The Girl With the Ugly Neck.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue IX, 30 August 1902, Page 572

The Girl With the Ugly Neck.

An instructor in a gymnasium says that if these directions are followed carefully the girl with an ugly neck will within three months be able to wear a collarless gown without fear of criticism. The same exercises are good for the girl whose neck is too plump. Her directions are: — 1. Arms at the sides. Bring them slowly forward and upward. As the arms come over the head, rise on the toes and breathe in. Turn the hands toward the floor and push them down at the sides, letting the breath out slowly-. At the same time lower the heels. Do this ten times.

2. Push the arms out slowly- to the sides, as in swimming, and take a long deep breath as the arms go out. Then bend the arms back to position again, letting the breath out. Eight times. To fill out the hollows of the lower part of the neck.

3. Bend the arm so that the dumbbells rest on the ehest, the elbows close at the sides. Extend the arms quickly and violentlv forward ten times, then sideways Im times, and then upwards ten times.

4. Arms hanging at the sides. Lift each shoulder as high as possible.

Each shoulder three limes. Then both together six times. If this exercise be done before a mirror one can see how the muscles of the neck are exercised.