The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31

The fact that the circus boot costs
the women of fashion about go per
cent more than she paid a couple of
years ago for footwear, which was
then eminently satisfactory, though
now considered of common variety,
has been extensively dwelt upon. Nor
has the amount of time required to
keep up-to-date shoes up to the nee
essary degree of skick-and-spanness
been overlooked, but no one seems to
have considered the pounds and
pounds of "too, too solid flesh that
are gradually being added to femi-
nine figures all through this fashion,
says the Philadelphia Ledger.
Feet or Figure.
High heels are unfortunately es-
sential to this type of boot, and we
all know that the woman who is hob
bling around on them is naturally 60
ing to take less exercise than her
sensible sister who wears heels a
couple of lifts lower. Even when she
starts out with the best intentions of
doing the two or three miles pre-
scribed to keep off that threatened
boyle, "ongbongpong," she almost in
variably seeks refuge in a street car
She can usually stick out the going,
but the coming back is too much for
tired feet, tired back and that awful
tipped forward feeling, with it's ac-
companying sensation of too much
weight on the balls of the feet.
The finishing touch is given by a
witty chiropodist, who asserts that
the annoying careless places" as he
calls callouses, are almost invariably
caused by high heel shoes.
Now at this point there is choice
of evils-we can talk either feet or
figure with equal facility, strange to
say, having had an overdose of both,
but that early Difference to the too,
too solid" seems to decide the case.
1t is obvious, then, that the woman
who is addicted to stilt-like heels
must take her anti-fat medicine in
another form than walking, and the
principal alternatives seem to be
home exercises, diet, or course of
baths of the pine, vapor or salts va
riety. If the first is chosen there is
more than a grain of comfort in the
conclusion of an expert, who claims
that manual exercise, being far more
irksome and less interesting than out
of-door exercise, is not followed by
the ravenous appetite which often
counteracts the good effects of golf
or along walk or ride.
Kicking to Reduce.
The thing to do then is to put on a
kimono or bathrobe, open all win
dows, and kick-gently at first, hard
ly more than a swinging of alternate
limbs, gradually increasing on subse-
quent morning both the number of
kicks and the force with which they
are directed. A reduced stomach and
hip measure is sure to follow. Con-
tinual repetition of that easiest of ex-
ercises, picking up pins" touching
the floor without bending the knees,
is a good running mate for this, as is
also lying on the back and raising the
legs, alternately at first and then to-
gether, followed by raising the body
from the hips without touching the
floor or bed with the fingers.
The only fault to be found with
these simple exercises is that they re-
ouire so much time as to be beyond
the reach of many women. In this
case, diet, which to many of us is
spelled spinach and signifies the
remuneration of virtually everything
the palate Graves, is the principal
remedy. But cheer up, there is
nicer, newer, less starvationy way,
provided one is not addicted to wheat
flower in gravies, sauces, cakes, pies
and breads.
Quite a Variety.
This may read like a large order,
but if you are housekeeper try the
bread end alone and see how much
variety can be obtained and how the
family will enjoy the change from a
constant diet of wheat bread, wheat
cakes, not biscuits and rolls. Just to
sample possibilities buy small car
ton Of bran and another OF whole
wheat flour and try a few of the rec
ipes printed thereon. Gluten bread IS
another resource and there is always
well toasted wheat bread or CONNER
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