The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
! EDUCATING THE BODY i.

Physical activity at all ages 10 a mat
ter Of win and industry. With the child
these are Involuntary. with the middle
aged woman the physical activity mus.
be attained and retained by direct Will
power and muscular effort. II cannot be
said too often that any woman OF any
age, though Ii be hundred, can keep her
body active and graceful IL there is no
actual disease present. II there Is dis
ease, then she is n case for the doctor.
Il not, she Is splendid case for physt-
cal culture.
Did ,vou ever notice how you rise from
chair? II the chair has arms, do you
lean your own arms upon them and pry
yourself UP as IL by two crowbara? Or
lo you let your arms lie or nang quite
loosely, not using them at all, and simply
rise from your chair with the strength
and power within your body: that noble,
beautiful body the Creator gave perfect
into your care and keepingc This latter
q Is the only proper way.
II the chair has not arms. then do you
put your hands upon your thighs and
Again pry yourself up to standing po-
lition as though you were log OF wood
and horribly ungraceful. A glorious
strength resides inherent in the region
of the hips. 1t can be developed almost
imitlessly- When you rise from sit
As a practice sit down, fold your arms
across your breast, then rise. sit down
and rise again In the same manner till
4 becomes easy. In rising and sitting, as
aiine tnat you have no arms at ALL Keep
It up. for thus you viii gain the habit
pf correct sitting down and rising.
One point more along this limo: There
Is tendency in all persons assuming the
sitting D, sture, to sag ipon and around
hot have lnorgh backbone to hold him
self erect. This sagging tendency Is In
auiged in till the woman sometimes be-
comes barrel shaped around the body.
1laeg n "a q
IL IL easy enough II you have clear grit
II yor have not clear grit, You are not
much good anyway. This is the way to
restore the sagged, slumped body: After
you have sat down the above descrtb-
ed proper way. without using your hands
and arms IN the process. notice especially
whether your abdomen touches your
thighs. II 1t does. then you are q badly
saEHed woman, but not nopet5ssly so.
BY sheer force of will and the magniti-
cent strength In the lower half OF you
pull your body up till 1t no longer touches
your thighs. Try It. What e sense Of
iightness and eXhilarattoR this simple
movement gives you'll
Now hold that position permanently
when you sit The woman who sits prop
erly never Tolls back upon her spine.
pressing upon and injuring the great
plexus OF nerves in the back below the
waist and getting for herself a weak back.
If you value grace and health OF body,
DO not loll back In a rocking chair or
anything else. Here Is exactly the right
way to sit: Bear your weight evenly ana
squarely upon the pelvis and the strong
bones at each side of your spine. Hold
yourself perfectly erect, poised in this
position liponthe pelvis AS you sit draw
your body up to its full height in front
and hold It so. II YOU breathe deeply
and FIJI your lungs with air, II will be
a great help in holding your body erect.
Thus shall you forever avoid the ugly
protruding abdomen and stomach. Thus
ahali you maintain forever the graceful,
queenly pose which nature meant you
and all women to keep habitually
Mary Gould Lytie