The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-06


IT. body must be held erect and
E the carriage must possess
that charm which is known
as grace. Walking is nat
ural exercise and should be
performed without fatigue. 1t is an ac-
complishment and should be done pref
tily and so as to bring forth admiration.
There is nothing more generally adj
mired than a good walk; no worse handi-
cap to beauty than a poor one.
The first essential to a good walk and
: that means good carriage, is deep
breathing. Unless you can draw a deep
respiration, enc that goes down into tho
lungs and empties all the little air cells
you cannot hope TO walk we'll.
The breath which one takes during the
day and at night is described as half
breath. 1t does not empty the lungs, nor
docs it strengthen them.
CCnsumptives. in the earlier and durable
stages of the disease. are urged to learn
deep breathing. This is a cure for GER
tain forms of lung trouble. And, learned
in youth, or when in health, 1t will prove
an excellent preventive of them.
breathing successfully tried by a we'll
known statesman
He walks to his office each morning and
home again at night During the walk
he amuses himself with deep breathing.
Taking long breath he tries to hold It
while he takes four steps then slowly ex-
hales, taking four steps in which to do
1t. After while four steps to a breath
become second nature. In time you
breathe so slowly and deeply that you
can take five or six and seven steps 20
each breath.
To walk we'll it is necessary to breathe
deeply and you can never ACQUIRE a true
easy, natural grace until you breathe
properly.
There are persons who cannot walk
Well
The fat woman waddIes because she has
too much adipose and too short stride.
The woman who takes mincing steps
walks Improperly because she has not
learned the secret of body motion which
requires that the foot be swung forward
with what is sometimes called opposition
Of motion, or so that as the foot is
thrown to the right the body slightly
sways with it, while the head moves to
The left.
The woman whose heart is pressed into
too small a space is a poor walker be-
cause she walks uncertainty and unevenIy
and it is hard to keep step with her
The woman who breathes short breaths
Is one cf the worst walkers in the world,
for she must stop and puff and go on
again, walking always by fits and starts
With so many poor walkers in the world
there is fine chance for the person who
walks correctly. There is no quicker nor
shurer line to distinction than the acuuir-
ing Of a good carriage, and the woman
who will make 1t a study will add an ac-
compIshment TO her list.
A physical culturist and beauty special
ist man who combines the two, in
rather expensive course Of treatment
gives his patrons these rules for walking.
They are, as you will see, superficial.
They do not go to the root of the trouble.
but they are effective and in short time
a woman will walk better without know
ing why she does So If she will merely
go by the directions she will improve
her carriage a hundred fold and often.
this change will be so marked that her
friends Will comment upon it before she
has practiced a week.
Hold the head up.
Lift the chin high
Throw the shoulders back.
Initiate the chest.
Draw in the abdomen.
Take very long steps, probably twice
the length of your usual ones.
Turn your foot almost at right angles
with the leg.
Walk from the knees.
Throw the foot out and forward at the
same time.
Practice your walking experiments In
your own room at first.
Lift the skirt high enough, street or
room, to allow the use of the foot and
leg without firing.
Breathe freely. This last Is most i'm
portant of all.
Strange people, those beautiful women
and fine men whom one pays cash to be-
hold are the ones who have mastered tho
art of personal grace. It is for the pleas
ure of gazing upon them, If you only
knew it, that you pay your price Of adj
mission. And in this connection 1t is
pleasant thought to reflect that they arc
only doing that which you can also per-
form and. II you will take the trouble.
you can become certainly as graceful and
probably as attractive. if not as beautl-
full. Often the question of beauty is en-
tirely solved by attention to these small
point such as walking, grace of move
ment, complexion, the care of the hair,
the wilderness of the teeth, etc.
To breathe well 1t is necessary that the
clothing be worn loosely; it need not bag
nor sag nor be uncomfortably freakish.
The question of the corset is something
which is by itself.
There is no doubt that man would be
healthier and maybe more comfortable
if he were living in g. primitive state.
Clothing and the making of it takes time,
not to mention the putting of it on and
the purchase of more.
But since we are in a civilized state
there are certain things which are ex-
pected Of us, and among these things
clothes can be mentioned.
New in the scheme of womans dress
the corset seen to be necessity. 1t af-
fords a foundation for her skirts to rest