The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-19
TO GROVER CLEVELAND.

The News having given you some
common sense rules on fesh-reducing
diet, and having shown the importance
of cultivating an erect attitude, is now
ready to suggest further specific exer-
cises calculated to make a fat statesman
as graceful as sylph. Without fur
ther preface, let us 60 to work.
. Lie upon your back and hook your
toes under bureau. Fold your arms,
and without bending your neck rise to a
sitting posture several times. This ex-
ercises and develops the muscles of the
waist and stomach.
2.-Get down on all fours and get Ad-
lai or some other strong man to lift your
feet and propel you gently forward,
wheelbarrow fashion, you supporting
the forward part of the body on your
hands, placing them alternately forward.
Good for the muscles of the chest,
stomach, back Of the neck and front Of
the leg.
3.-Practice high kicking. Yon never
saw fat skirt dancer. Kicking devel-
ops the waist and leg muscles.
4.-Touch the floor with the left hand,
the right being held high in the air. Re-
verse and repeat many times.
5.-Stand facing q door jamb at arms
length. Then move an inch farther
back and touch the jamb with both
hands. Move back another inch and
again touch the jamb. Keep on moving
back till it is with the utmost difficulty
you can touch the jamb at all. Then
repeat the man@uvre many times.
8.-Your neck is too fat, as well as
your waist. Many of these exercises
will help it, but here are some specially
designed to work off some of the flesh /:
(d). Kneel on all fours and adjust a
heavy dumbbell or two or three fat
irons to q strap passing about the head.
Lift the weight from the floor many
times. (b). Lie fat upon the back and
lift the shoulders clear from the floor by
the head and hips. (c). Lie upon the
face, hands folded upon back. and touch
the nose TO the floor. Lift and lower
the head many times. (d. Balance a
pile Of books upon the head and march
around the room with them. (e). Stand
erect, hands on hips, body immovable,
and roll the head about on the should
ers, back, front and sideways.
7.-Having thus attended TO the neck
you will be ready to resume the waist
band reduction process. Here are two
exercises recommended by Mrs. Jenness
Miller: Stand on one foot. Hold the
other about two feet from the perpendic-
ular line, then slowly revolve it about
the other as il to trace circle about you
on the floor. The difficulty of balancing
causes this feat to be exercise of the very
best kind. Also, bend the body at
the hips and slowly revolve in
that attitude without moving the
feet. Here's one of Miss Thomas
favorite exercises Imagine that some
thing You wish--say the Presidency
Were butterfly floating high above your
head, darting hither and thither, eluding
your grasp. France about the room on
tiptoe, leaping into the air and grasping
at thin vacancy as high rs possible. first
with one hand then the other. This ex-
ercise, besides being very amusing to
the onlooker, improves the wind. fits n
man to uns~ell and reduces the waist
measure.
s.--Best of all, IL your heart Is all
right, and on this point your physician
must answer, is fve-mile run daily.
AS you object to walking to the post.
Office, you probably will 20 running. As
a substitute we recommend skipping the
rope and punching the bag" both Of
which exercises are much used by prize
fighters in training.
IL YOU will do faithfully the work ont.
lined in the three articles, Of which this
is tbs last, We promise you gratifying