The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
How to Make
the Body 1.-the
and Graceful
N infancy begins the training OF the

TN infancy begins the training OF the
japanese acrobat or the oriental
= dancing girl who comes among
western nations and astonishes them
with fea,s OF physical agility and grace
In early childhood should begin the
education OF every little girls body. II
is then that physical exercises OF all
kinds are delight. A girl from infan-
cy TO sixteen can perform with ease
gymnastics that will be impossible
without some training even 10 young
woman OF twenty.
The really Up TO date mother dresses
her little daughters very simply and IN
such way as not TO obstruct at al the
free motion OF the friSky Young mus
cles There are some plain and not
diHicult exercises for securing Timber.
active body that suit equally any mem-
Der or the feminine sex from ten 20
eighty. III certain former famous ex-
FOUNDER OF so called Delsartisn had At
tended 10 these as Professionally - she
sought 10 obtain pupils at high prices.
then at public entertainments, she
would not have shown herself on q an
AWFUL example of all that womAn
should not be physically She Mad
classic poses enough In a way. but Ah<
showed TO her audiences a ksrlike h<,,hv
draped in white. and IL is doubtful Sf
she could have tied her own shoes or IA
when in a standing posture she could
have seen her own toes.
Now. let US say a mother has a little
girl of ten and that she wishes 10 keen
the daughters body 1.-the and willowy
and TO make her own so. The two to-
gether can take the exercises here Civ
en- Let all obstructing clothing be re.
moved. Then let the two lie fat upoa
their backs. full length. upon the floor.
arms crossed upon the breast Next.
without moving the arms. let each try
to raise herself TO a sitting posture.
The act must be accomplished with the
muscles of the back. body and lower
limbs, without any assistance whatever
from the hands or arms. IL is well foe
this exercise, as in rising from or sit
ting down in chair TO imagine for the
time that one has no hands or arms
Probably the little girl will be able
easily to rise from the fiat OF her hack
10 the sitting posture without releasing
her hands and arms from the crossed
position upon her breast Proba bly, her
mother will not be able To do IL at all al
first. But let them keep il up. Let
mamma leave her daughters new frock
untucked and without catstitchIng-it
will look quite as pretty and in fully az
good taste for child's frock-and at
tend TO this physical exercise at least
once day for. say. ten minutes. II
will pay them both.
After the mother has made her body
and leg muscles timber enough to- rise
from the fiat of the back TO a sitting
=
arms let the next step be taken. THAT
is TO rise upon her feet. get straight mp
from the floor and stand erect without
the help OF hands or arms. Again tho
mother will find difficulty: again then
daughter will do IL easily. II may be-
mentioned that this rising from the fat
of ones back straight up upon the feet
without using the arms il one 81 the
exercises policemen use in their GYM
nastic training.
After this feat has been practiced tiIt
II is easily accomplished take another.
That is to lie upon the back. as before.
and raise the legs and bend them over
forward till the toes touch the floor a,
the top of the head as IL Hes upon the
floor. Do this many times. the arms
folded across the breast as before
The feat is really not SO difficult as IL
looks to be. Any woman can perform
IL with practice and perseverance, fy-
Ing across chair, the head II possible,
touching the floor on one side the feet
on the other. and extending the arms
beyond the top OF the head till tho
hands touch the floor Is strengthening
and Strengthening TO the back Glory
in a strong back.
Let matron and maid remember this:
Fixing the mind calmly and firmly
upon the task during a gymnestic exer-
else. keeping always before you the per-
fected act as you wish 20 perform 10.
goes far toward accomplishing athletic
culture as well as other things
MARY GOULD LYLE