Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 25 | Dance and be Beautiful-How it Can be Done

c. c 9 Dance and Be Beautiful F How It Can Be Done S 0 By GIFFORD For FOP NEA Service NEW YORK Nov i Consider u.-Consider the Chic scarecrow and lila his happy life So long as he has his pole and a shred of his body left he will dance all day though the heavens fall The housewife or business woman may not be ie able to approach this a ideal of emancipation Dot But they pan can set aside a few minutes a day dayto dayt t to imitate the I think it is the terrific strain of duties appointments obligation that destroy grace far more bodily imperfections RUSH RUSH RUSH Particularly do I see the tue business women of today stiffening crystallizing crystal crystal- under office routine A woman woman wo- wo man must fight constantly to prevent pre pre- vent font business from putting its mark on her 5 Th The housewife too Js beset by a around around round of duties even more endless sometimes than the office workers She go goes through the days in a it blind rush to keep the wheels of the home moving and tife strain of the fight shows in her face her hei carriage and her disposition Therefore I advise a period of freedom in the afternoon when the heaviest Is dope a tIme to do dothe dothe the dance for tile the conscientious Take off your clothing and slip into frito something light and loose with Plenty o of o leg and arm movement LIKE A SCARECROW Then turn on the phonograph orthe or or- the fer br hum S. S little tune you loosen your body by squirming each eath muscle into perfect ease The motion Js s that of a scarecrow scarecrow- shivering in the breeze Forget Forges scruples duties burdens Be as s lImp s as you can and as go Ir Irresponsible ir- ir responsible Shut hut out your worries as though by closing the door pf of a. a vault The scarecrow dance begins with witha a circular swinging of one arm then the other then up both up and back and down forcing the shoulder blades to give to th the backward movement Then try the tho same wind flapping movement of the of-the tl legs Standing on one foot swing the other oIlier in a wide circle to tp a position behind the one you are standing on By y repeating this ibis motion alternating alter alter- between less and keeping time to the music with a little hop when you ou change feet you will achieve the 1130 perfect scarecrow flap flap- the dance for the conscientious READY FOR ANYTHING You may loosen tile the wrists and aid knees and ad the ankles by flapping hands pr or feet separately separately not by by- moving them by their own muscles lut by them thern perfectly limp and the upper arm arno or orTI leg This TI scarecrow movement Is not its beauty but for Its effects In bringing r r.- r. and refreshment After ji few minutes o of i It you will be le ready for anything the evening offers With the scarecrow dance flance you must throw Oft off an nil shop talk and shop thought shelve your work until un- un ill til tomorrow morning