Show tt u W bt 1 s x H HY HOW TO SEAT YOURSELF i iIi g gI I I Y GRACEFULLY R LLY I IN A CHAIR f S Ii 0 4 t It r. r Nearly everybody knows how to sit down It Is one of the easiest things there is But a majority of ot people dont don't know how to sit down properly And few Indeed in indeed indeed In- In deed know how to sit down fashionably Sitting down fashionably is la sitting down properly with a few wrinkles added Dame Fashion decrees that a young woman who Is about to sit down sit down should walk straight at the chair in the first place The chair may not be approached from the side and slid sUd into Look at it measure the distance and and then turn Under no circumstances stop talking when sitting down fashionably lest you seem unaccustomed to doing so The turn is the crux of the whole ma ma- On reaching the chair slide the right foot across and in front of the left The slide across of ot the right foot is made with the foot on the floor When the right foot has crossed the left raise the heel from the floor and turn toward the right on the ball of the foot Turn the shoulders around on the left shoulder shoulder shoulder der as a pivot and permit the lower body to follow around The knees should be slightly bent When completely completely completely com com- turned around ger gently lower yourself into the chair the chief weight being on the right foot As you sit down bend the body slightly slight slight- ly forward keet keeping one toe advanced Adjust yourself immediately to a comfortable comfortable com com- comi i position so that you will not have to be fidgeting around for several I A H. H f I minutes after you have first sunk into I Ithe the chair When completely seated the body should form a right triangle DO not lean against the back of the chair and do not lean forward with your elbows on your knees In your attempts to seem at ease do donot donot donot not lounge back in ln your chair so that you are practically sitting on your shoulder blades The spine must be kept straight And of course never under any circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- cross your legs I If you are short and plump you will need to sit on the edge of the chair to look graceful It is better in s such ch a case caseto caseto caseto to keep one leg fairly straight while the other knee Is bent slightly and the foot drawn somewhat under the chair Turn somewhat in the chair Talking to someone behind you produces produces produces pro pro- duces discomfort and probably lack of grace Either make the person behind you come around to the front or else turn your chair around Of course sometimes you can do neither as in a theatre chair If It you will talk in ln such cases It Is best to put the end of ot your elbow on the back of your own chair and lean away from it When arising from a chair first lean forward exactly reversing the sitting down motion Your weight falls first on your heels as you start to get up and andIs andis andis is gradually transferred to the balls of ot tha feet as you arise When you are at your full height balance yourself for an instant before starting to walk A man who would show deference to toa toa toa a woman should never pull up his trousers so as to prevent their bagging at the knees when he sits down in ln her presence |