The independent., 1907-01-24

ut is said that the French woman is
naturally lean and that she keeps her
figure by simply doing nothing at ALL
Yet this is not wholly So She diets
and she exercises in her own way.
The French woman would hardly go
to gymnasium mornings, for it is too
much like hard work; but she exercises
III other ways.
She does her own housework and
glories in it. She is not lazy True,
she does not go into the kitchen and
polish the brass kettles, but she does
deal of work around the house.
FROM cleaning out the fireplace and
setting the fires-an occupation which
her dainty hands are not wholly above
Ito buying the meat for dinner she is
| always occupied.
THE American woman does not like
to market, and she despjses the grocer.
She dislikes the details of her house,
hold and she abhors light housework.
There is, then, nothing left for her
BIT the gymrasim and she INST take to
it to keep her figre.
THE French woman has little waist
and she Keeps it small by her Diet
She eats very little that she does not
want to eat
Ihe American woman cannot resist
the temptation to eat. She passes
from soup to fish, from entree to roast
from this to salad, and so on all the
way along to dessert, without refusing
anything. The French woman never
does that. She eats in moderation.
The French woman sits down and
eats long, if not heartily. Her drink
is a little weak red wine, and she par
takes OF meat, salad and a little
coffee. Very seldom does she eat any
thing more. 1t is this dieting that
keeps her thin.
The American woman is apt to have
pretty figure at the start At the
age of thirty her waist line begins to
thicken, and by the time she is forty,
it is gone. At fifty it is so wide and
SO high that you would not recognize
it as belt line
THE French woman, at least those
OF her nationality who aim at good
form, never gets stout. And, if stout,
she learns what 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
white shirtwaist. She divides her
skirt from her waist with a belt which
cuts her in two and makes her look
d.
dumpy in it's line
THE stout American woman revels
in satin although it may make her
look twice as big as she is. You will
not find French Woman-should she
ever be so unfortunate as to become
stOut-in satin gown with her shoul-
ders shining and jet tWinkling from
every pillow-like curve.
"The French woman studies her
mirror. The American woman never
does this.
'The French woman has pier glass
the length of herself. no matter how
poor she may be- The glass may be
bare affair draped with mosquito
netting and hung in corner, but it
is looking glass just the same, and 1t
is kept where she can see herself in it
as others see her.
The American woman does not be-
lieve in mirrors. She has one, it Is
true; and after she is dressed she
takes sweeping glance into 1t.
But she does not treat 1t as a COM
panion and guide. 1t is merely used
for consultation and for effect
THE French woman dresses in front
Of her glass; She gazes and gazes
and she never puts on even so small
thing as a bow of ribbon without
III Si dSNlIS the SidSS III 1t Is DNCOUlnS.
THE American woman on the con-
trary seldom looks in the mirror She
puts her bows. she pins on her
laces ,he clasps her bracelets upon
her t.rms and adjusts her pins with
only a passing glance.
when all is completed she looks In
the glass. If ii is not right she jerks
off 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 sufficient number OF ques-
tions.
''fhe French woman loves TO wear
trying styles simply because she knows
that she can do SO. She Is the only
woman In the world that can wear
difficut things. Other women are not
built for princess gowns and for effec-
tive empire costumes
AN English physical culturist has
invented what he calls Empire exer-
cises He took them to Parts. but ne
found that the women there did not
need them
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