The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-19

about the first difficulty which presents
itself to the teacher. No twofgirls are
built alike Therefore. no two women
walk alike, naturally. In order to bring
about a perfectly correct walk the teach
er is obliged to study each girl separate
ly. Some 'sslouch," some walk stiffly,
some bend at the knee, some sag from the
hips. others nave round shoulders, others
lave badly curved backs, and so the de-
fects go on.
Here are some of the laws laid down
by a specialist Upon the subject of correct
carriage as she is understood in 1893.
THE first poise which We teach for
the purpose of obtaining an easy, grace
full carriage is called the harmonic poise,"
? she said. land its object is to timber up
the hips. A great majority of women
have what we call a sloppy carriage;
they let their hips sag and break. Have
you never seen a woman who stands with
one hip higher than the other. as though
one limb were shorter than the other?
Such women walk like jointed dolls, first
one hip goes up and then goes down, a
regular see-saw movement of the. body
from the hips down.
Always keep the body in the centre,
and have the line from the forehead run
down as though it were a plumb line The
upper part of the body must go first,
never the lower. The abdomen must al
ways be held in and the chest expanded.
Nine-tenths of the women you see in
Fifth avenue walk with the heel first, the
arch and ball of the foot afterward. the
abdomen prominent and the head sunk
between the shoulders.
"A good exercise for acquiring a cor
rect Walk-that is. the walk which comes
from the limberness of the hips-ls TO
swing the leg ahead and bring the torso
with the leg in order to keep the perfect
line of the body. The chest line must be
over the toe. Hold yourself very erect in
the torso. The muscles should support
the body, not the bones.
Il always cite the following for my pu-
pils:-The arch of the foot corresponds to
the arch in architecture, and the weight
is always carried on that. Therefore, the
forward weight of the body should come
on the arch or ball of the foot, in order to
gain a graceful carriage and walk.
"A woman's arms should hang at the
sides, slightly relaxed, but never swing.
Nothing is more ungraceful in a woman
than swinging arms
L copy the Parisians in their methods
of teaching by having our pupils learn to
walk on a crack. The body is balanced
just as it would be on a tight rope, by
the hands, and it sways to and fro from
the hips. One foot is placed directly IN
front of the other. We do this for a rea-'
son which is little known, and that IS
that many women walk with their feet
very wide apart. while others fail all over
their feet, and others again stuD the toes
on the heel of the advancing foot. Do you
know that the generality of women are
knock-kneed? That comes from the bind
ing of their heavy cloth skirts.
The principal thing for acquiring a
graceful walk is the limberness OF the
hips. That is really the pivot, and rs the
first motion taught. To acquire a grace
full carriage of the head we have COPIED
the peasant women of Europe who carry
heavy bundles on their heads. l nave my
girls walk around for hours sometimes
with weights on their heads. tram them
to look sideways, backward. to turn their
heads slowly and quickly with the weight
always poised on the head. rms motloh'
to be correct, must come from between
the shoulder blades.
It is the advice of an authority to those
who would grow plump and preserve their
compilations to keep warm. Many d
woman has gone through~life shiverlng
and plain, when she might rave peen
comfortable and pretty if she had only
known it. To be chilly and shivering
about half the time, having cold hanos
and feet, is a serious tax upon ones per-
sonal appearance; but many women SUD
init to it under the impression mat IL is
a case of temperament, and must De en-
dured. Let such make an effort to keep
genially warm, and.they viii be surprised
at the Improvement in their looks. Ihere
is a mistaken notion, which obtains CON
siderable credence, that the lightest I'M
derwear and bed covering that one can
get along with contributes a ~toughenlng
effect that is valuable. This is only true
when the reverse practice is carried TO eX-
tremes. A skin specialist says that the
permanent ro%ughness of some women's
necks and arms came in the beginning
from continued c%hilliness. h is
known as a goose-fesh condition OF the
skin existed so constantly that 1t became
permanent. If you belong to the thin,
pinched sisterhood, make it a business 10
wear warm, light clothing and keep your
self in big, luxurlouS cnaaiS, - q 49,
of downy pillows.
Cigar ribbons have suddenly become a
medium of expressing art and beauty IN
fancy work. Various are the decorations
wherein they are at present employed.
Perhaps the most popular and attractive
use to which they are applied is in max
ing sofa pillows. These are unique and
charming for any room, but are doubly
SO when presented to an artist for his
studio or to any man for his smoking
room. The shades which work up with
the greatest armon are the various
tints of yellow, and the more brands
there are printed on them the better the
effect. These ribbons can be bought for
very little money of cigar dealers-in fact,
in some shops the clerk will save them
for you for nothing.
About $50 ribbons will complete an or
dinary-sized cushion, twenty-five inches
square. including the fringe of loops
around the edge. In the first place, the
ribbons must be united, not cut, then
dampened and pressed with a warm iron.
Then start in the centre, basting the rib
bons to a piece of old white muslin. A
square centre has the ribbons put on
diagonally, and then extended in triangles