The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1902, Page 15

ITHEN YoOoU HAVE A BTUPFY FEEILIN AS IF¥ YOU COLILp TIOT DR AW ITOTEIER RIE AT EX How to exerciss, how to diet, how to dress and what to do to be slender in the hips and flat in the abdomen. Rules by an expert in physical cul- ture for gaining strength and LMOST imperceptibly, and wholly out realizing it, & woman puts o take them off is a laborious ter and one that is attendant es and often with dangers. lie in reducing the weight per methods and In getting rid of e beginning to reduce see 1f your Ascertain it in the side and Shortness of sensations afflict walk easily. the sign of disease, and if so all = R line and the en- n will only tend For Looks and Health. ith that she well as for - who put on fat very ; well known pub- h in the country, increased her A]l her fat seemed n her hips and to ber dis- t bands and skirts would not trip to town she con- hie gentleman told her, by all had placed the foil in you may fence with me.” 1 do not know how to handling of the weapon to study the DO TIIIS and you will become devoted “Inte ed he note per exercise s your s will be rt to you and u wi out of pr: e from 1 t man learned to fenc ne of the be and now rate of that it it did to it on. Do not practice oy day, for too much r half an hour a xercise is worse than o To e pl‘EflH Marian mMartinean ITTUSTRATED BYW HER OWIs o oo e pone at all. Practice always with your corset off and let your hands be loose, Open your throat arrangement and breathe long deep breaths. In fencing one should wear very light easy footwear. Silk stockings are ad- vised and light underclothing, silky and absorbent. A Dietary for the Fat. As a dietary while reducing the hips take for breakfast two baked apples without cream, one lamb chop, if you must have meat, one cup of coffee anl one slice of toast. For lunch eat soft-boiled eggs and bread, browned in the oven, with fresh fruit If dinner is in the middle of the day eat little meat; but partake freely of vegetables. At night eat cooked fruit and toasted bread, crackers, eggs in any form, and do not drink over one cup of tea or coffee. On going to bed take a teaspoonful of phosphate of soda dissolved in hot water, and in the morning repeat the dose. Take this four times a week. This dietary is rather severe, but it is very similar to the one observed by Dr. Banting when he reduced his weight 100 pounds, and it is a diet that will work wonders on the woman whose hips are too large for comfort or beauty. But there are less rigid dietaries. And if you cannot very well indulge in a sepa- rate bill of fare from the rest of the fam- ily you can eat what is on the family table. But take sparingly of everything 2 and eat meat only once a day. Ir which is a constant trouble e who are too stout, will not > woman who is trying to re- will be so tired that she will is an old French remedy for in- somnia, which is nere given, but without recommendation. Each reader can peruse it and decide for herself whether she will try it or not. A Cure for Insomnia. The victim of insomnia taKesva large™ pair of stockings and dips them in cold POSES - ERCISE FOR TIITE TIRED ocux ScsIOo0s. SIRIL water. While they are wringing wet she draws them on her feet and pulls them up te her knees. Over these she puts on a pair of very heavy woolen stockings, Lwo sizes too big for her. She then goes 10 bed and throws a blanket over her feet, 80 that they are covered by two pairs of stockings and a blanket. Those who have tried it say that gentl the drowsiness of sleep will stenl‘ ove¥ them and that soon they will glide off into dreamland. It sounds like a2 good way to catch cold, but the French old wives who have tried it for years deny this and declare that the perspiration Induced by the woolen feet will not only put you to sleep, but will drive all weariness and cold from your system. Let her who is sufficlently daring t: it_and report her prozress.y A The woman who wants to reduce can take hot milk, chocolate and hot drinks generally in moderation. But she must not drink a whole cup or glass at once, as so many stout peoplé do, and sho must not drink between meals. Water and fluids of all kinds are great fat pro- ducers and you can put on flesh quicker with drink than with food. The body bending exercises are very good, but they are difficult and they sometimes make you very dizzy when you first begin them. Fencing, on the other hand, does not tire you as the stooping positions do and you can rest frequently and find amusement withal. The bath after the fencing exercise is one of the most important things. Let it be a tepld one with a littie finely powdered oatmeal scattered in the water to make it milky. Have the water not quite as hot as you can bear it. Take a few gymnastic exercises before the bath and aftéerward, but do not lie down to rest after you have finished. Large hips are made larger by lying in bed and for that reason the woman with a tendency to corpulence should get out of the habit of dropping down on the sofa for a few minutes’ rest. lnstead of doing so let her, if her feet pain her, change her shoes; and it is well anyway for her to do*this twice a day. Let her sleep not over seven hours a night and let there be no naps in the middle of the day. For tired feet there is no remedy bet- ter than the oatmeal and hot water bath, after which the soles can be rubbed with vaseline. Feet that feel as though they are on fire will be cured by rubbing them with sweet ofl which is slightly warmed. The milk bath, made famous by a cer- tain beauty, is a good thing for the stout woman if she will exercise afterward. But_she must not lle down for a siesta, or she will put on flsghamore rapidly than the fencing exercises can take it off. - In the olden days there were famous beauties, as now, and these women pre- served their outlines not in the newer sports, for they were not known then, but in walking and In the natural ex- ercises. It is doubtful if they even knew of the body-bending, vet they kept their litheness and preserved their figure into middle age. I have always been of the opinion that the woman who goes out to work daily is not as tired at night as the woman who 3 stays at home and works. pher has her noon hour and her morn- THRE FENCER Wi SoOTT TIND TIEAT SHE STATIDS BETITTER, TEIAIL_BEFORE ings and evenings; so with the bookkeep- er and the girl who is in the trades. The dressmaker, milliner, manicure and pro- fessional woman all have hours of work and hours of play. The school teacher has perhaps the hardest work of all, for during the hours of duty there is a great nervous strain combined with physical effort. The school teacher must use all her senses at once and keep her body and brain moving. If she stands at the blackboard she must use her arms, keep her head turning, her ears must be acute, her eyes looking in front of her and behind her at the same time and her mouth must be busy talk- lr}v“g There is nothing more trying than this. Keeping Young and Pretty. The woman who stays at home has one advantage. If she is Il she can humor herself; if tired, she can adjust matters to suit her muscles; if she wants to work she can do so, or she can rest. Should the light in the room not suit her she can darken or brighten it; she can open and close the windows and she can sit in a rocking chair. So, atter all, perhaps the balance Is against the woman who works, for duty with her {s stern and she knows that she must do her work steadily or drop out. Now, the question 0f how to keep young and pretty, healthy and lithe, is one that interests her, for she feels that not only her comfort depends upon this, but her success as well. The woman who is slen- ger, active, comfortably healthy and actu- ally good looking has a much better chance than the woman who is fat and heavy, sickly and dyspeptic, with a poor complexion. The woman who i employed must ex- ert her mind and her ju ent in order to keep herself a: D t let the brains that are making a living for her be of assistance to her in the beauty quest. If she is obliged to sit at a typewriting machine all day she will find herself ex- hausted at night, with a pain in her side fiom too much exercise. Her legs will feel cramped, though her arms will be tired. Walking Is not the right exercise, nor is sitting of any avail. A private gymnasium in New York City which 1s patronized by professional wom- en who are earning good salaries makes it a rule that all shall begin the night's practice with Indian club work, but it is surely the strangest exercise with the clubs you ever saw. Instead of swinging the clubs the pupils use them in other ways. The first exercise calls for a rest- ing of the weight upon the clubs. Thess are placed upon the ground and the pu- The stenogra~ pil leans upon them, bearing the full ‘weight. ‘Exercises for the profession~ al woman and the woman who is in the trade and who comes home at night tired enough to drop. — Inexpensive toilet creams, and lotions that cost very little. (4 L Next the pupil throws e one of the clubs and rests upon & ub with one arm, while the other is thrown into th r and the foot and leg are thrust cut. This is very restful for the back and gives one a pleasant, clear, light feeling, as though one had begun te breat! again. For the woman who has been over a desk all day and who is tired with ing. and writing, the swin, of . ciubs is most beneficial. clubs ars not, however, swung violently. They are lifted into the air and tapped together over the head, then lowered and tapped ggain. They are held out at arm's length and the simplest of all movements ére described with them. Now, in Indian club swinging, there is a science. The learning of the movemen; is a task fraught with difficulty, an those who attempt it will tell you that fencing is mere play com; to the learning of the art of Indlan club swing- ing. Do net, therefore, in your quest for beauty and strength, go into the Intricate and trying task of the true club-swinger, but be contented with using your clubs as gymnasium implements rather .than professional weapons. The lun‘; and chest grow narrow in the case of the woman bookkeeper, of the woman accountant or writer of any kind; and even though the bust may becoms fat from going so long without sufficlent ex- ercise, at the same time the lungs are contracted and often painful. Let the woman employed over her bocks get Into a gymnasium suit at night and let her exercise for fifteen minutes with the windows open, be it winter or summer. Throw back the shoulders, swell out the chest, lift the arms and breathe full deep breaths. Professional women are rarely of good figure. They are too full in the abdomen, and. this is caused by thelr sitting pro- clivities. They are pudgy in the hips and the beit line is too high In front. For this the evening exercise will be & scvereign remedy. CRACTICE, TISWS o ATsowoi TIIE IIams She must take a beauty bath in cold cream every night.