The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-02-18
pay for the gain.

,,, oiloe on, the woman
must proceed to live up to it. She
VIII ind that it helps her to keep
ner shoulders straight and her BODY
erect She must learn to poise
iieiself properly, throwing her
weight on the balls of her feet and
resisting the temptation tc SWAY
That is a tendency
which grows upon women as they
advance III years and in flesh. If
they 90 not stand so straight that
they lean the other way" they let
TIER shoulders drop until the mid
die or the back is like hump. All
about the country one NAV see
women i'll the late fifties who have
Dent their shoulders until they look
almost as though they were deform-
cd. This could have been spared
them # they had taken a little
pains carly i'll life. And even an
elderly woman can do much to cor
rect such stoop if she is willing
TO give herself trouble about it.
10 stand straight is neither TO
bend backwards nor to droop for
wards. The prominent abdomen
IS as unslghtly as the bumped I'D
shoulders. The woman with the
trend towards either should exer-
else herself every day standing in
front OF mirror. She is wise if
she follows the advice of one sensi-
Die housekeeper and hangs a look
ing glass i'll her kitchen where she
can see herself as she steps back
and forth about her work and bring
herself up with a round turn if she
slips into any slovenly trick of
carriage
The corset will give good figure
tor time, but a woman must work
to keep it. If she is too thin for
beauty the task will be simpler for
her than for the woman inclined to
put flesh. The thin woman may
have to take exercise, as the stout
one must do, but she has less to
carry about with her while she is
doing it. For both it is essential
that exercise should be taken in
doors and out. The latter is vastly
preferable, for obvious reasons.
But the exercise in doors is far
better than nothing.
One woman who would be called
old if her age was known has new
er, for fifteen years, failed to go
through certain course of what
she calls her gymnastics on ris-
ing in the morning. For ten min
utes daily, she bends and twists her
body, STOPPING until she sits on her
heels and rising without laying
hold of anything to assist her. She
leans forward until she can touch
the floor with her finger tips, with
out bending the knees, and back
ward until her forehead is in con-
tact with the wall She swings
her arms about, kicks the air Wig
orously and in every way she can
brings all her muscles into play.
AS a result of this she is as brisk
and agile as women many years
her junior and asserts that she new
er means to grow old but to keep
her strength and vigor to the end.
AS she probably will.
When such exercises as this are
taken it should be with the window
open, even in cold weather. There
is no use in initiating the lungs I'M
less you fill them with fresh air.
For this reason as we'll as for many
others, outdoor exercise is prefera-
bic to that taken in a gymnasium,
no matter how we'll equipped this
may be. At the best, it is only a
substitute. Long walks, horseback
rides, bicycle spins, golf or tennis
all do their share i'll developing the
muscles, reducing adipose tissue OF
strengthening the body to gair
flesh. One at least of these IS need
ed to keep the figure i'll shape, OF
failing this, one must follow the
exercises | have outlined. These
may be aided by such appliances
as lifting machine, dumb-bells
Indian clubs, and the like. Be
cause of the many muscles calico
into play by it, ping pong IS one Q
the best house games known. 1
encourages bending and STOPPING
and reaching and stretching, an6
by all these means DEVELOPS an6
improves the figure.
But, says some one, "How cal
this be done i'll the long, straigh
front corset pictured everywhere?
1t cannot. But there are corset
which come to be worn on sucf
occasions. The ribbon girdle cor
set, made either i'll heavy satin RIB
bon or in wide tape, or the shor
equestrian corset is adapted to al
sorts of vigorous exercise. 1t Il
also excellent for the women Wh'