Wichita eagle., 1888-07-15
CARE OF TIE FIGURE.
GREAT VALUE OF MASSAGE AND
THE DeLSARTE SYSTEM.
How the Lrxuries Of Yesterday BecoDe
the Necessities of Observation-Disclosures
of Feminine Beauty of Figure and Grace
Of Molten.

the Necessities of Today-DevefopmeDf
of Feminine Beauty Of Figure and Grace
OF Molten.
One by one the Injuries Of yesterday be
come the necessities OF today and the very
commonplace things OF tomorrow II Is
human nature that this should be so for not
only III one case Is it true but In many Ira
southern fruits " nich came TO Us as rare
deicacy out few years ago are daily seen
on very plain tables Why not. when they
cost no more than the fruit which grow~ In
our climates The oyster. Which was some
times sent as great offering on Friendships
altar to our forefathers from some friend at
the seacosst, is now a staple article Of diet all
winler long ana not q costly one at that
though we live nearly thousand miles from
the sea The treasured siiken gown of our
grandmother carefully kept in neat folds
amid lavender sprigS Is L ny multiplied by
fives. by tens. by rwenties In she wardrohcs
OF their granedaughters. The printed pages
SO rare SO treasured in olden times, are sold
or given away daily in these days It's but
a short time since stationary bath in ones
house was a rare, eItravagans elegance,
fewer still since the first Turkish baths were
established in our larger cities. yet today it
would be- their absence which would cause
remark.
MANICURE" AND "MAssAGE.'
Webster's dictionary, revised and puo-
lisheo in 1882. does not contain the word mani
cure, yet the educated women in the land
grow fewer every week who do not put into
practical use their knowledge Of manicure
,ot. ri, hat
prefers to comb their hair with the rubber or
shell invention Of modern times rather than
with bunch Of long strong thorns or fish
bones, which were some Of the contrivances
of savage races, one prefers to use the tile
and the reminded scissors Of tho manicure to
trim the nails instead Of the penknife We
see the average woman with carefully cared
for finger nails when ten years ago not one
Of them used the same methods Of polishing,
filing and trimming.
Massage, too, is word Of Nineteenth CEN
fury dining Who of our rugged ancestry
would have dreamed of being rubbed for
pleasure or to enhance their physical beauty
unless it was the Romans in their age Of lux
uryi To be rubbed when ill is but an expect
ed part OF the nursing and treatment, but TO
be rubbed into straightness or sienderness, or
to be patted and punched into roundness and
frmness of outline or muscle Is just dawning
upon the Consciousness of the public as a
thing possible to accomplish It viii only
be IN the very near tomorrow when the
supreme Importance Of this massage treat
ment viii be thoroughly understood by wom-
en- in particular. They know how to appre-
ciate htheness and suppieness in another
b,,- ba 10th IN, <av rn
the proper exercise to develop that same
freedom of movement in themselves That
it may be impaired in degree by no act Of
their own vohtio,i, but through the medium
of another's hands, Is a fact to be heralded
with JOY, and there is no shadow or possibil-
ity of doubt that the moving of q joint
back and forth. round and round, gently,
slowly, with certain delscate manipulations,
will render it free ond elastic TO remark
eble 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 bodyi Do they
leave the wrist and fingers stiff and hfcless,
as they appear when the ligatures and splints
ere removedf No. st this point in the heal
ing the daily. and ofttinIes twice daily. visits
OF the surgeon are made with even more ex-
actness than earlier in the case, and despite
the means and groans Of the patient be bends
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 maa Of
knowledge may desist until next time he I'M
derstands the necessities of the case, and no
pleadings viii turn him from his course until
the joints have recovered their pristine fcIi-
bility.
DEMANDS PERSONAL ATTENTION.
What example can Be brought to bear on
ANYTHING stronger than this argument in
favor Of MASSAGE treatment The figure de-
mands personal attention today because It
receives most notice from others, and light
ness of gait, suppieness of body, freedom Of
movement are things desired Of every onA
Some one said not long ago that she would
like to have been born her own aughter
This is a more reasonable wish than IL 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 wher, 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 ago is the
tendency to eoutless; nothing except
wrinkles do women more dislike than a
heavy. plumbing step which soma 800 pounds
Of eesh, mora or less. to carry about engen-
dera. Massage is beneficial Cor this, though
certainly by 20 means IS efrectual as active
g. Il. - L.
combined with long, smooth strokes Of ths
tand 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 help 70 Hghtness, grace and supple
hess are the movements taught BY the tsach-
ers Of Delsarta THIS, perhaps, h the bext
way Of all for women who have Lost tbs yield
Ing. xpr:uging movements Of tbetr youth, by
either increase Of years or weight Deikarts
saw tho beauty Of nature as it should be Ia
the human form. and studied bst to provs
how 1t might be developed His theory =
that at every movement or gesture Of any
part a. the body an alrros. fmpcrceptibis
ripple Of movement should run through the
entire frame, and when one oncs sss the
grace Of earring out this theory. no ether
argument Is needed in its favor. One Is
taught that the ace. Of al movement "a Ia
the waist, and the undalatioa Of tho body,
when the waist theory il graceful and r1as-
tered, IL tie mere beautiful Tbs daughters
Of the woEaen Of today win be brought 70
tbe highest state O: physical culture Why
should not their elders envy thenI"a 8.
z. NJ II Chicago Herald
An AthIste's Ea1s Of Health.
An excellent rule Of health given By pro-