The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-12
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"Tell me how to widen my chest, u
said the narrow chested girl to the
physical culture director. 81 am
plump enough elsewhere, but, oh SO
fat in the bust"
The physical culture teacher look
ed at the girl and smiled.
"Your gown is against you," said
she. ''You are not dressed SO that
you can fill out in the chest.
"Your upper arm sleeves are toe
tight your stock pinches your throat,
your waist too small, and you are
uncomfortable.
1.-THE first lesson in getting full
figure lies in making the clothing COM
Portable. Loosen the neck, let out
the corset strings give the lungs a
chance 70 breathe deeply, and try to
be comfortable.
Widening the chest hangs upon
three principles. First, there is deep
breathing. Second there is comfor-
table dressing. Third there is the art
of sitting correctly.
"To begin at the third, the art offs
ting correctly is great deal to the
girl who wants wide chest. Unless
she learns to sit right she can never
have the figure she Graves.
"She must learn to sit, not all in a
heap, but erect and with the shoulders
thrown back. Unless the shoulders
are bent back so that the lungs are
wide open there can be no such thing
as expansion.
''Never sit STOPPING, if you want a
nice bust. Never bend forward while
you work. Never have your back bone
curved or crooked or twisted. Sit al
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1y erect attitude.
Sitting correctly is even more i'm
portant than walking correctly. Most
women are seated for hours every day
and to know how to sit properly and
how to keep the lungs open while sit
ting is essential.
Narrow chested women who sew
or read or remain seated most of the
day, should study to obtain asuitable
rest for the back. The chair should
be straight backed. yet it should be
built so that it supports the back with
out firing it.
ut is harder to sit straight than
to stand straight, because one is less
accustomed to doingit. But it can be
done. Practice sitting up straight
every day for an hour, and it will
soon become second natnre to you.
There is another thing, too, about
sitting up,straight. It more becom-
ing than STOPPING. Look around the
dinner table any day and notice how
the pretty women all sit very erect,
while it is the old and ugly ones that
stoop forward.
Deep breathing as a chest devel-
oper is marvellous agent. Stand up
straight, throw the shoulders back,
expand the chest and take deep,
full breath.
"Note how your lungs fill out and
how beautifully you feel. Beautiful
is the only word for the exhilaration
which comes from long, deep breath.
"This deep breathing, or abdominal
breathing is marvellous health agent.
Your lungs are your digestion both
profit, by it, not to mention your
looks.
Athletes will tell you that they
can mark the increase in chest expan-
sion simply by taking deep breathing
lessons every day. AS they take
long abdominal breaths the chest ex-
pands and the width materially in
crease. Nor is this temporary in
crease, but permanent one.
"Then there is the matter of cloth
ing to be considered. Unless the
clothing is comfortable and loose there
is no chance of chest development.
The girl who cannot throw back her
shoulders and take a long breath
without splitting her gown, will never
expand her chest. Her clothing is
against it.
"The special places where a waist
should be large are in the neck, in the
belt and across the chest. There
should be plenty ofroom here. Pres.
sure upon the waist muscles will in
variably cramp the breathing.
"Then after one has attended to
the matter of loose dressing, to correct
sitting, and to deep breathing, there
comes the matter of exercise.
Exercise for bust development is
very important. There are many i'm
plements for home pratice but, af-
ter all, nothing is better than the ball
exercise. A bowling alley is good
thing and the girl who has access to
one for a few hours exercise two
or three times week is sure to have
a wide chest.
"The girl who cannot visit bowl
ing alley and who cannot indulge in
gymnasium practice, can always put
on gymnasium suit in her own home
and practice by herself.
''She can roll a ball, throw it and
toss it up in the air. She can play
hand ball, for only big soft rubber
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