The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-17

advancing years as clearly as a book
20 lnOse unsiSilled la rec0gnizing the
hand of time. When woman finus
mat she is less able Ia get about than
shc once was she loses ambition: She
dOes not care 20 arrange her hair elab-
oratel'-it is too much trouble: she be-
gins To be careless about her dress.
and frequent changes OF her toilet ara
TOO much exertion for her Increasing
aVoirdupois.
At Is an unfortunate day even for a
beauty when she loses interest In being
well gowned
Nhen woman realizes that her -.us-
cles are stifening and that Il Is an ex-
ertlon for her To go up and down stairs.
IL Is time that she should begin TO
counteract the effects OF time. There
are a number OF exercises IN physical
culture Mhlch every woman who ex-
peclS 10 retain her grace and suppIe-
ness should practice daily. / have
series that was taught 10 me nv tho
wife OF world famous athlete AZ
though not herself a professionals she
was, through her husband. one OF the
best Informed persons on the subject Of
physical culture | have ever met.
A few of those exercises / will sur-
gest for the woman who feels that her
BODY Is less flexible than il once was
ana who wishes TO cOunteract that mis-
fortune before IL Is too late.
The unwieldy growth OF the hips ir
the case Of women OF superfiuous adj
pose tissue can be easily overcome IL
the Following exercise Is followed for a
few minutes each day:
stand with the feet firmly placed ON
the floor, heels together, toes apart
hands on the waist. and, with lower
limbs rigid. twist the body slowly from
right to left and as slowly from left Ia
right again. This should be repeated
about 20 times.
For reducing the size of the abdomen
take this exercise: Stand with shoulders
back, feet flat on the floor. heels to-
gether and toes apart. The arms should
be stretched out straight i'm front of the
body, then, without bending the arms or
knees let the arms drop until the tips
or the fingers touch the floor This
exercise cannot be successfully accom-
pllshed when corset is worn One rea-
son that locomotion is difficult after n
Few years Of corset wearing Is because
/ this instrument Of torture hardens tho
! muscles OF the abdomen. This harden
/ ing the bending exercise tends 4,
/ ''NiiANi ahAs DtHlttH the sllelCnlnk OF
/ the muscles i'm the back OF the leg
caused by leaning over, II tends to give
grace and ease in walking.
Another exercise good for the hips
and the knee muscles is that OF giving
what might be called the straight
| courtesy. 1t consists OF a slow sinking
of the body without moving the feet
from their heel 10 heel position on thu
floor The body simply doubles up at
the joints. like a Jack in the hox when
the lid is closed.
To strengthen the muscles OF the legs
stand with one hand on the table. With
the body thus supported swing one leg
back and forward ten times. Then
place the support on the other side OF
the body and swing the other leg.
For developing a scrawny neck the
best exercise / can recommend is that
of moving the head very slowly and
firmly from side TO side, as IL trying to
look over the shoulder and behind one
as far as possible. After performing
this movement ten times the head
should be dropped forward. then back
ward then alternately backward and
forward ten times each.