Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-03

Grace I'm Carriage and Gait
The American girl is graceful enough
in other things, but when It comes TO
walking, even so small a matter as the
entering of a room, she knows her lack
OF perfection. She either drags her feet
or else filings them. She either lags or
strides.
Have your shoes a little too narrow and
a little too long. Don't wear tight. short
shoes. II your foot is wide and fat It
will gradually become long and narrow by
this course OF treatment. Have your
shoes narrow and long and either pointed
or square in the toes, as nature has shaped
your feet.
Wear thin stockings and have them OF
the texture which best suits your feet.
There are those who can wear silk and
those who cannot. Once in awhile have
a fresh white kid lining pasted in your
old shoes II will make them smooth in
side and prevent blisters.
When you walk set down your feet
souarely. Strike your heel 'or your toe
Just as you prefer. There are people who
can strike the toe first The oriental, who
has very supple feet, finds no trouble
striking the ball of the foot first. But
the average person who wears modern
shoes prefers to strike the heel first.
Set your feet down at right angles.
Walk slowly. Skirts wind around your
calves when you walk rapidly and you
lose all semblance of grace. Walk in a
leisurely manner as though you were
princess, not hurried, worried over
worked woman.
Hold your chin up This is the most
important thing of all. Once upon a time
there may have lived a woman who could
duck her chin and still look pretty. But
she isn't alive now. You may think that
you look lovely with your eyes cast APP
peaiingly up and your chin lowered. But
you don't.
The woman who walks gracefully must
learn how to use her feet. In walking
the feet should move forward and the toes
should turn out. A great many women
toe in.
Here is the way to walk into a parlor:
Move across the room very slowly. Hold
your head up and glide. Don't take long
steps and don't make short cuts. See
your path clear before you start. In these
days the fashionable drawing room has
very little furniture. This is fortunate
for the woman who walks through the
room.
The woman who moves about the house
with her hands on her hips makes a sad
mistake. Sne RODS neTSelI OF every grace
full outline. The hands should not be on
the hips 1t is awkward uncomfortable
and 1t makes the gown set badly.
Stout women look best with the hands
at rest at the sides Let your hands hang
slightly curl the fingers This is the best
of all positions for the very fat woman
One should practice walking on narrow
lodges The woman who walks a crack
in the floor or a plank in the back garden
will be more graceful for her efforts.
Many women cannot walk straight. They
bump into you as they walk. They don't
know how to steer straight ahead.
Hold your shoulders back. Don't try to
draw them down Merely hold them way
back. That will give you an erect car
riage. AS soon as you can stand really
erect you will begin to walk elegantly.
That is the only way you will do it--by
actual practice.
Try to do the simple things gracefully.
If you lift your arms do It well. Try to
observe the poetry of motion.