The Dickinson press., 1889-03-09
WOMAN AND HOME.
A WOMAN WHO SAYS HER SISTERS
DON'T KNOW HOW TO WALK.

One Dozen Women Who Achieved Great
-ness-Important Place Held by Women
of rcrsia-some of tho Things Baby Can
Do-Items Concerning the Household.
Why in the name of common meter don't
the women learn how to walk1
If the power for which the immortal
"Bobby" prayed could be conferred upon the
feminine portion of Gotham who walk up
Broadway, that they might "see themselves as
others see them" for just one trip, they would
HE them to q teacher in locomotion, If such
all individual could be found.
The dear things don't seem to take into
consideration the fact that all the arts of
modiste, corset manufacturer or cosmetics are
OF small avail to make them attractive so
long as they do not take heed to their steps,
We can readily excuse a woman from
whom the suppleness of youth has 6ed, or
who is crippled, or one who tips the scales at
a tenth of u ton or over, if she doesn't sail
along like a bit of thistle down, but when a
young girl, 1.-the and slender, whose anatomy
is strictly orthodox, comes toward you with a
movement suggestive of the days when the
"srasshopper becomes a burden" there is M
Involuntary wonderment as to what can be
the matter with her.
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only one idea, and that is to get over the
ground, no matter how. One is reminded of
the advice tho lemonade boys give on the
Fourth of July. walk up, roll up, tumble
up, any way to get up"
Take your stand upon q Broadway corner
some pleasant afternoon and you will be con-
vinced that this is true. About one woman in
a hundred knows how to walk. The most Of
them have the lazy, languorous, Indifferent,
quick or tho dead" mostly dead, fashion Of
getting on. but occasionally you see one who
comes spanking along like q corporal in the
militia, shoulders painfully squared, chin in
the air, arms swinging, IL she imagines
she's got the genuine British gait, you know.
Another appears who has evidently been
reading about Mrs. Langtry's walk and is
trying tocopy it. She attempts to lift her
hips without moving her shoulders, and the
effect is not altogether pleasing when viewed
from the rear. as she invariably forgets that
the Lily wears neither corset nor hustle.
Then there are a lot Of women who walk
just exactly like hens, keeping time to every
step with u backward motion of the head.
There arc Others who travel u Ia Bernhardt,
and you stand in momentary expectation of
seeing them fall to pieces. Tho %sinuous, ser.
pentlike slide of the supple Sara is as mimi
table as nre her wonderful gowns.
In order to walk well a woman must be
well. If she has dyspepsia she bends forward
ut the waist; if anything ails her chest she
stoops at the shoulders; if she has any of the
Thousand and ono ills common to womankind
then her back is weak and of course she cant
walk well. But all women in perfect health
do not move gracefully.
Those who spend their timo lolling about
on sofas aud take q carriage to 20 a blocl
have limp, flabby muscles, utterly devoid Of
spring. They arc fat and unwie,dy. One
needs to visit the different Turkish batt
establishments to learn how many women art
built after marble models. Once in o whilt
there appears one clean lilnbed and symmet
rical, with clear, healthy skin, muscled Sc
compactly and yet in such dainty curves that
you long to be an artist Not an ounce Of
superaous flesh, her breast as firm as a globe
of alabaster, shoulders that. like the dimplt
in Katisha's elbow people would CONF
miles to sec. Her eyes are bright. because
she has perfect health, and her lips are rec
for the same reason. Her hair is glossy, be
cause she takes care Of it as she does of hel
body, and if she has not one classic feature
in her face you call her beautiful, and If yor
are a woman you envy her with all your
soul.
, That woman doesn't have Mysteries ant
nervous chllls and cold sweats, and oil ths
other things that make herself and all hel