Arizona republican., 1903-04-05
LEGS MADE BEAUTIFUL
Cure for Knock Knees, Pigeon Toes, and Other Defects-Physical Gull tun Exercises That Promise Perfect Leg ! to All the World.

Physica. culture instructors have found tha. a large proportion of thei. pupils do n ot possess normal legs, and | therefore, al l schools of physical culture have certain well-defined exercises fol making legs normal, for correctins | knock knees, bow legs, pigeon toes and fiat feet and for treating legs which although they may be free of any of these common e1efor1nities, are scraw- ney and of insu h cient strength to poise body properly and for it's best health
 It is highly i nportant to give heed | to the legs, for O nly when they are nor- nal can one stan, correctly; and if this | cannot be done, not only the free movemet of air into the lungs will be hindered, but every motion of the body, both in exercise and; in everyday actions | will be made more or less abnormaIiy difficult. Teachers of physft al culture say that ! legs cannot be thoro ughly strong unless | they can be made 0 touch completely l all the way up from the heels and show | well developed muse les everywhere. Look at your legs as you try to hold them in military fashion-touchins g their entire length v5hile the feet form an ngle of sixty de grees.
 Are the knees ever so little apart |? Then you are bowleg ged.
 Do the knees touch while those parts of the legs just above and below show light between them? Then you are knock -kneed.
 Does the foot fail to arch? Then you are fla t-footed.
 If ar y or all of these things are mo- ticed then your body is not normally balance and poised. And if you are an average man or woman you will note one more of these defects in your legs when you give them careful scru- tiny.
 To g ct rid of any deviation from the perfect leg, it is necessary to take up physical culture. In this way classic legs ca be attained in short time. These mean. besides a well-poised body and resultant good health, attrac- tive physical outlines, something that a knock kneed or bow-legged, or a pigeon-toed, or a fat-fotoed man or woman G,oesn't possess
 Physical culture is the chief hope for leg-deforia led grown ups and older chill dren. but parents can overcome any ab- normal tendency in the legs of young | children by little care on their part l They should see to it that the young ster walks on the ball and outside of 1 the foot, tn Q toes and the heel. A child made to walk in this fashion can't be knock kneell or flat-footed
 These two, deformitieS result only when a child is permitted to walk on the inside Of the foot. But while in- 1 sisting on the child's walking on the outside of it's feet, care should be taken not to let it II to an extreme for this will create tendency to bow the legs. 1 See to it that the muscles on the in side of the leg re as strong as those OH the outside and then there will be no danger of a son or a daughter, becom- | ing ill shaped by reason of pair of le ,s curving outward.
 l The following exercises recommended i by Prof. Anthony Barker to the grow 1 ing child as well as to the parent Th,y
 should be taken up twice a day, pref
 erably for fifteen minutes after rising
 in the morning and before retiring for
 the night.
 The more energetically the move
 ments are performed, the more benefit
 will they confer and the sooner will
 
 The exercises for bow-legs do tn air
 work by building up the inside muscles
 of the legs and those for knock-knees l improve the outer muscles. These
 movements, therefore. are excellent for
 normal as we'll as abnormal legs, for
 in either case they strengthen the
 foundations of the body And. as with
 house, so with the human body-the l h 1l,t,, ,t,1 | the best results.
 Exercise I-Gain the correct stand
 ing position. Clasp the hands at the
 middle of the back and cross the legs s.1
 the knees with the feet flat on the floor
 Then rise on tiptoes and. taking care
 not to hatten the feet, bend the legs at
 the knees and assume sitting posture as far as possible. Hold the position
 until the toes ache, then relax, and re-
 peat every few moments.
 II The exercise can be varied and made
 harder by keeping the feet flat on th-
 floor while trying to sit down.
 This movement is extremely effica- | cious in curing knock-knees.
 Exercise II-For another good exer- else for knock-knees, sit down facing
 a friend, put your knees between his Wn1cn are llSnlly nelu dSdlIlSl yours.
 and, while he resists, push his krees
 as far apart as they will go.
 Exercise III.-Standing with the legs
 together on a smooth or oiled or waXed
 floor, separate the legs as far as possi-
 ble by sliding them out to either side.
 When the legs are fully separated, hold
 the position for a moment and then
 easily regain the correct standing ro-
 sition. This will be found a strenuous
 exercise for knock-knees. It will also
 strengthen many of the more imp Iffant leg muscles and tendons.
 Exercise IV.-This movement, also for
 knock-knees, consists in gaining the
 correct standing position and then, with
 the feet touching, pulling the krees as
 far. apart as possible simply by the
 power of the leg muscles.
 Exercise V.-Starting from the cor rect standing position, clasp the hands
 easily behind the back, so as to get
 them out of the way. spread the legs
 will apart, assume sitting posture, nd,