The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
FIRST LESSONS IN HOBBLING
FONTS ABOUT WALKING IN
the FASHIONABLE SHIRTS.
Body balance u Important and mystical
Culture WIN Help Practice Nectied
In sitting Dawn ami in AOuntlnE STEPS
Home Exercises Recommended.


Please he seated and don I interrupt me.
Don Z speak: don I disturb me in any way;
and-don't look
These commands burst upon the ears
Of a friend who called upon an actress and
was shown into her drawing room.
sit down; try not to look surprised
and well. as a special favor I'll let you
watch me. said the actress as tn" friend
stood regarding her with amazed eyes.
what am learning to do? I'm learning
Ia hobble. of course
why? Because in my new play there il
a society woman who always wears the
latest oddities
DO like il? I do not. and IL ] were
the audience | would hoo II on the stage.
hut a. il IN I ann helpless. The lady is
IN financial trouble because OF her eN-
travagance in dress and there Is "A bill
from her modists. In one scene ! stand
and read aloud the items, and one item is
"A hobhle gown. price at present unmen-
tionable: and there I ami must hobble
or die.
i loaths IT, have friend. an actress.
who is pigeon toed. On the stage sine sub
dues the tendency To pigeon To" "A little,
but in the street she strikes out and toes IN
20 her hearts content. The first time
she put on a hobble skirt she donned Il in
fear and trembling for her modiste told her
how difficult il was to walk in II without
tripping: hut 10 her astonishment moth
ing was easier. She walked AZ once and
~ proudly that she was a model To walkers.
Tn. modesto told her II was because she
was pigeon toed.
IL you are going to hobble prettily you
must master these items:
You must be quite loose around the
waist line. az you can't be tied in around
/ the belt and around the ankles too.
/ IF you want 10 hubble you must learn
/ to take short but quite decided steps
| They are not exactly mincinR. but they
are not long They ara the brisk little
steps If the military man who must keep
! in step with n man shorter than himself.
| IL il almost a repressed step.
To hobble picturesquely you must
walk slowly. The woman who hurries
In a hobble skirt IL lost
| The woman who positively cannot
wear a hobbls is the tall woman who
sticks her knees out a. che walks. The
hobbIer must learn Ia keep her knees 20
| herself. 80 To speak.
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polish: polished shoes look small.
-HobbIe shoes should be- very long and
have small toes. for the length Of the
foot does not show as conspiCuously
"a tho breadth Long narrow shoes
stuffed at the toes with cotton are the
ideal thing for those who have been
tempted 20 h obbla.
4 have been taking physical culture
-, Nth hnhi.la .EtrfE
As all the walking must be done with
the upper muscles ct the body u IL
necessary that the chest should become
very full and firm. Here are the hobble
exercises.
put on your hobbie shoes. they are
high heeled OF course. and very long
and very narrow First try standing on
your toes. This isn't easy. but II
strengthens the calves. Walk and throw
yourself forward now and then and try
10 balance. Throw yourself forward. hut
don't break the toe - your shoes.
stand upright and lift your arms IN
front II YOU Keep your finger tips ceiling
ward aud bend yotT body backward
Take care not to fall. This ~ To give you
body balance.
place a footstool in the middle 81 the
room and step upon n. step on After
YOU hav" done this dozen times try
two foot -tOols IL Won can't arrange To
make steps out 81 them. then get a step
ladder; anything that will give YOU praC-
tice IN stepping up an awkward step and
down again. This - To acCust ON you 90
the cab step.
Women who wear the hobble some
times fall IN getting IN and out Of the
taxi. The trouble II that they take too
high a step and they walk right into the
hobbs. and this trips them UP.
Learn to step with the whole leg with
out throwing nut the foot too high. Moth
ing hut practice will make perfect in this
line
Body balance IL important and you
must learn the art ~ -WayinR the arms.
don't mean swinging them. nut swayInR
them
There il an elderly lady in New York