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Show f Try This for a Backache I i Tan to twnfy minutat of rest m this position at the and of the day's work, will do much to relieve chronic fatigue and tired backs, ' Business Women Often Suffer From Fatigue tary occupations encourage It, so does bad posture. The abdominal wall weakens, transmitting the weight of the or- . - ik, - km That J- to backaches. P. S. Fifteen to 20 minutes of lying across tha chair in the described de-scribed position will be plenty for tha first few times. That time may be worked up to half an hour, or even 40 minutes, later. Beauty By BETTY CLArIuE raltu In tlie lower back and a continual state of fatigue are often of-ten the resulU of the tired business bus-iness woman's day. The busines women comes home so worn out she scarcely has enough energy to eat, says Catharine Cath-arine Van Rensselaer, director of physical education at the. American Ameri-can Woman's club In New York. She often complains that her back hurts so she doesn't feel like eating. eat-ing. There's one thing sha can do to relieve that condition, says Miss Van Rensselaer: Lie down for a little while in such a position that her lower back Is Ufted off the floor. "A straight-backed chair will help prop her in the correct posi-tton. posi-tton. Turn the ihalt iiur on the floor so that It rests on the front edge of the seat and the top of the back, the legs sticking up. A pillow pil-low should then be placed across the chair bottom. After all the props have been arranged, the tired business woman wo-man should bend her knees over the chair seat and lie back so that her upper back and shoulders are flat against tha floor. What's the purpose of all this? Paosis (falling or weakening of the abdominal walls) Is a common com-mon ailment among women today. A lot of things cause It. Wearing the wrong girdle will help; seden- |