The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-25
F a m Gus Expert
Gives Charm
Advice
By Maria Jeritza
Prima Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Of the
Most Beautiful Women
Of the Day

Prima Donna Of the METROPOLITAN
Opera Company and One Of the
Most Beautiful Women
Of the Day
IT Is safe to state that every
i woman is secretly or frankly
ambitious to lose any superflu-
Gus pounds that may stand be-
tween her and physical sym.
metry.
Authorities tell us the hips are
the chief depository Of superfluous
fat Of the feminine figure. We
need, Of course, q certain amount
Of fat to cushion our nerves, mus.
Giles and blood vessels and furnish
q reasonable reserve required by
good health. But Fat not needed
for this purpose Is superfluous
and any healthy woman is justi-
fled in trying to rid herself of 1t
by means of sensible measures.
The get-thin-quick theory does
not work well. Drugs powerful
enough to reduce the body quickly
are also powerful enough to en-
danger health-even life. Reduc-
ing salts and drugs should never
be taken, except under a physi-
clans express directions. Only
o woman in normal health should
make any effort whatsoever to
lose weight without personal dl.
rections from her physician or a
physical expert who understands
her case. But the average healthy
woman, who learns from standard
scales that she measures consider
ably more than she should at her
age and for her height, can make
no mistake in adopting regime
designed to gradually reduce her
weight and size by means Of exer'
else and diet.
Cut down on fat-making fodS,
but do cot exclude them entirely
from your diet. The fattening
foods include potatoes, white
bread, rice, beans, peas, preserves,
candies and all kinds of sweets.
Substitute whole wheat or bran
for white bread and limit yourself
to three slices each day, thinly
buttered.
Get out in the fresh air every
day and walk, and also run If you
can. Golf, horseback riding and
swimming will help you reduce
your hips.
Every morning, with your win
dows wide open, wearing q bath
robe to protect you from cold,
practice gymnastic exercises for
10 minutes. especially those de.
signed to slenderiZe the hips.
The following exercise is excel.
lent for this purpose and should
be Included in YOUR list: stand.
erect, with your feet wide apart,
your hands together behind your
head, your finger tips touching at
your neck. Bend as far forward
as you can without bending your
knees, then bend backward in the
same manner taking care not to
strain your back. Return to posi-
ton. Repeat the exercise 10
times.
Next. standing in first position,
erect. with feet apart, hands back
of your head. bend first to the
left. then to the right, as, far as
you can without straining. Re-
peat this exercise also 10 times,
Physicians say it is good for the
kidneys and liver. A hath and
vigorous rundown should follow
your 10 minutes devoted to gym
nastics.
The regime / have suggested
is not hard, nor does it necessi.
tate any great self-denial. You
will enjoy it when you get used
to the moderate diet and active
exercise for which it calls. And
IL you follow it faithfully you will
be rewarded as the weeks and
months pass by greater slender
ness and grace Of contour Of your
hips and waistline.