Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03

US, Nel don know what more can do 90
rcqaire grace I'm sure I'm nearly run 20 .
10 the class for teaching facial expression and
reform In receiving honored guests. The
Deisarte school the Jenness Miller Club the pri-
vase gymnasium, the rowing club, the tennis club,
T'aing school bicycle club, dancing class and
think there are twoor three others. but can't
recall them. II strict attention 20 the rules and
regulations OF these won't cultivate grace and
'eacn control, what can one do?''
Exercise common sense"
om.yes-but-some folks have none, re-
turned LII, hesitatingly
NY dear girl, you positively have regular
sunoursts Of sense at times. Now see me
walk"
IL was just in 'the edge Of the evening. ana
tne quiet corner was deserted BY all but the
Two young ladies and the passive witness Of
slas' ana the pantomime which followed
was worth the price OF a Patti coupon. Nell"
walked briskly down the asphalt and back
again, and the passive witness felt like CRYING
oraVo and demanding an encore. but fearing
that the performer might stampede refrained.
THE PROPER cAPER.
NOW, LII. that is the proper caper for the
street she explained with many gestures.
shoulders mp and back. throwing the chest
forward The stomach should be drawn in by
Strengthening up the backbone and throwing
the upper part Of the body forward lust the
least little bit in the world There is an art in
aoihg that and you've got to practice IL till
every crevice in your vertehre Is filled with a
separate ache before you get it, The girl whose
Sorsets pinch never does get il. Now. couldn't
hVe without my corsets. and | wear them snug
put don't adjust them like one ties a silk
.hreao around wart to separate in slow agony
me TWO portions of INV body In the irst place
my corsets have TO fit me just as nv dress waist
does-hlgh enough in the bust long
enough on the hips-and l don't pull
them 81 tight in the back that the flesh on NV
shoulders looks as though il would burst
through my dress. That Is another awful mis-
take that lat women make With NV corsets
adjusted properly am evenly and comfortably
supported and can run upstairs and slide down
the ,bannisters' without losing NV wind or
breaking the steels in my STAYS. Ii is right
there. LII. that girls and women display
s eneir laek OF common sense. They put on ILL.,
ntthg corsets and 'yank' the strings tight at
the waist line and above; result, they boil over
the top or their STAYS and crowd out from
under below, until positively they look de-
formed. 1t makes the backbone curve in
aosurdly at the waist. and that process throws
the shoulders forward. making one round
sAou'de!ed fat chestcd and SWAY backed
Naturally the surplus flesh about the waist has
10 go somewhere, go il crowds round
INTO the abdomen, making il sbnor-
hlally large IN proportion to the
waist. and makes the hips stand out like
can't walk well, and she need not try. A
really good dressmaker understands he. Gus
toners shortcomings and makes the plain
round walking skirt from one TO three inches
longer IN front than behind for women who
cont Know the first principle of standing
weh Amateur dressmakers don't understand
the art and the result is a dress that kicks
up IN front and says in the back
Another thing. Lii. a girl who suueeZes her
sen IN that barbarous fashion can't Use her
hips properly. Now, a woman should walk Just
~ most men do-not from the knee. but from the
hip, taking long clean step I mean by that
That she should lit her foot clear of the ground
anu set It down as far ahead as her length Of
iimD VIII permit Naturally. some women take
longer steps than Others but most OF them step
too short and too quick for grace. IL is too
iunny to see msn, one of the National Guard
Tor instance. try to accommodate his stride 10
the mincing hop-skip-and-tnp step OF one of
the girls Most of us can walk very well in the
reception or ball room. | think. perhaps, that
Is because there is nearly always music 10
measure our steps by, but on the street-wel,
1t is just ludierous
Il don't like the toe instructions for setting
the foot down. l plant my heel first and be-
ieVe thai Is the natural way. I don't consider
IL necessary tn make holes IN the pavement with
my boot heals or TO jar the gold ont ~ NV
teeth. but L do like TO see a girl display little
hrmness in her walk. The Indians are the most
Il
don't swing their arms like fans TO a wind mill
or beat the air with paddle-likc precision with
their hands. They hold their arms 10 their
sides and their legs make a straight line from
the hip joint with almost no bend at the knee.
Their trousers don bag at the knee, either.
ASoIHIR KIND.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, having delivered
the lecture l will proceed to illustrate INV
points. will now introduce Miss Katharine
Kane as al example Of the faddish girl" Stick
ing her fingers in the pockets of her blazer
jacket Nell proceeded TO make a circus of her.
self. She threw her shoulders back set her
spine III at the waist line AID drew her Jacket
tight. accentuating the manner in which she
threw her abdomen out of it's natural propor-
lions, and then went staggering down the
walk. 1t was as good rs Flora Moore in Nc
Ginty and so altered her style as to make her
look like female tough.
MY next illustration is the literary SLOUGH
who has had a poem on NV Pug accented and
a sketch on The Relation of Women 70 the
Silver Coinage Question favorably mentioned,
and has reputation a blue stocking to sus-
tain. Enter, Nivien Arbuthnot"
In an instant that piiable backbone was
curved Ike Hogarth's line Of beauty, but he
never designed it for such au application. Her
shoulders dropped forward, her bust sank in
and abdomen protruded. Her exduisitely
gown 'hiked' up in front and seemed
to lengthen Fix inches in the back Her arms
went swinging round like wind-bereft sails and
she aged ten years BY pulling her well-kvnt
locks loose and struggling about Der face. The
was absolutely bewildeEiuy
'lou have missed your calling" shouted Lii
from where she was doubled up with Laughter
on the bench. You ought to have been a con-
tortionist. The india rubber man isn't a cir
to your last representation. But
In all seriousness, Nell, never before realized
how necessary to beauty graceful carriage and
walk are"
They are everything, nv child. I'd rather
be as ugly as Queen Lib and red headed in the
bargain and be noted for grace and charm of
manner than TO be as lovely as ar hour and
walk like a scullery maid. The beauty. like gold
plate, wears of, but the graceful carriage the
manner, We can always keep. Now,
am not brilliant and am Just a remove or two
from being downright homely. but am mod |
erately intelligent. and by studying the effect
Of certain movements and motions of the body |
and paying strict attention to the laws of nature
have made myself fairly graceful woman |
whose manners are quoted as 'fetching'-mean-
ing engaging and know il. Why should I |
pretend that don't know il? am proud of il. |
just as other girls proud of their Jewels and
pretty gowns. The law doesn't make il a crime |
to be aware OF ones good points. put on a \
cotton gown, srartened up with q little ribbon |
and lace, and am likened to Junoa and Helen and /
Hebe, while Kate Kane in her imported
tea gowns looks like bar maid Men like 90 /
promenade with me because 1 walk well and act |
off their own style. They Ike tn have me ride |
with them because l sit well in q carriage /
Thew like to take me in to dinner baceusa Il l