San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-17

WIN JOY, ana Uusro rs no suuGow or possibil'
ty Of doubt that the moving OF joint
badz and forth, round and round, gently,
slowly, with certain delicate manipuhtions,
will render it free and elastic to remark
able degree
What do surgeons do In the case of a
broken arm, where the whole limb has been
held immovable for days or weeks bandaged
tight and close against the Oodyi Do they
leave the wrist and fingers stiff and hfeless,
as they appear when the lisatures and splints
are removedi No At this point in tho heal
ing the daily, and Outlines twice daily, visits
of the surgeon are made with even more ex
actness than earlier In tho case, and despite
the means and groans of the patient hebends
every Joint Of the fingers and wrist backward
and forward, each time farther and farther,
until the tortured creature can endure no
more for the nonce But though the man of
knowledge may desist until next time he un.
derstands the necessities of tho case, and no
pleadings win turn him from his course until
the joints have recovered their pristine fexi
bility.
DEMANDS PERSONAL ATTENTION.
What example can be brought to bear on
anything stronger than this argument in
favor of massage treatmentf The figure de-
mands personal attention today because it
receives most notice from others, and light
ness of gait, suppleness Of body, freedom Of
movement are things desired Of every one
Some one said not long ago that she would
like to have been born her own daughter
This is more reasonable wish than it seems
and less egotistical The women of today
are thoroughly alive to the modern theories
of education and cultivation, and they find it
so hard task to unlearn half they have been
taught in order to reach a state where they
may imbibe a new course of ideas that It's no
wonder they wish they might begin over
anew as a child
One Of the terrors Of advancing age Is the
tendency to stoutness; nothing except
wrinkles do women more dislike than a
heavy. Pumping step which some 200 pounds
Of flesh, more or less, to carry about engen-
ders Massage is beneficial for this, though
certainly by no means as effectual as active
exercise. The rubbing for this should be
combined with long, smooth strokes Of the
hand from the neck down the spine, and
from the hips to the heels, while the same
mode of procedure applied to growing girls
develops length Of limb and general height.
Another helpto lightness, grace and supple
ness are the movements taught by the teach
ers of Delsarte This, perhaps, is the best
way of all for women who have lost the yield
ing, springing movements Of their youth, by
either increase Of years or weight Delsarte
saw the beauty Of nature as it should be in
the human form, and studied but to prove
how it might be developed His theory is
that at every movement or gesture Of any
part of the body an almost imperceptible
ripple Of movement should run through the
entire FRAME and when one once sees the
grace of carrying out this theory. no other
argument is needed in its favor. One Is
taught that the seat Of all movement IL in
the waist, and the undulation of the body,
when the waist theory is graceful and mas
tered, is the more beautiful The daughters
Of the women Of today will be brought TO
the highest state Of physical culture, Why
should not their elders envy themf-"S. s.
& NJ" in Chicago Herald