Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-10
HOW ONE MAY keep FIT
md PHYSICALLY TRIM
Why So Many Women Lose Charm
as They Grow Older and
Good Looks Vanish.
is ONE OF NEGLECT
There IL Infinite Detail to BE Re-
mombered. and Certain Essentials
That Must Not Bo Forgotten II
One Is to Combat Ravages OF Age.
MI MARION HARLAHD.

take care OF your good looks? When
] say this don't refer to such matters
HI ncatnees and cleanliness OF dress,
or eYen to such important details as
making n good appearance at the
breakfast table and about your morn
ing work By abjuring curl papers. kid
curriers', and sloppy k!monos. These
are all to DO done, but there are other
things which ought not to be left un-
done. what attention do you bcatow
on keeping yourself up to tho mark
IL, such respects as care OF your figure.
your hair, your complexion and tho
like?
This sounds aa though might be
wandering from the paths of house
keeping matters and trespaasing upon
Health and beauty department.
That is not ms intention, however.
70 my mind. such items have re-
Ierred to have their place in tho
housekeeper'e routine. and should be
accorded a notice in proportion TO their
value. Tint 80 many women neglect
thsse points ls ono reason that re they
gTow oder they ioso charm, distinc-
ton, In many cases even ordinary
good looks.
No cannot i,elp gray hairs. Those Of
us vho appreciate how much they
soften and beauty most faces would
not prevent the whitening locks II We
could. We cannot help tile lines that
thought and anxiety bring into our
countenances. and since strength and
sweetness arc often the accompani-
rnent OF euch 1ires. since they chow
character and growth. we may be glad
70 have these ratiitr than an .expanse
OF insipidity which may indicate an
eaay life. but does not demonstrate
development.
CHANGES ARE NATURAL.
AND NOT TO DE DEpLoRED
Al thesc changer arc natural, and.
therefore, not to be deplored By per-
ser3 OF common sense. Tho alterations
which need not be natural but are the
result OF i laci, OF attention 20 ordin-
ary Detail, are those marked By the
bewed back and rounded shoulders, the
cosrsened and roughened hands. the
thinning and badly arranged hair. the
muddy complexion, the poor teeth.
Tharc IN no reason why the house
keeper saould be afiicted With those
drawbacks 10 good looks &c site Will
t7ko little care of herself.
Let us considet the iiSure hrst
How does Il happen that you have a
stopped back. a thlckened waist: that
YOU are iun1py and protrude where you
SHOULD be fiat and smooth? You had
slender attractive shape. yell
rounded in tho right places. once upon
II may be that Ill health IL rcspon-
s!ble for somo Of the defects. II have
never had a decent Ggurs since the
birth OF my last child have heard
women Say repeatedly. That 1. some
thing which possibly could not lave.
been helped, although there is IA chance
tAat even In such cases a little care Il,
standing md walking might have beer
OF value, But all women who have.
"lost their figures" TO use The common
phrase. DO not owe the deprivation to
bad ,icaNh. nnE more than thcy can
hold spinal trouble accountable fo-
the!r bent back. Tho fault has been
"ith careiessnsss on tl!eir part, with
Isslec, Q: simple precautions which
would have saved their appearance
40 YOU TAKE PAINS
TO SPARE YoURsELFr
Think over the matter for Il moment.
We are accustomed 10 state that house
work IS the tinesi form OF exercise in
tao world. So il is in = way, but do
yont take il in such fashion az to get
he good out OF it? When you sweep,
for instance. do you hold yourself erect
as you WELD the broom, using il with
long, sweeping strokes, which bring the
muscles into full play? Do you dress
comfortably for II. so that you do no,
have to stand and step awkwardIy to
sarc the feet. which are in ill-htting,
shoes. or to accommodate tho figure
place? Do you have plenty o: fresh
air in ;!lc room with tho windows open.
;hat the dust may blow away from YOU
instead OF into your face, and through
you: mouth and nostrils into Your
breathing apparatus?
Again. when you make beds. do you
use pains in turning mattresses end
in any way? Do YOU have fresh air
IN the room and do you take deep
breaths that will MI and expand your
lungs? When you wash dishes. do you
sit down while YOU can. SO rs TO spare
%onrsolf unnecessary WEAKNESS, and
"hen you have to stand, do you do it
in tho right manner, with the body
properly ba!anccd--not with the aldo
men thrown out and the back curved
in, but in such q fashion that Il Is n
straight line from tho chin 70 the feet.
The Kind OF poisc known Az standing
so straight that you bend backwn I'd S
is neither beautiful nor healthful
There is moro to the care OF the fig
ure than doing housework correctly
Valuable as this is as 4 means of cxer-
cIse, II does not always bring every
muscle OF the body into play Look
out for those tina, are in danger OF
Incoming atrophied for lack OF use
II you are in doubt rs to which these
are YOU can readily ASCERTAIN their
whereabouts BY few simple efforts.
", VIGIL You btfSICn your arms
above your head with n movement as
though you were trying to push up n
heavy weight. you feel an unaccus-
toned tug through tho hips and thighs
and the calves OF the lsgs, If even a
little Indulgence in these motions in
cllnes you to stiffness and soreness
you may be sure you have muscles
which arc rot working regularly
Should similar sensations follow stoop-
ins ar bending. twisting the body at
the waist, modified high kicking, deep
breathing, or an effort to bring into
play the muscles OF the stomach and
abdomen, you may take it for a fact
that, although you may be employing
& number OF muscles in your house,
a'"Tk. there arc plenty moro in yonr
body which are weakened from desue-
tUds.
For myself ] discovered long ago
that 10 keep in ut physical trim must
go through siniple calisthenica every
day or acquire stiffened members. SO
rny In mo sn