Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-28 | Page 18 | No. 1 Deb Believes That Exercising Gives That Long-Torson Look

No. 1 Deb Believes That Exercising Gives That Long-Torso Look - By BETTY CLARKE . This spring lfs the Jong-torso silhouette. That's the figure Patricia Pa-tricia Plunkett cuti ai (he goes the round aa New York's No. 1 debutante. Better still, it' the figure Mill Plunkett displays when she models clothes in fashion shows and stores. I' ' 1 , ' r 1 . 1 ' 'Mi If you re trying to conform lo the new silhouette, here are some things Miss Plunkett has to say about It Corsets help give you long-torso lines, but It's good to do exercises regularly, too. Misa Plunkett likes outdoor sports, especially horseback riding and tennis, but she insists on daily exercises at home. And, twice a week, she says, make them strenuous. stren-uous. Here are two of her exercises for the 1M0 figure, each done on the floor. Try this to stretch your waist muscles from top ribs to hips: Lie on your back, legs extended. ex-tended. Raise your right leg slightly, then stretch It across the left leg as far aa you can and at the asms time stretch your left arm upward. (Your body naturally twists leftward. Relax, then do the exercise on your other side. Repeat alternately five times. The second one bumps fst oft of your hips. Here It is: Lie en your back, right leg flat on the floor, left knee bent. Your head and shoulders should touch the floor throughout the exercise. Keeping your elbows close to your sides, place your hands on your shoulders, then raise your left hip so as to shift your weight to the fat part of your right hip. Now, bump that right hip up and down several times briskly. Then, raising rais-ing the right hip off the floor, repeat the exercise five times, bumping the left hip. Ten times for the entire exercise Is enough. And here's a hint from Miss Plunkett to perfect your makeup: make-up: Remember the eupid bow Is gone the lines of the mouth are straight ' this season. So, Miss Plunkett says, apply your lip rouge on the Inner side of your lips as usual, wipe a lipstick brush across the lipstick tube. Then comes the Important trick. With the brush, make lines of your lips pretty straight along the outer edge from one aide of yaus mouth to the other. Patricia Plunkett, the season's No. I deb, shows what the long torso silhouette should look like. While modeling for K H. Mecy she accented her suit with navy gloves, envelope purse and sport shoes. Her high, rolling sailor -is navy with yellow trim.