The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16

30 her waist line begins to thicken, and by
the time she is 20, it is gone. At so 1t Is so
wide and 80 high that you would not reoog-
nize it as a belt line.
The French woman, at least those Of her
nationality who aim at good form, v
gets stout. And, il stout, she learns
to wear. She has the art Of looking chic;
no matter how fat she may grow. But the
American woman-never.
The fat American woman puts on a
white shirtwaist. She divides her skirt
from her waist with a belt which outs her in
two and makes her look short. and she
wears a skirt that Is dumpy in its line.
The stout American woman revels in
satin although it may make her look twice
as big as she is. You will not find a French
woman-should she ever be so unfortunate
as to become stout-in a satin gown with
her shoulders shining and Jet twtnkling
from every pillow-like curve.
The French woman studies her mirror
Tbe American woman never does this.
The French woman has a pier glass the
length Of herself, no matter how poor she
may be, The glass may be a bare AFFAIR
draped with mosquito netting and hung
in a corner, but il is a looking glass just
see herself in it as lothers see her.
The American woman does not believe
in mirrors. She has one, it is true; and
after she is dressed she takes a sweeping
klauCc ulDO IL.
But she does not treat II as a companion
and guide. II is merely used for con-
spltation and for effect.
The French woman dresses In front OF
her glass. She gazes and gazes, and sne
never puts on even 20 small a thing as a
bow Of ribbon without first asking the
glass IL it is becoming.
The American woman, on the contrary,
seldom looks in the mirror. She puts on
her bows, she pins on her laces, she clasps
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her pins with only a passing glance.
When all is completed she looks in the
glass. II il is not right she jerks on a bow
or two. The real reason for the poor
effect escapes her. II is that she has not
dressed with sufficient care and has failed
to ask her friend the mirror a sufficient
number of questions.
THE French woman loves to wear trying
styles simply because she knows that she
can do 40. She is the only woman N the
world that can wear difficult things. Other
women are not built for princess gowns, and
for effective Empire costumes.
A English physical culturist has In
vented what he calls Empire exerctees.
He took them to Paris, but he found that
the women there did not need them.
The women in other lands do mead them
though. They are for the reduction Of
the belt line and they are said to be very
effective.
1.-THE Empire exercises are simple enough.
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sink upon one knee. Regain your position
and step forward with the other foot and
sink upon the other knee.
~One foot goes forward and the other
knee bends. That is the way TO do 1t. KeeE
on until you are pretty well tired out.
~The next exercise consists in bending
from side TO side. This is hard enough
and a strain pon the muscles; but one
can take hold Of a chair by way Of assist
ance and not bent too far either way. ThG
idea Ia TO bend the body until IL feels supple
The more one bends in moderation the
better.
"The neck must be small IL one Is going
to get the Empire figure: The French
woman always insists on having a LITTLE
throat and little ankles.
~The exercises for the redemption ot
the throat are pretty. The head IL thrown
back and the throat In exercised.
The head is thrown back upon the arm;
rested again. Then it is thrown back again
This liz a very easy exercise.
The French woman Ia too economics
10 spend much upon her gown. Her money
goes upon her home and pom her dogs
upon her church and her household, anC
into her savings; hut when she does buy
a gown she makes the most Of it.
-She gets a cheap and becoming dresI
and she puts IL on slowly n carefully
When she ig gowned she looks as Il
her dress was built for her, IL is so perfect.
THE American woman will be nearel
10 being chic when she learns to keep hel
figure down. Until then she had better sticl
TO something plain.
-As o as she realizes the i'm
portance OF the waist line, then she "a
branch out into the glories OF the Empir
and the svelte delights Of the princess
but not before"
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