The Jersey City news., 1898-10-22

ing off and | fancy we are now ready to
take up reforms with zest, says Dorothy
Maddox. in the Philadelphia inquirer
First and foremost comes figure build
ing. The scrawny girl hides her ugly
turned wrists under deep frills of lace and
stiIl they torment her: she utters dispair-
ing little walls because she is fiat-chest-
! ed; she looks askance at her beny neck,
/ her slab-sided hips, her general leanness
| and wonders what on earth can be done to
convert herself into more luxurious
looking creature.
And all the time she is an object OF
envy to the woman who is unwiseiy allow
| ing her figure to assume lines that are
ungraceful.
Today ! shall not have crumb Of COM
fort to throw the scrawny one. Some
morning soon we will talk over her trials
and see if remedy can be found. | am
| interested for the moment in figure de-
feet that is widespread
1t relates to certain set of muscles
which neglected. will destroy the form or
j iginally modelled upon Venus-like lines.
They are abdominal My interest was
aroused in this fashion happened IN
TO a friends A severe storm obliged me
| to remain all night.
We had gotten to that interesting stage
of preparatory affairs -the~before-bedtime
| brushing of locks. My friend had given
/ her tresses fifty strokes and as she I'M
ished She said. NOW If you will allow me
will take my regular treatment before
we say goodnight.
Treatment for what?" | asked
abdominal flesh was the reply.
..Good! Let's have it by all means,
And we did. | was especially pleased
that | was to see the latest movements
used for the decrease Of flesh. in this d.
rection, for | knew this pupil had put
lately come from the hands Of a teacher
thoroughly up in the business Of figure
building.
Clad in the softest and lightest of silky
pajamas she began the impromptu exhi-
bition The floor was the gyninast's plat
form and without sign of dumbbells she
commenced. First she stretched her
arms above her head and grasped with
both hands the lower round of the IRON
bed firm grip it was, then she placed
both feet together and without apparent
effort raised her lower limbs in perpen-
aicular line, keeping her knees rigid.
All this looked comparatively easy
tried it and found it exceedingly tiresome.
IN taking over the movement WAS told
that the first time it is attempted with
d full test of strength the limbs must not
be raised more han five times Each.
night. however, the movement can be in
creased from say FIVE to ten. from ten to
fifteen times. and SO on
Another movement which my instruc-
tress declared of greatest value in de-
creasing the fat of the abdomen, was to
place the toes just under the edge Of ehif-
fonier or bureau and without any aid
whatever from the hands raise oneself 70
an upright position
She Went through this motion several
times lying on her back with her hands
p on her hips and her toes firmly resting
under The edge of the chiffonier.
All exercises taken on the back she as
sured me- were excellent for getting rid
of superfious flesh about the abdomen.
They also keep the digestive organs in
fine condition
The knees can be raised and lowered to-
gether and alternately and the leg can be
stifIened and revolved at the hip joint.
Only a certain set of motions seem to
have any effect upon the abdominal mus
ces The fatty deposit that destroys the
shape. the fabbiness that annoys may be
treated successfully bs gymnastics set
apart 70. these defects.
Walking, riding the bicycle household
exercise, rowing, all fail to decrease alb
domiral flesh. While upper and lower
limos are largely under the control of
daily habits.
roJE riT hot f1,a ORC ma &c ed
to gain flesh or lose it. We find after a
time that we can mould our bodies. de-
spite whimsical nature, to suit our fan
cies
With all our eleverness we cannot reach
in the same fashion. the set of muscles
that control the abdomen. Flesh upon
this part of the body must be treated diff
ferently.
Abdominal fat is unquestionably re-
duced or increased by the diet. Any wo-s
man who resolves to keep her figure must
make up her mind to eat as abstemiously
as possible and there must be fixed de-
! terminatin to exercise certain muscles
Systematically not perhaps today and
then not for a week to come 1T is the
pegging away at set of rules with dog
ged persistency that brings in time re-
suits ardently longed for.
Those persons who do not enjoy good,
sound sleep, as a rule, may find the fol-
lowing uggestions-based on some curious
observations of a French naturalist-of
benefit, and possibly d remedy for sleep-
lessness These suggestions may be sum-
med up: To lie with the head pointing
due west, says What to Eat
The reason for this has nothing TO do
with electricity in any way. but is a bit
of practical advice derived from peculiari-
ties noticed in the vegetable kingdom. NJ,
sMusset, the naturalist in question, has
come to the conclusion that the rotation
of the earth on its axis has great infiu-
ence upon all vegetation, and in less
| degree upon animal life.
| The force called centrifugal, generated
| by the earth's rotation, is considerable,
but is counteracted by that of gravita-
ton If the earth turned seventeen times
faster than it does this centrifugal force
would entirely overcome that of gravity
and would project into space all bodies on
| the earth. The maximum of centrifugal
force is at the equator. owing to the fact
| that the circle in which the earth turns
| is greater there than anywhere else. Con-