Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-16

To say that, Chicago women have al
ready attained the independence of rather
wishing that the men would not Offer
places would PERHAPS feg' i be anticipating tel a
iittle, but this state of affairs cannot be
i9r Of Every tendency. every circnm, ,
the standing fad in its most virulent
form. points in this direction.
Stand up, madame! Stand up" cries
number of the various sand and painful lis
with which man and womankind are at
iected by means of the standing cure
| An hour or two of correct standing ev-
cry day will make well and happy
! woman Of YOU; this is the usual finish
Of his or her exhortation.
'Ah. madame-but to sit down and spoil
| The glorious lines of the skirt. it would be
a wicked shame" cries his unconscious
iut powerful ally. the French dressmak-
er. stand up when you wear it. mad
anne. for the love of beauty. and sit down
in your wrapper or house gown. Once
to sit down on that perfect drapery and
The sweep of 1t is forever ruined"
| "Ah, yes. and TO stand is to be grace
full lovely. chimes in the physicultur-
lists in theories and practice. Madame
has the utmost confidence. and to be
graceful is half the battle of social exis-
tence. Stand up whenever 1t is possible
| TO do so in company, my dear pupil. and
| you will probably win a sudden and un.
expected reputation for being "A beauty.
| With all these arguments raised in his
! favor who can doubt that man, poor
man." will have a chance to retrin his
seat in the street car or at tea fights and
other social doings this winter II he will.
The men and women who make living
rs teachers of artistic posing have
come ont with a yet more decided argu
ment in his favor
The prettiest pose which a woman can
possibly attain. say they. lis that which
comes by standing between and under
doorway. One hand should hang loosely
at the side. or may be occupied in lightly
worn. The other hand must be elevated,
delicately lifting or pushing away the
drapery above and to the right. Such d
position offers unlimited opportunities
for the most graceful posing possible 10
W0manly limbs and muscles.
Here. then. is the salvation of the tired
masculine street car traveller.
IF you haven't portiere or door drap-
cry to pose under and hold to. cling light
| ~ to a street car strap, and hold up your
| sweeping skirt draperies with the other
full sistcrhood,'' they exclaim. 80 shall
| We assume the most graceful pose of
ALL and that more frequently and public
| ly than would be otherwise possible"
| And, for the benefit of the nonprogressiva
women who prefer short and useful skirts
| to long and clinging draperies. and COM
! only will course of correct. standing
make the ordinary woman graceful and
charmngly wiiiowy;. whether she will or
not. but that the lines of the feminine
proved thereby. The stretching and
iIe,ngthening OF the muscles are RESPONSE
able, usually, as it is attractive. and the
necessarily improved and deepened
ton affects the complexion no less favor
ably. That the standing should be care
fully correct is the only caution which
needs to be observed.
| BY correct" standing is intended the
| maintenance of the Delsarte, or natural
! position. The feet should be we'll and
I firmly planted and near together. with
front Of them. the toes should be firmly
but lightly Strengthened, the chest held
forward and up. and the head balanced
well over the spine.
Stand so that Il cord dropped from
your chest would touch your toes. or the
ground in front of them, without touch
| ing any other portion OF your body on
| one of the known and most sue
cessful physical culture instructors III
Chicago.
This way of standing is advocated alike
curing IA heap of feminine ills without
drugs or expensive treatments. the dress.
makers and modistes. who are naturally
anxious for the preservation of the
lovely sweep" of back drapery which
| they have ,abored SO hard and earnestly
! to obtain. by the beauty culturists who
have the graceful carriage and queenll-
ness of the average Chicago woman at
heart and by the women themselves.
w neither the interest IN the new rad VIII
go far enough to Danish chairs from
Chicago parors and reception rooms
TREY this winter. as a similar fad once
did in the days when the women could
not sit down in pubic by reason of their
tie backs and long. attenuated drap-
cries and sashes. and men wouldn't
because the women didn't, remains to be
seen. But that the few chairs and other
resting places in evidence upon social oc-
casions this winter will be sacredly left
for the occupancy and comfort Of the
who hing for nprSppa1
or the lovely lines which nature hasn't
given them it is perfectly safe to assert
ing fad will receive swift and ready APP
probation from the masculine attach
ments,' whom it will presumably eman-
cipate, at least long it lives and
lasts. from the time honored necessity of
yielding UP street car seats and draw
ing room chairs to the women who no
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