Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

you strike yourself with your neel II 10
than with both together. but it can be done.
Day by day you will find the heel approach
ing nearer. While one foot Is trying 70
kick backward" as the girls In the class
fectly straight
"Horse Lying Down."
1.-THE horse lying down. Is what the col
lege girls have dubbed another exercise.
Face downward, legs extended, take posi-
ton by raising yourself on your elbows.
When the count begins. draw up the right
knee to kneeling position. At two.
draw up the left leg. This brings
you upon your knees and elbows. At three,
extend the right leg again. At four, extend
the left leg. AS soon as you have mastered
the apparent intricacies Of this you can go
through 1t to rapid count of one, two.
three, four. Roll from side to side as much
as possible during the process.
There are some difficult exercises that
ought not to be undertaken until all of the
preceding are easy to you. Twisting is one
of these. Lying on the back. raise one leg
to perpendicular and proceed to describe
circles with 1t while the leg is perfectly
straight. You can vary this by changing
firing when done with both legs extended
and held closely together, but 1t is Of great
value in developing the hips.
In another one the extended position Is
tdheH, tnen one leg is hung across the
other. keeping 1t straight and close to the
floor, until it reaches a level with the head.
Useful Suggestions.
Neck exercises will go long way toward
reducing the superfluous flesh of the neck
and causing the double chin to vanish Try
those given on this page with the mat
work rules. They will be very firing at
first, but you must persist in going through
them every day. Make a resolution that
you won't eat your breakfast until you
nave done this religiously, and again, don t
60 10 ped at night until you have repeated
the process. Do you remember what 1
wrote about the little ball that the jana
nese girls use instead of massage? That
not only rounds out thin necks, but reduces
fleshy ones
A red nose is trouble. isn't it? Is your
general circulation good? A red nose usu-
ally goes with pale cheeks. To get the
color INTO the right place you must start
the blood flowing properly. Take plenty of
exercise. Now be honest with yourself and
inquire whether you draw your stays a bit
too tight. This bad practice has been
the cause of trouble like yours many a
time Above all, stop fussing with the
afflicted member. Battle the face with
warm-not hot-water at night and with
cold in the morning. Don't rub it. Powder
IL with nothing except talcum powder
which will give your skin the dull finish
desired and act as a healer besides
L have known of many teachers troubled
by the chalk dust, and there is no reason
why they should not have hands as soft
as other peoples with a little care The
chalk has the effect of drying the skin and
the whole secret lies in counteracting that
effect Any softening lotion will accom-
pl1sh this. Glycerine and rose water, which
your druggist will put up in the proper pro-
portion, is excellent. Rub it in we'll every
night. This will bring the skin to the right
condition and a lemon will do the rest
Use it at most twice a week, rubbing the
blackened fingers with the juice and the
dark lines will disappear as if by magic
A yellow face is probably the result of
biliousness. Eat plenty of fruit and vege-
tables. Take long brisk walks. Dispense
with medicine and see if the result cannot
be accomplished by better means The
medicine habit often becomes as pernicious
as other vices, and many people are slaves
to 1t. Try to stimulate yourself by vigorous
living. in all ways-breathe deeply, exer-
else, laugh, let all your motions be ener-
getic instead of sluggish. The people who
have what is know as a breezy temper
ament seldom have pale or yellow COM
plexions. Temperament can be cultivated.