San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-01

Iy spoil the contour of the
entire figure.
"Did you ever see pictures
of the instruments of torture which
paraded under the name of corsets
during the Elizabethan age?' she in
auired. "Many of them were actually
made of steel-terrible things-yet all
women wore them, for the sake of fash
ion.
even in our own grandmothers'
day the pinched waist was in vogue.
Women have regained their senses in
this age and have come to the realiza-
ton that the natural is the beautiful.
Many of them, however, have forgot
ten one thing. And that is, that with
out support the abdomen has a tenG-
ency to take on flesh and become veal
and flabby unless exercise is taken"
Pointing out that the antidOte for
fat is muscle, the champion declared
that muscular development for the alb
domen and waist is highly necessary
for the retention of health as well az
beauty.
There is no reason why a woman
should have soft, weak waist muscles.
Just give them plenty of punishment
and they will soon tighten up. Here,
for instance, is simple exercise that
should be included in every woman's
daily dozen:
Standing erect, arms held perpen-
dicular above her head, palms inward,
she swayed her entire trunk. as far as
possible to the right and left, resum.
ing the erect posture between counts
one-two and three-four.
Whenever you feel pull on GER
tain muscles while doing an exercise"
Ida explained, "then you know it is
doing those muscles good. You can
feel this clear up under your arms.
almost everyone knows this one"
she continued, as she bent forward
from the waist, touching her fingers
to the floor. But that's just the trou-
BILE. It's so we'll known that people
underestimate its value. One should
do it without bending the knees and
without stopping. six times morning
and night"
Less familiar but just as easy after
one gets used to it, according TO Miss
Schnall, is the same exercise back
wards.
IF you raise your arms above your
head and bend backward as far as
possible six times every day." she as
serted, demonstrating the feat as she
talked, you'll find that day by day
you're able to bend nearer to the
floor until finally you can touch your
hands"
Rolling. Miss Schnall believes, is
excellent for those who are given to
extreme obesity.
"A good, hard floor and dozen
complete turns day upon it should
help a lot-but that" she smiled
broadly, "is only when one has so
much avoirduDois that muscular exer-
else fails to work. In those cases ]
would even advise rolling pin,
worked over the fatty parts"
Rising on toes, hands on hips and
bending the knees to squatting posi-
ton was another exercise demonstrate
ed by the Amazon.
Benefits from this are shared
equally with the ankles" she said.
One should rise to standing position
again without putting the heels to the
floor. Here, however, is the crown
ing trick"
Placing a chair parallel to. but not
touching. the wall. she stood Just clear
OF the chair, facing it. Leaning for
ward, she touched her forehead to the
wall and with firm grin on each
side of the chair lifted it clear Of
the floor. Then. without letting the
chair come in contact with either the
wall or her body, she removed her
forehead from the wall and stood erect.
Its hard trick, but one of the
best, she said in conclusion, because
all effort is concentrated in the mus.
eles OF the waist. Do that every day
and you'll never look like a sack tied
in the middle
In tomorrow's interview Miss