Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

means to you the value of this kind of
exercise is made plain. First of all, 1t is
the best, the most lasting, the most dur
able form of rouge. There is no carm1ne
like that which nature paints in a healthy
girls cheeks: that is not poetry, but solid
fact. No preparation of rouge has ever
been invented which is not slightly different:
in appearance from the real rose, no mat
ter how skillfully applied L have given to
inquirers recipe for rouge; and L have
recommended a wash which, applied to the
cheeks, reddens them; but these are make
shifts at best. Use them IL you Will, out
work meanwhile to produce the real color.
Dumbbells are as good form of appar-
atus for general work as any that you can
use in a small room. The new exercises
differ radically from the old in that they
combine leg and trunk motions with the
dumbbell motions, and this means that the
whole body is brought into play at. one
time that the blood is started circulating
from the head to foot, and that develop
ment is not given to the upper part OF the
body alone. While arms and shoulders are
immensely benefited by the motions the
gain is a general one-one that pertains to
every organ.
Here comes in the second benefit of cir
culation-that is. the one that proba bly,
seems second to you girls. Besides serV-
ing rouge, 1t means more to your gem
eral health than any bottled tonic that
the druggists sell. Stimulating the circu-
lation of the blood aids the digestive or
CANS marvelously. Lungs, heart, all the
rest of them are encouraged to attend bet
ter to their duties Think of what all this
means to your beauty-to the banishing OF
hollow cheeks, dark circles under the eyes.
parched lips, muddy compilations.
Only Gradually at First.
In the beginning you must learn the
dumbbell motions alone, then gradually
combine other motions.
The first position is standing erect with
the bells held upon the hips.
Raise them to the shoulders, holding the
bells vertically with their ends resting
upon the shoulder, the palm of the hand
toward the front. All of these motions
are practiced first with the right hand
then the left, then alternately and lastly
with both together.
Raise the bells to the top of the head,
same position as on shoulders.
Raise them vertically. extending the arm
straight up above the head.
Extend arms forward on level with the
shoulders, bells held vertically.
Extend arms to the sides at shoulder
level.
Raise right arm and reach with bell over
left shoulder, so that your elboW points
to the front.
Having mastered these simple movements
the foundation upon which future work is
based-take up the first step position move
mentS. Step position means placing out
ward of one foot, toe pointed heel raised.
the right foot outward to the right side.
Step position forward left means a placing
of the left foot forward, the toe pointed out
as matter of course.
A Combination.
Now combine these foot movements with
the exercises given above. For instance:
Take step position left and raise the right
arm above the head, bell held vertically and
resting ON top of head. The second count
brings foot and arm back to first position.
Again, with left foot take cross-step po-
sition in front, extending right arm up
ward, bell held vertically in the air.
You can make for yourself an infinite
number of variations, supplying the direc-
tions for alternating and reversing the
Next, introduce knee bending. This is
one exercise: Take side step position for
ward left and bend one knee. A step posi-
ton may be to the side or backward. Com
bine with dumbbell movements.
Next, introduce trunk bending-to The
principle of all this work-all the time that
the arms are at work with the bells, the
legs or waist muscles are also at work
keeping the circulation evenly stimulated
from head to foot instead of allowing it to
be stimulated in the upper part of the body
alone. The exercises in the pictures may
have looked complex and difficult in the
beginning but they are clearing up now.
The one showing bells above the head 10
this: Take cross-step position backward