The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-29
ARMS AS THEY SHOULD BE.

ARMS AS THEY SHOULD BE.
The director of physical culture
class stood by cast of the Venus Of
Milo caressing her stumps of arms. -
'It is pity" said he, "that they
were lost. Who knows but they might
have furnished the model arms for
which women are always seeking !?
Perhaps the Venus had arms as per-
feet as her shape.
Women" he went on, "have nev-
er been satisfied with their arms.
That is the reason they change their
sleeves so often.
"a woman is pleased with her neck
and she likes the outline of her throat,
and she even gets along with her waist
line without quarreling with it too
much but when it comes to her arms
she is in state of perpetual dissatis-
faction.
women, so the dressmakers will
tell you, are constantly ripping up
their sleeves. Let 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 it only
part OF season without having arm
holes ripped out or cuffs altered.
cit is all on account of her arms.
Women have rcc- arms and they
know it. There was never 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.
"It used to be that woman could
hide her arms from the gaze of the
world. Everybody remembers how
Bernhardt wrinkled her sleeves from
heshoulder down to the thumbs. The
court beauties of Queen Victoria'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 is that
they seldom or never strike the hap
py medium. A Woman's arms are
either skinny or very heavy, of the
blacksmith variety. The arms never
seem to be just right in proportion to
the waistline.
1--WE physical culture professors are
training the arms and we are also
dressing them up bit. We are
coaxing the women to wear the 1850
bands OF black velvet around the arms
and to drape them Oriental fashion in
chains and armlets.
cit is astonishing what can be done
with gilt chains when one is dressing
Up the arms. One season we sent a
woman to India to study the manner
of the women there who dress their
arms with gold chains. She came
back with some ideas which, though
a little barbaric, were beautiful in
their effectiveness.
"The flesh of the arm is hard and
does not easily absorb flesh foods
but we have way of heating the skin
and masaging the food into the arm.
eve make the flesh hot by cover
ing it with warm wet cloths, and we
rub the skin with all the flesh food
that will go into the palm of the hand.
"Little by little the arm treated in
this way will begin to plump out. Pret-
ty soon it will be fat. 1t is matter
of patience and rubbing.
Zone reason why the arms are thin
is found in tight armholes. The
Japanese women always have plump
arms and they are noted for their loose
armholes and big sleeves.
"The wide, loose kimoro sleeve al
lows 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.
"Another cause of thin arms is
nervousness or tention. A woman
sits perpetually with her hand str ain
Ing at something. Some women
close the hands so tightly that they
ache. Other women fiddle with
something, so that the hands are al
ways busy.
"This wears off the flesh. How can
the hand grow plump and round if it
is busy all the time? The muscular
action takes the flesh off the hand.
"The arm should be pretty to look
upon. The properly proportioned
arm is rather delicate in its contour.
but so perfect that not bone shows.
"When a woman has that kind of
arm her sleeves always suit her.
They can be cut off a little below the
elbow or little above. They are all
right in either case. She is pleased
with them.
"The elbow with a knob upon it
needs instant treatment. The knob is
caused by overwork. The elbow has
been placed upon the dining table; it
has done duty as prop when its
owner has been reading; it has been
leaned against all sorts of hard
things. 1t has rewarded this treat
ment by developing a pronounced
knobbiness.
"There is no real reason why an ell
bow should be knobby. A little
cream, some powder and the rest cure
for those elbows would work wonders
In very short time.
"There are three arm exercises that
plump the arms and make them
whittier. To perform these exercises
follow these instructions:
extend the arms at right angles
to the body. Slowly lift them until
they are over your head. Wave them
as though you were saving the air.
"Lower them slowly and let them
hang at your side one minute. Re-
oaot th;c axarcica-it will uhifen the