The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-27
Hon q Woman Can Build Herself Up
TO Charming Pypbo,tions By Strengthening the Lungs
and Taking Off SmbeyRu0Hs Flesh.

melted in a double boiler and thinned with
almond oil. There are skin foods mace
OF that most soothing and most excellent
skin tonic, mutton tallcw. and to this -
added enough red vaseline TO make a
paste. II too thick. make thin with gly"-
erin. If your skin Will endure il, or WITH
lanOIin.
WHAT MASSAGE WILL Do.
Massage is a very powerful agent at al
times. II acts as exercise upon the mus
cles and gives them the needed amount X
work without firing them. Tired people.
sick people. old people and those who are
prevented from taking out-of-door eS'r-
else should indulge in massage Massage
and deep breathing will work wonders for
a person who is not very firm in health.
Why must ! take deep breathing exsr-
cises and why must 1 practice arm move
ments daily" asked a woman not long
ago Of her physical culture teacher
My husband enjoys perfect health, set
he does not exercise with dumbhells nor
does he swing Indian clubs. Yet he is not
fat nor is he short Of breath. lie is Wi
proportional and strong. Yer he never ~
crcises unless he is compelled 10 II" so.
Please explain to me why this is SO.
The physical culture teacher smiled.
Madam" said She your husband pros
ably rises early in the morning and S"r5
to his business. He is on his feet all da'.
He goes out to his MONDAY meal; AM.
perhaps. before he gets home at night -
walks several mites. He stands for hour.
and when net standing, he is busy with
! his arms.
Your husband" continued this phys
o. --T vE.---
ical exercise but mental exercise as well.
| He works all day with his head a. vol
| as with his heels. with his arms and with
| his whole body. He lives an active life.
When he gets home at night he il
tired to death. He does not need To eXsF-
| else. He has had enough exercise all
You. dear madam, on the nther hand,
| have been resting. You have sewed. You
have. it may he. done your housework.
| You have, perhaps, walked a little TO d"
| your shopping. But your exercise has
not been violent or long continued. You
| have been in the house nearly all day and
have stopped to rest very frequently.
You nave had none of the active out
of-door life which is the lot Of your hus-
band. who rises in the morning and goes
10 his business.
Your muscles are very seldom cxer-
! cised. You dress your body tightly and.
when YOU walk. you walk with your lower
| limbs alone. You do not move your whole
body as in rapid or vigorous walking.
| Even your neck is not exercised. for IL
is tightly bound up in a stock You get
little or no muscular exercise
Now, the woman who is muscle bound,
| as one teacher Of physical culture ex-
presses it. needs a little vigorous exercise
every day. and. if she cannot get out into
the air to obtain it. she should exercise
| at home.
Exercising at home is often a great
deal pleasanter for a woman than excr-
cising in the cpen afr. She does not al
ways want to go out and walk and 1t -
not always convenient for her to join a
gymnasium class.
Blu there is no woman living who. IL
she he in good health. cannot loosen her
| clothing and take daily exercise. She can
lift her arms: she can balance herself on
one foot and then on the other.
she can breathe deeply. Sh can throw
back her shoulders. She can bring into
play every muscle of the body and she
| can gradually build herself up into mus
| Cular perfection. taking off her superfu-
Gus fat and making herself a symmetrical
! woman"