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Show .-7 -... . STAIR-CLIMPING AN ART. Grace and Mescle I'sult l-rom Doing Do-ing It Properly. All tho beauties o olden days wnro painted upon tho stairs. They fully understood the artistic value of a graceful peso upon a handsome staircase stair-case If a woman knows how to go up stairs gracefully sho borrows height and dignity and shows off a handsome hand-some gown advantageously. , I Stair pictures have been very . much tho vogue In tho East tho Iubi season. Many society women havo posed In this fashion nnd mado lovo- ly pictures, l'oso and gown aro the i cssentinls. Many women go tip stairs awK- I wardly and ungracefully. They think chleily of the climb, and not of how they look. Tho figure should not ho rigid, but tho shoulders should be held erect. Ono should keep tho shoulders well back In descending nnd tho head well up. From tho standpoint of ph lcal culture cul-ture thero Is nothing quite tho equal of stair climbing. It strengthens tho heart; makes the liver active and Umbers Um-bers up tho muscles. It Is tho most graceful of all exeiclses. Most women tnko pains to do ns little lit-tle of It as possible. Tho physical culture rule Is to climb with the knees without making uso of tho muscles of tho back. Hut this is very difficult. Tho knees grow very tired. T1i:.p Is a distinct art in throwing throw-ing one's self forward until ono goes up natn-r.'-.y and easily. Hut ono must not (' uiblc up nor bend tho shoulders. Most women puff when going up stnlrs. Hut this Is n sign of a weak pair of lunrs. Others groan and grunt, hut this means tender muscles and a weak heart. The woman wno nrrlves at tho head of the stairs dizzy and panting Is In bad need of a courso In physical culture. And tho woman who cannot climb at all Is In a sad condition condi-tion physically. She should begin at tho very lowest rounds of tho gymnasium gym-nasium ladder. It is worth any woman's whllo to learn to go up stnlrs easily and graco-fully. |