Telegram-herald., 1890-02-10
BEAUTY TRAINING.
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Sometimes II occers to ne = wonder
shst one eoald 20 4 sRe hAa sir- x
,Ontrol from bay 1OSd.
Could she be bToSSnt up - &c be4lU-
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believs she could Il the hereditary
handicap were not TOO strong, did not
approach positive defoFmity
one intellect Is susceptible Of
greater polish than another and one
coungenanse Of lore winning grace
b.. any brain not that OF gibbering
idiot can - trained. And 50 can any
complexion
IL IS not easy 70 ge. fne education.
but ths means OF US requirement. are
fairly well understood. II Is not easy
70 have fine figure. but some day -
viii Dc known that there arc methods
OF disciplining the body which are just
as certain in their operation as any
ever Employed on the mind.
To train a girl systematically for
loyeliness would entail heavy responsi-
bilities. IL would mean training for
health primarily To begin with, II
had any strong in nterest in my expert
ment ! am afraid should feel obliged
TO take her cut OF town / very much
doubt If a beauty OF the highest order,
az 70 live In song and story ana over
whose charms one might imagine king
dOms torn in twain, has many times
been reared except on green sHard.
The most beautiful women have spent
their early years as "nymphs." This
is Mrs. r. Lynn Lintons word. Mrs.
Grundy prefers TO call the SO hoy
dens.
DIR. Fethergill has been getting ou a
little book in London in which he says
that tho pure bred Cockney of the fifth
generation has no existence. Without
an infusion of country blood he dies
out in much less time. Whether or no
town dwellers are sying race, bricks
and mortar do not contribute to the
beauty of women.
l could not let my budding queen OF
hearts risk her chances OF coming into
her kingdom by breathing air which
contains no ozone, irritating her lungs
with the noxious dust OF our streets
and poisoning them with the fumes Of
our passenger cars. When 7 had car
cied her of into the country there
would need 70 be a house built for her
TO live in, house which should itself
breathe BEAUTIFULLY. Somebody should
stand over workman and should see that
IL did not rely for Its air Oh the cellar.
sucking MP stagnation ana decay
Though the furnace pipes, and that the
plum Der worked as for the salvation of
his soul. il should have plenty of win
dows for the sunshine 10 enter and
generous open hearth in every room.
1t should have large rooms and high
ceiled ones, with no paper on the walls
10 catch floating gases, but finished in
stead with some non-absorbent mate-
rial II sh ould have hard wood floors,
with rugs instead OF carpets, and few
hangings and little bric-a- brac-and she
should spend, except when sleeping, as
little time in IL as practicable.
1t should be worth a generous fee to
the architect to perfect the ventilation
of her bedroom.
As soon As Helen-Helen Is 4 good
name. isn't twas old enough to be
talked to, 7 would teach her the art or
carrying her small body. I wouldn't
wait until she was growing thin and
long-legged like plant running up too
rapidly and then say 10 her: DO throw
your shoulders back; you're getting as
awkward as you can be-" But would
take her in her nightgown or without
any nightgown and mold her with my
hands until she found cut how 70 turn
her hips inward and back, draw in the
abdomen, lift the chest to its proper
place. put the chin back and poise her
self on the balls of her feet and not on
her heels so that line dropped from
the chest would strike the toes. So she
should have the erect carriage OF an En-
glish lady Of an old family
Can't be done, you think all nonsense
with a child, take the freedom out OF
her attitudes?
/ know a little boy who caught this
trick Of standing so young that he goes
about to-day in his kindergarten class
rs baby missionary adjuring the other
infants 10 hold themselves properly.
It's never so easy 10 sit erect as it is TO
slouch. but it's easier 20 be graceful all
through life if you were not allowed 70
become ungraceful in the growing
period. Why do mothers put corsets on
say its to keep them from becoming
round d-shouldered. I fancy ~ Heiens
teacher caught her with dropping head
or contracted chest she would put her
on the floor fat on her back. head
touching tho boards. and would make
her lift her shoulders and thorax. with
out moving her head. TO exercise the
muscles Of the back OF her neck and in
cite them to do their duty. Then she
would turn her over on her stomach
and make her lift herself head and all
in the same way. Then she would
shift the position 20 the back again,
have her extend her arms, with the
backs Of her hands Cat upon the fOor.
and sweep them slowly until they met
above The head. thumb 20 thumb. still
touching the floor and so down 70 the
sides and back again, describing semi
circles Yet another change 20 tho
stomach position ~lth bo.h arVs ex-
tended straight palms % tbe foor. and .
f-st ono arm and then the other and
then borb should 10 lifted without lift- .
ing ths head. and twenty other exer-