The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
THE CASE OF THE HOME GIRL.
BEAUTY CULTURE FOR THOSE
VINO DON'T GOOUT MUCH'
A Piano stool Apparatus Enough TO EAer-
else with and Gain Grace and symmetry
Of uOdS-Walks Around the centre
Table and Diving From CHAIR.

Of UOdy-Walks Around the schTc
Table and DIVING From Chair.
what can home girl do to develop her.
self physically asked a girl of the woman
who boasts Of having developed more
women athletes than any other woman in
the world. Il do not want to become an
athlete, or to join gymnasium"
The teacher glanced at the we'll built
figure and answered: You are too stout
to begin with Before you can be devel-
oped you must reduce your weight.
The home girl, the teacher went on
suffers from many things which do not
affect the business girl, the society woman
and the girl athlete. She has what physi-
cal culture teachers might call hometis.
1t comes from staying in the house too
much.
The home girl may be active but 1t is
the wrong kind of activity She eats, but
she eats the wrong food, She breathes
the air. but it is the wrong kind OF air. She
lives IN .nc wrong way.
The home girl is worse OF from physi-
cal culture outlook than the girl who mas
to WORK herd ont OF doors. Window clean
ers women who sell papers on the corners.
those who canya from house to house and
those who do other work of an outdoor
nature get the fresh air at least. But the
home girl does not always succeed In OBJ
tanning the same treat.
Recently We had pupil, girl who
wanted to become better in shape and In
general health She was home girl
ION being questioned she confessed that
she sewed three long hours every day.
Il -, xru md HiSlpdQp1 the
dust from the bric-a-brac for an hour Of
the day and took care Of the children. The
remainder of the time. some six or eight
hours she devoted to reading.
-She was fat poor In complexion and
round shoudered. She walked horribly,
and she had indigestion.
THE average home girl has to overcome
a liking for sweets and tendency to indi-
gestion. She has poor figure, Is inclined
to stoop and has distaste for fresh air and
walking She also has a set Of brittle teeth
very dull hair and heavy ooidng eyes.
In addition. the home girl has to over
come tendency to sleep too much. You
see, she has many things to contend with,
this home girl.
well, her first duty must be TO learn
to walk we'll To do this she must learn
to wear the right kind Of shoes
1T is not fiat shoes you want. nor high
heeled shoes nor shoes with curved insteps,
nor any other one kind of shoes. But you
want shoes that III your feet Experiment
until YOU find shoe that reaches every
part OF your feet without pressing upon
any particular joint or sensitive place.
Then, when you have found this KIND OF
shoe, wear il.
Wear different shoes on different days.
A woman who walks great deal and is
always comfortable has her Monday shoes
and her Tuesday shoes and her shoes for
other days. She never has tired feet and
never n corn. She wears different shoes
on different days, with the result that the
pressure comes always upon n different
part of the foot.
The home girl need not go out to walk.
She can take her walking exercise right in
the house.
ITO walk properly put on loose suit. Let
out all your bands before you begin to
walk. Loosen your collar Loosen the
tops Of your shoes If they are tight.
Now the next thing Is the right position.
To walk properly and well, you must hold
ing your head as you should hold II, lift
a light chair and carry it on top of your
hcad This will insure a correct carriage
OF the head and will develop the muscles
OF the mock and arms.
Breathe deeply "a you walk. start oil
with firm. erect carriage. Stride along.
Move gracefully If you can. And rcmem-
her that II you walk as you should walk,
grace will surely come TO you Walk about
room like this daily and you will soon
see the good result.
The home girl Is looking for economical
exercises. / know one girl who developed
her chest by doing stunts with the piano
stool She PLAYED leap frog over il. she
Jumped over II, putting one foot on it,
going over it a. though she were jumping
Il hedge.
Then this girl praotised a diving move
ment. Standing ereco in the seat OF
chair she would put the palms of her hands
together and pretend TO dive forward She
would lift her hands very high. touch the
tips Of the fingers together. dive forward,
and Just save herself from falling.
Home girls and home women who are
too fat must do these thing-.
Breathe deeply three times a day, fifty
brcaths each time
open the window top and bottom.
while breathing, 40 "a to get pure air
supply;
the ccntre table March at least an hour
around the table, taking ii in two install
ments Of half an hour each time
Practise simple athletics with a light
chair.
Practise diving, jumping, bending and
stretching.
And finally, teach the muscles, Ascer-
tain which are your weak muscles and
teach them to do their work.
The home woman must not eat too
much candy. She must not eat between
meals She must not eat too rich food.
She must get out and exercise after her
middle meal. And she must learn what
foods agree with her
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