St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-09
THE FEMALE FORM.
Miss Jenness Shows How to De-
veiop 1t Properly.

veiop 1t Properly.
Better luck attended the efforts OF the
pretty Miss Mabel Jenness to address a
st. Paul audience upon physical culture
as applied to women yesterday after
noon than on the Thursday previous.
Turner hall was the scene of the dis
course, and while the audience num-
bered less than 100 ladies, the scant at
tendance was not half so diScOuraglng
to Miss JenneSs and disgusting to her
attentive audience as the hopeless I'M
possibility OF hearing what the speaker
said. The hall almost empty and
the noise outside, where the
street is being repaired, rendered
all the fair lady said. almost inaudible.
All the ladies present seemed deeply
interested in the lecture and were not
10th to direct frequent questions to the
speaker, which were promptly answered
to the information of all present. The
lecture was chiefly upon the physical
development of woman, proper carriage
OF the body, rendering the step elastic,
the figure healthy and attractive, the
muscles round and supple, and general
hygiene of the system and habit as
nearly perfect as careful practice OF
her methods would insure. According
to Miss Jeness' idea, there is not
lady in st. Paul or Minneapolis who
knows how to stand and walk correctly.
Her illustrations of the common
faults of women and girls in walking,
standing or posing were interesting,
and when compared to her own elegant
graces and really beautiful step, be-
came rather ridiculous, If half the So
called cultured women of the city could
have seen themselves as Miss JenneSS
pictured them and their deficiencies.
there is no doubt but that all femininity
which nursed the fame of Self-pride,
would fall at the fair lecturers feet
for the key to her physical glory. Miss
Jenness, while possessed of a sweet,
but ordinary face. has figure as per-
fectly carved and symmetrical as a We
nus. Her dress is unique and faultlessly
becoming any lady Of her fine physique.
She appeared yesterday in charming
gowD of cream and white; modifica-
fion of the old Greek costume, beauti-
fully embroidered and Topped and hang
ing loose over the shoulders, was girded
with gold cord. While wearing this
dress, she delivered the first part of her
lecture, and treated in turn the devel-
Opment of every department of posture,
movement and training. Her system,
if rigidly followed fifteen minutes per
day for two months, will make per-
ceptible and salutary change in the
health and beauty of any woman
no matter how far from perfect
she may be. Her style of walking,
is to place the weight upon
tile ball OF the foot, extending the chest
and keeping the body erect-not leaning
most would-be-st raigt women are in the
perncious habit of doing. The Shout
der, to be smooth, round and beautiful,
as if carved to plump back and shape
ly throat and neck, should be exercised
in all positions. from standing to lying,
No girl need complain of her gill-like
shoulder blades, if she will only stand
properly. The most detrimental habit
deluded women have who would he so
lawfully straight and sway-backed is
in bending the body backward from
the waist, throwing the abdomen
down and forward and coming down
on the floor, heels first in hitch-like
walk. The spine is thus bent all out of
shape and the vertebrae are pressed so
dangerously close together that the con-
tinual cry of weak and aching backs is
but the results of constant soreness
produced by the rubbing together Of the
yertebrae. In this position the feet are
bungled, the limbs become stiff. the hip
is famed, and worse than all, the waist
is enlarged and broadened, and the
pomposity so noticeable in older women
is the direct result from such position,
walk and carriage. The chest should
be we'll up and extended and always"
exercised. even in reclining. If this
is not done, the weight of the
body is thrown upon the hips, and it
spreads as the individual becomes older;
then the abdomen protrudes and tight
iacing becomes a necessity to keep up
the former contour OF the waist. and
then the awful diseases which wreck
Womanhood and all its beauty. Away
with the corSets; loose gowns and
healthful exercise, an earnest applica-
ton to proper methods of training, and
every woman and girl could wear the
blush of May queen. Miss Jenness
succeeded in organizing quite large
class at the conclusion of her lecture,
and the first lessons will be given at the
Freeman school, on Sixth street. to-mor-
row morning at 10 O'Clock.