The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20

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spicuous of her graces. The heroine
of Peter Ibbetson," of course, has
them square. 1t can only be inferred
that Rosalind had them wide and hor-
izontal, but she, doubtless, rested her
weary arm upon the pretty droop of
Cel:a's.
Villon is for small shoulders, and all
his successors in French literature,
writing of the squarest women in the
world, write in praise of sloping Shout
ders
The present fashion in shoulders is
a return to the Sir Joshua Reynolds
type, which never varied from the
long, gradual slope. 1t was the pa
trician line of the day, and a lady was
bound to have it. The Reynolds Shout
der had a deeper slope, however, than
that of the twentieth century belle,
but no more beautiful or artistic
curves.
The willy beauty who owns a per-
feet pair Of shoulders and knows it to
be one of her strong points, discreetly
makes the most of it, and if she turns
her back on you you can easily forgive
her, no matter how lovely her face.
Shoulders seem to have some hint
of the secret of eternal youth that es-
caDes the lips and the eyes. Even
after time has lined the face and
throat, shoulders retain their girlish
freshness, snoothness and fairness.
They need care and attention. of
course, and often it is left to the owner
to develop the shoulders-to make them
beautiful, firm and self-reliant.
To be confronted with outstanding
shoulder blades is a hard fate. But
once woman comedies the point, and
confesses to herself that she is in dan
ger of having small, angular and
featherless wings, and that she would
rather be a woman than an angel
there is little or nothing in the way of
flattening that may not be accomplish
ed, and in a few weeks time, with
the aid of little patient intelligence
she may give herself the shoulders of
perfect womanhood.
The trouble all lies with three mus
cles. and that they are troublesome
may be judged from their names-tra-
pezius and rhomboidei. The former is
one large muscle which begins at the
base of the skull and continues down
the spine for some way. branching out
to the shoulder blades; the rhomboidei
are the two muscles between.
One very good exercise for bringing
them into subjugation, if they are re-
fractory, is to move the arms in a cir
Gle from the shoulders until the Shout
ders are so supple that the backs of
the hands can be placed together be-
hind at the wrist without any curve
of the arms. The circling of the arm
from the shoulder inward, not out
ward, is another aid for acquiring
graceful contour.
Another helpful exercise is to lie
face downward, place the hands I'M
der the shoulders and raise the body
upon the knees until the arms are
straight. For the second movement
raise the body until the toes and
hands are the only points of support.
While. lying face downward, if the aid
of a friend can be invoked, massage
should be applied. The muscles on
each side of the spine are taken be-
tween thumb and fingers and rolled
then with the palm of the hands the
rhomboidai muscles are kneaded, by
using the rotary movement all the way
up and down the spine.
After the massage is over, turn upon
the back, that the shoulders may lie
perfectly fiat on the couch for five or
ten minutes, with the head but little
inclined.
The shoulder movement forward and
backward is very necessary to correct
STOPPING carriage and bent back.
With the hands resting on the hips.
both shoulders are first moved forward
evenly, but vigorously, and then drawn
backward.
The elbows must also be moved for
ward and backward as far as possible
but the upper part of the body and
head is held erect. With the back
ward movement of the shoulders in
hale. and with the forward movement
exhale.
Almost every one has a low Shout
der. This is caused in various ways;
certain muscles are contracted when
walking, or one shoulder is held higher
than the other, or the head is carried
little to one side. Often this one
sidedness is the result of seemingly
trifling habits, like leaning to one side
while sitting.
To correct a want of uniformity in
the shoulders try this exercise several
times during the day. With the arm
dropped by the side, raise the low
shoulder slowly but strongly as high
as possible. holding it there while
counting ten. Then lower slowly. This
will by degrees increase the hight of
the shoulder.
A shoulder may be too high as we'll
as too low: in such cases draw the
high shoulder down, keeping it so for
few moments.