Show Supple Hands May MayBe MayBe MayBe Be Had by Exercise By ALICIA HART P Please ease give me some exercises that hat will make my hands more supple sup sup- pIe and graceful writes a 8 young New York woman I I do not need grooming routines However in spite pile of the fact that my hands are arc neat and and- white I am am constantly aware ware of their awkwardness There are many hand exercises which if done regularly certainly will vill make fingers and wrists supple and nd therefore graceful Begin with simple steps such as this Place your elbows on a table with forearms erect and fingers straight Drop the fingers back until the palms are arc facing upward Then gradually bring hands forward moving each finger individually and making wrists do the work Continue Con- Con the forward movements until tips of third fingers Lingers touch base of thumbs Now extend fingers slowly slow slow- ly y one at time until they are again Make believe that you are arc are pullIng puling pulling pull pull- Ing ng taffy Swing arms outward fingers ingers outstretched Bring them together in front of you fingers together Repeat slowly about twenty wenty times Imagine that you arc aro shaking wat water r from fingertips S Shake ake arms letting fingers snap together to tomake make the thc imaginary drops fall Open and close hands rapidly a few times imes V Also keep in mind that hands in r pose always arc are lovelier than those which flutter constantly Dont Don't fuss with your clothing drum on the arm of the chair or wave your hands wildly back and forth while you arc are arc talking Gestures with mean mean- ing ng are on thing Nervous jittery useless ones are quite another |