Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-07
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
How to Begin a Child's Train
ning
MAKING UGLY PRETTY
RUNNING ISoAN ART TO BE Gull
TIVATED.
Games Straighten Out Round Shout
ders and Crooked
Backs.

Backs.
Copyright, 1903, by E.. C. McClure.)
Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
In nothing Is 1t OF more Importance to
time by the foreiock than in the matter of
training childrenis bodies. :-t
This care, In childhood, never loses its
ultimate reward and saves much future
trouble. As children get little good from
"hat Lney learn mechanically, instead of
wasting too much time over wands, Indian
clubs and dunbbells, arouse the youngsters
interest In their limbs and muscles by
teaching them games!
For example, let them learn to play hook
ey This sounds rough, but 1t Is not. All
that Is required Is a suitable dress in which
girl can run, stick and ball. and the
use OF field. The rules are 80 simple that
they can be learned in short order. For
school girls. the game possesses this great
anVantaSe-that It can be played between
ecnool hours. In half an hour or an hour
quite number Of goals can be scored
,,, Me or W,,h paayea properly according to
Gus hitting out wildly, hockey is capt.
tai game TOR both limbs and lungs. Run
ming about In the cold air sends the players
Af0A11C All d CURIOUS kiOW,
Hockey on roller or ice skates is even
q more eNhilarating game.
Ban playing 10 splendid exercise for the
arms and shoulders. So are the old-fash-
and shuttlecock. 1t II wonderful what a
stra1ghtentng-ouf power these games have
upon round shoulders and crooked backs.
Muscles OF arms, throat, back and shoulders
become more pAable, flrmer, harder and
stronger.
Al there IL q good deal Of running about
connected with all these games, both the
upper and lower parts Of the body are
Cannes occupy the mind as we'll as the
body, and for that reason awaken an in
terest in exercising that nothing else can
do. They are interesting in themselves,
the open air. Games also develop physical
and moral courage, self-reliance and SELF
control.
To Be Light and Supple.
Running Is a supreme beautiher, making
round limbs light, supple and free. Alta
lanta ran, and II she had been a Spartan
girl. she couldn't have married If she hadn't
been able to rum! The whole future Of a
maiden Of classic times depended upon her
physical development. mo feeble girl could
pass herself off as robust by any artifice Of
Dress nor could ishe marry.
The Greek women were the finest that
have ever existed, physically. and it Is i'm
possible to looka at the large-eyed, sound
lunged creatures as they appear in classical
collections without feeling that they tasted
all the JOY and sweetness and beauty Of
living. 81
Running aces is the very thing to put
joyousness in girls manners, and joyous
ness is SO rare as to be In itself almost
beauty.
The girl who fs being bred to be lovely
should know how to walk with every mus
Gle doing Its work, firm, easy, counterpois-
ed She should be able to throw a stone,
to vault a fence, to climb a tree, unham-
pered by the tyranny OF petticoats. Her
clothes should be loose. light and short
Corsets should never be put on girls Of
nine and ten, or even twelve, years. This
Is sometimes done to keep them from be-
coming round shouldered, so their mothers
say.
II a child is sitting or standing with
dropping head and contracted chest, put
her on the floor fat on her back. Then let
Her lift her shoulders and thorax, without
moving her head. This exercises the mus
cles Of the back Of the neck. The child
should then turn over on her stomach and
lift herself, head and all, without aid from
the hands. Then, with both arms extend
ed straight and palms to the floor, let her
lift first one arm and then the other and
then both together without lifting the head.
Lying upon the back again, with the arms
straight, let her sweep them slowly until
they meet above the head thumb to thumb
still touching the floor, and so down to the
sides and back again, describing semi-cir-
oles.
Plenty Windows.
The house In which the girl who is to be
healthy, happy and beautiful is brought
up should have plenty Of windows Paper
should not be on the walls Of her bed room.
It should have hardwood floors instead of
carpets, few hangings, and little bric-a-
brac; and she should spend as little time
as possible in 1t, or in the rest of the house.
If for any reason she is kept in the house
for an entire day-except in case of sick
her going out-throw open window for
few minutes, and have the child stand be-
fore 1t and draw in long, deep breaths and
slowly exhale them.
early and late and often on rising, retiring
and during the day may be Of benefit
Reaching up with the right arm. as though
one were trying to touch the ceiling, then
with the left then with both arms, is an
exercise which lengthens the line from the
waist up. Stretching makes the muscles
elastic.
Also let the child bend the body forward
until she Is able to touch the toes with
the fingers without bending the knees
This stretches the muscles of the leg.
A daily bath must be part Of the training.
This is good for both figure and complex
ion. Limbs, hands and feet may be rubbed
and manipulated after bath. Pinching
the ends Of the fingers now and then does
much to make them taper. Use safety scis-
sors to cut the nails. Do not file them
They may be emoothed OF with emery
paper. but take care never to use the emery
on the fiat surface OF the nail.
To make q chiid's eyelashes long and
sweeping. they may be carefully clipped
with blunt pointed scissors. This causes
them to grow long, but 1t 10 Of little avail
to cut them after one is grown. Rub both
eyelashes and eyebrows. now and then,
with sweet Oil to- improve their growth.
To Comb the Hair.
In combing the hair. instead Of beginning
At tho head. the first combing should start
at tho end OF TIE haE. In other words,
It Is combed upward to avoid angling.
breaking and tearing out the hair. This
method Of combins removes the dust and
gives free ventilation Brush the hair in
semi-circles from the forehead to the Gen.
ter OF the head, and then from the nape
Of the neck upward to the same point.
Occasionally massage the scalp with the
tips Of the Angers. dipped in tepid water.
II the hair Is very dry, dip the fingers in
perfumed olive ou and rub it well into the
roots Of the hais, using only very little oil.
Use but little soap On the hair. as soap
splits 1t unless thoroughly washed off. IN
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