San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-25
WOMAN AND HOME.
CORRECT WALKING AS A MEANS OF
ACQUIRING GRACE AND STRENGTH.

Pertinent Thoughts an Charging the Peer
age"-The Boston Girl and the Grapes
4 Social Reform from the KitChen-Ovor-
come with Kindness.
You see, there are three divisions i'll our
make up, ~ and the lady, unusually tall, but
50 shapely and graceful that the fact was for
gotten at the instant of seeing her, stood up
in her parlor in Fountain place to better illus
trate her meaning. She was attired III eX-
quiste taste in black, which matched her hair
and eyes and brought out strIkingIy the lines
of her attractive face. Her voice was adj
mirably mOdulated, even when she spoke
with the greatest animation She moved
across the room with the grace Of Modjcska
the queenly carriage of Mary Anderson.
"Thrpe parts She repeated The mental
and her hand passed across her forchcad,
the moral lhcr hand rested upon the breast
and the vital llrr hand indicating her ahdo-
mem. Now, Il great many ladies rest their
weight, upon their heels So lShc suited the
action to the word and at once the shapely
form became WushapelyJ Drop a line from
the forehead and it strikes the waist line
the vital part-tirst Think of having the
vital part ahead! 1t is all wrong. The
weight should rest on the fore part of the
arch of the foot, 50. Then the line from the
forehead strikes the moral part What is an
arch for if not to bear a weight.'
Then Mrs john Bailey, who teaches physi-
cal training and voice culture, raised her
gown displaying an embroidered black slip
per decorated with a huge bow-a slipper not
too dainty. hut very shapeIy-and proceeded
to demonstrate how one should walk.
The foot should fall lightly She said,
"toUchin- first the toe and then the heel. 1t
is not unlike the pace of a race horse. The
step should bc just the length of the foot. Few
women take Il stride as long rs their shoes.
Then, they should walk in a line, the inside OF
either solo striking that line with every step
You have noticed how crooked the footprints
of most people are when seen in the snow
They do not walk properly. There are three
Things | impress in the theory of walking
harmonious po.ae, the thigh movement and
straight ahead direction in stepping. To
walk properly a woman must walk from the
thigh. 1t should be raised and the knee bent
The movements in scientific walking are very
easy and gradual. The reason women get
stout at the thigh is because they don't cxer-
else the muscles of the leg. Fat accumulates
in consequences y proper walk will keep the
waist line back also The one thing necessary
" gam l"' I'''' GU l"ae Is " 'oI't'oI Oh Ine
muscles. just now the proper thing Is to be
trained to walk. 1t is something Of a fad
but fad which is of value and benefit
Ii"' "''"H ~ I'loH eiitCIll i l''e I"Cilia I!oH
vi an EI"''' H'ic a"'"' 10 move I'll HaI il"Ill
one must "e "''I9 az wiz 70 IcI"A lIle illuaCIea
Ilt.|- tl,- TIar
l use i'e'''I IT, neAlH7 movements, IheI'
" '"e - '"''HO Ie"0o ocO"een IH'9e new
9StCIIii0 eNcI Olse9 an" C'e on l"ShioIeu
"o i'o' 0,IIlIlle NY iisII ucIIoh
~ any one y NUeLII' nave SI""lt'' Win
vine i|oIt'N"r' OF h"ilI"h' D"INar'"' sargent
ana al me most eminent 4"lh"r'tiea upon
ILcHe '""J''I'' from al nave S'ircJeu
what OtII'Ne /" be Ihe most pfactcaI ana
ocheHciaI' ana "Hl'H Will Pr"uuce III inc
shortest ulHe sr"ceIul' SuPPIe' expressive,
harulohIoua lh"NrihehlS. Inc perfection ana
power VI l"e o'"9 "9 al instrument IS mani
i'Slt'' III every LloN eilleHI. IL Is easy 10
distinguish between Ihe swift, flexible move
lh'lla or IIFlh, SLOW graceful movements or
h'1HIS trained organism as NINE. MouJesha,
Iof instance ana the clumsy eNoIutIonS or
one VINO gives no time 10 the body.
As an we express III lhlS WorIi must be
through the hody, now necessary that 1t
should De trained to respond To the mind
ana rlShl mere Is Where the No" school ;"
lar eAceis the Oh system OF call'thenlcs.
WIN duinboelIS, Indian clubs ana other APP
ParatuS, which embrace many violent jerking
movements, they are better than nothing
ana give certain amount OF animal vitality
ana strehSlh such as one may gam by sweep
ing OF choPplhS WOOD, Dut taII TO give the
nlSheSt form OF PhySical culture ana refine
mentor culture OF the body should refine
as well as strengthen the same as culture OF