Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-21

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Breathe and Carry the Shoulders.

Breathe and Carry the Shoulders,
Before one of the New York working
| girls clubs DIR. Louise Fiske Brysor
recently gave an address upon Beauty
as a Means of Health.n While acknowl
edglng the impossibility of any pro,
tracted happiness without virtue, and
| the maintenance of beauty's fine edge
without goodness, the doctor affirmed
that systematic efforts to be beautiful
will insure fair degree Of health, and
that happiness is the best safeguard
against vice.
The difference in appearance between
one woman and another, il was stated
is more than anything else an affair OF
style-that beauty Of beauties so hard
to define and SO easy to recognize, which
makes the girl Of no.colored hair, fea-
lures of indifferent turn, and lines none
too perfect, infinitely more attractive
than other maids Of faultless curves and
innnmerable strong points not cemented
by this magic quality.
Style may be defined, for want of
something better to express it, as an at
tractive manner of holding the body, n
firm, graceful way of doing things and
of moving about. II is the visible sign
of inherent power and reserve force. 1t
is the outcome Of long, deep breaths
and the use of many muscles. The
prayer of the New York child, Lord,
make us very stylish" when viewed
Alright, is recognized MS an aspiration
based upon sound scientific principles
and worthy of universal commentator.
Proper breathing is the first art to
cultivate in the pursuit of beauty. The
Id In.
and this should be exercised. The chest
must be enlarged by full, deep breath
ing, and not by muscular action from
without. Initiate the lungs upward and
outward, as if the initiation were about
to lift the body off the ground.
Hold the shoulders on line with the
hips and stand so that the lips, chin,
chest and toe come upon one line, the
feet being turned out at an angle of
sixty degrees. 1t is wrong to make the
bony structure do most Of the work in
keeping the body upright. The muscles
should hold it in position.
In walking, keep face and chest well
over the advanced foot, and cultivate a
free, firm, easy gate, without hard or
jarring movements. 1t is impossible to
stand or breathe Alright if the feet are
pinched When correct posture and
breathing are interfered with the circu-
lation is impeded, and deleterious sub
stances in the blood tend to make the
complexion bad. This is one of the
many evils of tight shoes
TO be well shod has u marked influ-
ence on style The feet symbolic the
body in their way as much as the hands.
A clever shoemaker says that in we'll
fitting shoe the human foot feels like a
ducks foot in the mud. 1t is held firmly
in place, but nowhere compressed.
Nothing can exceed the yulgality and
hygienic wickedness of shoe that is
manifestly too tight.
Next to the search for style pure and
simple as a means Of health the care Of
the complexion and the cultivation Of
the right kind of expression are of great
importance. The first is largely matter
of bathing and the general hygiene Of
the skin, while the second--a good ex-
pression--is best secured by the constant
preference of higher thoughts over
lower ones. This is the essence of in
tellcctual living, and is fortunately
within reach Of us all.