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Show I 311PP 9 w tar- - sgraiig H i : HaJoina a Beyiascr, & " ' 1q2l if. V JMrs. Irving Brokaw and Other prominent Women Will Teach the '2mrt to Girls in City Rinks and on "Ifiipoodland Lakes ffi!BPjrlcbt. 1012. tir tbo Nsw YorL Herald Co. All l ijMj rlrhts rvscrreU ) jff Nkw York, Saturday. I 'MS'TSJnOUGn the leaves have IfljKssS scarce turned 10 brown I 8 j RgM nn'- red the ice skating lUw w SCMS0U 1,ns opened in Nowj fi$g?-s York. It is no longer- mC' I" nccessnry to wait for Jack' . - fi Frost to congeal the ponds) fjjind streams not even Tor the school' ''T-jjlhildrcn who formerly depended entirely $ fiSP0D fllC park ,aL'os of l,,e oI,-v for iliefr-j 'Ptfe Anting. The sport lias become fasli-j ' rHD:il)'0' and aS socIo,y wa's 's desires! ' jlpratifiod when they arise, and not v!icn "SJkntrp "cs fit. they have demanded ice Wm y,orcmbcr and ,l10 ri,lks li-ive re- mXL-1'351 Tr"'lcl wns a notill,Ie season for ire ' SrkatinS "eca,,se of 10 great revival of! ! snort 5n fasliionablc circles, and. as il 'jOsual. others have benefited from society M'farhims, The women who nt first were in-Bs-'ijtcrested in the sport only because of the flvf Measure they derived froni.U are- now. -making it possible for School children io iusc tlic rinks, and are even furnishing j lpthein with skates and teaching them to mnEc them. i f Last season Mrs. Barger, Wnllach was foremost in conducting skating classes ut j the rinks, but this year a number of! F promiuent women will take up the work ' $4 among them .Mrs. Irving Brokaw, Mrs. Charles S. Brown, Mrs. Harry La Mon- Itagne. Mrs. h Fnhnostock. Mrs- Ernest Isclin and the Misses do Coppet. I Until it is possible to skate out of doors 'the children of some of the public schools laud the girls of many New York high schools will be instructed in the rink, and for the benefit or man who have BtOjt?i-S T Ut - - -s irfX(i'J,5ir wmm m ' mm 1 A Threesome. no Gkatcs women interested in the sport will donate their used skates, to be kep by the secretary of the girls' hraneh l the Public Schools Athletic I-cague am loaned to the diflcrcnt girls who take ii the sjiort. The women behind the movement aro uterested not only in giving the eh!l-Ircn eh!l-Ircn a good time and the benefits of lenty of healthful outdoor exercise, but they wish to see n revival of skating Iu the United States. Iu former yejrs the athletes of the United States were acknowledged as superior skaters to those of Uuropc. It was Jackson Haines, an American, who In ISC I created a sensation sen-sation iu Europe by his fancy skating and figure cutting. Since that time Interest in the sport, especially the dlfiicult figure cutting, declined until the recent revival. Durinz tl.e winter when there Is skating skat-ing on the park ponds or on lakes and M reams near the city the skating clulw will be ':cn on excursions under the supervision of women interested in thu movement. ..lost of the public school of the city and many of the privntc xrhools have girls' skating clubs, and the patn noses of the sport never find n dearth of material for their classes Iu promoting the out of door skating the New York women will be assisted by 'BBi Excitement of Ice Skating I Attracts Women of Society I many of their friends who live or' of town, especially members of the Tuxedo , Skatiug Club, of Tuxedo, X. Y Last sea-bon sea-bon leo skating was cen more popular a sport at Tuxedo than was bob sledding and lobogannlng, and those who followed it most ass-dnously were Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs. A. S. Carhart. Mrs. Frcdi-rick Gallatin, Mrs. Louis J. Pooler and Mrs. William F. Hoffman, nnd all these women will co-operate In helping to give the children n chance to skate on natural ice in healthy country air. It Is the intention to organize the club-; into groups of as many girls as y '" easily handled and controlled and to take them on Satin aiji and holidays to Ithe lakes available. The officers' of the girls' branch of the Public Schools Athletic enthusia n At Wellcsley skatin U ine of 1'ie most popular sport and in--c are instructor to 'each the fancy figures. Vassar alo boasts of so :e excellent performers per-formers nnd it Is hoped "-j those interested inter-ested in the i vlril .list u meet may bo arranged this winter between Vassar and Wollcdcy, perhaps to ho held In Ne York The contests would include fiucy skating and races At both these colleges nnd at Mount Ilolyokc the young women have taken up sail skating, which is a very lilficult pastime. pas-time. Exceptionally long skates, turned up in front and bringing the feet lower down near the If. are-used for thi:. The vull is so arranged on n system of light rods that the skater may lean back on it to a certain extent and may manipulate It I i miT hi iiiniMiT iTaatfcf-'--iBaMr,- IT . How to Get Under Way. 1 1 L 18 '' ";.' 1 League will co-operate in this and will send chaperons with the girls The prominent wonnMi skaters will show the girls how to execute simple figures at first and iu t: rase of exceptionally apt pupils they will attempt to develop some really expert skaters. The rudiments of the sport will not be overlooked, either. Big bonfires will be built on the shores of the lakes and luncheon w'll be eaten around these. At some of the outings coffee will he cooked and n hot luncheon served. I Now that a'cw York society has set the seal of approval on ice skating the worn-en8 worn-en8 colleges are takiug 't up with greater V " "W ? ' 1m I Correct ay lo Swing the Shoukfer. rather dangerous for women. If they do I take it up it is likely there rill be joine In'erestlng races between women wnftcdl over the ice by these big canvas wings. Tuxedo will have an ice carnival (his winter The fees about the lake will -e strung with Japanese lanterns nnd colored col-ored lights. Hundreds of incandescent electric lights will be arranged in decorative decora-tive designs, the bulbs staineo with different dif-ferent colors. Dauclng on wkates h n favorite fa-vorite feat at these ice carnivals and n isic is always one of the feaiures. Between the musical selections nust of the couples leave the .'ce and gather rnnnd bonfires which are kept Jiirning on the shores of thp lake. HcfreshmcntH are always al-ways served. Those who en mint dunco on skates choose partners and glide about the lake to the inspiration of , the music. Between numbers the ice Is swept and scraped clean of the powder which ihe t -les grind up. I " t Itis-Yo this new Interest taken by 'women of society in the sport of skating that the girls of New ".ork .schools will owe their muny f.. tings this winter. The instruction or tho pi-Is who have -ever done any skating will begin iu the schoolroom. school-room. They will be ihJght to balance the body first on one skate, then on the other, then to bend tae knee of the leg on which they aro stnrdlng. This 'lending of the knee, call d "cushioning, ihe stroke.'" is most important In skating because be-cause it acts J!kc a prlug on a carriage, taking up the vibrations and preventing a jar. It also relic es the strain nn the ankle and makes the progress of the skater across a sheet of ice more gra.vful. Walking indoors with the .skates ou is another good practice exercise for strcnzlhening the ankles. One of the first things which will be taught tho uninitlutcd is how to avoii a fall by slipping. The wi7 to do this I? to stand on the ico slightly on the inner edge of both runners. If tho feet begin to slip forwarj the toes are brought to- H gether, ami If they begin to slip back- M ward the heels are brought together. H "It is strange." says Mrs, Brokaw. M "that most beginners find the very great- H rst difliculty in getting under headway JM from a standing position. To start, the H left foot, which is generally the first one H to carry the whole weight of the body. H Is pointed straight ahead The toe of H the right foot should b(! turned outward H The initial iiin'-.outum Is acquired by a H little push from the inner edge of (he right H skate, which is about lo leave the ice. At jH the same time the left shoulder should H grailuully swing forward in the same H direction as the I -ft fc and the left H knee should be kept slightly bent, as St' H helps to control the balance. IH In tlii-i moveinrnt the skate "? kept H nearly vertical. Indeed if it is lipped at H nil sideways it bears on Ihe inner rather H than on the outer edge. While moving H forward on the left xkatc grmlually draw jH the ;ht foot i aud forward in line '.o IH the first position of the left, iioinring that H toe straight ahead. Now '''c whole weight should be placed on the right font l and a push sriveu with the left, while tli H right shoulder should be swung in that (UrccIion. thus keeping up the momentum T' 2 new s rokc si"- be cushioned by H Keeping the right knee bent. ' ll "One of the beauties of skating Is tho iHI grace which it develops. One must never ll stiffen 'It is fatal to graceful skatiug and, H in fact, to proper skating. Correct skatiDg H is graceful skatiug. As soon as one stif- H fens one is likely to have a tumble, for H it prevents the proper balancing of the H "I do not know of any exercise for girls H or young women which would give them IH more grace or suppleness than skating. lH Outdoor skating is excellent for the com- H plcxiou nnd the general health, for whl'o H the face is exposed to bitter winds the H cxercige keeps the blood in such a stat IH of circulation that'one's cnt'uo body tingles H Skating, according to a recent statement IH made by Dr Sargent, of Harvard Unl- jl versily, is particularly healthful becauso H of the extra amount of ozone inhaled while H exercising iu the cold dry atmosphere. In jH Winter the air is more fully charged with ll ozone, which Is so beneficial to life. H |