Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-03-23
BIDDING DEFIANCE TO TIME.
Exercises for Muscles of the Face WIN
Help Women to Look Young.

Help Women to Look Young.
In these days physical culture has de.
velopod into a veritable science, and
wrinkles may be erased and rounded
out lines preserved by exercising lit
tie knowledge and taking little trou-
bic, while it is we'll known fact that
a serene mind will give youthful ex.
preston to the eyes and keep the brow
smooth and unfurrowed by time.
my pupils said a successful pro-
fessor of the art of physical culture,
range from ten to fifty years of age,
and find that the human body is ca
pable of being nodded into forms of
beauty and strength much later than is
generally supposed. The facial mus
cles especially, which are apt to be al
most, if not entirely neglected, may be
SO developed that face that has al
ready dropped into the unbecoming
lines of age will assume again the
rounded curves of comparative youth.
Plump, firm muscles are vastly differ
ent from fatty development, which, al
though it may fill out face in way,
will not give a good contour and some
times rather adds to the appearance of
| age than otherwise, whereas the Guilt
walton of the muscles of the face and
neck not only fills up the hollows, but
causes the flesh to have firm, healthy
look and prevents the relaxed appear
ance of the lower muscles of the throat
which is so disfguring"
The following exercises are recon-
mended for filling out and developing
the muscles of the face: First, smile
as broadly as you can; then place three
fingers on the bunched-up portion of
! the cheek, and allow the features sud-
denly to relax, raising the fingers at
the same time. Continue to dc this I'M
til tired The fingers should be placed
high on the cheek bone, so that the
muscles when smiling will push against
them, thus giving the desired resist
ance which is necessary to the enlarge
ment of the tissue. The second exer-
else is to again smile broadly, but this
time, instead of allowing the corners
of the mouth to be curved upward, try
to draw them out in straight line to-
ward the center of the cheeks, then
, place the two thumbs one on each cor
ner of the mouth, and work the corners
backward and forward by relaxing and
contracting the mouth. Exercise No.
/ three is with the chin. Press the lower
lip upward and it will be seen that the
chin will be raised and become hard;
crook the forefinger so as to make a
half circle and put it over the point OF
the chin, pressing it against the latter
as it rises, and relaxing the pressure
| instantly as it assumes it's normal po
sition. In this exercise the teeth should
be kept closed. Most faces that are
thin are apt to be hollow between the
upper and the lower jaw, and two ex
erciSes are recommended for filling out
the cheeks. Take two small pieces OF
India rubber. such as come in the ends
of pencils, and insert on each side OF
the mouth, between the back teeth
J close the teeth on them and chew
spreading the tseth only far enough
apart to keep the rubbers in their place
and shutting them with all the force
possible, After this put the forefngel
in the mouth and rub it against the
cheek, pressing it outward in every
way, reaching as far back as it is pos
sible. 1t is said that by regularly fol
lowing these simple exercises daily the
face may be kept rounded and firm ii
its outlines, and that even old and re
Taxed muscles may be greatly strength
ened and improved N. Y. Tribune.