Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
A sHAPELY WOMAN.

sHAPELY WOMAN.
Before the natural shape of Q woman has
been distorted, not to say deformed. by tight
lacing and child bearing her abdomen when
she stands straight. should protrude very little,
II any, beyond the front line of her thighs. The
abdomen should never be larger than the bust
which should measure at least five inches more
than the abdomen. The hips should measure
one-third more than the shoulders. I am
aware that Il woman is considered to possess q
very good figure IL, when dressed, . plummet
line dropping from the bust viii form straight
line with the highest point Of the abdomen. but
In reality the pummet should fall clear of the abb
domen by at least two inches. This rule applies
only to well formed women whose bodies have
not been misshapen by corsets or maternity
There IL far simpler way than by measuring
to ascertain when the point has been reached
when one should not allow oneself to become
stouter. 1t Is to observe il one pants, puffs and
Is obliged from shortness OF breath to take
one time going upstairs, such as those lead
ing to the elevated stations Going upstairs
should not tax the breathing powers any more
than rapid walking upon level ground and does
not In the case Of slender person. To have to
stop to recover ones wind" after climbing
stairs Is sure indication that person is "ont
OF condition" and should be accepted as na-
lures friendly warning to trair down.
THE TINE TO TRAIN DOVE.
Dieting should at once be begun, but there
are among women as among men many who
cannot resist the pleasures Of the table. Others
there are who really suffer when dieting is i'm :
posed upon them, and, moreover, have not the
strength to walk off their unnecessary hesh,
The majority of married women are circum-
scrlDed In their outdoor exercise owing to
domestic duties, but if such women are fortu-
nate enough to be keeping house they have
an easy, sure and inexpensive reduction
process right in their own homes 1t is to do
their own chamberwork, not irregularly and
by hts and starts but persistently and con-
tinuously.
The shaking Of mattresses making beds, sweep
ing and busting with the windows open. and
running up and down stairs while setting things
TO rights Is exercise constituting the best
OF obesitJ cures. The doing OF chamberwork
steadily has been known to reduce u woman
weight at the rate of five pounds week. Cook
ing. on the other hand, will add that much.
Cooks are almost always stout, owing to their
lack OF outdoor exercise, the heat to which
they are constantly subjected and their habit Of
corpulent when she begins to do chamberwork
she soon becomes slender
THE USE OF CORD
The apartment house system has deprived
women Of one method of keeping obesity at
bay. The flats SO much affected nowadays are
generally SO small that even when q woman
does her own homework she has little oppor-
tunity OF obtaining the exercise made newt
able In house containing many floors. There
Is little room to move about in Hat Eyery-
thing Ii upon the same floor and there La no
going upan down stairs except in that private
carriage OF the apartment house, l. O., the
elevator. Everything is designed to prevent
activity except upon the cord. A cord n
pulled to open the street door, another to Get
the sliding closet in motion. In an elevator
you are pulled up and down stairs by cord.
You hang your clothes out Of the window to
dry on q cord What would fat life be without
the humble but inevitable cord?
ROPE JUMPING.
When I frst began to flesh up lived in dat,
Like most women with family and home to
attend to, could only give . limited amount
of time to physical exercise. could not al
ways be out OF doors, even though the weather
were fine; therefore l cudgeled my brains TO
evolve some sort of exercise in which could
indulge at home, and at last l thought had
happy thought. The friend Of my Childhood
the skipping rope! 1 bought one. thick and
long, and shutting myself in small uncarpeted
room, jumped for one hour daily, not consec-
utively, OF course, but pausing and painting
with my unwonted exertions. What work L
in jumping the rope!
was cut short Of my ''happy thought az
pertinent by the neighbors. particulsrly tbe
hatters living immediately beneath, who COM
plnneo OF the snaklng OF the walls aud de-
clared they we're afraid would bring the house
down, and WIS obliged to desist after two
weeks trial. / regretted this greatly, a. vas
then and am still OF the fixed belief that daily
dose Of rope jumping will cure adiposity, be-
cause the exercise brings the arms a. wen ~
stirs up the entire physical systsm, bringing
into play the abdominal muscles, quickeSing
respiration and the hearts action and iucreas-
ing the circulation Of the blood. II has also .
good effect upon the liver. So, too, has going
the stout, especially women who are confined
70 the house by bad weather or home duties.
They should begin slowly ut hrst and not over
YAK their strength, going up once or tvios only
to begin with.
FOOD AND row TO FAT II.
Like most persons whom the lat b II process
Of forming ! had . good. sppstise. Morsevss,
could not thsa b brought 70 believe that sss-