Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
TOUCH THE FLOOR"

BENT 50 THAT THE HANDS TOUCH THE FLOUR
balls of the feet. poised 30 that one can rise on
her toes without bending backward or forward
to keep her balance.
Do not jerk your elbows back, do not lean
backward from the waist, but, standing as di-
rected. raise the chest, draw in the chin and
hold the head so you can walk with book laid
upon it without its falling of.
This portion puts the shoulders where they
belong. curves the back naturally at the waist
line, fattens the abdomen into its rightfM
place. and raises the bust.
This attitude so easily assumed is at the basis
Of good figure and an elegant carriage: with
out first holding the body and head we'll one
cannot stand or sit or walk with grace. with
any amount Of lacing or padding be anything
but ungraeeful
The correct poise of the body makes the
waist slender, since it holds the various organs
fall together. 1t also holds the shoulder blades
where they belong. But assuming this position
ENTHUSIASTICALLY viii do little more than give
one a sense Of constrained muscles.
LIGHT BUT SUFFICIENT ExERcIsE.
The exercises that are given below for
Strengthening the various muscles should be
practiced daily but for few moments night
and morning. always in state of undress or in
, perfectly loose robe, and, in addition, one
should learn as rapidly ~ possible to keep the
correct position.
Bad habits are not easily oYere0ms, and it IL
much easier to return to the old way Of carry
ing the body, but as no amount Of training can
| graft u hne figure upon q bad one the quicker
one learns the correct poise the sooner viii the
| effects OF her beauty practice be apparent.
In sitting it is neither graceful nor desirable
| to do 30 in bolt upright fashion, but remember
to hold the chest up and to bend, whether for
ward, backward or sidewise, from the hips, and
| not from the waist lines.
Compression at the latter point, such as
bending at the waist line produces, at once
rounds the shoulders, protrudes the SHOULDER
blades, brings the hips forward, lots the breast
drop. Practicipg standing, sitting and walking
just from ones bath before a mirror will show
at once the value Ola correct poise OF the
\ figure.
SO long as the present pretty fashion Of low
| necked gowns for all dress occasions prevails q
shapely throat will be at premium. But a
shapely throat is rare.
For filling up the hollows above the collar
bone this simple exercise, regularly observed,
Is recommended. Fill the lungs with air, and
as the diaphragm forces the air ont again, hold
| ii a few seconds in the throat.
The angle in thin throats formed by the line
from the point Of the chin to tie neck may be
charmed into curve by raising aud sinking the
iarynx, moyement that Is accompanied by y
| forcible action of the tongue.
This can be practiced by standing sidewiss
| before mirror with a hand glass. Each time
| the larynx moves downward the throat pufEs
out, and practice viii retain the curve thus
| formed.
DEVELOPING THE THROAT,
Another exercise for tbs development Of 2
pretty throat is to close the jaws, past the lips,
and draw the corners Of them backward and
downward, slightly but forcibly, holding them
for q few seconds, and then relaxing the mus
| cles- The movement develops the broad muscle
which u attached TO the chin and lower law and
! reaches below the collar bope.
For the unsightly double chin the came sFer-
cises are used 70 strengthen the musales in CON
neetion with massage 10 induce frm4sss Of The
skin, In waships and drying the face the skin
not drawn toward it,
Other excellent exercise for the threat y to
drop the head alternately forward, backFaFd
keeping the chest elevated without elevstipa
the ghelldsra Next, With the eye closed roQ
the bead soyly. EARRING vlA q aFeepsd foI'
round. Roll slevly, pat With . tarking metiop,
and the strain upon The ppecleq shou)d - folk