Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
HOusewOrk
to
Beauty
Daily Tasks Can Be
Aid in Improving
Your Figure
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.


housewives and even though they
long to exercise out of doors, or
attend salon classes, their duties
keep them pretty close to home most
OF the time. Today I write to them.
All household tasks can be made
more pleasureable if they are
thoughtfully scheduled and done
with rhythmical movements. In
fact, every muscle Of the body can
have a beneficial workout If you
60 about housework as you should.
No athlete, amateur or profession
al could be a winner If he went
about his featS with tenSed muscles
and a strained attitude. He must
time his movements and have COM
plete coordination of his body. He
takes the necessary rest periods,
breathes in fresh air and nourishes
his body with well-balanced meals
eaten at regular hours. Housewives
would do well to copy his tactics.
Take enough time out in the
morning to eat q proper breakfast,
and once the children have been
cared for, sit down for a brief
rest to plan your day. And don't
say you cannot make plans for a
day because you have too many
interruptions! Plan, and If you
must, count on the Interruptions
Determine just what you are able
to do each day and what must
be put OF for the morrow. Then
hold yourself to the schedule. An
orderly mind will make orderly
movements possible. When you
know what you must do, tackle it
willingly and try to get both pleas
ure and exercise from the tasks
which you assumed when you mar.
ried and bore children.
II you must sweep, dust, scrub.
wash, cook and make beds, air the
room before you work or keep the
windows open as you work.
Sweeping with q broom is good
for the upper arms, the waist and
shoulders, providing you hold the
broom correctly and sweep in easy,
well-timed movements.
busting can slim your hips and
keep your spine timber If you will
bend up sand down rhythmically
and dust with alternate hands.
Don't make the mistake of busting
with right hand only-both arms
need action and both shoulders. See
that your hose are not too taut
so you will be able to bend and
raise easily and gracefully as you
reach low under furniture or around
baseboards.
Providing you wear a well-sup-
porting brassiere, scrubbing clothes
on washboard can firm and lift
your bust, II you rub up and down
to a "one-two" count and do not
spend too many hours bending over
Once your washing is finished lie
nat on the floor for 5 minutes In
limp relaxation. When you arise
stretch out your arms sideways
shoulder level, and rotate them for
ward and backward for a moment OF
two. All washing aches will leave
you and You are better for the ex-
ercise you had!
Getting down on your hands and
knees to scrub a floor is truly good
for you, even though you may not
like to do it. Keep your back arched
up and your abdomen held in as you
rest on one hand and scrub with the
other. Learn to scrub with both
hands, one at a time, and your
waist will be simmer and your spine
stronger.
Cooking should give you some time
to sit in the sun when you prepare
fruits and vegetables, either out of
doors or near sunny window. Hum
to yourself as you peel, scrape and
cut, or do it to radio waltz music.
Pretend you are going through the
exquisite motions of Hawaiian hand
language, which brings grace to nm
gers and consolation to harried spir-
its. And more beauty for YOU!