Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16
REDUCE STOUTNESS.
Superfluous Flesh About Hips Worn
Away BY Using Certain Nue.
cles and Regular Exercise.

II seemed to me at one time wholly
unnecessary to say anything more
about exercises that would reduce
hips and abdomen, for thought every
woman must know what they were.
Yet repeated letters asking how the
result can be achieved make it evil
dent that many are either ignorant
of the method, or have forgotten 1t,
and for the benefit of those it is
given again.
Before saying anything describing
the exercises | would make it as EN-.
phatic as | could that unless they are
done faithfully, at least once day,
and preferably twice. and unless all
the physical strength one has is put
into them they will be useless. Spas
modic effort is time thrown away, as
is also half hearted action. There
must be force and swing. Not before
a month of daily exercise has elapsed
can one expect to see a change but If
one has courage and patience, success
will follow. These are the exercises
taken several years ago by Lillian
ANoOSCA W iC6dlh hCl 1Odbhlul
and she is surely a personification of
the efficacy of physical culture.
In beginning the exercises it is
probable that five minutes will be ex-
hausting and in that case they should
be stopped, and resumed later in the
day. Persistent effort will make it
possible to do them fifteen minutes
and later even half an hour. The last
is the proper length of time. The
subject should in the end be tired, but
not exhausted.
Deep breathing is a necessary part
of all exercises. OF course no corsets
are worn.
Begin by standing firmly on both
feet, draw in the muscles Of the alb
domen and inhale a deep breath as
the arms are raised high above the
head till the thumbs meet Bend back
from the waist with the arms still
raised, resume natural original pose,
and while exhaling bring the arms
down with a sweep until the finger
tips touch the floor without bending
the knees. A stout woman will not
be able to bring her fingers to the
floor until she has tried many times,
but by degrees she can accomplish it.
When she does she may know that
already the abdomen is decreasing.
Do not hurry with the exercise, and
under no consideration bend the
knees.
Repeat at least five times, and as
many more as you can. Then, still
standing, make the arm limp, or
"devitalize" as it is technically called
and bend first one side and then the
other from the wrist as far as one
can. In all these exercises keep the
hips rigid.
The next motion is to twist the
body around first one side and then
the other as far as one can without
wrenching, and without allowing the
hips TO move. This is we'll called a
"wringing" exercise, and is excellen,
to cure indigestion and wear away
flesh. 1t should be done so that the
muscles and cords stretch.
More difficult, but not to be neglect
ed, is the effort to stand on one foo,
raising the other, then clasping the
hands about the knee to draw il as
close to the chest as possible. This
may not be done at all until after
many fruitless endeavors. but it il
worth persisting in. Do it with one
knee and then with the other.
The last exercise Is one TO be spe
cially recommended to business wo
men who sit much at a desk. Th'
constant weight of the trunk on The
hips instead of the feet is likely t
develop them to undesirable size, ant
this exercise taken twice a day viii
keep them down.
Sit with the torso held oomfortabl,
erect Draw in the abdomen, inflat,
the chest and put the finger tips t
the shoulders. Then twist the bod,
from the waist up as far as possible
first to right and then to the left with
out moving the hips. 1t is the wiring
ing" exercise done sitting.
All this is troublesome and take
time, I know, but a woman canno
expect to change her figure withou
work This is safe and sure, and i
depends upon herself whether sh
will be slender or through lack o
| effort have a hOmelV figure that dc