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Show M BBI By Louise Le Noir Thomas. TA7HAT would you do if a man were to attack you on the street and try ; and steal your purse? If you are a man, you would answer, "fight him, of course!'9 1 But if you are a woman? 1 Well, why not fight him I anyway? H Learn wrestling if you are II a girl you may need it, and I it is a jolly good sport at m that Ik ' B fy3 S y-i ERE Heclor oi Troy M H v fT fS Achllle's of Greece to FH yf rise from their sarco- VM phagus , today, and, H C u ' looking: about them, "Well, what aro the I VS V most mootod questions H of the present age?" our answer would, doubt- I B less, be, "Woman and war." Kf "Jovo'" those valiant warriora would an- ilM Bwer: "Haven't those questions been settled rAnd they would be content to return to dust again, where they would rest another 3000 years before recovering from the shock enough to rise a second tlm , It Is doubtful, however, whether, In still an other 2000-year cycle, we shall bo any nearer to a solution of the problem than wo wero In the Goldon Age. The poor, dofcatcd Hague may ; come Into Its own somo day if human nature changes, but the question of woman must re-: re-: main the question of the ages, and If thore I were one Helen In 3000 B.C., thero are many i Helena today who arc equally as covotcd and y Quito ac much fought over, but these maidens ot our own age, although a vastly different Eort from the maidens of Troy, arc, none the 13, a mystery. Perhaps it is that charm of mystery that makes them ever interesting-. Thoro has boen a lot said in tho lns few Uencratlona about "woman's placo in the ' world." I There also havo been a lot of followers of f the feminist cult who havo said that ''woman Is gottlng out of her placo and usurping tho Place of man." S Now, Just what woman's place 1b In the jfc ' World has not yet boen determined throughout ft '-U th. ages that woman has beon one of the ft ttll-lmportant creatures of earth, and if Bhe ts ft at longth put Into a groovo and labeled, "Worn- an in hrr own place," doubtlosB Bhe will ccaso S to bcomo Intorootlns. K The Question of the Weaker Sex. ft' Blnco tho law of evolution and reversion ara K the laws upon which the Bchemo of tho unl- vereo wan conoolvod, It must follow that all m " t'nlnga and all bolnga movod In that unlvern jft pcrforoo oboy that law. Now, In tho first place, jft v.-oman wnB mado luuu vlrilo than man. It la ft only jeacoimblo to uuppouo Hat hor lo tha ft veulcor uox blnco Adam wan endowed with V twenty-four ribs and poor llttlo Evo didn't ovon ft havo ono of hor own, but had to appoal to tha ft K':nernslty 0f man and filnoo Evo wan mado I from ono of Adum'a "false rlbB" who oan blumo 1 Ikt if Hh0 iu cbh truthful than hor benofaotor? F Bocausc of the physical prowess of tha man f; tfmre are hinny vho utUI believe tlmt nil) lrow I h extend Into (h relm' ef monlAlHy a'l1 J 'Qtaiism jt n trUg uiat Vonmn's fllrengTn Iiah f. taft-tettnt fe-R-Tnany-yaws bMiiUit-C-Wf-- ''Battling" Nelson happened to be in the room when Miss Le Mar decided she would show how to knock out a man on the street by lifting her elbow to the chin. "It takes a woman lo do it," said Bat place" In which eho has boon automatically put, and ovon as lato ob tho nineteenth century Mory Ann Evans-Cross took tho name of Ooorgo Eliot because women writors wero not recolvod in tho lltorary world as being on an intellectual par tlh men, and for tho same reason Mmo. Dudovant, tho groat French nov-0l.Bt nov-0l.Bt used Ooorgo Band hi hor pon namo. Womon lmvo traveled tho oyolc tho cam puppets and slaves throughout tho generations until thoy are at .last In a state of rebolllon and have declared their co-called "rlghtB" tn p. more or less militant form, Having deolarod themselves on a par with their oppononts In nex, man'H attitude has gradually boon changing, chang-ing, and instead of tho chivalry of tho Rococo porlod thoro haB developed an altogethor different dif-ferent feeling between tho two ooxca. In ih reYoltlUQnarjporloa, Ihe woraa be-.. Girl in white is Miss "Bobby3' Le Mar, and other is Miss Alice Lee H longod to the" "protected sex," and her duty was to make herself as charming and as dainty for the gratification of her "protectors" as possible. pos-sible. Our grandmothers were more or less versed In all tho gentle arts according to their talents. Thoy oewed "samplers," "tidies" and dainty caps and embroideries; they played the harpsichord and the flute they sang In a 3wect, parlor voice that did not rise to the volume of tho operr. hall-star of today; they knew something some-thing about how to cook and how to do other llttlo homely things that the girl of tho present generation considers a "bore." t"Y ThoTalhletlcs wero vastly different from tho Ftronuoua games that tho jjlrl of today Indulges in. Croquet was tho most popular out-of-door sport, and horseback riding was an accomplishment accomplish-ment that most "young ladles" onjoyed not astride a polo pony, to be sure, but on a gcntlo creature that boro a sldo saddle, and did a smart canter through the parks and lanes. Basket ball, tennis, hockey, polo, baseball and golf wero not at that timo considered "proper" for the young lady to' enjoy; Indcod, , no ono gave hor credit for being physically ablo, to Join in such a boisterous sort of play. Today thero is no game', no sport, no form of athletics known in which the woman is not an enthusiastic participant. ( Because of her turning toward athletics, she 1b . becoming much stronger physically than sho was a generation or two ago. It used to bo "the thing" to faint gracefully, and, in-crodiblo in-crodiblo though It may seem, the moro delicately deli-cately constituted and anaemic a woman was tho moro sho was admired by men and envied by her slstor. Headaches wore tho most popular, popu-lar, aliment, and to Ho about, on silk cu3hlona In a beautiful languor was truly an accomplishment accom-plishment that was sought after assiduously by tho fair and fragilo box, a young girl wltn the natural lustlhood and vitality of youth waa not tho popular typo; Indeed, sho was almost thought of 03 a monstrosity. All of this chango In the activities of women has a deeper significance than tho mere physical phys-ical oxcrtion and etrengthcnlng of tho sex. It has a moral Influence that is growing along with tho popularity of tho sports. In this feminist rebellion that has been occurring oc-curring sinco DUffrago was Introduced in England, Eng-land, women have been drawn moro and moro Into tho business world. They havo accoptcd every sort of romuneratlvo position that tukb thorn upon the Btrceta at all hours of the day and night they have formed clubs that thoy attend at night sessions and thoy have Innumerable In-numerable activities and Interests that take them out of tho snug seclusion of tho homo and make them subject to tho dangers that exist ' on every highway. Thoy havo rofuscd to be called tho "weaker sex," and tho "pampered box," and hnvo Bhown such aversion to tho "protection of the male," so-called, that men havo almost begun. be-gun. to take them at their word and treat them as equals in not only Intellectuality, but In physical strength. i Athletic Training Needed. On tho street, thon tho woman noeds her athletic training If oho would bo cfllclcnt in aolf-protectlon. That It Is unwomanly for a woman to use flats when tho necessity arises or to know how to. vanquish an attacker by simple movements In wrestling is ridlculoua in tho naturo of tho thing. Surely there 13 no honest man who would not admlro a woman wom-an who could, by a clever move, ovorpowor an assailant wore tho occasion to arlso. It Is not unwomanly to protcot horaolf rather It 1b unwomanly to bo overpowered by tho assailant. To handlo a chance opponent la not, however, how-ever, an easy thing to do. Tho hatpin haa served In Its day, but whoro tho hatpin falls there must be other means of protoctlon from tha thlb or rufllan.. Woman waa not, at tho beginning of things, a fighter. Sho left all the battles to tho men while she worked tho gardens, mado tho garments, nnd if sho wore a mother cared for tho children.- It Is not. then, Instinctive for the woman to fight, and so sho must get hor training in schools if she would learn to defend herself against an overbearing ruffian. Albert J. Nelst, a former wrestler, has established es-tablished a gymnasium and training school In St. Louis whero ho trains women in boxing, wrestling and physical culture. Thoro he has trained several of the "weaker sox" In such strength and agility that thoy aro not afraid to meet tho roughest vagabond, that over molested mo-lested a law-abiding citizen. ' Hi3 star pupils aro Miss Naomi Korbor,who has chosen to call herself "Bobble La Mar" in tho ring, and Miss Allco Leo. These two women wrestlers have shown such skill a3 to prove that a woman Is even moro agile than a man at the game, and that physical strength Is not at all necessary when one has a quick brain and a knowlcdgo of tho .holds and tha results that ono can accomplish with caclo. Miss Kerber, or Bobblo La Mar, as she pro fers to bo called when ono Bpeaks of her In fighting terms, has studied underw Nelst for two and a half years, and ,1s now ready to meet any 122-pound woman wrestlor In any Btato or country that will challenge her. Sho is going a llttlo beyond the limit that Is sot for tho woman who Is morely using a knowledge knowl-edge of wrestling a3 a means of protoctlon, and Is making that form of athletics a profession. pro-fession. Miss La Mar has wrestled In several cities and invariably comes out victor. Learned to "Wrestle When a Child. Miss Lee has beon practicing wrestling with NIost for only a few months, and has not. yel becomo bold enough to challengo any othel woman to a match. Whon asked why sho happened to take up that ancient sport, she said: "Well, perhaps, tho real explanation of tho case Is that I havo six brothers and I learnod to wrestle when a child with them. I waa protty good at it, too, and havo always been Interested In tho sport." In tho gymnasium the sportswomen wear woolen athlotlc tights, so that thoro Is no restraint re-straint on tho freedom of any part of tho body whon they exercise. Ilowovor, both of the young women showed that they could throw a man with as much caso when they wero dressed in tho oxtremo of feminism with many a frill and feather as they can In tho athlotlc costumo which thoy wear In the privacy pri-vacy of tho gymnasium ring. "Ono can nover be suro that ho la safo on tho street or In tho home anywhere, In fact, and It is absurd that ono should think n woman less capable of coping with any sit uatlon than a man," Bald Miss La Mar "Thero is danger of housebreakers perhaps thoro Is no man on tho placo to protect a woman wom-an In tho coho that a burglar selects her housa sho surely Is not going to stand by nnd tat her treaauros bo Btolcn, or, in tho Instance that sho la attacked, to allow hersdi to suffor at tho hands of an unscrupulous follow. It lo wise for every woman to bo prepared to meet with such a situation, whether she will evor need it or not there 13 no harm In pre-parcdnoas." pre-parcdnoas." And Miss La Mar proceeded to show hovf sho would deal with a man who dared disturb hor peace. To Throw a Person Down Quickly. The simplest way of throwing a person down and the quickest way is: 1. Tho aggressor (being In this case tho onfl who Is defending himself against an aasail-nnt) aasail-nnt) grasps the wrist of the defendant with ono hand and the arm ahovo the elbow with tho other hand. Brace with ono log back nnd bend tho othof at tho hip and kneo. Throw tho dofondant headlong over tho leg. 2. After stho dofondant 1b thrown to tho floor tho assailant drops with one knoe on tho otomach of tho downed man and pins his arms to his eldOB. It 1b imposolblo thon for the thrown man to rise as long aB thin posL tlon is malntalnodt It may seem to those that do not know tue H rules of wrestling that It would be lmposelbls H for a woman to throw a man down. With this H grasp, however, and a quick wrenching of tha IH arms, it requires but llttlo strength to hurl a B great weight over ,the knee, braced as one la H with ono leg behind. fRU "Which arm do you graBp, the right or tha tMU left?" is a quostlon invariably asked. H "Well, you'vo not got tlmo to make a se- UU lection," Nelst answers. "You Just grasp H whatever arm' that presents Itself first, and jKU braco with your right or left foot, as the caB jKU domanda, It makes no difference In the poal- tKM tlon that you take, except that it Is tho right IH or the loft hold that ono deals with." JH Miss Lee and Miss La Mar showed a very UU simple hold that Ib nono the less effectivo, and KM ono which a woman can use without any train. H lng in tho ring or gymnasium. 'jKU When an assailant clenches a person around H tho waist: H 1. Whon an assailant grabs his victim around MMl tho waist, standing In front (the victim bo- MU comes the aggrossor and tho assailant tho do- jH fonder). Tho aggressor takes tho chin of tho UUl defender bctweon the first and second fingers aKU and places the thumb undor tho nose. With KM this Blmple hold sho can easily push tho head MM of tho defendant back until ho must release the VMM hold in order to protect himself from his ag- 'MM pressor. MMl 2. When the attack has-been mado from tha MMl rear and the assailant grasps the victim around Mm the waist tho victim can easily becomo the ag- IH gressor by bonding the body forward, reaching tM between the legs and erasplng the foot or leg IH of tho asrsallant, throwing him backward. IH When Man Yelps for Mercy. JH In either case, when a woman has a man MM down by those two simple holds, the hatpin IH can then bo used in conjunction with tho feats IH of wTcstllng. and unless the rufllan draws a IH rcun. she will. In nlno caso out of ten, havo hor H fellow yelping for mercy. IH If, again, a footpad seeks to attack a woman IH while sho is going on any of a dozen of her IH necessary missions, and grabs her by putting H his arms about her throat, sho need only grasp IH ono of her assailant's arms- and drop to her IH knees, the weight of the follow himself will H sond him headlong over tho woman's shoulder. H and she need not oxcrt any great strength In IH throwing her assailant to tho ground. H On ono occasion, when the two Btar pupils H of Nelst s woman's class in wrestling were hav- H ing a friendly little bout in tho gymnasium, IH Battling Nelson, whoso record as a fighter haB 1 boen so long and so brilliant, camo Into tho H room. He was a bit doubtful as to the ability MM of tlio "weaker sex" until ho was "attacked" H by ono of them, and ho soon took off his hat to IH the fair champion of tho bout. IH "After all. It takes a woman to whip Bat. H he said facetiously, but with more than a grain IH of truth. I Noist explains that a wrestler has moro M power of endurance than a bosor. for the rca- H son that all of his muscles aro developed and UM that he Is not subject to blows that often in- H Jurcs a boxer, Internally. H "If a wrestler and a boxer met In a fight in M tho street." ho says, "the wrestler will, In prac- IH tlcally every instance, whip the boxer. And MM the life of tho wrestler has been proven by MM statistics to bo longer than tho man who fights M " WrcstHns'lfl no of the most primitive of tho 'MM sports, and It has had a moro universal popu- H larlty than any other game. Even as long aso MM is 3000 years B. C. Htm a highly developed H sport, and ancient sculpture that has been H found in the excavations In Greece jnJWj H depict scenes of wrestling matches In which H all the holds that aro known today were thon MM used. But wrestling for women has not been MM Sotn until the present day. when the demand . VMM for mom athletics for women has led them Into H every field of sportsmanship. MM According to tho law of supply and demand H women would not be entering Into this flold to MM day if thore were not a need for it More and MM moro women aro going Into the mrninaalum. MM ivory day and more strength and vigor Is being MM SovSopoI in their sex than it ?" r m- H sldored neceesary, or even womanly, for a worn- MM anTho?aweoef8,tho survival of tho fit demand that woman bo fit today if -he would not be H outdone and It should bo the aim of every glr H to cultivate this strength and grace of body ua MM well as to make herself ready for the oocnaloa H In! which phyolcal agility and a knowledge of MM witling will bo of more value than any . j H called woman's accomplishment, jmU MM mmm |