The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-23
dess for dMornen

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az ~pretsyaaeek is only a matter of
wusc.esn q ydnng woman to her two
onun,s. whs were Admiring the marble
i,ped scfsness of her shoulders as the
dn~se sat dressed for the late August hop
at Pier. II never look at
the pics0resScf Sandew or John L. Sdlii-
van without thinking how lovely they
would leek IN evening dressI mean girls
evenius dress. of course"
..0h. horrors. Virginia, what an absurd
ity! TAink OF 4 prize fighter in low neck
and shoss sleeves."
u eea'S wonder that you laugh: but
you'n be n.sre surprised when I tell you
that it was just that absurd idea that led
me to try developing my neck. 1t was
the saninsr before 1 came out; l was to
be 3 eesafente the next winter. My neck
wa So ln.n that my collar bones grinned
Al ne every time / looked in the glass.
lyag.ne a debutante with collar bones."
rne otaers looked the dismay that the
sseaksr expected, and she went on
"Now. this is all l did, and if you do the
same asr ten minutes night and morning
ya4, win notice a difference in a month
~ yeu examine closely the pictures OF
Sullivan or any of those prize fighters you
VII, aossce that they usually carry their
sexGs wssh the chin forced back close to,
me neck. If you try to do this you Will
md rast your head s~traightens up as II
YOU aad a stiff neck and your chest rises
an ssen or so. OF course 1t will be most
" the zones that rise. but don't be fright
e.seG az sise ghostly apparition. just keep
pSsaing your mead back as far as possible
venom bending the neck, always keeping
the cam IN. Then turn the head around
tc - right and left as far as it will go,
with the chin in the same position. The
ra-Sest exercise is to throw the head back
arS Ing 1t forward with a jerk until the
cai,. -s.rly slaps the chest. 1t is one OF
t.e erize-fghter's favorite exercises to
ueVelcp TIE muscles of his neck, and /
tslouslfrI might as well try to cover my
ba..ts in the same way. Anyway. it's
.eg simple: it certainly does no harm to
y 4, and in any case l have my W ex-
nsr.ence as testimony to it's efficacy.
I'm taxing the exercises it is a good
nan 10 draw a deep breath and hold it
Is long as possible while turning the
head from side to sid or pushing it
5ack."
rather original ideas on physical eul-
tu.e but if there was enough in them
10 ueve!op one pair of shoulders. it is
svossh trying by other maids with too,
xce solid collar bones. The methods
ns.-.h the young woman described were
a.y one fern Of the Swedish exercises.
O. Uaich there are many for the develop
nsei.t Of various parts of the body. There
are lots Of Others, but it is easier to do
one or two simple things regularly than
f.a-f a dozen or mere complicated move
n1sats FOR is many different purposes.
Jne exercise thai has been found very
e.ieaeious is the dip" don on parallel
.,srs. Observation-Disclosures assumes
tecilning postare, face downward, in
ftd air. supporting herself by grasping
re bar on eacn side of her with one hand
as,a one foot. She then dips her head and
i,eay down as far as her head and her
,es will permit, and raises herself again
hv the@sefengsh of her arms. This mo-
i5sn viii be found extremely hard on UNI
frsined muscles and should be tried very
cautiously at first.
While we are on the subject of good
figure. let rs slfngcr for a moment about
the slender wafst-always a pleasant thing
10 do. when Il is slender, but alas. how
rarely is it sol
Liz va 80
hroadened her statement a little. and
said that. in general, good figure is a
matter of muscular development. This
is certainly trae of men, and the only
reason why It has not always been con-
sidered true of women is the fact that
they have been ranked as weaklings
who are out of their sphere if they have
good health. Nowadays, although the
old idea IS exploded and the average girl
would like to- be healthy and strong. she
doesn' Il KhoW exactly how to go about it.
The very best thing We can do is to
initiate men in their methods of develop
memt. Any muscle can, of course, be
.deyeioped-eut which muscle do we
want to develop, and how shall we get
at them when we have discovered that.
The TIVE vital points Of a woman,s fig
ure are a good neck and a slender waist.
For the former we have recommended
the methods Of the prize fighter and the
oarsgnan, as these are the best speci-
mems of masculine muscular development
in that particular locality.
One might expect to look In vain for
specimens of small waists among men,
Yet this would be to ignore that type of
noblest carriage and most magnificent
figure In the race-the military man.
West Point cadets lose an inch around
the waist before they have been under
military training for three months. Sold
scrs in uniform always have the appear
anee of wearing corsets. There must be
a reason for all this-what is it but the
exercises imposed?
As a matter OF fact, ali military stu
dents go through a series of exercises
sufficient to make a ballroom belle of
any one of them in a twelve-month. And
there is nothing to hinder the feminine
waist from being diminished in the same
way.
Here are some of the military exer-
cises which girls; who want to reduce
the waist without tight lacing, or who
object to wearing corsets at all, may try
to advantage, confident that, If persisted
in, these are bound to make the waist
longer and more slender.
First. stand straight, with arms at
sides and palms to the front, then raise
the arms up over the top of the head till
the thumbs touch, and drop slowly down
again
Second, hold the arms straight out in
front Of you, palms down. and then move
each around gradually to the side and
back again, keeping them on the same
level.
Third, stand with the arms stretched
as far apart as possible, making a per-