The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-28

Twenty japanese women are Oh incl
way to this country to teach the Amer
lean woman the art of being grace
full. This is not their avowed mission.
They are sent by a Japanese school to
study the ways of the women of this
country, but the chances are that they
will teach the American girl quite as
much as they will learn from her.
The first thing the American girl
notes about the little Japanese woman
is her grace 1t is not her size that
makes her graceful, but her fiexibility.
She is as 1.-the as she is little, and
though plump she is exquisitely sup
pie and even agile.
The japanese woman attributes her
grace to several causes each of which
she considers very important. The first
of these is her custom of keeping her
muscles supple.
IF 1 were not supple" she as much
as tells you, how could 1 be grace
ful?'
When the japanese woman sits down
to rest she. sits upon the floor. This
SHOWS the way III WHICH she Keeps HeT
muscles in good working order.
For the average American woman to
sit upon the floor is a task. She can
not get down easily and she cannot get
up quickly. The little Japanese woman,
on the other hand, sits down upon the
floor with all the ease in the world and
rises just as easily.
If you want to be as graceful as a
Japanese woman practise sitting upon
the floor. Sit down slowly and get up
quickly. It is better exercise for the
woman who wants to be graceful than
practise with the swinging rings and
vaulting.
There is a woman's athletic club in
town where the members practise sit
ting upon the floor. For the stout
members of the club this is one of the
most trying exercises. Yet it is an
exercise that helps to reduce the
weight, besides making one graceful.
The japanese woman does not think
of resting her hands on the floor as
she seats herself. And as she rises she
does so by a motion of the muscles
of the body. AT the athletic clubs
where this is a part of the days work
the members are required to sink and
to rise without so much as touching
the tips of the fingers to the floor.
The second lesson in grace is learning
to bow You can bend your head al
most to the floor if you will. and after
little practice the process of doubling
up will come naturally to you.
The japanese exercises in grace are
three in number. The first is that of
sinking to the floor and rising again.
This is done with the knees. which are
trained to be very strong. The second
motion in grace is bowling motion
The third is to stand gracefully
The Japanese woman. besides being
very graceful, is very smooth of COM
plexion. This. she will tell you, is due
to her out of door work. She will tell
you that fresh air. exercise. digestion
complexion and grace all go hand in
hand.
IF you have one you will have them
ALL she will assure you.
With all the beauties of the japanese
woman, it is a fact that she envies her
European. and especially her American,
sister THE American woman with
her stature" said a japanese lecturer,
might easily become the handsomest
woman in the world. If she would
learn to live in the open, If she would
shake off her Indifferent ways, if she
would breathe deeply, and if she would
improve her skin, she would be per-
feet.
But the American woman has dull
hair. 1t lacks the Oriental gloss. She
has not the vitality to give it the nee
essary oils. She gets gray early
THE American woman has a muddy
skin. pinple is unknown in the
Orient, but it is common enough else
where.
And the same with stoop shoulders,
with thick waists with rough hands
and with dull eyes. One does not see
them in the lands where the women
live out of doors.
IF the American woman with her
splendid height, with her wide Shout