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Show HEALTH AND BEAUTY HINTS. fAR. fOJ GMCVIt Kpy Grace of figure and oise of pusture an-two an-two vitally important attributes in the category of physical perfection. Yet. Strang to ay, while all of us loo? to possess both, few rake the time and trouble noerfsnry to gain either. For. after nil. perfection in anyihiuj: is something wbiel. ranst be viorked for ud won. Certain person who are weli qualified to speak upon these matters or at least have, faith in their own judgment, and J that amouutK.lo tjhe snnie-thin.gr in the lousr run tledarc that tho typical 'feminine 'femi-nine figure is composed of rnrves. while that of the ni.iic is made up rather of itroiglir lines and angles. But the method of acquiring those desirable de-sirable curves seems to he a bit ihconbist lout, at any rate, as it is .esprescd. in the I old doggerel- "Straight are I lie Hues of dutj, Cnrrcd are the lines of beauty: Follow the first aud thou wilt see The Kscnud soon shall come to thee." Which, after all. simply implies that no womuo can Ifype to have a good figure who docs not walk, stand aud sit erect. No corset in the world, fashionable at1 Ms lines may he, can gnc ihe sjuuuelrical effci-t a. we as the )roperly developed Sigure itself. There are all sorts of "isms" whtrb are claimed to be efficacious in perfecting the form, but when all is said aud done a few old time honored exercises ond careful nttcutiou to correct posture are- the best means to the end. It has come to' be au irrefutable Tuct that the far from graceful way ic which milady sits is often tbe eausr of au uu-mainly uu-mainly figure. And ;his is so bora use ill? weight of the hod.v Is improperly, doubtless doubt-less unevenly, poised and lhc lower nr-Ignns nr-Ignns nre thrown out bf,?ear- ( As a resiilf fchnpelines becomes impossible. Vouijy and attractive though a jjirl may be. when fcbc fcelf at liberty to and does curl down, in a chair it) a careless, shapeless shape-less mass she straightway loses much of her rbar.ui for the onlooker, and if sbc continues to adup't this slouchy posture, s,he will find that.it will reaIy impair bor bcalh. To sit correctly is just as oasv as it is graceful, and yet. simple us is the art, U it all loo seldom practised. So many of us sit upoti tbe frour u our chair and lean against its buck with our shoulders, when, if we would sit so that the cud of our spine is ueaV the back of our chair. wt- would be Tar tijore comfortable comfort-able and would look twice as well, and tbe strain would be removed from our back and thp kink from ouc verjebrae. Possibly there is no oilier Ihiu? .hat dory nmre to make or to preserve a pood figure than ro practise correct billing for about five minutes ih'ree limes a day. To attain the right posture sjt down upon a straight backed chair and lean forward for-ward a little, ptishiug back until the spine, about ibrce inches from the tip. feels the chair back. Then, with the shoulders thrown, bark, a puiitiou is acquired ac-quired which is the best Tor .111 parts of iho body. At Zirsl it uia.v seem sonjpwhat of a strain to hold this attitude, but if it is steadfastly .conformed to it 4yiH soon become be-come imrouscious. and by to much wijl the danger of prolrudtu? abdomen and larg& hips be lessened. Tbe figure is every bit as deserving of care and consideration as the face, aod adds as large. a quota to the sum total of beauty. 'Ami it is not only possible, but desirable, for us to bring it into a stat-of stat-of shapeliness for appearance's sake aud , comfort for our owu. |