The dimensions of a croquet ground regularly laid out should be
one hundred feet in length by sixty feet in width. As to the ma-
terials of the game, croquet sets can be purchased from three dollars
a set up to twenty. A so-called cheap set, as a rule, is an abomina-
tion in the sight of an expert. The balls get dry and split ; the mal-
lets come off the handles and the hoops get bent out of shape easily.
In regard to the use of " clips " to place on the hoops a player makes,
these are only necessary when more than two girls play a game, their
use avoiding disputes as to whether a hoop has been made or not.
There is, of course, a difference in the rules as to the placing of the
hoops, as well as to the number used — ten is the limit as to number,,
while fewer than eight are never used. The appended diagrams show
the three most prominent forms of placing the hoops. The terms
used in croquet are chiefly as follows: "Croquet" (pronounced
*' crowkay ") — To croquet a ball is to strike your own ball with the
mallet when it is in contact with that of your opponent. " Roquet "
(pronounced " rokay ") — To roquet a ball is simply to strike another
ball. " Wired " — Your ball is " wired " when the wire of the hoop
prevents the stroke. " Peg " — To peg a ball is to strike the home-
peg in proper order.
Of the three diagrams given that of C presents the most difficulties
in successfully running the round of the hoops. Diagram A does best
for a small field, and that of B is the most simple of the three. The
contestants in a garne of croquet number from two to eight. Gen-
erally, the most interesting game is that in which sides of two each
take part.
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CALISTHENICS.
Calisthenics is the name given to the lighter class of gymnastic
exercises, which are especially adapted for ladies. That such exer-
cises are necessary for girls, especially from the age of six to fifteen,
has been fully proved by experience, the neglect of them in early
girlhood being a great drawback to growth in physical health.
The trouble with most of the games girls indulge in when mere chil-
dren is that they are simply the medium for the exercise of only one
or two sets of muscles of the body, chiefly those of the legs and arms,
and not much of the latter. In calisthenics there is a variety of move-
ments which brings into play every muscle of the body, and that, too,
not in the rather violent manner young men in the gymnastic classes
are too frequently subjected to, but in a way calculated to gradually
develop the lighter muscular fabric of a girl's system. What with
skipping ropes and trundling hoops, girls from six to twelve have the
means of healthy out-door exercise, but only to a limited extent.
As they get into their teens these recreations have hitherto been
replaced by that of dancing, as a general thing ; and even then only
under such drawbacks as those of heated ball-rooms and the vitiated
atmosphere of parlors on party occasions, both of which entirely
obviate the sanitary benefits of the exercise itself It is from the
calisthenic class exercises that girls in their teens, as well as ladies
approaching the adult period, find the benefits they have previously
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The dimensions of a croquet ground regularly laid out should be one hundred feet in length by sixty feet in width. As to the materials of the game, croquet sets can be purchased from three dollars a set up to twenty. A so-called cheap set, as a rule, is an abomination in the sight of an expert. The balls get dry and split ; the mallets come off the handles and the hoops get bent out of shape easily. In regard to the use of " clips " to place on the hoops a player makes, these are only necessary when more than two girls play a game, their use avoiding disputes as to whether a hoop has been made or not. There is, of course, a difference in the rules as to the placing of the hoops, as well as to the number used — ten is the limit as to number, while fewer than eight are never used. The appended diagrams show the three most prominent forms of placing the hoops. The terms used in croquet are chiefly as follows: "Croquet" (pronounced *' crowkay ") — To croquet a ball is to strike your own ball with the mallet when it is in contact with that of your opponent. " Roquet " (pronounced " rokay ") — To roquet a ball is simply to strike another ball. " Wired " — Your ball is " wired " when the wire of the hoop prevents the stroke. " Peg " — To peg a ball is to strike the homepeg in proper order.
Of the three diagrams given that of C presents the most difficulties in successfully running the round of the hoops. Diagram A does best for a small field, and that of B is the most simple of the three. The contestants in a garne of croquet number from two to eight. Generally, the most interesting game is that in which sides of two each take part.
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