The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-08

sinpie and Easy Exercises That VIII
speedily Give Them a Slim
nnd supie Figure.

What is the best form OF exercise for
. girl? is a question frequently asked
One thing is certain, states the New
York Sun. II should be such ~ will
develop all parts OF the body. II the
chest is hollow It must be expanded
and the lungs ipcreased In slze II the
shoulders are rounded they must be ex-
ercised until they acquire tho proper
degree Of flatness. II the arms are thin
the muscles must be developed and
strengthened
Thus II Is plain that there can be no
one best form OF exercise To attempt
TO train a girls mind by forcing her to
follow single line OF study. as Latin
or mathematics. for example. would be
no greater folly than 20 try 10 develop
her physically by the practice OF a sin
gle form Of exercise. as walking or
swinging Indian clubs.
In physical culture. the first thing to
ascertain IS the capacity OF the lungs.
How often 90 you draw full breath 2
When standing with the arms and
hands extended before You and after
taking a full inspiration. can you touch
the hands behiod the back without the
desire 10 coughf Can you touch the
back of the hands IN this position. or
make the elbows meet. without assist
ance.
Try II. not once. but often. n you
cannot accomplish the feat at first,
keep at II until you can do 80, and you
will find that the lungs are expanding
and the rounded shoulders becoming
Strengthened
With the lungs demanding more air,
the blood will become better oxygen
ated, the eyes will grow brighter. the
checks more ruddy and the brain clear
eF.
Standing erect. swinging the body
around from the hips TN your face Is
where the back Of your head was. Then
swing first around 70 one side and then
to the other In this way 70 times, ard
then let the body hang limp from the
waist, the arms hanging dead and mo.
tionless.
Whirl the head around. letting It hang
over the neck as II II we're broken.
Hang II backward, then in front. then
20 each side, and finally straighten the
head, stretch the neck high and relax.
These exercises make waist lines trim
and head and throat supple,
Then come the arms Stretch them
and strain them IN all directions. up
and out and down. Whiri them like q
mill wheel. stretch them TO the bach
clasp them to the front and over the
head and behind the head and pull hard
Lock them together behind the waist
The fingers must be exercised next
Thrust them out stifi and hard. strain.
| ing them with force and at arms length
Then close them into a tight fst and
bend them up and down and over and
over again. Shake them until they are
limp and dead and relaxed.
The girl who Is able to go through
with these movements easily and grace
fully will become In time as plant AZ
blade OF grass.
The same position must be maintained
during these exercises the bacI
straight. but with definite curving In oi
the small Of the back. the abdomen flat.
tened and the chest thrown ont.
The correct standing position Rfvei
an erectness of figure aud a good poiss
Of the head She who wishes to preserve
the silmness and contour q her figure
must begin By learning 20 stand we'll and
to hold the body erect when seated. Al
ways preserve eFectness and poise until
Il becomes second nature.
The figure is kept youthful IN this
way because muscles are made frrm and
strong