Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-16
Slender Woman Now in Vogue

| Fashions change in figures as well
as in garb, and the slender woman is
In vogue today. But this is not the
first time the slender woman has had
her day. Over a century ago the wO-
man such as Botticelli painted was
, the rage. but she was not of the tall
type. She was much shorter and did
not have the features of today's fem
mime beauty.
Fifty years ago and even later a
woman who was tall and slender was
often spoken of as being very lean
and skinny" But that day has pass
ed as the fashions pass and the words
are never heard now. In those days
a woman had TO be well rounded in
order to inspire admiration. We
would call her condition fat nova
days. All sorts of devices were in
vented for the purpose of giving the
squat, plum appearance, so much de-
sired. Now the devices are OF anoth-
er order-for the sole purpose OF max
ing woman slender, her lines grace
full
Fifty years ago huge bustles ana
overskirts were the vogue with the
fashionable women, and they were
worn to give the impression of full
ness and plumpness. IL is the change
in fashions that dictates the figure
styles. The dresses tend great
deal toward the figure styles. as has
been shown by the latest Partisan
models. The tight skirts can be worn
only by slender women.
The woman of today must grow up
to look as much like her brother,
from a figure standpoint, II seems.
as possible. She must do away with
her hips to a certain point. she
must not even show that she has any
hips in her endeayor to meet the de-
manded physique. Men who made
study of the fashions and the inquire
STYLES claim that the masculine wo-
man is the real American woman 10
a certain extent During the pioneer
DAVIS she was forced to do much mas
cGline labor; therefore, encouraging
the manlike lines. This is claimed
TO have grown instead of diminished
until the woman of today must be
along the slender, straight lines OF
the man in order to be in the latest
fashion. Whether that is a fact or
not. il remains that the straight lines
have come to stay-fOr awhile, al
least.
The taste for tall strong women has
developed in France as it has in Am
erica. This is one of the reasons
that the latest fashions are so well
suited to the tall, slender women, for
the majority of them come from Paris
The athletic women have set the
standard. and the dainty little ro-
mantle type of years ago has disap-
neared. One hundred years ago the
women we're much the same In figure
as they are today. Old prints show
them as very tall and slender, and
their dresses are tight fitting. Long
trains were added to the skirts, put
these have not yet gained their old
prestige.
, The tall. slender woman is said to
have found a portion of the secret OF
eternal youth. Though IL is no DIS
grace to have lost the charm OF youth
she can remain youthful much longer
than the short dimpled one.
/ For the woman who grows plump
noticing a decrease of elasticity III
/ her movements and tendency to-
ward freshness at her hips, quick
= stems should be taken as a means oil
reducing the freshness. No time
should be lost in worrying over the
trouble. All tight clothing should De
removed and a gymnasium suit DOM
ed. A bathing suit will answer the
same purpose. Knead the abdomen
and push the flesh with one clenched
hand. offering resistance with the
other. This exercise should De TO-
heated several times. regularly shit
! ing the position of the hands.
, A rest should be taken for few
minutes and the massaginS taken up
again for at least 10 minutes ms
exercise should be taken very morn
ing and evening. and within lew
weeks Improvement in the figure may
be looked for. The exercise IS not :
complicated one. and neither IS u ex'
pensive. but the results are indeed
surprising
A good exercise n give spring to
! the muscles and reduce the hesh oi
I the hips is to stand erect. the toes
pointing outward. and allow yourself
t. glide down TO a squstting Positi"a
raising your arms high over your
head as you 20 through the exercise
The fingers should be clencncd 'iShf.
Is. Then rise quickly to the original
position and repeat the exercise ~
or l. tines. trying each time TO per
sDrn IL more quickly than the time
before. The exercise calls into &C
ton sets 81 muscles that have been
partly or entirely latent for a long
while. AM makes the figure liikc end
supple. " the exercise Is conscicnii
ousiy and mcihodically taken. slcn
dcrnoss can easily be obiai-cd. v not
! t~--f~.f In 80, late In life