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Show , I HI PRACTICAL TALKS BY THE itf HI APRIL GRANDMOTHER llJ '7Y I1Ifj'11 uaist is the worst of all physical 111 isfort lines," admitted Iho April Cr.iiidmuther to her second granddaughter, who bad been bit-iterly bit-iterly lieu ailing her natural First Empire jwaist line. "But Instead of trying to en-jdure en-jdure your misfortune you should try to cure it. And I'm glad that yon are not 'inclined to be philosophical nbout the matter, for to Io philosophical often is a synonymous term for being lazy, aud an indolent girl is not only unattnictive but is almost certain to .grow literally into a slnpeless woman, especially about the region of the great central trunk muscles which form the 30- cqllcd waist. "The girl who would jhisucss a pretly wnht, meaning a waist that is long and slender," eonlinucd the April Grandmother, Grand-mother, "must abandon her lounging habits. Since I have been watching you grow toward a lumpy-wnisted young womanhood, my dear, times innumerable r have wished thnt the easy chair and Hie Turkish upholstered sofa neve"r hail been invented and th'nt tho IIcppcwhlto type of furniture ' were ;;se,d in every lioiiMJ belonging to our friends There." pointing to nn unyielding sofa of blackest mahogany, "is the place tor you to si; habitually when In this room. That piece of furniture, emigrated from Holland: three hundred years ago, and beneath its haircloth covering are doubtless innu; generations of I finch microbes, out you would far better make it your customary scat than any one of our modern sofas or ehuin, because unless you maintain an upright attitude when seated upon it it will certainly,, repriumud you with a .sharp pain in your s'pine, n crick in (he back of your neck or a cramp in one knee. t "I'm about to present you wlili new-writing new-writing desk The April Grandmother laughed aloud at the change of expression on her raiiddaugl' wr's face an she added, 'which you, will nof like at nil jnst nl first Lecnise in order to make 11.se of it you will Ik? forced to remain upon your feet. The flat lop 'of this desk-is desk-is vcrj wide, tio, and the Ink wells are ! purposely set at the extreme bnck of it so that ever- few moments while wril- ing you must stretch your entire truuk as well as jour right ami lo reach the ink. Strctehing helps to lengthen the 1 wnixt and so it is well to remember that whrneer the right side of the body is. rtUUlUllVliUUiilUtMluuu thus exercised the left side must also be stretched, unless you don't mind liaving one hip grow higher thnn the other one. L'neven hipR always make tlie waint look lumpy, eren though it may not be really short or high placed." "Coming directly, Gretcheu," said the 'April Grandmother to a trim houscmnid I who appeared in Ibc doorway with n pink isunbonnct on her head and a big basket ,on one nnn. ".Meauwhile yon mny get I for me two extra sunbouneH and two pairu of garden gloves. I'm going to give you some practical aid In leugthening your waist." he explained to her amazed descendant, de-scendant, "by nhowing vou how to pick peuehe. To stand on a ladder und stretch the arms in evO' conceiuble manner in order to reach a peach is wonderfully beneficial to the wuLst line, and It is one of the things that I do every autumn. That little Dutch parlorraoid watches the j performance with round eyed aslonish-ment aslonish-ment and a secret disapproval, probably I bin, she frankly admire my waist And really it isn't stout for a woman of well, jfor a womnn ojd enough to be your grund-nother, grund-nother, iny dear As a matter of fact, instead in-stead of loitering over luncheon in your (society I should have stalled to gather my peaches immediately after finis'hiug if, because to sit .still for even a minute. I directly after eating any meal helps to shorten and thicken the waist. "Utull .your friends hae begun to re-mark re-mark on the improvement of your figure, jny deiir child," ended the April Grand-! iinilhe)'. "he earefu) about sitting down anywbeic wjthin s,tMy minutes after leaving leav-ing the dining' room, liven it your, feet j hurt you bear the poin with niart.vrlike! eerenily, and whenever you must sit down choose a seat ns Inflexible u the ancient! Dutch aofn. . It undoubtedly i us bard asj the Kock of Gihraltur, but it will force' yon to refrain from louugirfg, and that is' a rule which the high" waisted young girl must strictly observe, if ahe would not become be-come a -impole. awlvward looking young woman aii'J . iblof' on the uuher.-e wncn' one has become i-M.iij." i |