The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-09

furnished the model arms for which women
are always seedngi Perhaps the Venus
had arms as perfect as her shape.
Women" he went on. 'have never been
satisfied with their arms. That in the
reason they change their sleeves SO often.
"A lie pleased with her neck
and she likes the outline Of her throat.
and she even gets along with her waist
line without quarrelling with It too much;
but when IL comes to her arms she is In q
state Of perpetual dissatisfaction.
Women, 30 the dressmaken will tell
you, are constantly ripping up their sleeves.
Let a gown go home in perfect condition
and the chances are that it will be brought
back to have this or that done TO the
sleeves. At most a woman will wear
1t only part Of a season without having
arm holes ripped out or cuffs altered.
1T ia all on account Of her arms. Women
have pool arms and they know it. There
was never a woman who did not gaze upon
the arms. OF her serving maid with envy
and did not wish that she also had arms
that were round and white and prettily
curved with dimples at the elbows,
1T Used TO he that a woman could hide
her arms from the gaze Of the world. Every
body remembers how Bernhard wrinkled
her sleeves from the shoulder down to
the thumbs. The court beauties Of Queen
yictoria's days. did the same, When In
full dress they wore long gloves and made
them very loose around the arm.
THE trouble with the arms lie that they
seldom or never strike the happy medium.
A woman's arms are either skinny or very
heavy, of the blacksmith variety. The
arms never seem to be just right in pro-
portion to the waistline.
I'VE physical culture professors are
training the arms and we are also dressing
them up a bit. We are coaIing the women
TO wear the 1850 bands Of black velvet
around the arms and to drape them Oriental
fashion in chains and armlets.
1T is astonishing what can be done With
gilt chains hen one 10 dressing UP the
arms. One season we sent q woman to
India 10 study the manner Of the women
there who dress their arms with gold chains.
She came back with some ideas which.
though a little barhagic. were beautiful in
their effectiveness.
THE flesh Of the arm is hard and does
not easily absorb flesh foods; but we
lave a way OF heating the akin and mas
saying the food into the arm.
W make the flesh hot by covering II
with warm wet cloths, and we rub the
skin with all the flesh food that will 20 into
the palm OF the hand.
Little by little the arm treated In this
way will begin 10 plump out. Pretty soon
II will be fat. II is a matter OF patience
and rubbing.
One reason why the arms are thin IL
found in tight armholes. The Japanese
women always have plump arms and they
are noted for their loose srmholes and
big sleeves:
THE wide, loose kimono sleeve allows
a free circulation and lets the arm get
plump. Stop the circulation, make the
armhole tight and the flesh OF the arm
seems to shrivel up.
"Anothe cause OF thin arms 10 nervouAs
ness or tension. A woman sits p~erpetually
with her hands straining at something
Some women close the hands 20 tightly
that the fingers ache. Other women fiddle
with something, 30 that the hands arc al
ways busy.
This wears Of the flesh. How can the
hand grow plump and round n 1t IN busy
all the timer. The muscular action takes
the hesh OF the hand.
sThe arm should be pretty TO look upon,
The properly proportioned arm Ia rather
delicate in ia contour. but 90 perfect that
not a bone shows.
when a woman has that kind OF arm
her sleeves always suit her. They can be
cut of a little below the elbow OF a httle
above. They are all right In either CASA
She 10 pleased with them.
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