The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-28
HOW TO WALK CORRECTLY.
Chicago Tribune.)

Chicago Tribune.)
DO you walk correctly?
The body must be held erect and the
carriage must possess that charm
which is known as grace.
Walking is a natural exercise and
should be performed without fatigue.
1t is an accomplishment, and should be
done prettily and so as to bring forth
admiration.
There is nothing more generally adj
mired than a good. walk; no worse
handicap to beauty tnan 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, one that goes down into the
lungs and empties all the little air cells,
you cannot hope to walk well.
The breath which one takes during
the day and at night is described as
half breath. 1t does not empty the
lungs nor does it strengthen them.
Consumptives in the earlier and
durable stages of the disease are urged
to learn deep breathing. This is a cure
for certain forms of lung trouble. And,
learned in youth, or when in health, it
win prove an excellent preventive of
them.
There are rules for the learning of
man, a statesman, has a little system
of his own which works well with him.
He walks TO his office each evening
and home again at night. During the
walk he amuses himself with deep
breathing Taking a long breath he
tries to hold it while he takes four
steps, tnen slowly exhales. taking four
steps in which to do it. After a while
four steps 10 a breath become second
nature. In time you breathe so slowly
and deeply that you can take five and
even six and seven steps to each
breath.
To walk well it is necessary to
breathe deeply, and you can never ac-
quire true, easy. natural grace until
you breathe properly.
There are persons who cannot walk
we'll
The fat woman waddles 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 space is poor walker /
for she walks uncertainty and uneven
w, and it is hard to keep step with her. |
The woman who breathes short |
breaths is one of 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 Tor walkers in the
world there is a fine chance for the |
person who walks correctly. There is
no quicker nor surear line to distinction |
than the acquiring of a good carriage, |
and the woman who will make it a |
study viii add an accomplishment to |
her list.
A physical cultur1slt and beauty spe-
cialist. a man who combines the two.
in his expensive course of treatment |
gives his patrons these rules for walk
ing.
They are, as you will see, super
fetal They do not gc to the root of
the trouble, but they are effective, and |
in a short time woman will walk |
better without knowing why she does
so. If she will merely go by the di-
rections she win improve her carriage
a hundred-fold. and often this change
viii be so marked that her friends will
comment upon it before she has prac-
-ticed it a week.
Hold the head UP.
Lift the chin high.
Throw the shoulders back.
Initiate the chest.
Draw in the abdomen.
Take long steps, probably twice the
length Of your usual ones.
Turn the 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 deeply. This last is most
important of all.
Stage people. those beautiful women
and handsome men whom one pays
cash to behold. are the ones who have
mastered the art of personal grace. 1t
is for the pleasure of gazing upon
them, if you only knew it, that you pay
your price of admission. And in this
connection it is a pleasant thought to
reflect that they are only doing that
which you can also perform. And. if
you viii take the trouble, you can be-
come certainly as graceful and prob
ably as attractive. if not as beautiful
Often the question of beauty is entire
IN sDlN6Q Dy dILGIltlOH 10 THESE Sfn3l I
points, such as walking, grace of move
ment, complexion. the care of the hair,
the whiteness of the teeth, etc
To breathe well it is necessary that
the clothing be worn loosely. r. need
not bag nor sag nor be uncomfortably
freakish.
The question of the corset is some
thing by itself
There is no doubt that man would be
healthier and. maybe, more comfort
able if he were living in primitive
state. Clothing and the making of it |
take 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 llC
clothes can be mentioned.
Now. in the scheme of woman's !
dress, the corset seems to be a neces-
sity. 1t affords a foundation for her :
skirts to rest upon. 1t supports her
figure; it seems to assist the muscles
of her back so that she is easier with
it on than with it off. And it does not
seem to do her any harm.
SO. why not wear corset and rest :,
in peace with it and with the world. :
The thin woman can put on a mere !
girdle. The Mrs. Leslie Carter girdIe l
is a good thing. Mrs. Carter has no :
name for the article, but it consists of
wide band of ribbon with bones in it
front sides and back. An old servant