The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Helpful
Beauty Hints
Correct Sitting Posture Develops
The Fieure-Tbe Proper Way to
Sit in a Chair and 1ts Practice
How to Prevent Wrinkles About
Warts-Avoid Chemical Lotions.
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The ungraceful way many women
sit Is frequently the cause Of ungain-
ly figures, for unless the weight is
properly poised the lower organs are
thrown out Of gear and shapeliness
is impossible.
To avoid running the figure every
woman should regard her spine as an
upr' ght post, the shoulders being a
cross piece. And this structure she
must guard so 1t will not bend, and
as soon as a bend is permitted the
balance Is destroyed.
Sitting in chair seems a simple
matter, yet rarely is 1t done properly.
do not now mean crossed feet and
other ungraceful positions, but the
fact that the spine is usually bent.
Let the woman who is reading this
see, at the moment, II she cannot push
further back into the seat-not with
her shoulders, but 80 the end Of her
spine ia nearer the chair back. II
she can accomplish this she will find
herself involuntarily sitting straight
er, because kink has been removed
from her vertebrae.
In my opinion no one position does
more to make or present a good fig-
ure than to practice correct sitting
for at least FIVE minutes three times
day. For this would use chair
with a straight back and get on to 1t,
leaning forward a little and pushing
back until the spine, about three
inches from the tip, feels the chair
back. Then, with the shoulders
thrown back, a position Is attained
which Is best for all proportions and
will soon be held unconsciously. When
this Is accomplished the danger of
protruding abdomen and large hips Ia
greatly lessened.
Besides this straight spine move
ment chest expansion should be cul-
tivated. This is difficult fer an older
woman, yet worth any effort. One
such exercise Is to try repeatedly to
make the elbows touch each other
behind the back.
The longer one tries and the more
strength put into the muscular exer-
ton the better will the figure be-
come. Incidentally, one must take
care to stand straight while exercis-
ing in this way, or she will simply in
crease any STOPPED shoulders"
Another good and by no means diff
cult movement Is to straighten the
arms out at the sides and, without
bending the elbows, put them back
as far as they can be made to go.
Deep breathing has much to do with
having a good figure. If the chest Is
fiat and contracted, as must be If the
lungs are not filled, woman cannot
make a good appearance.
1t is astonishing that, with wearing
very tight stays, the diaphram may be
expanded when the lungs are filed to
the lowest depth. That Is, in spite Of
lacing, there is still room for the
lungs to be inflated. To breathe deep
ly does not mean large waist line,
and such practice may reduce the hip
measure. The lower lungs cannot be
inflated unless one Is standing cor
| rectly.
I think that each night before go
ing to bed woman should try to
touch the floor with her finger tips
without bending the knees. If she
can accomplish this the exercise will
keep her supple and II she cannot do
1t she certainly needs practice. For
| this movement the hands are held
| high above the head and brought down
with a sweeping motion while the
knees are kept stiff. Should they
bend there is no benefit to be derived.
BY their remaining rigid pull is made
from the waist and hips and long and
constant practice will reduce the
measurement there. The work must
never be done while wearing tight
bands.-Margaret Mixter.