Alice Renham. who finds that "in maternity
cases the worst have been among women of
the blue stocking feminine type, who spend
most of their lives at study or knitting."
Other British opinions came to the sturdy
defence of physical activities for women,
maintaining that the mid-Victorian girl was
no longer an ornament to society, that the
regular girl was the one who played football,
golf, tennis or any other sport in which she
could show the greatest proficiency.
Men Golfers Ungallant
In Rules for Women Players
The golf course continues to be the most
ungallant of all neighborhoods. Many of the
country cluhs have rules forbidding women
to play on Saturday afternoons, Sundays
and holidays, while others prescribe that no
woman shall start out from the first tee
until each and every male player shall ha\*e
hfen given due opportunity to get off his
first drive and play well out of range.
Out on the course, the woman has even
less rights thnn she has on the first tee. Tf
she Is playing In a twosome and comes up
hehlnd a foursome made up of toddling old
men. moving at best with the greatest of
difficulty, she has only the remotest chance
of being Invited to play through. And for
the balance of the afternoon she will bear
the brunt of blame for holding up the
matches that follow In her wake. Tt is quite
the custom of the links to account for all
tleups in the traffic by Intimating that "some
damn woman Is on the course holding things
up." If she plays down In the SO's or up
above 100 with the gentleman duffers, she Is
only a woman on the course and has no
rights.
