The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-28
THE SPRING GIRL AND
HER 1890 WALK

Marian Martineau in Chicago Tribune.
The spring girl is here, and she has
brought a new walk with her. 1t is
literally a springy walk, but it has 9TH
er things besides springiness to recon-
mend it,
It is a graceful walk. it is an easy
walk. it is a hea1thful walk, and it is
walk that gets there! 1t is also d
walk which is adapted to the new skirt,
the 1880 skirt, and on that account it
must be called the 1890 walk.
Now the 1880 walk is by no means
an athletic walk. 1t is more on femi-
nine lines. If you want to walk il, get
out your fullest dress skirt, stand in
front Of pier glass, lift up your dress
until your feet are exposed, and prac-
tice
The peculiarities of the walk are
these: You must stand up straight,
straight enough to have a Greciari
bend. Take care to preserve the
straight front. This front line must be
automatically precise. It must be one
straight line from the chin right down
TO the tip of the toes.
Take your stand before long glass
and stand erect. If you are correctly
poised your chest will be full and your
abdomen viii be held in. To test this
let drop a string from the bust to the
floor Tie weight upon the end of
the string. If You are properly poised
the string viii swing clear without
touching the abdomen.
Weight Rests on Ball of Foot.
To walk correctly practice walking
upon the balls of the feet. Bear your
weight upon your foot at the broadest
part Do not come down upon your
heels heavily. do not place your weight
upon the back part of your foot. Let
the ball Of the foot serve as the pivot
upon which you rest the body and
swing it forward.
The woman who learns to walk upon
the balls Of her feet Will be able to
wear high heeled shoes and there are
few women who would not be glad to
wear the tail fashionable heels of the
season. They are pretty and when a
woman goes out TO walk she wants to
look nice. High heels are never bene-
hcial, yet, to the woman who has
learned to walk upon the balls of her
feet, they are much less injurious than
though she had not acquired the art of
walking in this manner.
The correct poise is absolutely neces- !
sary 10 the woman who is going to
learn the new walk. She must learn 10
stand with the chest out and the abdo- |
men i'm. The shoulders are thrown back |
and the back is curved. The girl who 4!
cannot get this for herself should take |
lessons Of some West Point cadet. Let !
her ask the first soldier she sees how /
70 stand and he viii tell her to throw |
81 chest out. draw in the abdomen, I
gdrc tho shoulders and mil the ell l
bows down
Walk With the Legs Alone.
Ing is easy. The step is long and the |
loot should be swung out until it rests
almost at right angles with the other |
loot This is easy. But it is one OF
those things which must be practiced
Until It becomes second nature The
right foot is swung forward and the
left follows it, taking step in advance.
and so the body moves along in walk
ing position.
The rule in the walking schools is TO
walk with the legs. not with the back.
nor with the shoulders. The body is
held immovable like that of a soldier,
While the legs propel it along.
Walk entirely with the legs and the
leg muscles" is rule made in the
Walking schools. Don't let the muscles
pl The back assist the legs. Make the
legs Go all the work
Walking exercises as given in the
nalkilg schools consist Of walking in
~ u. exaggerated manner. The feet arc
t ~ high and the pupils walk around
room as high steppsFs. fThe high
SspllS exercise is good practice for