Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
For the Girl Who Remains
in Town All Summer.
MANY OPPORTUNITIES
EVEN THE GIRL WHO GOES TO
WORK HAS CHANCES.
Five Minutes of Relaxation Taken
Three Times a Day Will Work
Wonders in the Figure.
Written for The Star by Sally ChamberIiu.


Copyright, 1906. by Sally Chamberlain
The all-summer vacation is on the wane.
AS the business world absorbs more young
women annually, the summer resort
catches less of them for the entire season.
The fortnight vacation has become a recog-
nized feature of business life the country
over 1t is the oasis in the commercial
desert toward which stenographers, clerks
saleswomen and factory workers turn with
longing eyes
Two weeks out of the twelve which make
summer. And what are you busy girls
doing during the other ten? Are you plan
ming merely to sit back and let old Sol do
his worst for your muscles, nerves. diges-
ton and complexion. or are you preparing
a surprise for those few of your friends
and acquaintance who are rusticating at
the shore, in the mountains or at some
quiet farm? You think. with envy, that
they will come back, elastic of step, re-
freshed in brain and nerves, buoyant and
tanned, to find you dull, lifeieSs and pallid.
Sunlight, fresh air. exercise. deep breathing
these are altering the appearance of your
vacation friends. Why don't you look for
the same opportunities in town? You are
bound to find them.
But" you cry, Il am in an Office from
8 until II; from 1 until $50. How 1
How much time does the real summer
girl have to exercise? Precious little. She
spends most of the day lying in a hammock
reading new novels and eating bonbons.
That is why she goes to see her family
physician almost directly she returns to
town.
Combines the Two.
Let US, therefore, take up first what you
might call your breathing moments. You
are leaving home at 1870 if the store opens
at s. Tomorrow. leave five minutes earlier,
walk along the line for three, four or
five blocks. selecting the shady side of the
street While you walk take the deep
breathing exercises follows: Do not
carry parcels, and attach your chatelaine
or hand bag to your belt. Hold yourself
erect, with the arms hanging loosely down
at your side, and. with lips closed, inhale
slowly and deeply through the nostriis I'M
til the abdomen is distended, continuing to
inhale until you feel that the air is pushed
into the very tops of your lungs. When
this point is reached your abdomen will be
fiat or contracted and your chest Will be so
high that YOU will regard it with actual
pride Hold the breath thus for two or
three seconds or counts then very Slowly
exhale the breath through the nose, until
the chest drops back to the normal posi-
ton and the abdomen is fat If filling the
lungs to the very top or apex makes you
feel dizzy. begin more gradually. Take a
simple deep full breath, and the next
morning take ii a little deeper.
Perhaps you think that deep breathing
will attract the attention of other pedes-
TRANS. 1t will if you allow your face to
become strained. But after the first few
trials you will not feel any strain. You
will not have to think of the mere exercise.
Instead think of beautiful things, of the
people you like, Of the books you prefer
to read of the pleasant things In your Ire
as YOU draw in your breath, and your face
will take on a restful. cheerful expression,
and passers-by will think what bright,
wholesome-looking girl you are. and never
dream you are doing beauty stunt right
in public view.
One noted writer, who is deep student
Of CORRECT breathing says: II combine the
occult principles with deep breathing, night
and morning, inhaling with the pure air
all of those beautiful qualities of love,
health wisdom, usefulness and power for
good. cheerfulness and opulence-these
seven covering the whole ground of my de-
sires In exhaling l get rid of all the oppo-
site qualities, which would do me an in
Jury. such as prejudice weakness, folly,
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