The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-30
PRESERVING HER FIGURE.
1t Requires Much Care and Constant Work
to Keep Young.

OF your loose dresses ard enter the MORN
ing drawing room. OF course IL is cur
tuined, and when you enter yoI look up
at the caller. You are short. Iol can do ad-
mirable little gestures. That look am
showing you now, with my finger at my
lips. means confidence, "a sEeedyfconfe
sion 1t says Do you know, / am sup
posed To be at TIE flower bazaar. and here
l AM at home because l expected yol.
How perfectly delightfu!!'
Your caller besius To speak. YOu are
spared for while. Then your turn
comes You say little and the cony:r-
sation runs along. Your caller is de-
lighted to visit with so entertaining
person; as yourself. and you soon get in
the habit of being quiet.
"A pretty gesture for a quiet little
woman is the teseeching one. You clasp
your hands under your chin ard !ook mo
: the face of one who is speaking. That
I loeklneans anything from a 'tEaEk you so
much TO L leg that you Will do it Tor my
sake The sense of the conversation sup
plies the infection Of the gesture. Ii is q
good one for any woman 10 learn.
For a preservation Of figure calls
themes are, advised prescribe them
a woman to talk with her hands and arms
and that gives her exercise. 1t is pretty
and graceful
An the cIGetiCDs can be expressed by
a look. anger most of all, For tits it is
the turn of tile body. the reverse movement
of thehead thehaDd turned from the person.
the carrying back Of tie other hand. II
anything is led in the hand its sight up
lifting is advised, as though To sn:ite the
offending one Tits is an admira / le gesture.
THESE are the things Your hdysitp
must study
DO You think can preserve my figure
and become graceful by itcse movements"
asked the duchess.
You certainly can" replied the Bos-
toneSe
one OF the exercises prescribed for the
duchess was the daily walking up and
down the room Tor fifteen minutes at i
time several times j day. She is 20
take a step as long as her foo;, and
bring her foot Gown ut right angles with
The leg. toe first. This pcrsiste in makes a
graceful walker, 1t mast be praciicei often
and long, At first the step will seem too
.ong and the swing OF the holy too great,
but practice -maGcs beautifully perfect
q this.
Another exercise given the duchess was
The art OF holding the chin up. With Il
heal held high many humely woman
becomes charming. A beautiful woman
8 positively bewitching with that tip
tilted chin. You have seen women
whose charm you Could not define, al
have found it to be the way they held
the chin up.
A very important part OF the lean
process is the holding OF the body forward.
Some women favor fat by leaning back
and resting constantly. IF they will get in
the habit of holding the muscles of the
abdomen in check they will never have that
awful full ness noticed first in embonpoint
The duchess listened carefully to all the
words of advice, and told several of her
intimate friends about it. She is n good
little thing to her countrywomen, and never
a woman reporter who tries to talk Wit,
her but comes away with a story" She
told a girl, plucky American artist, in
Europe, all about her call from the Boston