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# wt Broomstick Exercise to Perfe Grace and Symmetry for Both Sides of the Body Acquired by Correct Use of Broomstick or Cane—To Develop Throat, Chest, Arms and Shoulders. opportunity, unrestricted ment HERE Is simply no known reason I why every girl should not pose ers or a sculptor's model, if she be so minded, provided— apd this is, indeed, a strenuous provisc that she Is molded according to the recognized standards of beauty and portion. which But, on game little proportions at itth, and the only reason why they part from those standards is that hey are not properly brought up and ven a chance to develop just as good ‘as old Dame Nature Intended that they should. That the children of the poor, and even of the very poor, are often far etter subiects, physteAlly, for the Ure class in inting and sculpture, €ome to be Jed as an axiom. The are not hampered and pampered tn thelr development. ‘They, of necessity, wear rfect in physteal Here is stricted phy childhood, wonders The m' Just as few clothes as possible, and thelr games on the street, with thelr fellows, the swimming off the docks, and their long rambles into the 9POCDOOOH fi ence. to all girl who country at every and ane hip DOE OOO0000O09O609OH (COPYRIGHT, 1902, URING my long and Intimate aquaintanee with Mr, Sherlock Holmes 1 had never heard him r to his relatives, and hardly ever (o hs own early life, ‘This ret- had Inc the somewhat until Nee upon His part eased man effect metimes L found myself regarding him as an tso- which he produced upon me, ted phenomenon, a brain without a heart, as de- in human sympathy as he was pre-eminent elent jp Intelligence. MMnoliiiation (o form new friendships were both typl- more so His aversion to women and his dis. cal of his unemotional oharieter, but not than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people, I had come to believe that he wis an crphan with no relatives living; but to my very great surprise, hé began to talk to me about his brothe It was after tea on aq summer evening, and the wonversation, hat ina spasmodi: fashion from golf clubs to the causes of the change In the obliquity of the ecliptic, came round at last to the question of atavism and heredl. tary aptitudes, The point under discussion was, how far any singular git In an individual y one di which roamed aesultory, aa due to his ancestry and how far to his own early train- ing. "In your own cise," said I, “from all that you have told me, It seems obvious that your faculty of observation and your peoullar facility for deduction are due to your own systematic training,” “To some extent,’ he answered, thoughtfully, “My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same Ife as js natural te thelr class, But, none the less, my turn that way is in my yeing, any may have come with my grand. mother, who was {ao sitter of Vernet, the French artist, Art in the blood is Hable to take the strmn- gest form “But how do you know that {t is hereditary “Beewwte my brother Mycroft possesses it in a Jargor degree than 1 do,” only too often miss, vagubonds of the poor begin to grow up and develop into manhood and womanhood the nourishment nec promise of thetr childhood and present dwarfed and stunted Ntde where the Well-to-do have every chance to “make 4,’ to quote a slang but very ssive phmse, heen offered the opportunity ical freedom in thelr earlier for physical may from twelve to twenty take that moat girls make Is to take up some others, rolta far more de ‘This was news to me indoad, If there were Symmetrical arms And Shouldengs stances that jt Is notic through ner dress The that 1s, if she give an amount af time to th has one shoulder out lutely symmetrical in all tons must take cary to these all tell the tale of parts of her body equally. and unimpeded sae lifts weights with her arms, the children of the leh gee to it that the leg tus dta due share of ercls as e the other hand, when theso Of Oxerci#e as well. If she ereises for the left arm in swinging the racket i 5 talk that ninety-nine TY ¢0 gesist In their development ie 4) 1) wielding The doctors tell us that ninety: \ only too often lacking, and so, for no "he Various clubs. If she dances much er vont of the bables are absolutely pi oe their own, they fail in. the ‘hen she must exercise the arm and bodles. of the leg and ankh Way she must see to it children of the x- oll yen If they have not for unre- rs when they ap- ure after all the richest development, and truly be accomplished Offset such draw solutely symmetrical every portion of me branch in prefor- from the Wor exampie, the usnally has one arm than broom, of mantl By Sir A. Conan Doyle. RY HARPER & BROTHERS.) another man with such singular powers in England, how wus It that nelther police nor public had heard of him? I put the question, with a lint that it was which made him ac- Holmes my companton's modcaty knowledge his as his superior, laughed at my suggestion, brother “My dear Watson," said be, "I cannot agree with those who rink modesty among the virtues, To the logician all things should be seon exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers, When I say, therefore, that Mycroft has hotter powers of observation than I, you may take it that T am epeaking the exact and literal truth, "Is he your junior?” “Seven years my senior," “How comos it that he Is unknown?!’ “Oh, he is very well Known In his own circle. * “Where, then?’ “Well, In the Diogenes Club, for example,” 1 had never heard of the Institution, and my face must have proclalmed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch, “The Diogenes Club ts. the don, and Mycroft one or the gueerest men, queerest club in Lon- Ho's al- ways there from quarter to five to twenty to elght, It's now six, fo if you vare for a,stroll this beau:iful evening I shall be very nay py to Introduce you to ty0 curlosities," Hive minutes later we were in the street, walking toward Regent's Circus, “You wonder," sald my companion, that Mycroft does not use his poway work. He {# Incapable of it,' “But I thought you sal “IT mid that he was my superior in observation and deduction, If the wrt of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an arm-chatr, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived, But he has no ambition and no energy, He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right, “why it Ie for detective the other. and so much = in some tennis player, appreciable ga of drawing. Now the girl who desires to be abso- her propor exercise all plays tennis then she must provide ex- to counter- balance that which her right arm gets and shoulder muscles in accord with those And that no Part is developed at the expense of an THE WORLD Ins able even always When she she must wolf or in eve y one Now, there are a series of exercises to be accomplished with the aid ‘of a long staff or directoire cane, and intended to cks, to afford an ab- development of the entire body if the long staff or the directoire cane be not within the reach of every purse, well, even a broomstick—divor cours known to act as an eMecient substitut for the somewhat more aightly and to- looking cane with its fancy tap ©OOODOO4D9DOO FD HE LHHHHHHHHOGHOOGOO HOSDEPOOHGOSOO HHO $F. H6H49HH909HH9 HOSOOHHDH Greek Interpreter and dainty silk tassels, 80, whether it he staff or cane or Lroomstick—and the one is just as good as the other as far as results are con- girl's cerned—the following exercises will re- »q Sut in an absolutely symmetries! devel- n opment that will enable {ta happy pos- sessor to stand as a mode) for painter or sculptor, or evan tur the life classes at the schools of the Beaux Arts, If all And has be Again and again I have taken a problem to him, und have recelved an explanation whioh has afte! ward proved to be the correct one. And yet ho was absolutely incapable of working out the prac= tical points which must be gone into before a case could be laid before a Judge or jury." It is not his profession, then? By no means, \What Is to me a means of livelt- hood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante, He ‘has an extraordinary faculty for figures, and audits the books in some of the governaient de- partments, Myoroft lodges in Pall Mull, and ho walks round the corner into Whitehall every morn. ing amd back every cyening, From year’s end to year's end he takes no other exercise, and is seen nowhere else, except only in the Diogenes Club, which 18 just opposite his rooms." “I cannot recall the name." “Very likely not, There are many men in London, you know, who, eome from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows, Yet they are not averse to comfort. able chairs and the latest periodicals, It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was qtarted, and it now contains the most ansoctabie and unclubable men in town, No member is per- mitted to take the least flotice of any other one, Save in the Strangers’ Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offenses, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion, My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found It a very soothing atmosphere,” We had reached Pall Mail as we talked, and were walking down it from the St, James's end, Sher- lock Holmes stopped at a door some little distance from the Carlton, and, cautioning me not to speak, he led the way Into the tall, Through the glass panolling T caught a glimpse of a large and luxuri- ous room, in which a considerable number of men wore sitting about and reading papers, exch in hte own little nook. Holmes showed me into a small chamber which looked out Into Pall Mall, and then, leaving me for a minute, he came bick with a companion whom I knew could only be hig brother, Mycroft Holmes was a much larger and stouter aman then Sherlock, His body was absolutely conpu- lent, but his face, though massive, had presorved something of the sharpness of expression which was #0 remarkable in that of his brother, His eyes, which were of a peculiarly Mmht, watery gray, seemed to always retain that far-away, introspec- tive look which I had only observed in Sherlock's whon he was exerting his fll powers, “Lam glad to meet you, sir.” sald he, putting out & broad flat hand like the flipper of a seal, “I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you became his chron- lcler, By the way, Sherlock, I expected to ee you round fast week, to consult mo over that Manor Houso case, I thought you might be a little ont of your “No, I wolved tt," sald my friond, smiling. ‘ SATURDAY KV and chest and arms and shoulders, list looks 80 long that you may fanc will take an especial lot of special ex- eroises; but do not look ahead for work; Properly managed, the one set will ace compiish the whole lot. whole secret, ENING, JULY 1, 1905. gers of both “Look Instruction and the The Now There {8 the the to got to work! 66 Properly managed! Now hints “It was Adams, of course.’' "Yes, it was Adam “L was sure of it f nm he first," The down together in the bow window of the club, "To any one who wishes to study maugind this Is the two sat spot,” sald Mycroft." Look at the magnificent types! Look at these two men who are coming toward us, for example,” “The biiliard-marker and the other?" Precisely, What do you make of the other? ‘The two men stopped opposite the window, Some chalk marks over the waistcoat pocket were the only signs of billiards which 1 could see in one of them. ‘The other was a yery small, dark fellow, with his hat pushed back and several packages under his arm. “An old soldier, I perceive,” sald Sherlock. “And very recently discharged,’ remarked the brother, “Served in India, I aee,"' “And a non-commissioned officer,” “Royal ArtiMery, F fancy,'’ sald Sherlock. *And a widower. But with a child "“Ohildren, my dear boy, ehildren,”’ ‘Come, sadd 1, laughing, "this 1s much, “Surety,” answered Holmes, “it is not hard to say that @ man with that bearing, expression of author ity and sunbaked skin, is a soldier, is more than a private, and Is not long from India.” “That he has not left the service long is shown by his still wearing his ammunition boots, as they are called,” observed Mycroft, “He had not the cavalry stride, yot he wore his hat on one side, as is shown by the lighter akin on that side of his brow, His weight is against his being a sapper. He is in the artillery,” “Phen, of course, his complete mourning shows that he has lost some one very dear, ‘The fret that he is doing his own shopping looks as though tt were his wife, He has been buying things for children, you peredive, ‘Mere is a rattie, whieh shows that one of them is very young, The wife probably died in childbed, ‘The fact that he has a Dieturebook under his arm shows that there ts ans other child to be thought of. 1 began to understand what my friend meant when he sald that his brother possessed even keener far wiles than he did himself, He glanced across at me and smiled, Mycroft took enuff from a tortolse- shell box, and brushed away the wandering graing from his coat front with a large red sill handker- chief. “By the way, Sherlock,” said he, "I have hat something quite after your own heart—a most sin gular problem—submitted to my judgment, [really had not the energy to follow it up save in a very incomplete fashion, but it gave me a basis for som pleasing speculations, If you would care to heay the facts’ “My doar Mycroft, I should be delighted." a little too ct a Girl Well Poised. SS COVYVA GS ving learned ties than you can count upon haughty!" is to the assembled class, and you should see the shoulders st and fly backward, the chins go up dis- the dainfully in the alr, the chest abdomen straighten and the whole body take on an alr of animation and expectation ‘Now amile!” ig his next instruction, « And the body maintains the same pose, but the lines sink into an expression of relaxation which Is truly restful to look secret of the expression of the body as it well as that of the fac the girl correct carrluge of the body must read, mark and ponder on these few preced- ing paragraphs, and diligently. pre POOTOHLAPOGHGHH HOP HHH © s Physique. # Fe Sao, " Position, Not or strained; that to stand correctly. the fine hands, says to his pupils. always his first th these most espe her evening gown is nowadays the rule, thanks tu the high collars of th points: ighten pum out sink in, the kn stitt can be overcome. grasp the staf with distant from the centre, but firmly fly from your grasp while upon. It is not that a single muscle has else damage will ensue; other means of income fail her. changed {ts relative position; tt is just enough not to strain and First, you want to develop your throat that all of his pupils early master the Holding the staff at staff is held abo ctlee as you lower the staff ‘Phe brother scribbled a note upon the leaf of his pocketbook and, yinging the bell, he handed it to the waite L have asked Mr, Melas to step across," sald he “He lodges on the floor above me, and L hay slight acquaintance with him, which led him to come to me in his perpelxity, Mr. Melas Is a Gree by extraction, and he is a remarkable linguist, He earns his living partly as an interpreter in the haw courts and partly by acting as guide to any weaithy Orientals who may yisit the Northumberland avenue hotels, [I think L will leave him to 1) his ve remarkable experience in his own fashion. A few minutes later we were Joined by a short, stout man, whose olive faes and coal black hair proclaimed his southern origin, though his speech was that of an educated Englishman, He shook hands eagerly with Sheriock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he un that the spectalist was anxious to hear his story some rstood “1 do not beheve that the police crevit me-on my word, I do not,” said he in a wailing vol Just because they have never heard of it before they think that such a thing cannot be, Butt know that I shall never be easy tn my mind until | know what has become of my poor man with the sticking plus ter upon his face,” “Lam all attention, “Phis is Wednesday evening, do Mr. Melas “Well, then, it was on Monday night—only (wo ad ago, you understand—that all this hipponed. 1am an interpreter, as perhaps my neighbor there has told you, f interpret all Janguages—or nearly all but as | am a Greek by birth and with a Grecian name, it is with that purtieular tongue that 1am principally associated, For many years | haye been the chief Greek Interpreter in London, and my name is very well known in the hotels. “Tt happens not infrequently that Lam sent range hours by foreigners who get into diMeul- or by travellers who arrive late and wish my I was not surprised, therefore, on Monday when a Mr, Latimer, avery) fashionably dressed young man, came ap to my rooms and asked me to accompany him in a cab which was waiting said Sherlock Holmes ya at the door, A Greek triend had come to see him upon business, he said, and as he could speak noth Ing but his own tongue, the serviees of an inter preter were indispensable, Ho gave to me to under stand thataiis house was some Hittle distance off, i Kensington, and he seemed to be ina great hurry, bustling me rapidly scended to the street. he had de- into the cab when she must if she does it for will have Just the very opposite and shoulders, In all of that ally in her bathing dress an A beautiful theoat girl xeeption rather choker 0 8 However, even the evil effects of thes Standing correctly in the first position each Hold it lightly Firmly enough not to let tt and tire the fine it gers and the muscles of the wrist. the level as you Hft the jowrly and eyes, walstiine, lft it up. gradu, who would attain the a full, deep inbreath arms. Hold the breath the head, and let out the Darnty Slende -ADPKTCS. Queenly Carriage a Matter of Poise and Training—Simple Exercises to Induce Slender Waist and Sloping Hips—How to Hold and Manipulate Broomstick. look stiff at least twenty time correctly It he next exercive calis for the staft result; held in the same position, managing the the standing posture when correctly and so far from being fatiguing, it is breath as before. Be careful bout your assumed leads to the correct sitting distinctly and decidedly ul, When breathing, for this is important In the attitude Hkewise, the girl Is ready to she lus red how to stand, she development of the chest, throat ond be@in work, For tose who may not will be surprised to find that she can shoulders. Lift the staff high above the have learned how to stand correctly stand and maintain practically the samo head and then lower it to the level of how (he artiste expect to have thelr position for a long time, frequently the waist line In the back ‘This will models stand—throw the head back- even beyond the usual half-hour pose broaden out the chest and straighten ward and tit the chin slightly up. without feeling the slightest sense of the shoulders If they show any tendency. “Look haughty." is what one old fatigue or weariness in any limb or 9 rounviness or stooping, Em't the breath dancing master, the trainer of more muscle. when the staff descends to the waist in professional and successtul stage beau- Now fov her throat and chest, arins the back, inhaling as the arma se her gowns to the show; but cut top of the head guin as the arms de Now the proportions must hay vnd Vetting it ni ely symmetrical ib oslender waist and sloping hips, What is known as the sudden hip is ever decried by artists, er. and is attributed to the pernictous prag- (ee of Ught lacing. However that may befor where is the girl who would ever acknowledge or plead guilty to the aveusation of tight lacing ?—the siender Waist and sloping hips are artistically correct, To gain these she must exer: in motion, cise those muscles rigorously, Lifting lightly (he staff above the head and lowering in Che back until { is level with the waistine—see the ilustration~she bends: backward, using the staff as a horl- zontal support, until her head is pretty ona level with her knees. ‘The tall girl will tind this ' less easy to do, she has so much more tength cf back “for leverage; but her sister of than valence of hand egul+ of the hy, taking while the then yore fewer Inches inay hav y ive thie therein, Always she must breath, emptying the lungs just as {one und caretully berore the desmed eee remember to hold her body in correvt completely us you Miled them, Repeat sults are atttained. pane oy “LE way Into the can, ws to whether it was not arriage in found myself, It was certalnly more roomy (ha the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London tho fittings, Lhough frayed, were of rich quit Latimer seated himeelf opposite to me at ed off through Chating Cross and bury avenue, We had come cut upon Oxford ©: but LE soon became aowntta’ we start Ip the Bhattes- t and T had ventured somo remark as to this peng undabout way to Kensington, when my words ested by the extraordinary conduct of my panion, “He began by drawing a most formidible-looking: bludgeon loaded with lead from his pocket, and switching it backward and forwara several times, an if to test is webyit and strength, ‘Then he phiced it without a wo at beside him, J upon the s Having done this, he drew up the windows on each side, and 1 found to my astonishment that they were covered wilh paper so as to prevent my seeing through them "Tam sorry to cut of your view, MY. sald he. “Phe fact is that L have no intention that you should what the place Is to which we are driving, Tt might possibly be inconventent to me if you could find your way taere again.’ As you can imagine, [ was utterly taken aback by such an address. My companion was a powerful, broad-shouldered young fellow, and apart from that Weopon, TE should not have had the slightest chance in a struggle with him, Ihis is very extraordinary conduct, Mr, Lath: mer LT stimmered, ‘You must be aware that what you are doing ts quite tlegal.’ “dt is somewhat of a Mberty, no doubt,’ sald he, ‘but we'll make it up to you, T must warn you, however, Melis, that if at any time to-night you attempt to raise an alarm or do anything which is Against my jnterests you will find dt a very serious Melas" thing, [beg you lo remember that no one knows where y are, and that whether you are in this carriage or in my house, you are equally In my power, His words w e quiet, but he had a rasping way whieh very menacing, I sat in silenee wondering What on earth could be his reason for Kidnapping me In this extraordinary fashion, Whatever It might be, It was perfectly clear vhat there was no possible use In my resisting, and that T could only wait to whet might befall, “Wor nearly two hours we drove without my hava ing the east elie as to where we were going. 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