The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18
lLEEzYf ALIqHE ENEZEH1
BY MARIAN MART1NEAU.

. hAEtAAN MARLIN EAl.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The wonderful girl will come in with the
year 1891
And these will be her traits. her pecuI-
isriues. her characteristics and her man
nprs:
she will be tall.
She viii be slender.
She will be straight.
She viii carry herself erect.
Her shoulders Will be very wide. witler
than her hips.
Her chin viii be held very high.
Her arms viii be long and round
Her throat will be like a column
Her manner will be merry: and she will
EuEh a great deal more than did the girl
Cf 1875.
From these characteristics you will say
that the girl Of 1904 win be either freak
ur an angel
But she is neither OF these.
she is a girl. made so by physical rul-
ture. and she has reduced the science and
elevated it. until she Is grand mistress OF
its. arts and absolutely in possession Of its
secrets.
Her complexion. too. will be coed
But this is not 10 be much wondered a.
In these days. when all women have good
compilations.
The woman whose skin is spotted
Ftreaked or freckIed is much to blame. for
The condition is one that is easily RENE
died.
As for the pimpled woman, she is almost
past discussion, for pimples can be driven
away as though they were bsnlshed by
magic.
The girl Of 1904 will be tall. and TO &C
ing exercises.
She will stand perfectly erect. with her
hands over her head.
She will lift both her hands standing on
tiptoe meanwhile and will do everything In
her power to straighten her back. her
spine, her neck and her shoulders. and to
make herself seem taller than she really
Is. beside actually Iengthening her frame.
HOW SHE WILL STAND.
Standing erect is almost lost art. or
was until the girl Of 1904 began 10 pre-
pare herself TO he perfect.
Now the young woman who has
learned the trick can stand perfectly
straight and can hold her head UP at the
Same time and her chin out.
It is distinct art.
Nobody can teach you this as well as
an army officer.
1t is said that a. a certain very we'll
known private finishing school FOR youu-
women in Washington the puniIs arc
Taught 10 stand in the most approved
military manner.
They get their lessons from the army
officers and from the Diplomatic Corps.
A military carriage does not mean
masculine bearing by any means.
But it does mean pretty bearing.
To stand in military fashion you rest
your weight upon the balls Of the feet
and tip slightly forward
You square the shoulders. you draw the
abdomen in. you initiate the lungs and lift
the chin.
The pose. IF not too exaggerated. Is =
very pretty one.
Al West Point the cadet who cannot
hold this position IS ridIculed. and it is
said that the hszing Is only a punish
ment for the fresh who falls short Of
the correct bearing.
But 1t IS difficult. terribly difficult, and
any old, army officer will tell you how
hard it was at first to carry his chest !
out his abdomen in. his shoulders back |
and his chin up.
Resting on the heels will give one an |
awkward carriage, but resting upon the |
balls Of the feet makes the figure pretty. |
Anna Held. who has a remarkably pref |
- walk. declares that the secret Of her |
pretty gait in her pretty heels.
''If I were TO wear low heels" says she, /
4 would walk entirely without grace. No /
woman can be graceful in low, fiat heels, |
and no woman can carry herself cor
rectly''
Another very beautiful young woman
says:
= can tell at glance what kind OF
heel woman is wearing
II she says backward as she walks
and settles on her heels. so that her chess
falls in and her waist is too high in front
then I know that she is wearing low
heels.
''R'rt If she has sn erect and snsPPy