The Jersey City news., 1901-10-19
In Wonan's World.



analyze the subject you must be struck
present itself to the teacher. No two
girls are built alike, consequently no two
girls will walk exactly alike.
In order to bring about perfectly cor
rect walk the instructress is obliged to
study each girl individually. Some slouch.
some walk stiffly, some bend at the knee,
some sag from the hips, others have
round shoulders and others badly curved
backs The following rules have been
suggested by specialist upon the sub
ject Of correct carriage. They are so
sensible and easily followed that after
studying them every reader of this coll
umn should become a walking exponent
of grace
Says the lady:-"The first poise / teach
for the purpose of obtaining an easy.
graceful carriage, is called the harmonic
poise, and it's object is to timber up the
hips. A great majority of women have
what / call sloppy carriage; they let
their hips sag and break.
ssHave you ever seen a woman who
stands with one hip higher than the
other. as if they were of unequal length?
Such women walk like jointed dolls, first
one hip goes up and then goes down,
regular see-saw movement of the body
from the hips downward 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, not the lower, must go first.
Hold the abdomen in and expand the
chest Nine-tenths of the women we see
on the street walk with the heel first.
the arch and ball of the foot afterWard,
the abdomen aggressive and the nead
sunk between the shoulders
"A good exercise for acquiring the walk
which comes from the limberness of the
hips is 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 should be over the toe. Hold yourself
very erect, the muscles supporting the
body not the bones. / always cite the
following rule to my pupils:-The arch of
the foot corresponds to the arch in archi-
lecture, 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.
"a womans arms should hang at the
sides, slightly relaxed, but must never
swing Nothing is more ungraceful than
this pendulumistic movement. copy the
Parisians in their methods by having my
pupils learn to walk on narrow planks or
cracks. The body balances just as It
would 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.
II do this for reason very little known
because so many women walk with their
| feet very far apart while others fall all
over themselves and others again stub
/ the toes on the heel of the advancing foot
I don't want to say that the majority OF
women are knock -kneed, but 1t is COM
mon condition, and 1 think the heavy
cloth skirts are often responsible. Linn
berness of the hips is an absolute neces-
sity; it is really the pivot, and is the first
motion taught.
Il have my girls sometimes walk around
with weights on their heads. train them
to look sideways, backwards, to turn their
heads slowly and quickly with the weight
always carefully poised. This motion, to
be correct, must come from between the
shoulder blades.'
Some time ago had a most interesting
talk with a Philadelphia woman who Is
less celebrated for her beauty than for
her walk and apparently spontaneous
poses. But It appears from the confess
sions of this candid lady that grace Of
figure has no more spontaneity than, as
a usual thing, beauty Of face. She herself
has acquired both, and frankly tells at
what cost. To acquire poetry OF move
ment, my beauty says, go to the theatres
and study the best actresses. Literally
study them. More can be learned in one
evening from a graceful woman ike Eli
len Terry, who really has no great beauty
| than from hours of practicing before the
mirror, which should come afterward,
when the principles of graceful motion
and pose have been mastered by observa-
tion.
The secret of good walk is even sim
pier. Find poem with a particularly
graceful rhythm, and say stanza or two
over and over as you walk. Necessarily
a rhythmic walk must be developed. A
| girl who walks with poetry in her mind
and on her lips will show poetry in her
walk. For beautiful face the recipe IS
not so new. though it is one that has
much in its favor. Read good books and
encourage beautiful thoughts. These VIII
lead ia habits of mind which cannot but
leave the imprint on the face. and
concludes my friend. these are rules
which have never been known to fail
All of which / heartily indorse, If may
except the clause referring to the attain
ment of beauty For that achievement
more complete methods are necessary.
Ear more difficult than the mere har-
nnonizing of opinions is, in married life.
the harmonizing of tempers; since, while
many people have no opinions worth
mentioning on any subject, the humblest
or most ignorant can set up temper,
saws success. Nothing can deal with
tempers except conscience and time.
have known young married couples with
whom it was unpleasant to be In the
house during the first year Of their mar
riage; and yet habit and sheer necessity
made their society tolerable within two
years. and positively agreeable In 1--WE.
The presence Of children IS help to this
compatibleness, as being the one possess
sion absolutely shared and necessarily ac-
cepted by each parent Another great
aid to the harmonizing Of tempers- indeed
something priceless, as a permanent rule
lis to study mutually what may be calls
F ed the equation Of preferences-that Is, to
form 8 habit of considering, when hus-
band and wife differ about any matter,
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