The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
THE GROUND SHOULDERED GIRL
She CanFNcver Hope to Be Called Pretty Graceful.
No Matter What Her Other Attractions May Be.
n = safe to assert that two women out

r. \ safe to assert that two women out
Of three are round-shouldered
The hnbit begins early IN life and stead
ffy grows upon its victim. The child who
is destined TO be round In the shoulders
will exhibit that tendency before tha age
OF ten. At TINT time shoulder braces are
frequently resorted to and the admonition
to ''sit up straight il given often, both
at home and at school.
At fifteen the round-shouldered 1irl has
decided stooD and at twenty-five there Is
no doubt OF the bend. At this age the
shoulders turn slightly in, so that the pa
Gent is very broad across the back and
harrow across the front. and at forty this
entire figure Is deformed.
Ii you have any doubt OF this or II you
wish to point moral Tor these statements,
take the nrst round-shouldered girl you
may come across AMI stand with her at
ono OF these pubic crossings. OF the
women that pass by lust more the large
percentage that show round shoulders.
VI course n big abdomen always goes with
shoulders Top down and hang forward
prominence.
When child of ten shows the FIRST symp-
toms OF STOPPING IL Is the proper time TO
begin the correction OF the fault. Usually
the trouble viii be found with the ehlld's
stomach. Children subject to castrltis VIII
usually stoop. The feeling OF soreness
across the stomach Is eased a little By the
position OF the stomach when II Hes In
1olds feels less irritated than wneu tn5
figure is erect.
DIET FOR ROUND SHOULDERS.
Treat the child 10 plenty Of liquid food,
soups and broths OF all kinds Feed him
or her upon fresh eggs. and let all food, 30
far as possible b. cooked ana served warm.
Even fruits are better cooked, and the
chlld's three meals should be hot onea.
Cold food viii often cause Indigestion, ana,
remotely, the stoop shouldcr3
II the stomach Is made strong and the
child still stoops, It Is time not for Shout
der braces, but Tor exercises Let The
child play in the open air 0uh give HIM
curtain Things to play with. He VIII SOON
carry his shoulders straight, invlgorntel by
the air, and assisted by the long breaths
winch are necessary IA out door exercise
The girl who at IL stoops badly, or the
woman who at 20 IS ruined, TO far as her
appearance IS concerned. can both be treat.
ed by exercises, tue simplest and prettiest
Of which Is found in the exercise Of dane
ing
The girl who dances Is very seldom stoop-
snauldered. Ii she Is taught to dance grace
fully she Will lift up her chin, throw back
her head, toss out her elbows and enter into
the splrit OF the dance. WhWa the real
round-shouldered girl does dGnce1lt Is pitiful
Ia the extreme to see the bumped shoulders
and awful back going through the motions
which should be all grace.
one u the most famous Of Spanish dane
@s mad a class Of wealthy young women
who were taking the steps Of the most In
uicnts danees known TO the Spanish
women. Thor object wng not to 10 upon
the stage, but co acquire grace for the even
ing dance, and also for the ordinary social
duties Of their staton. fhey found tint
Spanish women, In walking and IN moving
about room, were infinitely more graceful
than they, ana they wanted TO make SUCH a
grace a study.
EXERCISE FOR THE sroor.
The girl who stpops, and who knows it
should, frst. be rnado to see how wretch
eddy her attitude affects the good looks
II she Will stand In front of a mirror
by the SIDE OF girl who glands straight
she VIII observe the great difference be
tween herself and her companion. ON
has graceful look; the other Is spoiled
But unless the girl who Is s1oop shoul
dered gets natural strength to throw bac
her shoulder blades and TO keep them buc
she WALL accomplish nothing In the lon
run. When lett alone she will sag dow
again and Look worse than ever becaus
OF the utter relaxation that follows eIeI
else.
One OF her motions must consist Il
walking with her hands upon her NIP
with her elbows thrown back. prett
exercise will be that OF placing one han
Mt her eide and OF balancing herself thu.
possible, Let the foot be poised in IN
air for three or four minutes at tim
for as long as II is possible TO hold
there. This will I'LL She lungs and mol
the shoulders back.
Another exercise FOR the stopping I'll
Is that of bending forward ut the be
line and lifting one arm high over Ct
head, while tho other is held as low
possible. This Is one of the positions
the Spanish dances and the fair dane,
pirouettes with one hand tossed over h
head and the other catching the hem
the skirt.
Going without a correct is Of tho utmo
assistance In strengthening shoulders, b.
there nre very few VINO can practice
AS rule the more faulty the figure u
more dependent woman is upon n
stays She fairly lives IN them, and wit
out them the simplest movements wou
be impossible. But If the corset can
removed and the motions practiced witho'
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