The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-17
A Business Woman Goes Flabby

A Business Woman Goes Flabby
 I am business woman forty years of age.
 Now that's an admirable way to begin letter. I'll bet she is good business woman. It would take many women half a page to tell as much.
 For years I wore corsets but for the last two or three a cor
 selette.
 Now I find my abdominal
 muscles are becoming flabby. l
 wonder if I should try to get
 a corset to correct this defect
 or could you give me some girth control exercises which might
 help. Is it possible a persons
 organs may slip down as they
 get older? What would remedy
 such condition? (E. N. Nc. Al
 What is a corselette? Old pr Webster tells all about corsets and corseletts but washes his hands of it at that point. I gather that a corselette is set of stays of the vintage of PA or later. It was about PA that they began parking corsets, wasn't it?
 But no fooling. We are anxious to save the lady from the humilia- ton of resuming the wearing of armor. By following the advice hereinafter given, any girl or wo- man in good health can discard all corsets or braces or stays by any other name and enjoy better com fort, better health and better appearance.
 First, it is always a mistake for a girl to begin wearing any sup port, brace, arch prop, splint, binder, belt or corset. Why do girls begin wearing such things? First because women always have worn 'em, second because the agent or saleswomen assures 'em, they look so much better in the latest model of armor, third be- cause being credulous creatures they still believe the wearing of such garment or appliance restraints or melds the form to the correct standard, and indeed they spend millions annually for education that teaches just that.
 With fair physical training, which is part of the schooling of any girl but which is pretty large ly ignored in the present education al program, womans' own muscles will support her better than any artificial contrivance can and insure her more graceful ap- pearance too.
 If a woman can afford daily walking, say from three t eight miles daily, that is the best of all exercises. Swimming and tennis are fine, and even golf is better than just sitting or riding or driv- |Nng but walking is the most valu- able daily physical training to keep a woman trim and fit.
 Housework, especially washing and ironing and scrubbing is good health exercise, provided the move ments are varied often, not at all | one thing all day.
 A few daily setting-up exercises will do much to keep a woman from going flabby or getting toe soft. Such as the horizonta movements of the Last Brady Sym. phony, words and music dime while the edition lasts. Inclose stamped envelope bearing your ad- | dress.
 Scotchwomen may try these movements. Lie on back and raise one leg to verticle, lower, then the other and lower, then both together. Stand up, feet a foot apart, arms raised high, palms front. Swing hands in arc in plane of body down to touch the floor with fingers behind heels then up and over to touch floor or other side. Stand up, arms ex- tended high, palms forward, swing arms down in wide arc until fin. gers nearly or quite touch floor without bending knees, then back as far as arms will go without strain. Repeat each of these