The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-26
THE BEAUTY QUEST.
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as cheerful about 1t as you can. When a recent magazinc writer described physical culture classes as places where "middleaged wives are to be seen solemnly hopping about on one foot" decided that our women have failed to get at the real spirit of the beauty teaching, no matter how con- scientfously they have been following the letter of Its laws
 Hark back to the days of your youth and think of how you used to work up" Sometimes 1t was sitting, sometimes standing. In sitting, you pull back hard on the ropes, straining the arm and shoulder muscles in do- ing so. You also thrust the feet and legs straight forward. bringing all their muscles into use. As regularly as the swing of the pendulum, you re- lax from this tension, letting the swing carry itself by the momentum you have given It. Then again comes the stiffening of the body, the strong push of all the force of your muscles to increase the momentum. All sorts of good things are happening to your body while you are going through this.
 When you work up in a standing position. the legs will do less of the motor work and the arms more. Make the whole trunk assist. Bend far down and pull with your whole might when you are tugging for the trunk mus cles working as we'll as those of the arms. The knees will come in for their share.
 The ropes of the swing will give you practice that will make a sturdy sailor lassie of you in no time. Be- gin now your nd-ovcr-hand work You will never regret 1t, for it is one of the hest aYerCiSec indulge in. Treat your hands gently if they are not accustomed to this sort of thing. There is~no use in rais- ing giant blisters which may incapac- itate you from further atSletic fun. If perchance you should get blisters in spite of precautions. handle them with great care and abstain from rope work until they have healed. It may cause very sore spot if the skin tears away. A blister should be pricked with the finest and cleanest needle to al- low the water to be discharged. and then bound loosely to prevent being torn.
 Make the rope as long as it can be made so as to allow yourself an ex- tensive climb. Work up with arms and legs. Cross at the top to the other rope and come down carefully at first lest you injure the skin of the hands sudden slide down the rope may leave you in a sad condition.
 very good practice is to remove the board from the rope, draw 1t high, then swing by your hands from the rope Draw up your feet and go through the performance that little boys go through when they give a cir GUS in a barn. A simple pair of bloom CTS will make this possible. You should be sure to provide yourself with a pair if you are going into athletics to any extent, because you cannot abandon yourself to exercise if clothes hamper you
 Draw up your feet until they come through your arms as you hang Have some one help you turn at first if you are not used to this sort of thing. In time 1t will be easy to turn by your own effort. Then practice hanging by your knees. After you have mastered these two accomplishments, turning and hanging, all sorts of variations will present themselves to your mind
 You will feel at ease with the rope drawn high into the air. and will perch there as lightly and confidently as professional in the circus ring But heed a warning: If you are in clined to be dizzy, cultivate your. con- fidence gradually and never impose upon it. You must not undertake dif- ficult aerial feats until they cause no nervousness.
 l once heard of a contractor who said he never put painter under him upon very high and dizzy piece of work until he had questioned the man and assured himself that he felt no uneasiness on account of the height. He said that the danger lay in the mans own feeling. and if he was afraid of falling. he stood a good chance of doing so, whereas if he climbed out boldly there was no need to fear for him.
 An impulse to fall or jump from heights, even when there is no good Opportunity to do so, is an annoying thing to endure. and it will be worth your while to overcome this habit of nervousness, but 1t must be done -ent- ly and without sudden shocks. A girl who cannot sit in the balcony of n theater without wanting to plunge over into the dress circle surely ought to take herself in hand
 IT you suffer from this af1iction. 20 to some high place where there ts a railing, sit down calmly and relax Let every muscle in your body loose. Your impulse is to grow perfectly tense, as if you were holding on to AOu must leI go, no mat ter how much effort that may cost YOU. Perhaps for a minute this complete re- taxation will make you feel as if you were really falling. Persist. For just those painful and often embarrassing sensations. the rope work is excellent as well as for undeveloped muscles.
 To make the most of the rope. ar- range to take it apart so that 1t hangs IS two, and have a pair of strong rings that can be attached to the ends. These may be of iron or heavy wood and W Il be better fol your palms if lowered with leather. You can hang and turl ln these Gs ycU do in the rope; you can swing fIon one to the other, shifting from band tc hand as you do so and thus bringing the weight of che boQy upon one arm
 By parting the roIG as for the rings, the horizontal bar car be inserted and still another meaEs 1f exercise given. It is always good to change the practice from day to day. for even the slight est change trings to the front some muscle that has Leen neglected.
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