The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-19

Begin with a very light plane. There should be no effort ta handle a heavy tool This is according to the law that regulates dumbbells and Indian clubs. The benefit to the beginner should come entirely from the use of her own mus cles in the motions, not from the lifting of heavy we .ght. A large plane will be more difficult to manipulate. and you will be more concerned with what it is doing than with what you are doing.
 Grasping the plane with the right hand and guarding 1t with the left. bring 1t back on the board to a position on a line with your waist. Then begin a slow for ward movement. You will ind at first that you are keeping your body still and letting your arms do the moving. This is wrong.
 Bear in mind that your body is %iNe haru- mer, that 1t gives the force to youE arm. You want to bring to bear plenty of force if you are to smooth that board. If you pump your arms back and forth, they will soon grow tired and you will find your self panting, while no good to yourself or the board is accomplished.
 Now try again. forcing the body to pro- pei Make 1t do the pumping forward. You will find that the knees instinctively begin to follow in the forward motion Let them. Flaming is as good for the leis as the arms.
 You must not be conscious of confining skirts while you are doing work like this There Is no need of bloomers for it, un- less you wear all kinds of pullbacks that prevent your legs from having free move ment. If you wear sensibly lo0se skirts they will allow you all the freedom nec- essary. Take advantage of it.
 Women never move enough in their clothes, and the clothes are by no means all to blame, although men are in the habit of thinking that they are. How much more men use their whole bodies than women do! Partly because their dress encourages this; and partly because women have formed generations of habits of being rigid. Years ago it was consid- cred "ladylike" to keep the hands folded in the lap as much as possible to place the feet exactly together when sitting. and in general to be gentle" There are all sorts of ways of interpreting gentle. ' It is doubtful if the kind of gentleness that prevented women from breathing heartily, from moving easily and in a Timber way. ever as proof of good breed ing. At any rate, it is not consistent with carpentry.
 You will soon see for yourself that plan ing is a first rate knee-bending exercise an arm movement, and shoulder exer- else. Besides these, 1t brings into play the muscles of the trunk. as the rhythmic bending forward and strengthening back goes on. Done rapidly. as 1t should be after practice has made perfect, it sets the blood to flowing briskly, the cheeks grow pink and the breathing becomes full and strong Breathe all the way through the trunk while you are at work, as at all other times. Let the heaving go on all the way from the top of the chest to the abdomen.
 As to chiselling-that belongs almost en- tirely to the body. The instructor says My classes ask me why the wood cuts under my chisel as if 1t were a piece of cheese. They hew away in vain at their wood. The trick of 1t all lies in making the body furnish the force. Chiselling is not an arm exercise, as the amateur thinks. The shoulder must set itself to work and the body behind the shoulder Then something gives way and there is apparently very little force exerted, The amateur puffs and turns purple in her iruitless effOrts''
 Wood carving is beautiful art for wo- men and an excellent exercise IS we'll, although 1t calls for chisel work alone lSnd IS not so general a course in physical