Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
THE GIRL YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE
BY KATHERINE MORTON.

which can be obtained at any shop where
sporting goods are sold. is probably the best
method of developing the neck, chest and
back. Besides being splendid exercise, it
is great fun, and when a woman once be-
comes enthusiastic about punching the bag
there is nothing she cannot do, either to de-
Felop where II is necessary or to decrease
the weight that has accumulated with
years The punching bag devotee need have
no fear of anemia of lack of appetite.
Punching the bag stirs the circulation as
nothing else Will do, except running I'm
fortunately few women can run A physi-
cal culture teacher in one of our big towns
mas class of women, attired in ful1-robed
boomers and sweaters, who run for miles
every evening, beginning the run on quiet
read outside the town. The women had to
be taught how to hold themselves, how to
run, in fact, but the results have been very
beneficial, and the running club is a recog-
ntZed success. Every woman has improved
physically, gaining in strength, in breadth,
breath control and chest expansion
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No woman who stoops can have any style
about her. The woman with round shout
ders may put on the most swagger French
gown, but she Will not look a bit smarter
than though she were arrayed in bargain
counter costume. But round shoulders are
very easily cured In young people, and they
are never difficult to remedy in women over
tulILy-One L nave seen them repaired IN
grandmothers. The first thing for the girl
to do who wants to Straighten out her
shoulders is to determine to do so. Will
power must be exerted to break habit like
this. for, while round shoulders are some
times the result of weakened system, they
are oftener the result of a habit proceeding
from carelessness. Girls who are studying
women who read or write or who are trou-
bled with defective vision are most apt to
grow round-shouldered. All women who
stoop should abandon the high pillow when
sleeping, as the position of the chest is con-
tracted when sleeping with the head high
and the habit continues during the day One
small, fiat pillow is all that any woman
needs, and the round-shouldered girl must
learn to sleep without any pillow at all
During the day she should try to keep her
infirmity In mind and stand up and look
up constantly. Round-shouldered people
rarely look up as they walk, but keep their
eyes fastened on the ground. Whenever
possible, while walking, the arms should be
swung over the ends of a long stick held
horizontally across the back at the waist
line. When the STOPPING habit is cured anu
the chest is developed by proper attention
to deep breathing and running and punch
ing bag exercises the hollows of the back
at least will have disappeared Sometimes
when the subject is very thin and nervous,
besides the exercises indicated massage Is
found necessary to develop the figure.
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Skin foods are good for this purpose. olive
oil even better, and. best of all, a doctor
recommended me to try lard. Yes. It does
sound anything but dainty and feminine,
but after l had scented the lard with Oil OF
cedrate and had experimental with it 1
found the physician to be quite right, ana
that nothing penetrates the skin SO quickly
as pure lard. The skin also seems capable
OF absorbing more OF this than of any other
kind OF fat. 1t Is of course, to be used on
the body only and not on the face. Lard
will help to round out the angles of ugly
elbow. Hold the elbow in the cup of the
hand and massage with the palm, using
much lard the skin will absorb. The
graceful, fragile look of the delicate anemic
girl ts no longer esteemed beautiful. Real
grace must give the impression of reserve
force and physical strength to spare.
There must be perfect bodily control and
entire freedom of motion where there is to
be perfect grace. All our emotions are
closely connected with our sensations and
both are exhibited in the attitudes of the