The morning times., 1896-07-12
Five r1inutes Three Times Day
the Devotee, in Decollette
Waist, Must Take Ex-
ercise on Dummy
Wheel.

There was a knock at the door of the
beauty specialists private parlors.
Come in" said She, but don't ask me
to turn around. Be seated. / can heal
you. 1 can talk standing. was expect
ing you, and wanted you to see me at
work."
AT work." queried the interview tint
idly. why, you are looking out OF the
window"
But 1 anu working just the same. lam
practcing the back strengthening exer-
else, and 1 must do it standing. l want to
see how long I can maintain this back posi-
tion."
NOW, you see am started upon some
new crank of beauty. But il you doubtthe
goodness and efficacy of this, my new
cure-the Identification OF the back-I will
invite yol here 10 the window. See here
comes my latest pupil in back beautifica-
tion. She has come in from her country
place to take a lesson. Now, watch her
get out of her rcarriage. She merely touches
the sleeve of the footman lightly, and, be-
hodl what lovely carriage OF the buck she
malftains.''
GRACEFUL RACK.
Sure enough, from the carria ge in front OF
the modest apartment. house stepped girl,
whose graceful figure and lovely bearing
wouidhave won the way anywhere without
her pretty face.
she will not come in here said the
beauty specialist. She will take her
preliminary exercise in anUther rooHi-
She knows what the preliminary exer-
else is. Then she will he ready for
another lesson. This makes her twelfth
lesson. Twelve lessons complete the
course.
You Will notice, if you are interested in
beauty said the specialist, how few
women have n good back. The defect in
their makeup lies there. Their shoulders
are TOO high. il not uneven. or they slope
forward or lean back, throwing out the bust
too much; or the back is fiat, and there is
an. ugly, broad look to the belt. That is
what makes the shirt waist unpopular with
some women, because it gives them such
homely waist line al the back.
That can all be remcdied, but it must
lie done by rounding the back. You will
tell me | have Just criticised a round
back, but l did not; l criticised round
shoulders. The are different. Around
back means a round waist, and if a woman
has round waist she is pretty sure of a
good figure.
To tell you what mean, have stout
woman who comes here for the beautifyinG
of her back. Her waist measure is thirty
inches, and she cannot lace. By the time
L
will appear 10 be only twenty-five inches
/ shall not materially reduce the waist, bus
I shall make it round and it will look
small / have even padded small, flat
waists until they looked round, because
roundness at the waist line takes off four
inches every time.
LOW SHUOLDERS.
ITO make the back take on its first
curve OF beauty the shoulders must be
lowered. The pictures of the fam Gus
beauties, show those low, s,oping shOul-
ders. To he sure sleeve puffs neutralize
this d little, but only slightly. In fact,
l have hesitated whether they did Rf-
feet the general shape at all. They are
merely q pretty broadening OF the shOul-
ders.
"A stiff hacked, awk ward, poor figured
woman must begin the low shoulder cXcr
else. Let her take her place upon stool
without hack and lift the shoulders as high
as possible. Then lower them. After she
she has done this dozen times she wiz
will find that she can lower the shoulders
an inch below their usual level. Let her
practice this until she can bring he shoUl-
ders well down into a pleasing siope. This
makes the muscles supple, and, insensi-
bly,, she will have s!ope from neck 10
arm which will become more and more pro-
nounced as she continues to practice this
this exercise.
Now she wants to get the muscles of the
back strong. This she mast 90 by sitting
upon a stool for five minutes at tine,
without her Corsets on. Mind you, / he
lieve in Corsets, hut when you are going
TO train the back You must give it exercise.
For a while this unsupported position for
five minutes at time. clree times day,
is as much as any woman can endure. If
her back aches the third day let her rest
10
ha ardest of all.
Now we give the bending back motion.
This must be done with the greatest eau
tion. l should say three back bends night
and morning. as far back as comfurta Bile.
would be enough for two weeks. Then
there comes the systematic back bending.
which gives absolute grace to the body. A
woman mo can throw her body backward
from the waist line until her shoulders and
back are at right angles with the body is
bound to be IA model of grace. Each move
ment of the back is as supple as a kitten at
play.
Now comes the motion which is easy and
does great things for the back 1t is tn
straichten the arms out and bring them back
to the body. Let the palms of the hands
slap the body right under the arms and as
high as possible. This lifts the shoulders,
straightens the back and gives a long, full
breath. Weak hearts become strong by this
exercise.
81 believe in doing things slo wly: slow Ind
sure is my motto. In fact IN y patrons Ire all
society people, and if l were to put them
through torturnus process they would de-
sert me. Their bodies are delicate. too. ami
[ must work easily with them. Therefore.
never begin with over six motions alta time
Many of N Y lessons are i full hour long but