THE SUNDAY 'OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 3, 1003.
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BOXlNG AS A FORM OF EXERCISE KS5amm
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Dodfrinp: and delivering: a left-hand string:.
Right-hand counter for the short riba.
ShoHlderlng-.
Left lead for face xrlth left coanter for stomach.
Solar plexus blow.
jfv NE of the chief values of boxing as
Ua higher form of physical culture
lies In ther fact that It demands con
stant study and improvement of the men
tal control of the muscles. Guard, deliv
ery, counter, all require speedy action of
mind over matter; accurate decision in a
second's time. And, if a boxer has failed
to guard, the muscles -where the blow is
delivered should bo contracted bunched
bo that greater resistance trill be offerEd
the blow.
Perfect control over the facial muscles
is highly necessary. A boxer should not
let his condition be read in his face by his
opponent. If the boxer shows that a cer
tain blow has surprised and jarred him,
the opponent will rush to follow up his ad
vantage. If the body's weariness creeps
Into the face, the opponent will see that
he will not have to guard so carefully,'
and that he can assume an aggressive of
fense. On the other hand. If 'the facial muscles
are kept free of the state of the body, the
boxer will not so readily reveal his condi
tion to the opponent, and will thereby
save himself from disaster until he can
recover himself a few seconds later on in
the bout.
Don't let your opponent read your mind,
but by all means divine your opponent's
thoughts, if you want to become efficient
in this style of exercise.
Keep perfect control of your temper, as
well as your facial expressions. A cool
head eventually triumphs oxer a hot one;
steady judgment overwhelms rash im
pulses. Boxing Is a fine training for
bridling temper; and because it demands
that blows be taken without grumbling,
it teaches a healthy disregard for petty
physical and mental Inconveniences. In
other words, boxing as a physical culture
exercise tends to a healthy, optimistic
mental state.
Boxing reveals a man's true physical
state. It shows whether the body is even
ly or irregularly developed, whether this
part is strong or that weak. If any un
developed spots are found. It is the box
er's duty to build them up by taking up
some simple form of physical culture
planned for that purpose.
The exercises described below are among
the more scientific positions In boxing. To
deliver the blows and to guard them will
require all the physical and mental inge
nuity that the contestants possess.
The Left-IIand String:.
In learning this peculiar blow, you are
already expected to know how to get out
of reach of a blow. In simple .words,
when the opponent sends out a left-hand
swing, draw the head and upper part of
the body backward and out of reach.
Then, when you feel that his fist is no
longer able to do you harm, throw your
body in the proper place for a swing and
swing the left arm for his jaw, either in
a full or a half swing. (Figure 1.)
This blow Is rendered doubly effective
by the fact that when it is delivered the
opponent is coming toward you, since the
momentum jot his misspent blow brings
him forward.
To guard, the opponent puts his left
hand on your shoulder and pushes you
back or sidewlsc in an effort to destroy
your equilibrium and thus keep your left
swing from reaching him. This is about
the opponent's sole opportunity for guard
ing, and it cannot always be guaranteed
as effective.
Riffht-Hand Counter for Short Ribs.
In order properly to deliver a right-hand
counter for the short ribs, watch for the
opponent to place his body well forward
as he leads out with the left. When the
blow is about to land on your face, rap
idly draw your head to the left and bend
slightly at the hips. This will cause the
left to pass harmlessly by the side of your
head.
The second the blow passes by, straight
en up and throw the right shoulder, with
the right arm, bent, straight for the op
ponent's short ribs. (Figure 2.) Then, if
you have time and if the blow has not
been guarded, also land the left fist In
the short ribs, and continue rapidly alter
nating the blows until the opponent is
able to guard.
It is a simple matter to guard. Throw
the right forearm in front of the body
across the short ribs, catch the opponent's
fist in your own, and push it and his aim
away to 'the left. If you are too late to
grasp the opponent's hand, stiffen the
crossed arm and open hand and catch the
blow on the back of your glove, which is
covering the short ribs.
Here is another way to guard: When
you realize that you have missed with
your left lead, rapidly bend the left arm
so that the forearm will press against the
opponent's shoulder, and throw him back
ward or to his left, and thus destroy his
equilibrium. This bracing also allows you
to spring backward out of harm's reach.
Shouldering-.
If, when the opponent leads with the
left, you find it too late to counter or to
guard in any way. dodge your head to the
right enough for the left to pass harm
lessly by. At the same time bend your
body until the. left shoulder Is in a di
rect line with the opponent's short ribs. J
The momentum that brings your oppon
ent toward you and your own weight will
cause a decided jar to the opponent.
To guard or to diminish the force of
the Jar, throw the left arm around in an
endeavor to encircle the opponent's neck.
To prevent this, the opponent grabs the
forearm with the right hand and throws
it back, or keeps it from, pressing against
his neck.
The entire movement is Illustrated in
Figure 3.
Left Lead for Face, "With. Left Coun
ter for Stomach.
This counter, which requires much ac
tivity, is employed when the opponent
leads straight for your jaw with the left
and at the same time steps out to get
within close reach.
L6wer the body well, dodge to the right,
throw the left shoulder well forward, and
with the arm bent at the elbow, let go
directly for the pit of the opponent's
stomach. "(Figure 4.)
To guard, open the right hand, slap it
on the opponent's glove, and when it is
firmly caught, turn the blow oft harm
lessly to the right.
The Solar PlexHs Blotv.
The solar plexus blow can be delivered
whether the opponent leads or not, and is
generally used when the boxer is getting
tired.
If the opponent leads with the left for
the face, dodge to the right, simultane
ously step out with the right foot well
forward, and throw the left side along:
with the left fist for the pit of the op
ponent's stomach. (Figure 5.)
When the opponent Is not hitting for
you, take a chance, step out with the
right leg, swing for his face with the
left band, and simultaneously land the
solar plexus with the right. Thi3 Is a
good blow, as the whole weight of the
body goes along. It can be avoided by;
stepping back.
To guard the solar plexus, catch tho
blow on your right fist and turn it away,
to the side.
(Copyrights 1003.)
SE7VRLES' RUMMAGE SALE
HOW THE WIFE AND THE HUSBAND EACH PROMISED TO
KEEP A SECRET
THE house was cold and cheerless.
Even the cat howled dismally at the
back door, preferring the atmos
phere without. The hot air pipes emit
ted blasts of cold. The library grate was
gray TVithnshes. Mrs. Lilian was ex
pending, all her energies in the first story
of tho Rogers block, persuading her
friends that they could make use of their
neighbors' cast-off things.
Lemuel pulled his overcoat collar up
around his ears, and drew his hat down to
meet It. Then he seated himself In his
accustomed chair at the dlnlng-table and
surveyed the collation of cold scraps
spread out before him. In their midst was
a note from his wife.
Darling. I have the most awful confession
to make But It is not my fault, and I know
you will forgive me. and get me another. I
urn bo sorry that you have not a hot dinner.
Do relent and come to the sale. The men are
all calling It Searles'a sale. Isn't that absurd?
The dinner Is hot and good. Do come for 23
cents. 1 am so sorry, hut I could not help It,
and you will forgive me. will you not?
"If any one can make head or tall out
of that note, he's welcome to it. Searles
rale. Indeed. Walt until I get hold of a
few facts, and I'll make it hot for "em,"
was Lemuel's comment
Ho set his teeth resolutely Into a piece of
yesterday's roast.
"I fee myself down there to dinner. Pve
said I'd not set foot inside their blooming
show, and I won't."
The rummage sale was really a case of
Searles versus the rest of the church, at
a time when rummage sales were yet ex
periments in the land.
Mr. Searles ate his lunch deliberately,
fed the cat, poked at the furnace, and
started back to the bank. At the front
door he hesitated. There hung Lilian's
house key, forgotten. He must get it to
her, but how? His dignity forbade his
Invasion of the Rogers -block.
He walked slowly down Main street,
turned to the right and picked his way
through the alley. A negro. Sammy by
name, aged 11, accordjng to the best of
his own reckoning, crossed the alley.
"HI, there, Sam!" yelled Searles.
Sam returned with a skip when he saw
his ofttlme patron's hand disappearing
Into his pocket.
"Here, Sam, take this dime and this key,
and give one of them to Mrs. Searles at
the rummage sale."
Sam grinned, dropped the dime Into his
pocket, and disappeared.
Searles was now directly in the rear of
the Rogers block. A window was open.
He looked cautiously within. Coats, hats.
dresses, wrappers and what not, hung on
the walls and were heaped on counters.
The room was deserted by both sellers and
buyers, as the crowd was being fed at
that hour.
Just as Searles turned to go, a pair of
trousers, hanging near the window,
caught his eye. They were made of the
llnest of broadcloth, not worn in the least.
Searles had a weakness for clothes and
bargains in tho same. These trousers
looked about his length. A gust of wind
blew the price tag Into view.
"By the great guns," Searles comment
ed; "only two dollars."
Sam came around the corner. Searles
collared the youth, led him Into the recess
of tho alley, thrust $5 into his hand, and
some pointed directions into his head. He
was to keep his mouth shut and bring the
bundle straight to the bank.
Twenty-five minutes later Searles
learned that his bargain was too short in
the legs and too tight in the band. He had
likewise seen himself standing on tip toe,
craning his neck into a back window of
the Rogers block. And, even as ,he had
seen himself, some one else probably had
seen him. There was the rub.
Still, those trousers were good and
could be made better. If the story of their
purchase got out. he could Invite the jok
ers to -view a pair of elegant new trousers
at least, they would be elegant when
overhauled by his tailor. Long, up in the
city. He should go tomorrow.
Having thus fortified himself against
attack, he went home and met a solemn
little wife. Searles heart sank .the mo
ment he looked at her. The story of his
method of attending the sale was prob
ably all over town, and this was the way
it affected Lilian. Lilian could never take
a joke.
Lilian sat on his knee and said:
"Lemmy, why don't you ask me to con
fess?" "Confess!" exclaimed Searles in sur
prise. A tear rolled down her cheek.
"You didn't even read my note."
A light broke in on Searles. He began
to laugh.
"It's no laughing matter to lose your
muff." sobbed Lilian. . Oh, Lemmy, it's
awful. I laid it down at the sale it cost
525 and some one made a mistake, and
sold It for 25 cents, and we can't find it.
Oh. dear! Oh, dear!"
Searles forgot the trousers. He threw
his head back and roared.
"I can't see anything to laugh at," ob
served his wife, her tones muffled by his
coat front. "You would not laugh if you
had to have your fingers freeze all the
rest of the Winter, unless," she liberated
one eye and surveyed his face, "unless
you'll get me another, Lemmy, dear."
But Lemuel suddenly hardened his heart
now that the trouscr scare was over.
"I can't afford to run rummage sales on
$25 muffs," he grumbled, and returned to
his paper.
The next day Searles and his dress suit
case repaired to the city, only to find
that the way of the transgressor Is hard.
Tho tailor shook his head over tho
trousers. He feared that when the gar
ment was enlarged, the old seams would
show.S;.
Searles went up the following week, ac
cording to instructions, and found a pair
of uncomfortably tight trousers, with
long, faded streaks conspicuously show
ing themselves a quarter of an Inch from
every seam.
Long advised his customer to allow him
to send the garment around the corner to
a dyer who would make the entire gar
ment one shade darker, and so conceal
the streaks.
Searles asked the price of the suggested
treatment, shut his teeth, and said, "Take
'em." The tailor followed him to the door.
"I forgot to tell you that I was obliged
to rellno them throughout, as the old
lining was so worn,"
Searles half way down the stairs made
a remark. Tho tailor did not hear dis
tinctly, but accepted it as a pleasant
"Good day," and returned It.
One week later Searles was seated In
the train, homeward bound. At his feet
stood his dress-suit case, containing a
pair of elegant dark blue trousers which
proved themselves a "close call," the
dyeing process having shrunken them.
Their weary owner was employed in item
izing on the back of an old letter.
Searles added the column three times.
Then, tearing tip tho envelope, he scat
tered it piece by piece, along 18 miles of
track. He hoped the distance would ef
fectively separate those items.
He carried his suit case home, reflecting
on his blessings. Three weeks had elapsed
since the sale, and ho had not heard one
word concerning his share In It. The
trousers were so nearly new that he
would not have to tell his wife a lie
about them, and, after all. they were a
bargain. In this amiable frame of mind,
he walked Into his library.
Lillian had just come in. She was warm
ing ten small, plump, red fingers over
the grate. She exhibited each chilly
digit to him in turn. The muff had not
been recovered.
"Want to see my new trousers?" asked
Searles cheerfully, wishing to change the
subject.
He shook out the trousers in all thlr
freshness and folds, and swung them be
fore his wife's eyes. She merely vouch
safed them a glance.
"How much did they cost?"
Lemuel had anticipated this question,
hence the figuring on the train. "Just $15
at Long's." he replied glibly.
Mrs. Sealers took hold of tho hem ot
one leg gingerly. She elevated her nose.
"Ugh, how they smell!"
Searles knew that the odor was due to
the recent dyeing, but all he said was:
"Store smell on the cloth, probably."
His wife picked up the other trouser leg.
She evinced a coming interest She turned
the legs over and tried the quality of the
cloth. She examined the hems, gazed at
the seams with a critical eye. Then she
raised her childlike blue eyes to her hus
band's face.
"Lemmr, how can you tell fJch stories?
They were marked just $2. I thought, at
the time, it was ridiculously cheap, be
cause I remember you paid just $20 for
them, and then grew stout so fast that
you really never wore them much."
Searles reached for a chair, and sat
down weakly. The trousers . fell on the
floor in a heap. His own old trousers!
And he, Lemuel Searles, banker, had he
groaned aloud.
"Lemmy, what is the matter?"
"Lillian, you have one strong point for
which I am very thankful! You never see
a joke."
Lillian looked puzzled, and Lemuel
thoughtful. His eyes fell on. her red
hands. His face became animated.
"Lily, how would you like to go up to
the city tomorrow and look at muffs?"
"Oh. Lemmy!"
"And a collar"
"Of seal skin"
"You darling!"
"You shall have 'em both if you will do
me a little favor"
'I'll do anything In the world for you."
"But this is something you are not to
do you are not to tell."
THE SOXG OF THE PIOX'EEIt.
The king of mankind Js the pioneer,
Lustily, lads, swing lustily.
He's lord over all the wide frontier.
His heart's ever high, and his spirit's In cheer
Lustily, lads, swing lustily.
From dawn ot the dar to "the last ot light
The Imber e'en shrinks to the ax's. bite;
It roars -as iffalls,-and-it-.knows bur-'mlght
Oh, lustily, lads, swing lustily.
Eing hey for -a life In the open day!
Lustily, lads, swing lustily.
The ax and the pick and the spade, I say.
Are noblest weapons to blaze the way
Lustily lads, swing lustilr.
Sing hey for'the man that can wield them well!
And hey for the soul now in heaven or hell
That ever on earth of such labor could tell
Oh, lustily, lads, swing lustily.
Lute Pesse.
Three hundred and twelve American women
have married foreign titles.
PHgSICAL TRAIN IMG N SCHOOLS
IT IS VIGOROUS AND IS TAKEN UNDER THE WATCHFUL
EYES OF INSTRUCTORS
DVOCATES of the higher education
of women and of coeducational
institutions may declare that the
finishing school belongs to the dark ages
of pedagogy, but the fact remains that
a score of academies boasting a Nation
al reputation will graduate-their full com
plement of highly polished young women
-this year.
The boarding-school, dear to the hearts
of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers
taught the gentle art of tatting
and making wax flowers, and turned out
classes of young women noted for their
slim waists and a delicacy, amounting
almost to fragility. The finishing school
of today graduates an entirely different
type of girl. She is prepared solely with
a view of ornamenting society as it flour
ishes at the beginning of the 20th cen-
FENCING TRAINS IN SUPPLENESS
AND GRACE BASKET BALL
GIVES THE POISE SO REQUISITE
FOR THE FASHIONABLE . GIRL
tury, which happens to be after the
correctly strenuous fashion.
The young woman who springs, armed
and equipped, from such a schoolroom
Into the social arena is the product of
evolution and environment. She enters
the school crude, awkward and self
conscious. She leaves it graceful, cul
tured In the social code, and with a cer
tain poise and assurance which comes
only with knowing what is what. She
is prepared to meet every social emer
gency and is armed for all social de
mands. Every study hour and every
recreation period has been bent toward
the one object social success.
A Hard Coarse of Training'.
The course of training is long and
often arduous on the part of the instruct
ors, who must produce the necessary
polish without offending the pride. Girls
crude In figure and speech and bristling
with provincialisms must be taught every
thing, from acquiring a proper waist line
to the soft Intonations of the high-bred
society woman. As all these gifts are
founded on health, the physical reforma
tion of the growing girl is instituted im
mediately upon her arrival at the school.
A thorough examination Is made by a
graduate nurse, who Is constantly In at
tendance upon the members of the school.
If no serious defect is discovered, the
pupil Is passed on to the gymnasium,
where she Is received by a teacher of
physical culture, scientifically educated
for this work. He lays down the rules
for her exercise, both in and outside the
gymnasium, according to her condition
and strength.
The Work Closely Watched.
In the gymnasium the Swedish move
ments are first taken up, and are es
pecially adapted to the requirement of
young girls. Even these simple exercises
are performed under the watchful eye
of the professor. A single false move
ment, repeated dally for a week or so.
might undo the good results secured
from months of patient and careful
training.
Girls who suffer from exaggerated ail
ments or deformities are given special
attention. Exercises are fitted to their
cases, and, if necessary, massage is ad
ministered. Gymnastic work is obligatory
in all the better class of schools.
The exercises are at first light, and are
Increased so gradually that the pupil Is
never permitted to feel fatigued. With
in a short time drooping shoulders lift,
hollow chests fill out and weak spines
stiffen. The polishing process Is taking
effect.
In the gymnasium of a fashionable
Hew York school for girls, a motto reads:
"The purpose of the gymnasium is, first,
to correct the physical Imperfections;
second, to exaggerate the exhilaration of
health."
The chaperon, on the daily walk plays
her part in the physical development,
insisting upon correct carriage and proper
inhalations of air.
BasUet-Ball a Fad.
Athletics are elective, but desirable.
They are encouraged by all progressive
teachers, and grounds are provided at
the highest-priced schools. If the grounds
attached to the school are limited in size
a campus is secured at some convenient
point. While some girls scorn the idea
of great muscular development, the up-to-date
girl, as a rule, goes in heavily for
school athletics. She has positive ideas
on keeping pace with her brothers and
some chaps who are not so closely re
lated. In vacation days she proves her
right to tramp over hlll3 with the sterner
sex, to hold her own In a golf game and
to give tips on hasket-balL
The last-named game is just now much
In vogue at fashionable schools, and at
least once a day the pupils don their
suits, which Include bloomers and sweat
ers, for an hour's practice in the court.
A feature of the basket-ball team which
appeals to the up-to-date girl is the pos
session of a mascot. Kivalry between
teams for the most Unique mascot is air
ways keen. One team in a fashionable
school near Philadelphia wearied in turn
6f a goat, a dog- and a cat, and finally
settled down to a pickaninny wearing the
team's colors. The , mascot- Is always in
evidence at the annual tournament.
Fencing is taught as a means of ac
quiring agility and grace. As this exer
cise brings Into play nearly every muscle
of the body, it is- practically obligatory
In all finishing schools.
Archery cultivates accuracy of vision
and steadiness S-f bM rb& limb. Fine
records are made by some students.
Bowling-alleys are provided in connec
tion with all first-class gymnasiums, and
for schools located in the suburbs there
are tennis-courts and golf links.
All these sugar-coated forms of physical
training are administered for the purpose
of developing the all-round athletic girl.
A knowledge of up-to-date games Is as
essentlal to the modern girl as was a
smattering of French to her great-grandmother.
The girl who lays a good physical foun
dation never slouches or lounges Indoors.
She acquires that poise and carriage
which makes her sure of foot and bear
ing when she enters a room, as well as
when she dashes across the links. She
is sure of herself and fears no criticism.
When the muscles are made strong and
pliable, Delsarte is taken up to add grace
and ease. The pupil is taught the grace
and beauty of repose. She learns that
it is not well-bred to flourish her arms,
to fidget or to arrange nervously her hair
or attire. She may not play with her
handkerchief. It Is the nervous, unbal
anced girl who breaks these rules, not
because she does not know what Is what,
but because she lacks control of herself.
Once her health Is established, the proper
things become second nature.
"The Harmonious Pose."
The foundation of good manners Is.
known to instructors of such, schools as
the harmonious pose. This pose, which,
by long cultivation, becomes habitual,
is based, first, upon hygiene and then upon
beauty. The body is properly balanced,
with the chest held high, so that a plumb
line, dropped from chest to floor, would
fall slightly in front of the toes. The
weight of the -body Is thrown upon the
balls of the feet. The heels, when placed
together, should be turned out at an angle
of 45 degrees. There should be no con
cave curve at the waist in the profile
outline. The weight of the arms should
hang from the shoulder blades and not
from the chest.
The student is also taught to hold the
spine erect when sitting. If support
is necessary, she must sit well back in the
chair, and a footstool should be placed
at her feet to relieve all pressure on the
spine. She learns that all bending of the
body should come from the hips and not
from the waist.
There must be no visible effort when,
rising. She is taught to draw one foot
well under the chair. By resting tho
weight of her body upon the heel of the
foot that is drawn back, she maintains
the body in an erect position. With tho
Btralghtenlng of the knee, the pupil finds
that she can rise with grace and dignity.
It is distinctly bad form to rise with the
help of the arms of the chair.
In stooping, the well-bred girl simply
bends her knees, and does not bring the
entire figure Into play. She holds the
body "In the harmonious pose when, as
cending or descending stairs.
When these points have been thorough
ly mastered, the young girl Is ready to
add the finishing touches In modes and
manners.
The Fly's Xooh Hoar.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Congressman Cannon the other day
added another Illinois story to his already
long string. He said that .during a hot
Summer day he sought rest in a hammock:
beneath the scant ehade of an old tree
that stood at the corner of a down-state
hotel.
"I -had no sooner stretched myself in
the hammock," said Mr. Cannon, "than,
these files attacked me, seemingly by the
million. It was intolerable, and in no
pleasant frame of mind I looked up the
proprietor.
" "What do you mean,' I demanded, by
stretching your hammock In that fly
haunted field of torture you call a lawn?
" 'I know the flies are bad out thare
now he answered, 'but Mr. Cannon, you
ought to use the hammock during the
hammock hours, and you'd have no
trouble from the flies
" 'What are hammock hours?" T in
quired. "From 12 noon to 2 P. Ml dally he
replied. 'During those hours flies will not
attack you in the hammock.'
"I was much interested in the man's
Socratic skill in evading: the issue, and,
wishing to draw him out, I askedr
" 'Why are there no flies around Uit
hammock between 12 and 2?'
" 'Oh he rejoined, 'at that time they'ra
all in the dining-room "