THE ART OF GRACEFUL WALKING.
It would seem sometimes that the art of graceful walking might be numbered among the lost sciences, so few women master the accomplishment, or even acquire any approach to perfection in this exercise, which is the foundation of all others. Everyone succeeds in propelling themselves along by means of their feet, but that is not true walking. An English authority says ■ • The body should be held erect, the shoulders down, chest extended and the leg moved from the hip, the whole figure above being immovable. The movement from the knee is said to be the secret of bad walking, combined with the discomfort of tight shoes and high heels, which turn the figure in a most ungraceful manner. A shoit, brisk walk is beneficial, while a tramp of miles results in utter weariness.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 44, 4 November 1893, Page 365
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138THE ART OF GRACEFUL WALKING. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 44, 4 November 1893, Page 365
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