Standing Well.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 4

Standing Well.

Women who wish to preserve the slimness and contour of their figure must begin by learning to stand well, so it is declared by that competent authority, ‘Dress.’ That is explained to mean the throwing forward and upward of the chest, the flattening of the back, with the shoulder-blades held in their proper places, and the definite curving in of the Bmall of the back, thus throwing the whole weight of the body upon the hips. No other women hold themselves so well as the aristocratic English women. -Much of their beauty lies in their proud carriage, the delicate erectness of their figures and the fine poise of their heads. The same aristocratic carriage is within the reach of any American girl who takes the pains to have it; it is only the question of a few years of external vigilance, never relaxing her watchfulness over herself, and, sitting or standing, always preserving her erectness and poise, the result being that at

the end of that time it has become second nature to her and she never afterward loses it. This, in a great measure, preserves the figure, because it keeps the muscles firm and well strung, and prevents the sinking down of the flesh around the waist and hips, so common in women over thirty, and whion it is perfectly easy to escape. Another thing to avoid is a bad. habit of going upstairs, whion most women do, bent forward with the chest contracted, which, as woll a 3 au indolent, sloucby manner of walking, is injurious to the heart and luugs.