The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
TO OBTAIN A Graceful CARRIAGE

One of the rarest charms in man or
woman is that of grace of movement i'll
walking and Of posture in standing. The
well poised head, the uplfted chest, the
flexible back, and freely moving leg and
lightly but firmly planted feet are SO sell
dom found that When a graceful person
is seen she gives even to the most uncon-
sclouS looker-on such sense of pleasure
as IS given by d beautiful poem or mu-
steal strain.
Yet these desirable physical character
lsucS are within the reach of anyone
not positively defOrmed by nature or hab-
IT, A course of gymnastic exercises Of
proper character, continued faithfully for
even six months, would effect a wonderful
change IN the most awkward person.
preceding that, however, is the important
consideration of how the feet are clothed
Ma!treatnent of the feet usually begins
IN infancy. The child'S shoe should be
IlSht ana soft, with flexible Soles wide
enough to permit the toes and ball Of
me I0ot TO spread naturally, and low
enough to allow freedom of growth and
use 10 ankle and instep. The first heel
Sn0lid be rubber and have only one
# this kind Of shoe is worn until the
CIlld mas reached the limit of growth
perhaps seventeen or eighteen wears of
4ge, the chances are largely in favor of
ms having thoroughly acquired a graceful
carriage, as much of the general inhor
Hloily OF movement arises from uncOm-
feet "0Neiopeu
The wife of a. prominent Boston lawyer.
win advanced ideas and strongly de-
Ntloped originality. decided that her child
rem should have natural feet. if in her
power 70 secure that unusual beauty HeI,
III ,oo cIiTa agreed with her and each of
S me chlIdren wore tiny moccasins in the
noGSe' ana such shoes as have been de-
a[Stped in the street, while in sumunr
Foot tHsIr seashore home, they went bare,
In ar, most OF the time
Inc neighbors' thought If onaar "a
course but the family was Too weII
placeQ socially and financially 70 he
.greUv ~ criticism. and the children
"oIn ordinary shoes. When thpv baoaS
10 go 10 school their shoes were If ~
S @GSoy the same character as their baby
ShoeS, and the mother kent n 49,
watch that as the little feet Grew ,onjd
~ there should never be an instantts
pIE,SSufe from shoes outgrown.
Inc result is that the two eirIs-+hn
BOY, too, but he is of less imDortanca
have noticeable beautiful feet eo Der-
IeCI IN shape that they might serve as
ScupIorS models, says their envious
lIIehQs' When they run barefooted on the
RAINING beach in summer
The moccasin is the ideal shoe and If
y rev more mothers could be induced 10
ADOPT IT Tor their children it would he
easy 10 establish most helpful fad"
Most fault of physique can be remedied
by rightly applied exercises, but, unfor
tuIIdteIy' not one person in twenty has
CieISE enough TO take them. [ have
formulated brief set of directions
therefore, for constant practice, that /
believe will enable any one, after short
time to walk Well The first point is to
Keep the whole body we'll lifted from
the waist, as if trying to reach some
thing above ones head. The next point
is to keep the chest lifted, and the third
ana last to hold the hips back Just try
the pose once, taking care especially of
the first point, and you will find that in
walking the feet come down with a
hghtness and elasticity that will sur
prise you. You could not walk heavily
if you tried, with the body so poised
The same teacher says that the Gus
tom of turning the toes outward in walk
Ing is absolutely unnatural and unhy-
sienic, leading to knock knees and weak
ankles. ITO walk to the right with one
foot and to the left with the other, when
YOU wish to move straight forward" he
declares, lis absurdly illogical. The OBJ
ViOusly natural way is to let the feet
move in the direction in which one wants
10 CO.