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Show WANTS TO BE PLUMP. There Is No Beauty in Angularity and It Is Better to be a Little Too Fat Than Too Thin. Much has been written for the benefit bene-fit of the stout women who wish to become be-come thin, but little time has been expended ex-pended in giving advice to angular women who are anxious to' become plump. If a woman Is all angles, and is flat where she should have graceful curves, she can achieve much in the way of a cure if she will have patience and follow out the directions given her. Some people seem born with an inheritance inherit-ance of angularity, and they are apt to sigh and lament over the plumpness of their more favored contemporaries. Of course, this is but natural, when every one knows howmuch more attractive at-tractive a pretty figure is than io have none at all. One's frocks are so much more becoming when there is more inside in-side to fill them out, and natural rounded round-ed curves are, of course, far more effective ef-fective than those to be achieved by artificial means. THE FIGURE. If a woman wishes to possess a good figure, she must submit to a perfect regime of diet and exercise to obtain this all-to-be-desired result. If she has only a poorly developed figure, the cure, of course, will not take so long to effect as if sJip had no figure at all. But in both caes she must pay the most careful care-ful attention to every detail laid down for her use. And, after all, time spent in trying to render oneself less unattractive unat-tractive is surely not. time wasted. To begin with, she must begin the cure the first thing when she 'vvakes up in the morning. She must give up her beloved early tea .and take a cup of new warm milk from the cow, If obtainable. ob-tainable. If, however, she is a dweller in towns where such luxuries are not to be had. the milk must be well sweetened sweet-ened and one-third of it cream. Her bath must be of tepid water, and a soap which will lather wrell. The chest, while still damp, should be rubbed gently in a circular manner, and for this purpose a rough washing glove, well soaped, should be used. When the skin Is dry, the neck and chest should be' gently and firmly rubbed in the same manner, with a flattening lotion. lo-tion. The gentle friction should continue con-tinue till all the fat Is absorbed and the skin is dry and soft.. , A very good lotion Is obtained by rntxirtg equal jjarts of linseed oil rmd lait virginal together. This latter can, if wished, be made at home in the following fol-lowing manner: Tincture of myrrh, twenty-four drops; simple tincture of benzoin, two '. ounces; orange-flower water, one quart. Or you can use pure linseed oil, with orange water in equal parts. EXPANDING THE CHEST. The friction should be continued for five minutes at a time, or lofr?s?r if possible. The hand must not be used too heavily, as great care must be taken not to bruise the skin in any wav. After the bath you should lie down for five minutes, and then go through dumb-bell and gymnastic exercises ex-ercises before the corsets are put on. An excellent plan is to hold the dumbbells dumb-bells on your shoulders, expand the chest and walk slowly up and down the room, throwing thel eg forward and pointing the toes to the ground. The head should be held well back. This will serve to expand the chest admirably admir-ably and improve the"figure. It should be practiced for a quarter of an hour at a time. Singing scales should also be practiced prac-ticed every day, and get into the habit of taking long breaths and holding them as long as you can. Your meals should bo freauent and consist of fattening fat-tening and nourishing food. A little cod liver oil should be taken twice a day. If this proves to be indigestible, take half half a wine glass full of pure fresh cream instead. You must have plenty of exercise, and all games' and sports that can be played with the arms should be indulged in-dulged in. But avoid those that have a tendency to contract the chest. At bed time the dumb-bell exercises must be gone through again, and the lotion well rubbed in. Drink half a glass of warm milk on getting into bed. Another important matter is the clothing. This must be light and porous. por-ous. Overheating so as to cause perspiration per-spiration is not only very weakening, but causes loss of figure sooner than anything else. The clothing should be warm, but light. The corsets should not be worn tight, or the chest will be prevented from expanding, and the bust will lose its size and roundness. |