thoy did, who would dare say soT A yacht doesn't necessarily moan a floating palace. Persons of moderate fortune may Indulge In the pleasures of a small and comfortablo yacht without unduo extravagance, and thoro ls no placo whore a girl may have a moro restful or entertaining time than aboard a yacht. To ox-change ox-change the blinding sands of a hot beach for a boat rocking ovor the cool waves ls too enticing an opportunity m Plpj, All Ready Morning Dip. for tho averago summer girl to resist If It comes to her. If sho likes to "mess around" with cooking nnd that sort ot thing she will find It excellent fun to go Into tho galley, put out tho cook ln cap and coat and got up a luncheon or a dinner. Tho sweet, polo, clinging woman has disappeared. Sho who scroamod and fainted on the sllghtost provocation provoca-tion has gone. In her placo stands a woman who Is robust, Independent and fearloss, and nono tho less beautiful beau-tiful becauso sho ls strong. She Is as great a dovoteo of out-of-door gamos as tho men of her family. fam-ily. Sho can go Into nny sport without with-out being stigmatized by Mmo. Grundy Grun-dy as vulgar. Sho can carry a rlflo on her shoulder without being called mannish. She knows how to uso n fishing rod. Tho golf girl leads in outdoor life In short skirt and shirt waist sloovcs pushod above hor elbows, hntloss and oollarless, sho Is rogardloss of sun and wind. Sho cares nothing for a fow freckles and an extra coat of tan. Jolf li IV moil Cmulnu iun -ilttU-wrU-. ''1 J Tho latter ls cotton rid of nil too easily. A fow woeks of onforcod Indoor In-door Ufo will accomplish that The tonriTi girl is still a familiar figure on tho lawns of hor oountry home, for tho gamo Is as popular a . y It was when It began the athletic slrl'a caroor. Tho modern athletic girl swims, paddles her canon and rows. Old mon look at hor with wonder. "In our days," they sny as hor boat sklms nlong.r "if a woman ventured on tho water at all It wts In a flat bottomed bcjvt,(And If thatsLuulrt tip tho lcasb bitthero were screams and requests to be taken ashoro Immediately. Im-mediately. Irnls now girl can row as well as we can." "Really," said ono healthy looking girl to another not long ngo, "the mon aro getting positively rudo nowadays. If you nsk ono to go rowfng ho will scat hlmsolf In tho stern and naturally natu-rally expect you to do all the pulling." pull-ing." "You shouldn't row so well, then," said a mascullno auditor. , The mnjorlty of girl athletes prefer pre-fer the surf bathing to a fresh water dip, for, as ono girl expressed It, thoro Is more credit attached to swimming swim-ming In tho breakers than to tho tamo oxcrclso In still water. She no longor tnkos her perfunctory dip ln tho surf, but swims out somo dlstanco and then comos swimming back with long, steady, strokes, which bring admiration admira-tion from tho observers. When sho reaches tho shore sho (s not ln the least tired nnd ls qulto willing to accept a challengo of 'any H of her mnle frlonds for a race In which, If sho does not come ln first, H sho Is always a close second. H Sho Is not averse to taking off hor H shoos nnd stockings onco ln a whilo vB and dabbling hor feet In tho water H when no ono Is looking. Thnt, again, & shows how sho has brokon away from H tlio bounds which onco confined her. H When the weather prevents out-of- H door exercise the modern girl does H not mope ln tho houso and read nov- H "Is. Sho has her gymnastic outfit and H billiard table. When fall comes and the out-of-door summer sports havo gone, then the B modorn girl arises oarly ln the morn- B Ing and sets out on her long tramps. m Sho may carry a shotgun and go un- H attended by hor dogs to a well-known B covert where birds may bo found, and there she tries hor skill as a marks- AV man. VH Sho seldom falls to bring home the trophies of her skill, whilo the glow pH on hor chcoks attests to tho hcalthl- ncss of tho sport, and a healthy appo- H ttto ls onothor of the advantages. H Now York World. |