The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14
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practice and she will put OF and put OF
! the hour Of hard work. And she is ex-
| cusable.
l. The fatigue of exercising Is too great for
her. She is tired enough already. and to. 70
! to work and exercise in the gymnasium or
/ in her own room would be adding tho last
straw to the already breaking back Of the
camel
FOR NERVOUS PERSONS.
For the tired woman, for the woman who
| is employed, for the woman who is ex-
hausted nervously. there Is an exercise
which is prescribed by q. famous physician
| who makes 4 speciality OF teaching the girls
| of London the secrets OF true physical cul-
ture.
He tells those that are tired to put on tho
gymnasium suits and to sit around without
trying To exercise.
Put on your suits says he. land seat
/ yourself where you can watch the others
practice.
/ DO not try TO do anything yourself. Take
| off Your cor.ets. put on a well-ftting suit.
ease your feet with comfortable slippers
\ Han5l:braid your hair down your back
l. sit along the wall and watch.
'-Insensibly your muscles will begin to re-
I.lax.. Insensibly you will catch the spirit Of
| exercise.
Little by little you will enter Into the feel
4 -
| know it you will be skipping down the room
| for 4 little exercise with the rest -
l-z"This" says the famous London phyBi-
| cian;' lis my advice TO the girl who Is too
tired. to do physical culture exercise
But there are stunts for the girl who
| wants to grow tall. and very pretty stunts
| there are.
She wants to add to her inches and she
/ must begin at her feet and work up to
her neck and to the crown of her head.
| The feet OF the girl who Is short are
| usually very lacking in springiness. espe-
| cially II she be stout girl.
She must practice walking so as to get
| all the spring possible out of her ankles.
She must move with a long. 1.-THE. graceful
| motion.
| For this she must practice rising and fall
| ing on the balls of the feet
As you rise and fall extend your arms
| upward. for this stretches the. back, exer-
/ cising it a little at the same time.
The tall girl should not practice this
| motion, for it will surely make her taller.
| As her feet and ankles become springy
and her back and shoulders relax she will
insensibly hold herself straighter. and her
shoulders will be, IL not higher. at least
| wider and fuller. making her capable of
| stretching to greater altitude.
| FOR THE SHORT GIRL
l The short girl must practice stretching
| the back. -.
/ This is absolutely necessary. but. while
stretching. she must mot lift weights, fol-
this is bad from physical standpoint.
She must stand with one hand upon her
/ hip, her feet fat upon the floor. Then, ris-
ing slightly. she must throw the right arm
far upward.
Then She must reverse this motion
throwing the left arm far upward.
She must keep on doing this alternately
first with one arm and then with the other
until she feels as though the muscles OF
the back were thoroughly relaxed.
i There is method of stretching the body
which begins with lying nat upon a couch
and reaching for a horizontal bar, which Is
| held back Of the head.
The feet. meanwhile. arc reaching for &
bar which is six inches below the tips oil
the toes.
Finally. the patient manages to grasp tbs