Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Physical Culture Found in
Housework.
EVEN GOOD FOR TEMPER
ACTIVE EMPLoYMENTs UNDER
FANCY NAMES.
The Charm of Cap and Apron and a
Cure for Servant-Girl
Worries.
EVEN. GOOD FOR TEMPER

the body symmetrcally.
A girl can get all kinds Of exercise at q
gymnasium. but so she can at home. Run
ning upstairs in hurry is nowadays called
first-class exercise, and running downstairs
is almost good.
Throw open the windows and shutters in
the morning and breathe enough fresh air
to keep you amiable and good-natured all
day. With plenty of pure air in the lungs
there is not only an improvement of the
looks. but a Frightening Of the spirits.
After breakfast wash up the china and
polish the silver and glass Arms, fingers
and wrists will be made more supple by
this means. Scrubbing is also a fine arm
and wrist developer, although like some
games-lawn tennis. for example-it is
rather violent, and at first almost as
severe on the lower limbs as rowing In q
shell.
Bed-making cannot be too highly recon-
mended. With the folding of every coun-
terpane, blanket and sheet, the
stretched as far as they will 60 Then,
standing perfectly erect, the chest is
thrown out; the hands are quickly brought
together again and the sheet is folded
double. Incidentally, the forearms get
little valuable exercise, as well as the
shoulders and back.
Directly underneath and in front of the
arms ugly hollows often come. which are
very distressing to women who desire
pretty figure: What can be done to remedy
this defect? The muscles must be strength
ened, and then these hollows will gradually
fill up. No exercise In the routine of house
work is better for this development than
shaking out the pillows and cushions every
morning, in order to keep them soft ana
light. Advance one foot and stand with
the weight on it. Swing the arms forward,
upward and backward in large circles as
nearly perfect and parallel to each other
as possible. Make from five to ten rota-
tons. and alternately beat the cushions
with the right and left hands.
Arm Movements.
In throwing the hand upward, stretch the
arm above the head; throw 2 the arms
around quickly in a complete circle and a
half with the arms stretched nearly
straight; then bring the fists down upon the
cushion with hearty beating. Extend the
arms nearly at right angles to the body,
and let them swing back and forth. and up
and down. giving the pillows a touch of
the fist.
In order to whten and soften the hands,
it is a good plan to wash out your pocket
handkerchiefs once a week! In; winter this
is an especially good way to manicure, for
the skin, being roughened by the cold, more
easily becomes begrlmed with dust. A hand
cannot be kept in good condition unless
it is absolutely clean. Dabbiingoin warm.
soapy water cleanses spiendidiys and the
washing process, is also necessary. Then,
when the handkerchefs are washed and
hung to dry, rub a little gfycerine on the
hands. They will be well manicured by
this time, after the safety scissors and
file have been used on the nails.
The best way to dry a handkerchief and
at the same time iron IL is to spread it
out window pane. When dry, it is as
smooth as any fiauron could make it.
An Arm Developer.
This suggests another branch of house
work misunderstanding windows. 1t is a
good arm and wrist developer. The rub
bing and polishing done with a will. 1t
also gives woman plenty of the fresh air
she needs, but does not always get.
In this connection, a story is told of the
late Queen Victoria. When she was a
mere child of five or six years she went
to spend day with some of her relatives
When asked what she would like to do to
amuse herself, she replied that nothing
could give her greater joy than to wash
the windows. Accordingly, water, soap
and cloths were provided for her and the
little princess took her first lesson. and
probably her last, in washing windows.
one of the best exercises for a woman
who wants to train down to trim waist
IS dancing, but performing a pas seul'
seems rather stupid work. If however
tripping on the tips Of the toes can be in
troduced into the household duties, it be-
IO4litS iIluCH more interesting,
The only way the door mat used to get its
daily cleaning was by vigorous shaking
Now we have changed all that and the
only up-to-date way to free the mat from
dust is to turn it upside down and do a
"two-step" on It,
For the Dumpy Girl.
Five or ten minutes of this exercise every
morning Will prove a fine thing for the
dumpy girl with flesh to spare, and FOR the
SSip bn hoe To-,
about the waist and hips After a vigor-
Gus dance movement of the kind best cal
2ulated to free the mat of dust go through
with the following steps, using the mat as
basis of operations:
Extend the foot at the side and touch
nightly the side of the toe, stretching the
instep as straight as possible
Step forward with the right foot. as in
walking. Bring the left heel up beside the
right heel, at the same time quickly rising
on the toes as high as possible; lower the
heels slowly, with the weight of the body
remaining on the forward part of the foot.
after the heels are lowered
Step forward with the right foot, with the
knee bent Without moving the foot,
straighten the knee and transfer the weight
to the rear foot and bend the rear knee
Sway forward to the first position, rhen to
the second, and so on back and forth a
half dozen or more times
Dance or jump on one SPOT resting the
hands on the hips and lifting the feet
bliskly nifty or a hundred times.
Don't Mind the Critics.
Don't mind If the neighbers think you are
performing war dance. What they think
won't hurt you, and what you do will
amuse them. You may turn. missionary if
your neghbor seeks for the method of your
apparent mad ness. Tell her-particularly If
she Is of the fra.l broken-at-t he-stem vari-
ety-that you are finding health and vigor
In homework, and advise her to go and do
likewise. Tell her you can't imagine any
one looking more charming and coquettish
In cap and apron than she would.
Aprons and caps have a coquetry and
sentiment all their own. An apron may ex-
press all such satisfying household virtues
as purity, thrift, generosity, dalntiness and
capablity. 5GE1 SC
From domestic point OF view, perhaps
It's most pleasing expression Is that of mod
esty relieved by sprightlihess
Long ago, when 1t was fashionable to be
domestic, caps and aprons were so honor
ed that the Duchess of Queensberry had her
portrait painted wearing the simplest of
lace caps and the daintiest of lawn aprons.
The portrait hangs in the National Portrait
Gallery, London. The duchess even wore
an apron at an assembly" but Beau Nash,
the social autocrat of the day, begged her
to remove It. She complied, with a curtesy
and a smile. and the refoy, of tho anrou