The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
TO MAKE SEWING HEAL thy
Correct Position Makes Of It an Exee-
4 else That VIII Be Of Great
.2.ss Benefit. 5s.

There is right way and q wrong
way to sew, and she who pursues the
right way arises from her days work :
greatly benefited, She may be wearied,
but her WEAKNESS is that weariness-
brought on by healthy work, like the
WEAKNESS which follows a game Of out
door sport, says the American Queen.
Sewing, as women usually sew, is in
furious to the health and to the ap-
pearance. It makes the shoulders
round, the chest hollow, the complex
ion muddy, and, furthermore, causes
indigestion and headache. But there
is no reason why this should be So
Correct sewing is governed by few
simple rules, which, if followed out,
make the plying of needle and thread
an exercise which deepens the chest,
improves the carriage, strengthens the
back and shoulders. clears the complex
ion and brightens the eyes. 49, ~
In the first place the SEWING room
should be we'll ventilated. The air in
it should be as fresh and pure as the
air out of doors. Three operations go
on in the sewing room, viz. cutting,
the seamstress standing at the table;
stitching. seated at the machine; sew
ing, with the material in the lap. In
cutting. the manner in which the SEAM
stress bends over the table is every
thing. In order that she may bend
over properly, she should first take for
two or three minutes the following
simple, easy and beneficial exercises: - -
Stand perfectly erect, the heels to-
gether, the CHA and abdomen In, raise
the arms, held stiff, from the sides out-:
ward, until the hands meet over the.
head, and at the time the hands meet,
the lungs should be filled to their full
est extent with air. Slowly exhaling
the air, lower the arms to the sides
again. Repeat, this movement 20 times.
. This. exercise straightens the back.
develops the lungs and gives to the
body the precise, poise that$sit should
have. The seamstress. having through.
it acquired the proper bodily poise, can
set to work at her cutting table, taxi
ing care to bend over only from the
hips. Working in this position is per-
fectly healthy. The chest is expanded,
the back, neck and knees are straight.
and the abdomen held in. Hence tho
longer the seamstress bends over tho
table the more good she does to her.
self, insuring graceful carriage and
STRENGTHENING the muscles. She should,
all through her work, breathe with
long, deep breaths. -. r: =.
| In sitting to sew with the material
on the lap: a rocking chair should new
er be used. A rocking chair. throws
the body out of balance by pitching it
backward at an unnatural angle In
it the muscles of the front of the body
the muscles of the> chest and dia-
Ephragm-are contracted, the chest is
made hollow, the ribs are pulled down,
and the back is rounded @ :.
! "A chair: with 9 straight back or q
stool should be- used, and the body
should be held in the same erect posi-
ton that the cutting table requires
chin and abdomen in, back straight,
chest out. Of course, 1t is necessary,
when sewing on the lap, to bend for
ward, but the bending should be done
from the hips-the back should not be
rounded. Sewing at the machine, prop
erly conducted, is an admirable exer-
else. Let the seamstress sit erect
bending only at the hips, and the rapid
pedaling will be beneficial as health
full exercise. s