TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 7

TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT

According to a physical culture expert* three indies, real or ai>parent, may be added to a woman’s statute by a little common sente. ~ , . The abort girl "’ho would be , toll should: go in systematically lor stretehmg: exercises., hie down flat and stretch oui; your arms as tor as possible above your head. 'Also practise neck, movements—keep On streaming your neck out just Uko a goose, to; elongate'it. Stretch your i , o !tr s : bux "taut, .and fc“tr€txsiiiuif yourseii on tiptoe, Hold uy your ciiiu and your abdomen, and stretch continually. Here are some excellent stretching exercises to make yon supple and straight—and toiler:— . * .A. Inat. on your back ou- a hard mat--tnti&j. Plant palms, dowiLwardS; straight at the sides, but do not grip the ticking with them. .Now draw vile legs up ■slowly, bending at the knees, ana holdmg the knees, in the air and heels close 10 the body, blow, with a quick, sudden movement, thrust tho legs , out straight and ‘fiat .on the bed, tno toes stretched as far as possible, and pointing down.* Tins brings into play every-, muscle from the knee to the t<p of the toes, and sets the limbs tingling. -Draw up slowly, counting seven and inhaling; nold posmion. through seven .counts, and again thrust down, exhaling through the. mouth. Kcet four counts, and-repeat.

, lie flat on the back, heels and. balls of the feet together, arms at side, palms down. Breathe slowly seven times. Now, .with, tho shoulders, or upper part of the trunk rigidly flat oh the bed raise tho middle of the trunk, generally Known as tho waist lino, by the muscles of the hips. Inhale ns you lift, counting seven; exhale as you fall. Next inhale deeply, and lift tho lower’part of the trunk andjet it fall.in quick succession, repeating me movement perhaps fivo times while inhaling once.