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Show HOURGLASS TELLS YOUR STYLE TIME I It's the Silhouette That Says You're Up-tb-the-Minute By ALICIA HART The hourglass figure becomes more important by the minute. Unlike many a new fashion which is shouted about for a few months, then dropped completely, the slim-waisted silhouette, with full bosom and rounded hipline, is likely to be with us for months and months, if not years. "V ' ' a . -' i - . . unless your waisuina is sienaer i and your stomach and diaphragm quite flat, you simply cannot expect ex-pect to be flattered by clothes that are cut to emphasize every line In the middle ot the body. However, How-ever, your hips may be rounded Instead of straight as they had to be a few years ago before the silhouette sil-houette became so feminine. The smart thing to do, therefore. there-fore. Is to go In for special exercise exer-cise routines to decrease dimensions dimen-sions through the midriff. If you can afford to go to an exercise salon to have the job done quickly and painlessly for you, fine and dandy. If not, here are a few exercises which. If done regularly and correctly at home, ought to do the trick: The Bicycle (not new but simply sim-ply excellent): Lie flat on the floor ,ttk vuti sides Now .lift legs jntU they are perpendicular to your body, supporting hips with hands. Keeping head flat and hips well off the floor, make believe that you are riding a bicycle up a steep hill, then down the hill. Pedal slowly and deliberately for one minute, then fast and furiously furious-ly for another minute. The Bender! Sit on the floor with legs far apart and arms outstretched out-stretched In front of you at shoulder shoul-der level. Swing body forward, touching right foot with left hand. Reverse, touching left foot with right hand. Do this rhythmically to music. If possible. Repeat 20 times. Pick ef the Let (the very best exercise for making stomach flat and firm): Lie flat on the floor with arms folded on chest and ankles together. Without moving arms, sit up, then return to prone position. Now lift legs until they are. perpendicular to your body, then lower them slowly. Do this To leap her weisHine trimly slender in the hourglass manner, Alice) Eden, pretty radio star, practices the bicycle exorcite for five minutes min-utes every efay. Weight of the body is supported with hands placed on hips, than lags are moved up and down slowly and deliberately at they would be if she ware riding a bicycle up a steep hill. Only by dairy exercise or by special manage treatments which 'important beeuty salons are featuring can the averege woman hope to achieve this "hourglass." H's tho silhouette of the year no doubt about it and something which the beauty minded consider well worth working for. to the count of four one, up; two," down; three, legs up; four, legs down. And remember that the more slowly you do each step, the better. Do not unfold arms until you have finished the fourth step. This should be done no more than 10 times a day until you are quite used to It. The Stretcher Stand on bare toes, lift arms toward the celling and walk around the room. Pull your upper body up and away from hips. Hold stomach in, chest high and backbone as straight as possible. pos-sible. Breathe deeply. And stretch, stretch, stretch untU It hurts literally. |