| Show My Own Beauty Secrets o 0 0 By Anna Held IL This is the tic fust jr t article of Miss s eric J sod and in MI it s ih lio instructs gills hour 0 to stand and h hold hl them j jV elves V I This article W wes as s written in in Paris Iris and sent her hero b by bytho c tho tim famous us French beauty uty preceding her arrival in n ne I f c cw e York lork within the next v fo fo da das da's for a tour ot of the 4 Elates Et V t-r t I 1 In Tu this article MIM fI Hell tells bow sIlO she saved a her her- 4 1 elf from Crom possible lung b b. b by learning how him 1 to t j 1 tEJi ah pose lf to the triO best possible bo bodily il a ad i kL 1 ant vantage EDITOR s i it I tic i w Ift N fr S i p- p 1 4 tJ 4 5 r 2 4 4 1 Ic 1 a 4 47 k 1 iM f S 'S tt Ir'S Ir 4 4 S SL L c 5 5 I SI S tt S S 5 5 I I f t s v S 1 S S. S S t t. t v w 5 13 S 0 5 5 V 5 rr Meaning and expression expresion 5 By ANNA HELD Heading Anna nna All MI Star Star Mar Jublle under management of ot John JohnI I Colt Cott Copyright 1913 1913 International S Service OW do you ou stand stana madame or F H. H HOW How Hot do you OU walk I f How do you jou ou enter a room 7 Probably you have ha never given much thought to tho the matter malter and yet yot to beable bo be able ablo to stand litand well to 0 well to enter or leave a room gracefully is the whole social stock in trade of women who get on astonishingly well in in so so- If you ou stand well if it is s a pleasure to sc see you move o these two graces TV will ill not act only give gi you an air of breeding that will help you jou OU win your way any any- where whore but t they ov will m make mako ko vou von pic picturesque pic pic- attractive and a notable figure figuro wherever you go This is quite true as you must conLess confess con con- fess Less if you g give ge e the matter mattor au any thought and yet how do 10 you jou ou stand madame how does each woman of our dav day and generation generation stand w walks v alk lk move cf mo You Vou ou sit it gracefully and ca l Ir you yon on look very cr charming then charming then thenon yon Yon on rise all and sink your jour our weight on one hip liil in ina a wa way that makes your jour figure figuro a 1 distorted caricature Yo You 1 walk walk and and your our stride is s the most hideous motion womankind over e evolved 4 A few foW years a ago o YOU jou dill did the thc golf links link stride which VR was too long for your jour o anatomy and which showed with painful plainness bow how foolish you jou OU were to tr try to imitate tho motion motions of men You put down your feet Oct as as' as if it you O 1 I. I were trying to imitate the tho ol old miracles f dJ q i. i t J i k 2 J 0 l jiP jiPI I. I A y t 1 f f. f t 1 1 cs 1 tR tRA JJ f Rl I. I 1 w c 1 j r r rt J o j If I t 1 oi 1 r t t f 4 f i U o r l 1 fr f a v h t. t t rf j X t 1 i t r A 4 Y l. l H l. l t t L j. j f F.- F. j rA Tl 1 h 1 A position of relaxation whereby by the saints left loft the tho imprint of I I their footsteps in in solid rock I A Painful Sight And Aud th the thc standing position tho the walk of today is only less painful to de de- scribe than to see seo Women 11 follow ollow the unpleasant outlines outlines out out- lines of tho the Botticelli figure figure chest chest sunken shoulders bent and back Lack rounded round round- ed while hilo the healthy upheld uphold chest and ht front have o hen straight given Riven way av to the awkward outline of sagging all and unconfined un un- confined abdomen You do 10 not like liko it do you 7 You Yon arc aTC not going to to be a slave sla to toRn toan toan an Rn ugly fashion that must soon die and that will ill hurt your our health as weh well weI as ns your jour our natural beauty of figure We JUu mutt must t all prow grow row older and what hat is quaint nt at 20 IM will bo be u ugly l at 40 To Keep young to keep the slender outlines out out- lines of grace race grace anil above all to keep well and strong strong- with the tho charm of oC womanhood YOU ou must begin today mademoiselle and anI learn to stand Once T I felt folt attacked b bj- bj tho the dangerous danger danger- oils ous b 1 bugaboo of chest trouble I trouble I was anemic my anemic my fri ud felt that my dower of youth and vitality was bein being attacked at at- tacked i And T 1 went cut to Nature for m my cure euro I practiced standing with upheld ch chest st with ith expanded lungs Jungs I stood lightly poised on the halls balls of ot mv my feet 1 I r walked with an clastic elastic spring as ae children naturally do Result I am my best and most vital sell self again abrain again t Youth can carry off a certain amount of awkwardness simply by freshness an and briskness but briskness but that may mean z a t middle ago age without graco raco and an old ago afo of antique uncouthness When a woman has lost the tho freshness of oC youth yontl there are just three things that will make mako her socially tolerable tolerable- grace cleverness and kindne And tho greatest of those is is graco grace I have told you Why at some length now length now let mo nio follow up my preaching with an account of my practice tice I will ill tell you ou II How flow II ow I am illustrating what I mean mem by of my new photographs lu Tn tho the ono one at th tho ri right ht I show pou pon just what my mx id ideal al is of or a natural standing position Balance Balanco your weight so lightly on the tho balls of your fe feet t that you OU could easily rock back and forward if you choose But Bat you yon will win not choose o. o You must cultivate ato perfect repose reposo when you OU are arc S 10 in repose Divide Your Weight Divido Divide your weight equally between your our feet so 80 that the tho flowing flowie lines of your jour figure will bo be equal unbroken and graceful as is any flowing line Carry your our shoulders down straight h t I I I S The ideal position and oven neither sunk Bunk forward nor strained backAs back As your shoulders are down BO so keep your Jour chest high Thus Thug every vital organ organ or or- gan has its fair chance chanco of room to breathe for itself itself and and air to breathe too Carr Carry your head lightly and high Peel Feel in every muscle a willingness to spring into action Be conscious of vitality like that of Ian an athlete ready to start into motion And yet for your womanly graco grace beas beas be bo boas as light as a a. flower the lightest breeze may mav set a Difficult f Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps-if if your idea of standing ha has been beon to relax into meaningless shape But whoa when you havo have mastered this first position all that follow will be simplicity itself The Tho center picture gives you a side sideview sideview view of this standing figure This position position po position po- po is the tho next step in advance adva ce I am relaxing a n bit as the coat is doffed and my weight is slipping slowly slowly slow slow- ly 11 to ono one foot in anticipation of or sinking sink jug ing with gentle genUo relaxation into a chair Hear me mademoiselle Make hasto slowly Never jerk never jerk never be abrupt Study tho the lazy graco grace of ot slow contained movement which I have tried trie to illustrate illustrato for you here In tho the picture at tho the left I am trying try try- ing to illustrate for you tho the meaning ana amid expression that may be put into a simple standing position The arms arme are arc clasped loosely in in front There is no awkward relaxation here but hero but at at- Talk to n a standing woman and seo how ungracefully she aha rel eq and how she sho shifts un uneasily from foot to foot But in light poi poise o e and simple focusing of attention I find it possible to give rivo Vo hoed heed to af at conversation con without losing all muscular control of my body in the tho interests of ot my mind From any of these standing positions as as must always be the tho case when you OU stand correctly it correctly it is possible to start forward Convard easily into a light graceful wa walk lie I ID H. 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