Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-04
CARE OF TIE FIGURE.
GREAT VALUE OF MASSAGE ANc
THE oElsARrE SYSTEM.

laow she Lasuries Of yesterday 8eeoms |
the Neosassesss Al roday-Dsvs,opmess
Of Fsminins Beauty Of Figure and 0racs
es Hueioa.
One by one the Injuries Of Yesterday b.
,one the uscsBities Of today and the very
things Of 10 morrow Il ts
human nature that this should be 70. for not
ouly In one cass u IL true but IN many The
southeru fruits which came to " - Q ears
delicacy but few years ago are daily seen
on very plain tables Why not, when they
cost no more than the fruit which grown In
our climate, The oyster. which was some
times sent ~ great ofcring on friendships
altar 70 our forefathers from some friend at
the seAcoast, 10 nov . staps article OF diet all
winter long, and not u costly one at that.
though 10 live nearly thousand niil3a frUm
ths SEQ Ths treasured silken gown Of our
grandmother. carefully kept in uesf folds
amid lavender sprigs. 10 today multiplied BY
6ves, BY tens, by twenties in the wardrobes
OF their granddaughter The printed pages
o. given away daily In these dAya Tis hut
. short time since stationary bath In ones
houss was a rare, extravagant elegance,
tower still since the first Turkish baths were
established In our larger Cities yet today 1t
would 10 their absence which would cause
remark.
''HANlcCRE~ AND "uAsaA0Es
Weh~ter's dictionary. revised and pub
lishsd In l8S2 docs 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
articieA For tho same reason that every one
prefers to comb their hair with the rubber OF
she'll invention Of modern times rather than
with . bunch Of long strong thorns or fish
bones, which were some OF the contrtvances
or savage races, ono prefers to use the fle
and tho rounded scissors OF the manicure to
trim the nails instead of the penknifa We
ses the average woman with carefully cared
for finger nails, when ten years ago not one
u them used the same niethods Of polishing.
Hing and trimming.
Mamage, too, Is word Of Nineteenth cen
tury coming. Who Of cur rugged ancestry
would have dreamed Of being rubbed for
pleasure or to enhance their physical beauty
lniess Il was the Romans In their ago OF lux
,ry' To b rubbed when III il but an expect
d part Of the nursing and treatment, but to
te rubbed into straightness or slenderness, OF
% be patted and punched into roundne~ and
irmnees Of outline or muscle IL just dawning
upon the ccnsciousnes Of the public a.
thing possible to accomplish It will only
ts In tho very near Tomorrow when the
supreme importance Of this massage treat
ment will be thoroughly understood by WON
IN in particular. They know how TO appre
late litheness and suppleness In anotheI
woman, but they arc very 10th 70 undertake
the proper exercise to develop that same
freedom Of movement In themselves Tha,
It may be impaired In . degree by no act oi
their own volition. but through the medium
II anothers hands. is fact TO b heralded
with Joy. and there 10 no shadow or possibil
ny Of doubt that tho moving Of . Join,
nack and forth, round and round. gently
i~wly. With certain delicate manipulations
VII render It free and elastic to remark
,tle degrea.'
What do surgeons do In the case Of I
,roken arm, where the whole limb has beer
,eld iinmovable for days or weeks bandagec
light and close against the bodyi Do they
cave tho wrist and fingers sti6 and lifeless
ts'they appear when the ligatures and splint
ire removed No At this point In the heal
ng the daily. and ofttimes twice daily, visit
( the surgeon are made with even more OK
/
he means and groans Of the patient he bend
very joint Of the fingers and wrist backwart
and forward, each time farther aud farther
until tho tortured creature can endure q
mure for the uonce. But though tho man O
knowledge may desist until next time hs I'm
ierstands the necessities Of tho case, and u
pleadings will turn him from bis course unit
the joints have recovered their pristine Gexi
oility.
! DENANDs PERSONAL ATTENTION.
What example can be brought to hear O
anything stronger than this argument Il
favor Of massage treatment The figure de
mands personal attention today because
receives most notice from others, and light
ness Of gait, suppleness Of body, freedom c
movement are things desired Of every on,
Some one said not long ago that she woul
like to have been born her own daughter
This Il more reasonable wish than It seem
and less egotisticaL The women Of toda
are thoroughly alive TO the modern theoris
II education and cultivation, and they and
20 hard task to unlearn half they have bee
taught in order to reach . state where the
may imbibe . new course Of ideas that It's n
wonder they wish they might begin owe
anew a. child
One Of the terrors Of advancing age d th
tendency to stoutness, nothing excep
wrinkles do women more dislike than
heavy, pumping step which some 200 pound
Of Aesh, more or less, to carry about engeu
ierA Massage Is beneficial for this, thong
certainly by no means a. effectual - activ
exercise The rubbing for this should b
combined with long, smooth strokes Of th
hand from the neck down the spine, an
from the hips to the heels, while the sam
mode Of procedure applied to growing gir
develops length Of limb and general height
Another help TO lightness, grace and supple
ness are the movements taught by tho teact
srs Of DelsartA This. perhaps, 10 the be-
way Of all for women who have lost the yielc
ing. springing movements OF their youth. b
either increass OF years or weight Delsart
aw the beauty Of natnre as It should be |
the human form, and studied but 70 prov
bow Il might be developed His theory
that at every movement or gesture OF an
part Of the body an almost tmperceptib
n ripple OF movement should run through Ii
entire frame, and when ono once sees u
grace Of carrying out this theory. no oths
argument 10 needed in h favor One
taught that the seat Of ali movemsnt 10
the waist, and the undulation OF the bod,
when the waist theory Is graceful and ma
tered, b the more beautiful The daughter
Of the women Of today will be brought
the highest state OF physical culture WI
should not their elders envy themH"S
z NJ in Chicago Herald
An Athlste's Rule Of Health.
An excellent rule Of health given BY pr
fession athlete 10: "Walk TO your place
; place Of business Attend to work
! the usual way. resisting every incfinatie
you may have to give way to indoleuc
Walk home Never mind the weather.;