Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-28
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Graceful Curves Are Within
Reach of All.
TO DEVELOP THE ARMS
PADDLEWHEEL AND WINDMILL
MOVEMENTS.
The Spiral or Corkscrew Worst Tor
Upper and Fore
Arm.
TO DEVELOP THE ARMS


to stake his artistic reputation on the state
ment that it is most difficult to find won an
with merely good arms, to say nothing OF
beautiful ones.
To make one perfect pair Of arms for his
Aphrodite. George Wade. the English
sculptor, had five models, securing the best
points in the arms Of each.
The possession of beautiful face by no
means implies the possession of pretty
arms. but generally the reverse Is true
Plain women often have the most ravishing
arms. and working women usually have
more gracefully rounded arms than their
idle sisters. The reason, of course is daily
exercise.
An arm that is admirabl almost beyond
criticism, is the French arm. 1t has the
proper artistic proportions, the correct
artistic curve, with a slender wrist and
wellrOunded elbow. The maiden of Mo-
rocco too, has a pretty arm OF her own
Young men of Morocco judge whether
girl is charming or not by looking at her
arm and hand. Her face they seldom see,
so jealousy is it guarded by the robe which
covers the head like hood.
With one hand the Moorish maiden versed
in the arts of coquetry holds the folds OF
her robe before her face in way that,
her arm and hand. She realizes that there
is scarcely any charm which surpasses that
of a beautiful arm and hand, and that they
possess in a great degree the power to fas-
cinate.
Gesticulating Members.
Whether arms are displayed or not, it is
with arms. shoulders and hands we gesticu
late most freely and frequently, and firm
ness and strength in the upper arm and
suppleness and ease in the lower arm are
important matters of grace.
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constitutes a really beautiful arm. Judging
from famous statues, the arm Should be
long from shoulder to well-rounded elbow.
and then taper to wrist not too small. but
shapely.
Arms may be well rounded and not I'M
comely, and yet have no delicacy of model
ling. They are not expressive, or rather,
they do not express refinement. Such arms
have large hands and large elbows, and
there is more force than frmness in the
articulation or joints. Clever women cover
such arms with sleeves or gloves.
The majority Of arms are in two classes.
other, and by far the bigger class, has
only a sticklike upper arm. The arm be-
low the elbow may be fairly well devel-
oped. but from shoulder to elbow the
muscles are practically dead and the arm
has never grown.
The owner of spindlelike arms should
make mad rush for gymnasium or
learn how to make arms things of beauty
No Apparatus Necessary
More than half the exercises for de-
Feloping the arms need no apparatus. To
strengthen and round out the forearm,
for instance, place the fingers together
tip to tip. and force the arms out as far
possible by Strengthening the fingers
Continue the movement back and forth
for ten minutes at time.
To give the back part of the upper arm
q difficult piece of work stand about two
feet from a wall. placing the hands
against the wall, just at level with and
opposite the shoulders Keep the feet on
the floor and let the body settle forward
until the chest touches the wall. keeping
the elbows near the sides. Now push
sharply off from the wall until the ell
bows are again straight and the body
vertical
Another movement is to hold the arms
out straight from the shoulder at right
angles to the body. Twist the hand back
as far as possible without moving the
arm until you feel that nearly every mus
Gle in the arm has been exercised Then
lift the arms up slowly until. the fingers
touching, they form an arch above the
head. Do this first with the palms out.
then palms in.
A fascinating exercise and one worth q
good deal to the girl who is looking for
ward with despair to winter dances, when
she wants to wear short sleeves, is the
spiral or corkscrew movement.
The Spiral Movement.
Hold one arm up. Slightly bent at the
elbow. and with a hand twist the arm
from shoulder to wrist and from wrist to
shoulder. This movement, if energized,
helps to give curves soft, sinuous
curves.
A movement for the wrist, as well as the
arms. Is the "paddle-wheeT' exercise, and
this is the way of 1t: Lean lightly forward
and, placing the forearms across the chest
perform a rotary movement, the forearms
passing alternately over and under each
other.
For the alternate downward stroke. strike
out each arm alternately to the front and
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