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Show EOW TO BE THIN AND GRACEFUL. Simple Exercises Which Are All the Fad "With the Fair Maids of Gotham. The fair maids of Gotham are trying to become like sylphs, slender, graceful grace-ful and beautiful. The first two attributes attri-butes are easily secured. While dieting diet-ing is the secret of slenderness, it is by no means necessary, for the woman tut DRESS OF TUCKING, INSERTION AND FLOUNCES. who will exercise can work off her superfluous su-perfluous fat and acquire grace while doing so. It is absolutely necessary to exercise in undress. Tfie maids and matrons of Gotham have adopted a simple little uniform consist ins of baggy bloomers and loose blouse.. Dressed in this they perform their exercises night and morning. They practice standing on both feet, with abdomen drawn in and bust extended; they also practice the correct walk, with chin elevated. A horizontal bar is by no means necessary, nec-essary, but it s inexpensive and very useful aa an exercises. After a little practice it is easy to swing by the hands from, the bar, and in a short time the more athlet; of the fair athletes are able to swing round and round it. . it |