PERFECT POSTURE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 161, 24 June 1935, Page 10

PERFECT POSTURE

Women Should Be Graceful In these days when women have to stand up for themselves —even in trams and buses—we have forgotten to learn the art of sitting gracefully, says a beauty expert. This is a pity, for we spend much thought on our diet, much mOiUy on our dentist, much time on the care of our complexions, yet we undo all these efforts at beauty by lack of poise. “Hunched up” is not a pretty expression, but it describes very accurately the position 1 mean. There are the women, too—and they are many—who must perforce swing one leg over the other, irrespective of whether there is room or not to do »o. There are those who sit uncomfortably perched on the extreme edge of the seat, those who huddle lop-sided in a corner, those who curl one leg snakelike round the other, and those who sit down heavily and spread out like a sack. Look at the well-cut clothes ruined by sitting badly—skirts and coats that bulge, backs that are wrinkled, linings that peep from under hems, and seams that strain under round shoulders! Then along comes the girl who has learned the art of deportment. She sits down with an easy grace, heaij held high and shoulders back. She docs not slouch or twist her limbs—her clothes neither bulge nor sag. This, theu, is the lesson that every woman who wishes to look her best should learn; that a graeefu 1 carriage and perfect posture are vital to au attractive appearance.