Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
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Drop arms at the sides, fingers out
stretched. Raise arms to a level with the
shoulders. laterally extended. Drop. Raise.
Continue in rapid counts.
Place your hands on the castings of an
open door, standing a step behind the SILL
Keep your feet in position, lean forward
If you will let one arm do the supporting
for a moment you can feel its biceps with
the other hand. hard and tense.
Arm Exercise.
Hanging in rings or from bar is good
arm developer
AS to massage of the arms All ma ssage
should be taught personally by n skilled
operator, but 1 will describe the motion as
well as l can If you cannot employ pro-
fessional, do the best you can in following
these rules. Seize the left arm at the shout
der with the right hand. or vice Versa
work down toward the wrist with motion
as II the arm were a piece of goods that
you We're wrfiging water from. Go back up
from the wrist and continue the motion up
and down, up and down. Use Il skin ford
In connection with the massage.
But if legs are too short, what is to be
done? 1t is not true that inches can be
added to ones length, matter what some
quack physical trainers may say ID the con-
trary; but it is true that stretching exer-
cfses will straighten crooked legs and ex-
how long they really are. Some persons
bend the knees a great deal in walking,
thus causing themselves to appear shot
legged. This fault can be corrected by
stretching exercises of many kinds Kinks
can be un1inked and legs made to give
themselves the value of every inch that
they possess
Raise and Swing.
Raise yourself by clasping a low bar or
two chairs stood back to back. Swing with
the toes pointed down. legs stretched to
their utmost.
Place a mattress on the floor lie on your
back upon it, raise your legs straight up in
the air, knees rigid.
Stand on left foot, hands on hips. Point
right toe and extend right leg to the side
swing it to the front, to the side. Continue
this as long you can keep your balance,
then reverse, keeping the knee rigid all the
time and the leg stretched as far as possi-
BILE
Some women, who are not really afflicted
with short legs appear to be by reason OF
too large hips. In this case yoIr one solu-
ton of the problem is to reduce the hpS.
This can be done by bicycle riding and
mat work-the same means used building
up scant hips If you are much too heshy
in all respects, the exercise must be ac-
companied by flesh reducing diet
And not of the suggestions given
here points out short cut to beauty. There
is no short cut. But look at the beautiful
classical mOu6lS l1dl DIRE DeiOiC MI. 1'iooi-
fields eyes when he is telling you of your
faults; look at his own exquisite figures
modelled in the likeness of these. Can you
even doubt whether the end Is worth Ell
fort?
A first-class face powder will not cause
enlarged pores, provided you take proper
precautions. Wash the face with warm
water every night and follow this treatment
with a complexion brush scrub. Use colo
water in the morning. Eat wholesomeiy
Water is said to be fattening. Drink all you
naturally crave-not much ice water, now
ever. 1 have not room to give you special
chest exercises, but dumb-bells and pulley
weights are the best apparatus you can
USE Nothing but dye will darken hight
hair-save time. Hair usually darkens with
age.
Keep your hair in curl with a mixture of
three ounces powdered gum arabic dis
solved in one-half pint rose water; strain.
I suppose the growth CT new hairs annoys
you because they are short Instead OF
checking them, strengthen and encourage
them to grow longer by scalp massage and
an occasional dose of a good tonic. You do
not say why your neck is yellow-doeS the
diseoloration come from high collars? The
juice of lemon in a half glass of water is
a good application for you, should judge.
Rub in cold cream afterward.
If used at full strength the pyrogalic acid
dye should turn the hair black. If not, you
may have to repeat the application.
Bad dreams result from either mental or
physical disturbances. Do you fall asleep
with your mind fuli 81 worries! Are you
troubled with indigestion? Try taking
cup of hot milk just before retiring. then
drop every thought of care and RESPONSE
bility, putting yourself in peaceful mood.
Sleeping on the back with the head low
often causes dreams. Sleep ON your side.
The following skin food is excellent to
use in connection with massage for any
part of the body: Four ounces Oil sweet
almonds, two ounces lanolin, two drains
spermaceti two drains white wax three
drains balsam of mecca, ten drops Oil of
roses (attar). Exercise with dumb bells
twice a day and go through neck exercises,
bending and twisting the neck in all drec-
tons. Results are usually slow. You may
have to persist several months before you
see any striking change. There is no get
pretty-quick' method.