fly-pole

Updated: May 4, 2025

Hand-swing is a capital exercise for a girl, the whole of the body is thrown into action by it, and the spine, the shoulders, and the shoulder-blades, are especially benefited. The fly-pole, too, is good exercise for the whole of the muscles of the body, especially of the legs and the arms.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children

If a youth must be musical let him be taught singing, as that, provided the lungs be not diseased, will be beneficial. What amusements do you recommend for a girl? Archery, skipping, horse exercise, croquet, the hand-swing, the fly-pole, skating, and dancing, are among the best. Archery expands the chest, throws back the shoulders, thus improving the figure, and develops the muscles.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children

I am happy to say that such a case, by judicious treatment, can generally be cured namely, by gymnastic exercises, such as the hand-swing, the fly-pole, the patent parlour gymnasium, the chest-expander, the skipping rope, the swimming bath; all sorts of out-door games, such as croquet, archery, &c.; by plenty of good nourishment, by making her a child of Nature, by letting her almost live in the open air, and by throwing books to the winds.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children