The sun., 1896-03-15
LOST FIGURES RESTORED.
MEYER TOO LATE TO MEND DE-
FECIS or THE FEMALE FORM.


| A Course Of somcr.nu,t-. BicycIinr, Bath
Wnnn mn' ~. ,Esm "o,ea "r rSs Movsmepss ny
Back ah. &c Curve. | of Sou,hfs, " @ S m.suay' "S
Every woman is lust ns youno ms sbe
,onis ~, nm,, ,a,,on o,r n,,,,', ~ ,onI
young as long as she keeps her figure. Tho lost
figure Is ono that once was round of waist.
smnr,c mud IA, ~ shnuld.r narrow or iocr
supp'e anu na' VI S'"""cr' nhrro" vi ue'h'
wide of chest, and shaDcly Of hip, the figure
of your youth. that by high living and lazy
ways you nave ailo"ca 10 grow thick ana Droad'
with bent shoulders. long curved spine. the
,, us, .m' "s. ""., '"u mu"" 49, a,'
inc measurements 'hcreasea .a' rate OF ten
i,cn"s all around \ senuinc figure of fun
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women you mce, ano a' 'or's M nop'nns en,'rrlS ,,
most ingenious dr.ssmnkers. the.desuair Of ,be
rho,ouraphers and the cross on ones own ~ ,re Is'
It's the sort of lumpish. dumpy. knobby. absurd
figure that make IL pretty woman look old be.
her friends to wondering how creature SO tall
and erect at eighteen. at thirty.slx Is half a
foot shorter, shorter; ,.,,,,, .,,.r..,
woman as ~" Ss wsn Sr rang" " Of ne RE
the various wSmcn's gymuasiu,ns. N'crc the
building up OF figures is now ,lis,'.,,, and i'm
Most Of our :, ps t ,r"ns," said a tall. 6rawny
blue ecysd swedish woman. who was in charge
Of the rsru" % work. Gsr km"wn as tho figure
age between thirty and tifty. | never refuse
an applicant. for It's really never too late to
grandnanmas. with rccollrctlons OF their girl
hoods waist lines. com" for their training and
pressivc sight u sec class Of twcnty-l five sober.
sided matrons. the least of whom tips the bean,
ut -. lined up In knickcss, fiat slippers, and
sweaters to learn II new movement
THE system consists Of series OF fifteen
lines. brare up the shoulders. strengthen and
reduce tlc bust, and pare down.the biggest hips:
and legs where symmetry dsmanis it. and by
hack into place until. without .he corset, the
figure shows self sustaining and firm.
w., woman ,,i under course Of treatment 70,
hot bread. any richer sweet than pudding and
never IS pastiy: Green vegetables; fruit. all
coffee. and gluten bread ara advocated. and
that worry a woman more than all the OTHER
shortcomings Of her figure put toge ther. The
Rard oor hold nGs shy to on ss
liked object. in her own room bed log s
the thing. and then lift her legs from :he
she can do this twenty times. hand running.
,he will begin to feel the muscles OF her stomach
this fashion leaves one blown and exhausted
it ought at once to he followed by a daily Ave.
mile stint on an indoor bicycle It's the pedal
work that begins to null flesh Off the hips. and
as any one can see provided n woman has suffi-
cient space in her room for an elastic exercise
and a home bicycle she rnn carry on her course
OF reduction at home But she must work at
the movements every morning and nt least one
hour in the afternoon work too with her win.
dows wide open and keen nj tn. exercises an
hour at II time being careful to finish them at
least forty minutes be fore eating
From the bicycle trip she must go straight
to the elastic eyerriser a neat little affair Tint
hangs on the wall, and begin pulling 1t for
dear life She sets another series OF impor.
tant hin and abdominal muscles going by
pulling the exerciser's handles so low that
with straight knees her knuckles touch the
floor, and then rising to her full height and
carrying the handles hlyh above her head.
After doing fifteen minutes duty hy the lower
half of the body she next begins 20 reduce her
bust measure by standing her back to the ex.
erciser and letting the handles pull her arms
straight ont and back as far a. they will 90
and then BY pulling the handles dow II over her
head and by striking out as II delivering a
blow she can in three weeks reduce tho bust
TO at lcast half its size and widen her chest by
two inches
ITO get at the shoulders next lay my class
of patients down in n row, tuck their toes un.
der a fixed bar, and then make them. with
arms crossed over their chests. rise to sitting
posture. This is all severe discipline but il is