The Jersey City news., 1906-07-06
PHYSICAL
CUL TURE
Home Exercises Specially
Desigaed to Remove Su-
perfuous Flesh
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SEw DEVELOPMENTS IN SAILOR
HATS-REsOURCEFUL PEOPLE
MUSLIN SHOULDER SCARVES.

How can reduce my hips?" is more
sften the plant of women than any other
sne re,ating to their physics w~..th;iig.
Ind while it is one of the hardest con-
litions TO overcome and relieve. k is moi
altogether hopeless if woman possesses
the requisite persistence and stick-to-it-
Keness.
1t is quite possible for woman who
has developed an unbecoming embol-
point, thick waist and large hips. 10
return to something like her former sup
pleness, but it means work. and Hard
work; for muscles grow during rest, and
f when for period a woman has become
careless about her eating. drinking and
daily exercise she must pay the forfeit
which nature demands.
Like the mechanism of fine clock
is the body. and its parts are so intri-
cately put together that one part get
ting out of order affects all the rest, All
told, there are something like 500 mus
cles in the body demanding daily atten-
tion. To keep them all in good running
order appears on the fact of it like a
tremendous task. but little by little, if
one ct of exercises is followed bv an
other and the process kept up. in time
there will result, if not perfect body,
at least one as nearly right as human
conditions will allow.
Fifteen minutes practice at morning
and night, before retiring and upon aris-
ing in he morning, when uhe clothing is
loosened, will accomplish wonders. First
of all, one must beware of everexertion
and not be too inpatient to attempt too
much at one time.
Taken altogether, there are several ex-
ercises that are specific for reducing the
muscles about the waist that have be-
come thick and unwieldy from lack of
exercise. One of these, brought by a
well known society woman from her Pa
rision instructor. and now generally
adopted in the smart set, is that of rails
ng the knees alternately as high as pos
ible- Stand firmly ON one foot, then,
with the hands placed on the hips the
other knee is raised as high as possible.
The action is quick, and. if possible, the
knee should strike the chest. One not
used to physical exercise may find some
difficulty in doing this at frst, but con-
slant practice viii bring about perfec-
ton. After having exercised one limb
thoroughly the other should be tried.
This exercise wears out the fatty accu-
mutations about the hips. reduces the
muscles, and. as well. has tendency to
lengthen the waist.
To make the waist long and tapering,
as well as to acquire a graceful walk,
the swaying exercise is excellent. Star
with one foot forward few PAGES.
Raise the arms perpendiculnrly over the
head, holding the hands outstretched as
high as possible.
Then taking normal position with
the feet bend the body to the right as
far as possible. then far to the left.
AT first great care must be taken not to
strain oneself. for the position and action
call many ordinarily unused muscles in
to play.
Another trying condition which is the
direct result of careless posture, inn
proper eating and drinking, or the posi-
tion in sitting at desk or .table con-
sists in the large abdomen which causes
so much discomfort, as well~as annoy
ance. to the person afflicted. For this
difficulty there are several exercises
which form part of reduction regime
prescribed by well known Ntw York
physician.
Placing the hands over the abdomen,
bending over forward as far as possible,
then backward. not so fer as to strain
oneself unnecessarily. Practice this a
dozen times, allowing the same time to
each of the preceding exercises
You know the old saying that man
musr be one or the other by the time he
is 40 Pr afs.id some men are both.
But this a mere detail. There is one
thing, aryho~, that everybody must
learn who wishes TO 1.-Two long and remain
healthy namely. what is best for his to
eat and df;.k- says D. w. xGoraoa
Staples r. n. lie should also study for
hi1isssf the quantity of fosd that is OF
st.ssAse to has as a rris. although this
vruI say with the anlount of exercise q
werk he has done befs-a the msal. ana
witA Ms character Of tAe etsAosphers in
wAicA he has been laborng With haads
o. brain. or both. A man who can diet