Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-05
BY KITTY GORDON.

III v
It would seem that nature, after
seeing what fragile bodies she had
created for us, had created one season
Of the year just to bring them back
into their own form and beauty. How
ever you view 1t, summer is h idyllic
time for recreation. You will notice
that I am using the word create" con-
siderably. But I just want to empha-
size what recreation means. 1t doesn't
mean play or the idle wasting of time,
but it means creating anew. rein
MIGRATING. And though 1 have left
this phase Of beauty-gaining until the
last, 1t Is considerably the most i'm
portant. The woman who doesn't
| choose a vacation and choose 1t wisely
might Just as well retire from the
ranks of women who want charm, con
tinued youth and health.
Taking a vacation sanely doesn't
mean going to a fashionable hotel and
keeping in the height of fashion from
the time that you put on a silk bath
ing suit for an early morning dip until
you encase yourself in the stays of an
evening gown. In fact, the n phase
of nv beauty account which is very
cheap and reasonable is my vacation.
I have always found 1t to pay to live
Just as simply as I can: in fact, almost
to follow the way of the birds and ami
mails about me. I rise early and I
retire at an hour that shocks my city
friends. I literally go to bed with the
birds and rise with them. After two
or three months it would seem that
all the care and worry lines that had
started during the winter had just been
swept away by the freshness of the life
that I was leading.
There are just five things that a
woman must always observe in taking
her vacation.
First. she must dress loosely, with
out corsets, in order to restore all the
little propped up muscles to their nor
ninI. Women seem to disregard the
whole effect on their anatomy when
they lace. And many "A cause of weak
backs, neuritis and general bodily
Ianguor and inertia may be attributed
to the fact that the strength of some
of the most important muscles of the
body nave been taken away through
disuse. Her corset stays for ten months
OF the year have been substituted for
the unfolding of the muscles.
Second, she must exercise. Yet h
must not exercise boisterously, as does
a man, for a man desires above all
things muscular strength, just the
very thing that a woman does not
want to acquire. Her exercise should
all be taken with q view of bringing
back to normal portions of the body
that are inert and sluggish, and of
gaining exquisite symmetry and grace.
The exercises that 1 find best are ten
mis-, fencing, tossing the medicine ball,
but most of all swimming.
After this wordsworth is the only
name for it, have a good rundown
and drink a pint of water as hot as I
can stand It. Then 1 wrap myself in
an extra heavy bathrobe and sit quiet
ly for half an hour, perspiring. Ono
feels the need of the rest. At the end
of half an hour I take a medicine bath.
This does not mean that I battle in
medicine, but that I stand in lukewarm
water-just a few inches of water-and
take a shower bath. This Is followed
by an alcohol rub and the morning
work is ended.
you will be quite ready to enjoy lun-
cheon, and i usually eat "A fairly sub
~stantiaI one, always avoiding, however.
potatoes, cream, fresh bread and
sweets. A little toast does not harm.
/ never drink anything with my meals,
not even a glass of water. An hour
and "A half rest follows luncheon.
Then L start in again.
I begin the afternoon by playing two
or three sets of t~ennis-good, lively
games-and after that a half hour at
tether ball. This game is played with
a tennis ball attached by a string to
a pole. You strike the ball with a
tennis racquet and endeavor to wind
1t around the pole. Your opponent tries
to prevent this. In both tennis and
tether ball 1 wear a heavy sweater
and perspire profusely. The games are
followed by a bath and a vigorous rub
down. Then ! go for a drive.
After this comes dinner, plain and
wholesome. No sweets or rich desserts,