PERFECT POSTURE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)

PERFECT POSTURE

WOMEN SHOULD BE GRACEFUL In these days when women must stand up for themselves —even in trams and buses —we have forgotten to learn the art or sitting gracefully, says a beauty expert. This is a pity, for we spend much thought on our diet, much money on our dentist, much time 011 the care of our complexions, yet we undo all these efforts at beauty by lack of poise. " Hunched up " is not a pretty expression, hut it describes very accurately the position I mean. There are the women, too —and they arc many—who must perforce swing one leg over the other, irrespective of whether there is room to do so or not. 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 sank. 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 rounded shoulders! Then along comes the girl who has learned the art of deportment. She sits down with an easy grace, head held high and shoulders back. She does not slouch or twist her limbs —her clothes neither bulge nor sag. This, then, is the lesson that every woman who wishes to look her best should learn: that a graceful carriage and perfect posture are vital to an attractive appearance.