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Show 1 Beauty Questions Answered MY forearms are so scrawny that I am ashamed to wear short sleeves even in Summer time. How can I lm-' lm-' prove them? L. M. J. One of the most pronounced defects de-fects of the American girl is her poor forearms, and there are not many forms of exercise which will ' develop this part of the body. The very best movement is that of the laundress who rubs the clothes up and down upon the washboard and ' at the same time twists the wrists inward. in-ward. Try washing out your small pieces of laundry, it will also help to conserve labor. Then after you have learned this movement use it as an exercise. The homely art of sweeping will also help to develop the forearms, as well as neip m me above good cause. MY eyes twitch constantly not only when I read and write, which I am obliged to do a great deal, but when I am doing nothing. Several months ago. I had my sight tested and it was found normal. A. M. R. You are probably in a run down condition nervously. Try adding some easily digested sweets and fats to your daily diet. Drink rather thick cocoa with plenty of milk and spend as much time as possible in the open air. Be sure to have the light come over your left shoulder when you work and close the eyes for a few seconds every half hour. This will enable the eye nerves to relax their grip upon the muscles, which are apparently ap-parently held too taut. CAN you tell me what to do to lessen the size of my abdomen? It is overlaid with many folds of soft, flabby fat. A. S. You should try a dally course of the bending exercises. With fingers extended bend slowly until the finger-tips reach the floor. Now rise slowly and raise the arms above .the head.' Then gradually bend forward until the tips of the fingers reach the floor. Then back and up again. This exercise is somewhat difficult at first, especially especi-ally for the stout, but if you will keep it up persistently it will soon .geduee the over-fatness of the abdomen. |