The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-16
DANCING ROR HEALTH.

The dancing that girls should do
that they may acquire health and
grace is net done on the waxed floor
of ballroom, but on the rough con-
crete or canvas floor of a gymnasium,
or even on the carpet of a bedroom.
Before the recent Juror fer artistic
dancing that has gained such an I'M
petus in the last year or two with
watching Genee, Isadora Duncan and
Gertrude Hoffman, our women had
learned the benefit of what is called
athletic dancing.
To waltz or two, step we'll develops
a swaying grace and is essential to
social success, but its benefit on the
health may be questioned. The hour
at which social dancing is done, not
to mention the heated room, tight
clothes and rich food late at night,
does not make it a great health build
er.
Athletic dancing, on the other hand,
builds UP the muscles of the legs, ank-
les and back, increases the endurance
OF the heart and gives the whole
body more poise and grace. There is
much swaying of the body and use
of the arms, SO that every muscle is
brought into play.
Many of the old folk dances are
adapted to this work and when the
steps are once learned they can be
practiced instead of regular gymnastic
exercises in ones own room. A half
hour of such dancing is said to be
equal to five-mile walk, and if the
windows are thrown open during the
practice there can be no more health
full form of athletic work for girls.
In getting rid of fiesny hips this
gyunnastic dancing is one of the lat
est fads, and the woman who suffers
with weak ankles or if she is inclined
10 stumble and walk uncertainty will
find it beneficial.
AS the muscles of the legs gets more
exercise than those of the upper part
Of the body, it is well to alternate the
dancing with dumb-bell or wand move
ments to equaEize control Of all mus
cles in the body-New York Press.
CONSOLATION FOR LONELINESS
Do you know that ug1iness can be
prevented or cured? Well, it can be.
In most cases ngliness is ones own
fault LONELINESS is not hereditary.
1t, is self+made. The most irregular
features may be beautiful by glow
OF Aindly expression.
On the other hand, the most per-
fectly formed face may be married and
rendered repulsive by the scowl of
greed, vindictiveness, envy. The snub
nose and simian mask of Socrates
strike no one as ugly, because of the
intellect that shows in every line. Do
not the French talk of 'jolie laide"
IA woman of Fascinating plainness?
Similarly, we must mark off as exclls-
ed from the charge of being ugly
those from whose faces shine benevo-
aence and pleasant peace
Ones face is ones own fault. One
can transform it, If not to beauty, at
least to attractiveness. by seeing to
1t that nothing shows in it that is
not slOveable. Ones thoughts, If mo-
BILE and kind, will in time mold the
hneaments of the outer man or wom-
an and make, them kind and noble,
too.
Mere physical beauty has been vast.
ly overrated by the artists and poets,
ever since art and poets were born.
Merely symmetry of lineaments, never
since the world began, won true love
or commanded true respect. Pleasing
to look at, but the human heart hun
gers for more than pretty visions.
Vino thinks of selecting ones
friends because of their straight
noses? More than that-far more
than any outer feature-is necessary
to friendship worthy of the name.
Who does not love dear old mother,
despite perhaps wart on her nose
and wrinkles in her cheeks? A life
long devotion generates a spirit of
beauty that no physical deformity can
shut in.-New Haven Register.
LARGE EVENING HOODS.
While in this city the immense hood
for evening has not taken the place
OF the picture hat. 1t is widely worn
IN New York and other American
cities.
There were many years when it was
said that Philadelphia woman could
be identified IN cosmopolitan crowd
because of the fact that she always
went bareheaded in the evening.
For several years, however, she has
rarely appeared without a hat Like