The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-01

Ii an cut Of proportion Bhs b here row
to try to restore her shapa
Here are the directions for restoring
the figure:
stretch a rope across the room inches
from the noor-no more. Put on a gym
nasium suit and step over the rope without
touching It with either foot.
This looks easy. but you would be sur
prised to see the fat women who lose their
balance In doing H.
The second exercise consists merely OF
stepping over the rope raised to a height
Of 4 inches. This 10 really a stunt for the
woman who IL fat or tho woman who Ia
awkward
The third stunt II tried when the rope
10 raised to inches and the fat woman
puts first one foot over It. and then the
other. without touching the rope IN any
manner.
CLASS OF HEALTHY WOMEN.
dumping over the rope follows. and Il
10 long stage to leap frog. But the wom-
an. no matter how unwieldy. Will get there
in time
What In the first result Of the exercise
Why, the woman begins to feel lighter. She
can notice the difference even before the
scales indicate II. Tho second feeling is
that OF better health.
stopping once at a summer hotel" con-
tinued the physical instructor, in which
there were forty women boarding, ] was
very much interested In the morning re-
ports Of these women. AZ the breakfast
table all had some COMPLAINT TO make. II
would seem as though human nature
were a very, defective thing and the hu-
man system the most faulty piece Of
mechanism In tho world. Each had some
thing wrong.
'One woman had caught a slight cold.
Another had asthma. Another had tooth
ache. Another had rheumatism. In Il
stay Of two weeks saw not one healthy
woman.
But this n not strictly true. The day
before nv departure there arrived at the
hotel a teacher of phvslcai culture with
ten pupils And II ever you saw ten
healthy. handsome women II wts these.
They were up IN the morning bright an''
happy. And all day they were busy with
something. While others rruntsd they
had a rood time. II was inspiring lust 10
watch them.
well. this cia-s vnr see before Won is
q class Of Rrunters. None ever has well
day. am teaching them how 70 Re well
That yeiisw-faced woman. all heut u
with rheumatisn nnd fun Of misery. is
just besinnipe the cure The others have
made great progress.
''fsut the most satisfactory pupNs ~ all
are the society women ~ the fsy. No mat
ter how old they get. they never look It.
No matter how tired they feel, they never
show It. No matter how much or how
sften they eat. they never get fat. No
matter what they 20 through. they never
NOV the furrows and the strange deforri-
tiss which creep IN upon other women.
at the age Of 70 most women have
bisached lcok. The skin Il gray; the hair
matches Il, ths eyes have faded and there
n Q strangely drawn look TO the mus
elss Of the fsea Time IN getting In its
nns work.
KDHPINo ONES BRIGHT YOUTH
spvl n the woman whose hair ir be-
SHINING b turn would treat the roots
- could avoid this appearance Of de-
-. Gray hair may be honorable. but It
b nsves pretty. II Indicates decay.
sAnd q IT, woman who u beginning to
Rst gray Of sk1n would treat her face TO
skin foods. veslA keep the euticle mas
aeed until the Mood shone brightly
through; u she would care for her face
and kssD the wrinkles cut. she could have
ss ieve!y . sikin at % ~ she had ten or
fifteen years before.
hut Il y fat which is the greatest foe
% sood looks. Ths woman who is dragged
dsvn ~ twenty-five pounds too much viii
surely 0ufbsr. ne cannot carry 90 much
aveasaupois without feeling IT. She cannot
asas such . iesa about with her without
being ssnsihis Of the wear and tear OF the
burden. and she cannot expect to be called
sithsr youthful cr graceful while she 70
toe fat.
'There II really no reason why any
woman should eve; be an ouncs over
weight There are scales and tables of
weights and measures, and when o woman