Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-05


to be part of every girls education to
learn to run. Running is as natural to
a healthy girl rs breathing, but it is
carefully trained out of her at as early
an age as possible, and who ever saw q
grown woman who possessed that SUI
preme grace of motion To see woman
run is to see goose waddling. Did you
ever look at frieze of Greek girls run
ming in any cassie collection Did it
not impress you with its beauty, health
and sweetness, its joy in livingl Could
you look at the round, supple limbs, in
stinct with grace and freedom, the short
tunics, the lightness and poise of the
figures without feeling that those large
eyed, sound lunged creatures were what
woman was meant to be? Many dis
orders of the complexion come from
functional difficulties, and TO be able to
run is to possess strong hips which bear
life's burdens early.
Find woman who has made stir in
the beauty market on the stage and
you find girl who as hoyden, a Peg
Wellington who sold oranges, the Gun
nings who were madcaps, Jersey Lily
who ran wild with her brothers, Mary
Anderson who got her matchless com
plexion from the bluegrass of Kentucky.
1t is seldom anything more than sec
ond rate beauty which is developed in
city drawing rooms. The pose of the
archer as the arrow is loosed is said to
be the most graceful woman can as
sumo. To paddle canoe-not row
boat which is very different matter
is wonderful specific to round the
arms and fill out the chest developing
deep-bosomed Diana. To throw stone
stretches the muscles, and to climb and
jump and swim and fence the box and
run races trains down the figure, makes
firm the muscles and gives the ease and
ightness of varied motion, OF force and
good staying power to the whole body.
All these exercises aerate the blood and
make living woman. not a creature in
petticoats with mush in her skull where
she should have brains. To be able to
walk is a grand thing for the COM
plexion, really to walk three, four or
five miles at a quick, brisk pace, instead
Of leisurely strolling through the park
or Supplying ones self with half days
shopping in crowded, heated stores.
Exercise, and in order that you may
exercise, breathe. Take yourself out Of
doors and stand with your weight rest
ing on the balls of both feet, not on
the heels. Draw in the chin, hold the
head erect, throw the chest out so that
a line dropped perpendicularly from it
would touch the toes, let your shoulders
alone, draw in the abdomen, then forci-
bly, fill and employ the lungs, compel
ling the vital breathing organs to work
to their utmost capacity. Do this for
ten or twenty minutes every day. No
tonic will be found more beneficial to
impure blood and n general condition of
lassitude. This of itself ought sensibly
to freshen the complexion if practiced
for six months persistently. A bad
skin means bad blood, and bad blood
calls aloud for exercise.
And il one sunburns2 If one objects
to sunburn, or if it becomes painful,
there is always hot water or steam.
Wash the face half-ad dozen times day
with a soft sponge, in water as hot as
you can endure without screaming.
Mop the skin dry and repeat the opera
ton. This will Written the face, and
sometimes it will dim the lustre of
chemically red nose. Steam the face
over kettle OF hot water ten ..minutes
daily. This is another perfectly inno-
cent bleach, good for moth patches and
sallowness as we'll as tan. 1t has
somewhat persuasive effect on wrinkles.
And if one frecklesq If you eat coarse
bread and grits and attend to the bath
ing directions, you will be less likely to
be troubled, but powdered sulphur
mixed into paste with lemon juice and
spread on the face at bed time, will be
found a good preventive after day in
the sun and wind. And no powder
Skin diseases don't want to be kalso-
mined over in their uncleanness, but
cured by food, cleanliness and exercise.
Il Couricr-Journal.