The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-13


a way Of creeping in and settling
down before you know it. Your
summer check-up isn't complete
until you have stepped on the bath
room scales and noted your most
obvious measurements. Take a
searching look at your facial con-
tours and profile, too. Any slight
gain in weight is reflected quickly
in the face.
Reduce Your Diet
The first and most obvious thing
10 do-and the easiest during these
lazy dog dayS-iS TO cut down on
your diet. Fresh fruit or juice and
coffee with two or three thin rye
crackers is enough for breakfast
on a warm. sticky DAY. As soon as
YOU have finished, wash fresh
green's for a big salad at lunch
time and put them TO crisp in the
refrigerator A generous serving Of
cottage cheese will make your lunch
more satisfying and supply needed
prOteinS and calcium without add
ing many calorieS. For dessert
simple cookie, Custard, gelatine or
fruit will give YOU the needed
something sweet"
For supper turn to your Victory
garden or nearest green grocer.
Two or three fresh vegetables.
sliced ripe tomatoes or another
small salad, a medium serving Of
lean meat. a poached egg or fish
and simple dessert will give YOU
vitamin-rich. mineral-rich meals
for the day.
Resume some Of the easier Of
your limbering and posture eXer-
ciSes. No one likes TO get warmed
up with strenuous exercises these
hot days, but some kind OF regular
workout Is necessary beauty inSur-
ance. Here are three pets Of mine
that get at the main muscles Of
the entire body.
First, sit on the floor. legs wide
spread toes up. Hold arms Out at
sides, shoulder level Bend to the
left. trying to touch the toes OF the
left foot with your right hand and
at the same time touch your fore
head to the floor on the left side.
Raise up 10 starting position and
bend to the right. Alternate direc-
tions three to five times.
Rocking Exercise
Lie down and roll over on the
stomach. Reach back and grasp
ankles. Pull downward from the
legs so your head and chest are
we'll up off the floor. Now rock for
ward and back and all the way
over to one side and then the other.
DO it until you feel tired-it won't
be long.
Relax on your back for a mo-
ment, then with arms outSpread at
shoulder level, raise left leg. cross
it over and try to touch the fingers
Of the right hand. Back into posi-
ton and raise the right leg. bring
ing IL over and down TO touch the
fingers Of the left hand. Alternate
several times.
Finish with a warm Sudsy bath
and gradually let the cold water
run into the tub until IL Is pleas
antly cool Dry and dust with bath
tale and then TO bed. You will not
feel uncomfortably overheated and
at the same time you'll have the
satisfaction OF knowing that you
are keeping the waistline slim and
legs and tummy muscles firm.
If fat has already accumulated
at your neckline. for instance, then
get TO work on the local spots A
double chin takes patting and
kneading, Stroking and spanking
day after day TO break down those
fat deposits and make the tissue
firm again II your skin is dry from
summer sun, smooth a good cream
over the area before you start the
massage. If IL is oily use a special
neck cream or astringent. Massage
and pad upward against the chin
with the back Of your hand. Pat
smartly until the skin is pink Use
both HANDS to smooth and stroke
your throat downward on the neck,
upward from the point under the
chin. Wipe off the cream and finish
by patting with ice-cold skin tonic.