, 1890-12-21
ACoNNoIssEUR IN WALKING.
He Utters "A strong Protest Against
~UndiKnihed STRIDES IN Pedestnanism.

Zone of the greatest accomplishments q
lady can possess is a graceful walk" said
one gentleman to another while sitting in
the Inter Ocean reading room the other
day. TO be able to walk gracefully Is,
next to the art addressing tastefully. most
desirable. Yet how few possess the art.
See tbat lady. How she strides. Why
do they do it? For a LADY to stride as
she walks the streets takes away all sym.
metry Of form, and throws her into a va
riety of u~ngracetul and strained positions
that make the best dressed and hand
soonest of women appear ungainly."
What about the men2' asked his
companion.
Men, as a rule, walk better than
women. Still there are many men whose
walk is excrucisting. Did you ever no.
tice a little short mar walk Well, now,
Just watch that little dumpy fellow com
ing around the corner. He steps nearly
a yard at a time. Now, there Is 4 happy
medium. which, if that mar would strike
it, would not serve 10 a~ccentu-
ate his insignificant figure. Men,
however, as q rule, have
a more graceful walk than women. Waltz
ing has been denomruated the poetry OF
notion l think that is a mistake.
Walking. since it is such n constant mode
OF ~locomotion, should be reduced to a
science. Since it is demanded of every
woman that she should always appear
graceful. | am surprised that they do not
pay more attention to their walk. 1t is
within the power OF any lady, no matter
whether she be attired in the latest mode
or not, to make OF herself a pleasing and
interesting picture by her walk. But see
how they Rsllop along. How offensive to
the sight is such a gait. Emerson said
that a lady loses when she is on a strain
to express admiration. How true that is.
and yet it is equally true that she loses
when she strides through the streets, as
though trying to see how far she can step,
or was walking against time. To be able
TO walk well comes naturally to some, but
the great majority of them either stride or
waddle along in a manner offensive to re-
fined taste. Every woman. almost. could
attain the art. II should be taught in the
public schools, in every seminary, or
wherever girls ara under instruction. Very
often a persons gait reveals his or her
state OF mind. AS l said before it IS a
lady's duty to make herself appear as
graceful and attractive as possible, and
thus the homiliest can approximate by an
easy, upright, graceful carriage and gentle,
diRnified face. A woman's beauty does
not lie altogether in n we'll developed
figure, or in near. tasteful dressing, though
these are in themselves greatly to be 0e-
sired, but her natural charms arc greatly
enhanced by her perfect carriage. Why
| know a lady. poor in the matter of
natural attractions and in purse as well,
who understands the art OF dressing
well on what her means will afford, but
most of all, she knows the art of walking
and moves like an angel. She is al
ways NJ c19I' nS'ci AoAs SOhiu9eu' ahu
she floats, rather than walks, from place
to place about the house and on the
streets, and it is n positive pleasure to
watch her move about. When she is on
the streets she walks with well bred
leisure and men turn to watch her as she
passes, and yet sire is far inferior in form
and beauty of feature to many | see who
go striding along in such ungainly haste"