A GRACEFUL FIGURE

NZ Truth, Issue 1272, 17 April 1930, Page 20

A GRACEFUL FIGURE

Firming The Muscles Necessary we like it or not, the new silhouette is an indisputable fact that has to be accepted and made the best of. - The mere possession of a slender figure does not necessarily mean thatit will grace the new mode. It's the bulges or the lack of bulges . that count. Take a look at yourself m a re- \ laxed position. Take a look at practically every woman you know,' and you will find stooping shoulders, an obvious "tummy," a lump at the back of the neck, spreading hips and" the balloon tyre effect for diaphragm the rule rather than the exception. Hips and waistline can be entrusted up to a point to good corsets, but what about those other bumps and lumps? r * Exercise that will firm and strengthen the muscles is the only really sane and sensible method of creating an unbroken line m the body. 4 HOW TO Db'\lT' To strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen, and also to reduce these parts, is to rise slowly from 'flat on the back to a sitting position,. KEEPING THE FEET DOWN. If the feet won't stay down of their own accord they can be hooked under tniiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiitiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiuiiiHiniiiini