Show TO DEVELOP THE FORM RM Two Simple Exercises Benefiting B the Figure and Carriage Carnage By a Teacher of ot Physical Culture Cu in Kansas City Star Stat StatI i iI I wih wt wJ h every one could realize realise how hour liD easy It if is to acquire rc a graceful Car bar Carriage barriage and a well developed figure After twenty years experience in teaching physical culture I there are only two exercises necessary to the development dev of the chest bust arms and lungs and that if persisted in inthey Inthey Inthey they will surely In a very short time lead to a I graceful and easy carriage of or orthe the body and with walks in the th open ope air to a fresh complexion The two exercises I give are very simple and if practiced for ten or fifteen fifteen fifteen teen minutes daily I guarantee will do d all I say for them You will find that a waist is much easier fitted that th it sets with more style that your skirts will hang more gracefully that you will step more lightly in walking wal ing and that it will come natural to step first on the ball of the foot which is considered so 50 dif difficult difficult difficult to acquire In fact you yo t will have the he true mill mili military i tar tary carriage without knowing it the 1 1 body V will incline slightly J forward d the thee head erect the th abdomen ab omeri straight The whole body will be in harmony and your movements will be easier than you ever thought possible that where su of f fex exercises ex are given they are ren not satis satisfactory factory and are note not repeated re often otten enough to be of any practical value alue But these two little exercises are so easy casy to remember and so 10 easy to accomplish ac accomplish that all who held he them hem will find area pleasure of a dread First Exercise This exercise must be practiced slowly especially at first and for a few minutes only not until the muscles are sore Begin by noticing Ing how Ute the clock ticks and 2nd learn to use that for your timer two ticks a second Stand in inthe inthe inthe the usual position lon fOr that thatis is with the heels touching tou at an angle of about forty five degrees d grees lips Ups closed and arms hanging down at sides Do Donot Donot Donot not try to stand straight but in your usual manner Depend upon the tile ex exercise X to straighten Bring the hands h d ip up iff in front of the chest palms outward rd and thumbs touching to ching Now jow standing stan in pei perfectly still sill hung imag imagine ine the Sou you jou are pushing something thi g from you and push both hands forward as asfar asfar far faras as the th arms can c n reach while the clock lock ticks eight tunes times nes On the ninth tick begin to separate the hands and at the twelfth tick they should be at atthe atthe t the sides just as you started This Is all alI allbut but to repeat for fot clear olear clearness clearness ness Count four ticks while raising hands again to chest eight till they begin to separate and four f ur till Ull at the sides Repeat Rep at this over and over oer do donot donot donot not wait for the clock clod to tick between times but raise hands again imme to chest and repeat same I Of course the clock simply gives you the length of the counts a few minutes min minutes utes ut s with the clock will suffice This is all but the secret is in not pushing p shing too hard I find that nearly every one who toss has tried this movement pushes pubes pu bes as if f she he were trying to move several hundred hund d pounds while It should be as if it tiling very fiery light say a baby buggy with ith a I child in it Practice about five minutes The chest will swell out the collar bones bon s sink k almost out of sight the shoulders fall faU downward and backward and the begin to circulate noticeably Do not strain any muscles all movements move movements ments must be gentle Second Exercise Stand as in the first exercise Allow Ano the right hand to hang hangas as ns if dead raise it lazily lightly touching the front of the body till above the head as far as the arm can reach Then Thou the hand suddenly re regaining regaining regaining gaining life point straight upwards Then with the pointing hand describe a I curve backward as far as the arm can reach without straining muscles The elbow must not be bent during this backward curve Repeat four times with the right hand then four times with the left lefthand lefthand hand alternating for about five min minutes minuteS utes Do all this slowly and gently I would not try try to count until I learned to do this movement with TUh ease Then count eight while raising the devitalized hand over the head on the eighth count the fingers point up upward ward w rd Count eight elg t while describing the backward ba curve Oil n the eighth count the hand hangs at the side as as at first Repeat each of these exercises flue five minutes daily making m only ten min minutes minutes 1 utes ut m in n alL |