Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-08
WALKING UPSTAIRS.
Good Exercise for Women if They
viii Only Go About 1t Properly

New York Sun--Walking upstairs Is
something few people do gracefully
] In the first place, It requires a knowl
| edge Of the art of breathing proper.
| ly. Then one must learn to manage
ones skirts skilfully. How many
woren have stepped on the front OF
! tn. r dresses going upstairs? How
| many women can count ihe number
Of times they have walked up the
| front breadths Of their gowns? How
many women have torn skirts and
| llounces and ruined cmbroderies and
| fringes? How many have fallen up,
stairs?
Your dress must be lifted out Of
your way, and lifted gracefully and
this requires deep thought and much
practice Each skirt Is a law unto
ITSELF and you much learn a library
Of laws, one for each gown, Tha
wide accordion plated skirt and the
yoluminous Dolly Warden require the
services OF both hands One hand
should lift the back of the dress; the
other must raise the front. Long
evening dresses can generally be lift.
ed with one hand, but II requires
some skill phe skirt should be
cutched right In the middle of the
| front, and the hand should acquire
the trick of taking In the whole front
Of the skirt In sort Of double hand,
iul With "A quick motion, YOU grab
the front breadth in two different
places and lift. You can now take
q step upward without walking on
your skirt,
Walking upstairs Is splendid prac-
tice for the physical culture woman,
but she must learn It's tric.s. On
this point a physical cnlturist said:
Il consider stairclmbng the best
exercise In the world, and II Is one
can b. taken by the domestic woman
without implements and without go.
| ing out of doors. She who Is going
| To walk upstairs, either for exercise
or or grace, must learn six things -
First, She must learn how TO man
age her skirts; the skirts play a very
important role. Unless she can lii,
her skirts and keep them out of the
way, she cannot walk up comfortably,
| The second thing Is that Of position,
Few women like to climb stairs and
most women actually dread It, And
| tho reason II not on account OF the
| cxertiCn, but ON account Of the posi-.
| ton. When woman goes upstairs
she bends double She literally
climbs; she never walks up. Most
women are too tightly gownod to
| walk upstairs we'll But, even with
the tight bands they could walk up II
only they would 50 up with the knees.
In our gymnasium wc teach women
how to 70 upstairs. We have lit.
| Tie flight OF steps built Just for that
| purpose, and II Is part OF the cur
riculum to 70 upstairs for 10 minutes
Il day The pupil is made to mount
and lemoumt and while SHE goes M
! sha holds her dress III one nand and Il
fan IN the other, or u spray Of flow
ors, or something simple and pretty.
This is TO teach her grace and to
give her hint on how 10 perform
| this very simple feat acccptahly,
! There are rules for stair climbing
Don't 20 up MS though YOU were try
ing 10 drag ton of lead mp hill,
Go up ms though you liked IT, prac
| tiee walking with tho knees. upon a
level surface. Lift Your feet high
Now transfer your operations to Il
staircase and walk upstairs the same
way You VIII find that Il does
YOU world Of good. this stair climb
ing exercise.
There are doctors who advise their
patients to climb stairs for the sake
Of the health, The rule Is to climb
six lights Of stairs twice day, once
In the morning ana once in the after.
noon. Don't try to climb ut night
when YOU are tired You are not
equal to It, but take the stairs dur
ing your springy hours stair climb.
ing develops precisely the same mus
cles las bicycle riding II catches
you IN the calf Of the lev, III The knee
and in the hips You should kcer
on until all Of these muscles responu
Willingly Then YOU win climb vas
/ tly.
In gymnasium work we let anr pu
pills mount little staircase Thet
We let Thorn climb off and on 4 block
Then W. put them through series
~ stunts such rs climbing Il vince
and getting up i little iron ladder
Going upstairs Is excellent exercise
II Is good for Your lungs and good ia
Your muscles And If yon want Il
become 1.-THE and strong. ~ upstWr.
frequently
A Successful Test.
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