New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
BY MARJORIE DORk Health and Beauty Expert
 For NEA Service

For NEA Service
 One of the most common and least attractive typ" of figure is the barrel typc in which the abdomen has become entirely out of proper ton to the arms and legs.
 A woman with such q figure can reduce only by stretching muscles on this particular part of tn" body. You can walk or dance for hours without improving the figure.
 Here is one Of the best exercises for if:
 Lie fiat upon the floor and bring up the legs at right angles with the body, with the knees stiff. Then let them down slowly. keeping the knees stiff. to the count of six. It is the slow pull that does the work, so do not hurry. Do this five times at first and increase to 10 or 20 times as you grow more accustomed to it.
 This one also is cyccllcnt:
 Lie flat on the floor with the arms stretched above the head. Then rise forward touching, the toes with the finger tips. At first your fingers and toes may not meet, but bring them as close to each other as you can. Start with five times and increase to 20 or even more.
 You will find this one a bit less strenuous:
 Not As strenuous Lie down flat and bring both knees Hp to your chest then lower to tho first position. Do this ten times both together and then ten times with each leg alternately. i Those three are all done on the floor. Here are three more to be done standing. Take the standing ones last as they are easier. Stand with the feet wide apart, shoulders up, arms above the head. Bend at the waistlinc and bring the bands back between the legs. This | is excellent for your back and your arms as well as your abdomen. Ten times is q mere start. Increase later to 30.
 ! Then in tho same position. with 1 fngertips above the head, Jcach ! over and touch first the right foot and then, after straightening up with hands again above the head, the 1 left foot. Ton times at first and then morc regularly, will certainly have a slcnderizing effect. Next put your knees together and extend your arms outward as far as they will go on either side of the body. Swing the body as far to the right and then as far to the left as you can, moving only at the waist ! line.
 | There arc many other cNercis, s which l will give in later articles that will help the barrel-typcd wom- an. but l don't wish to ovcrWhelm i her at the start. Rather at this time l wish 10 stress the matter of dict, for the large abdomen pro- claims that the food habits are wrong.
 First Of all, cat only when you are i lIuHSiS. I'hI 'io"iS, 'l'i7''"t' 'A'l ' morscl Then you won't want so much food. Begin each meal with an appetizer or fruit juice to excite the salivary glands.
 Sip 'Em Slowly
 Fruit juices. milk, and bnttcrmill should all be slipped slowly. They are foods in themselves. with the advantage over solid foods that they are much more easily digestcd There is no diet more helpful to re- ducing than q liquid diet. You could even go on one for three days a week without injury to your health but usually one day a week is suf- ficient.
 For one days liquid diet. I s1lg- gest the following: At eight in the morning. two glasses of hot water This hushcs out the stomach. Fof breakfast, one cup of tea or coffee without cream or sugar. and on' glass of unsugared fruit juice: or augc juice is excellent Al 10 o'clock two glasses Of water. At II o'clock one glass of water.
 glass of any frtl' juice or two glasses of buttermills or sweet milk, Al o'clock a glass of water. and an, other at three and at five, cup ot