St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-11
PRETTY MABEL JENNESS

IelIS w WOmen HOW TO MAKE SCrdW-
ny Necks Plump and Smooth, to
Enlarge the Arms and Make the
Waist Smaller.
Portland Oregonian.
Miss Mabel Jenness, a youthful apos-
tie of the physical culture for the fair
sex, arrived in Portland yesterday.
Miss JennesS is supple, 1.-THE, vigorous
and powerful, without an ounce of su-
perfluous flesh on her body or the visi-
bic outline of a bone in her anatomy.
She insists that she made herself what
she is by the constant practice of SIM
pie exercises, and that every woman is
to blame.if she doesn't possess mOdi-
cum of the physical beauty and grace
she cOvets.
There is no body" she says, "unless
it be deformed, that cannot be material
ly improved and refined and educated
to cultured grace and beauty by per-
severing, con nscientiouS effort"
"Well, what would you do, for ex-
ample, with tall, angular girl, whose
joints are bigger than any other part of
her body?"
~ would do this. see." and, throwing
her arms ont in front of her, clenching
u,
she threw them above her head and
down at the sides, out in front and
back with vigorous action; then lifted
he bands out at the side as though they
were lifeleSS, suddenly stretched them
firmly, turned the clenched fists back
ward and forward until 1t seemed as
though they would be twisted from the
wrist entirely, made several more
strong, steady motions, which called in
play every muscle of the arm and fore
arm, and then, taking all the life out of
the hands, she swayed them up and
down. forward and back, and round and
round in slow, beautiful motions of
grace.
Nov, I wouldn't do this once or
twice while thinking of 10000 other
things, but every day and twice a day |
would put all my intelligence into the
effective practice of the exercises until
l had mastered my elbows and made
my arms so round and full that they
would be the envy of my 1riends.''
''IIow long would it take?"
THAT depends Oh the energy of the
person and her adaptability to the
work. Usually in few weeks or
months at the most we notice decided
difference"
Suppose a woman has a Scrawny
neck, what would you do for that?"
1.-The simplest exercise for the devel-
opment of the bust is swinging the
arms backwards until the backs of the
hands touch, and breathing correctly.
Most women breathe in such way,
either from the tightness of the cloth
ing about the waist or from Incidence
or ignorance, that the apex of the lung
is never filled with air, and the muscles
over it grow f1accid and Shrunken from
lack of use. Then. too, many women
stand wrong, with the abdomen thrown
forward instead of the chest, and, fol-
lowing the direction of gymnasts, throw
the shoulders back instead of the chest
out. [ would have woman stand in
such a manner that the chest should
be in line with the toes; the
abdomen will then be drawn
in. and the chest thrown up
and out. Now you have something to
build on that doesn't need so much fill
ing out. but just enough muscular de-
velopment to cover the bones. There is
a great difference between muscular de-
velopment and fat Fleshy women who
stand OIL their heels, with protruding
abdomen and shoulders thrown back all
out of symmetry, will have throats so
covered by adipoSe tissue that they are
very pretty, and they are almost afraid
to try the exercise for fear it will make
them larger. have hard work to make
them understand that muscle is better
than adipOSe tiSSue-that muscle will
only develop to it's limit, no matter how
it is exercised, and that flesh is only
burden and usually veXation of
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