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Home Exercises
They Only Take a Few Minutes
Out of
Each
Day’s
Routine
The Right Hand Should Fall
Well Over the Left Shoulder.
Th* Back of the Hand Strike*
Between the Lowest Rib and the
Hip Bone.
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Secrets of Charm
-By Josephine Huddleston-———
ANY work that necessitates
sitting or standing iu one
general position for any
length of time is extremely
bad for one’s beauty unless some
counteracting influence is made
s definite part of the daily rou
tine.
Of course, the morning setting
up exercises and walk keep the
blood circulating freely unless
one gets into a cramped position
later in the day. Then, too, cir
culation can be stimulated greatly
for a few hours but it will be
come less vigorous after a few
hours unless the blood stream Is
pepped up again.
The women who will benefit
particularly by the exercises
given today are those whose
work necessitates a sitting posi
tion for long hours at a tima
such as stenographers, bookkeep*
ers, telephone operators, seam
stresses and similar occupations.
I know that I, myself, find them
invaluable on those days that I
sit at the typewriter for three
and four hour stretches.
Thesa exercises are quite sim
ple to do and any woman can
find the few minutes required for
the routine. If you have regular
hours, take ten minutes from
your luncheon period and go
through them. You’ll be amazed
how refreshed you feel and how
much more appetizing your
luncheon will be after working
the tenseness out of the muscles,
stimulating circulation and relax
ing the body generally.
In such sedentary occupations
the shoulders, legs and abdominal
muscles Buffer most because of
the position assumed and so these
exercises are for Uwee parts of
the body.
It is advisable to do the arm
swinging one first for it not only
limbers up the torso muscles but
starts the blood rusning through
the arteries so that the whole
body is fired with enough ambi
tion to complete the routine.
Take the correct standing posi
tion; heels about three inches
apart with toes pointing out at
an angle, arms dropped at the
sides, the torso stretched tp to
its full height and the head poised
in a queenly angle which permits
the chin to be tilted up a bit.
Swing the right arm up and
across the chest so that it clasps
the left shoulder firmly. At the
same time swing the left arm
down and across the back to that
the back of the hand rests on
the right side in the little hol
low between the last rib and the
hip bone. Swing the arm* down
and reverse the action so that
the left hand, palm down, clasp
tho righ shoulder firmly and the
back of the right hand rests cn
tile left side.
To gain the most benefit from
this exercise do it rapidly and
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What's Mew in Fashions? \
Paris’s Decree for Fall
By Bolty Brownlee
P\R1S has decreed that Fall
evening style* shall be more
graceful and feminine, and
so they are. The evening silhou
ette for Fall and Winter is Prin
cess in line, but it has become
even longer and has lost much of
its exaggerated low flare.
A Stunning Evening Frock of
White Crepe.
Chiffon lame is an outstanding
evennig fabric for both dresses
and coats. Brocaded and moire
velvet are smart, too.
And from the showings of a
number of the leading Paris
houses it becomes evident that
beaded and spangled evening
frocks will come back into lash
ion this Winter.
But as in former years, there
is really not much change in fab
rics for evening gowns. They are
all used over and over again—
and your dress may be fashioned
of taffeta, chiffon, tulle, ’>et,
satin or crepe and still be quite
in vogue.
The lines of an evening gown,
I believe, are far more important
than the material. Choose lines
that serve to bring out your good
points and conceal your faults.
This is simple to do, if you will
but spend a few minutes in front
of the mirror and give some fore
thought to the type of frock your
figure calls for.
There are many women who
cannot becomingly wear the Prin
cess lines. Well, then, even
though they are new, don’t sacri
fice your appearance for style.
Choose your color carefully,
too. A woman comes under
closer scrutiny at the formal
function than she does at any
any other time. A good-looking
evening frock, even if of distinc
tive lines may be utterly spoiled
if it is made up in a color that is
unflattering.
Black and white, I think, are
almost universally becoming and
are always smart. Illustrated to
day is a stunning frock of white
crepe. It has the snug hipline
and the blouse has a soft line of
shirring running down the center.
The uneven hemline adds grace.
Bend Forward With the Arm*
Clasped Behind.
vigorously for two minutes. As
soob as you get the action of the
exercise and put some effort back
of ft you'll find that the upper
hand falls a little ov$r the
shoulder onto the back which is
splendid because it gives the
muscles that much more work
and so loosens and ultimately re
laxes them more.
Follow this with a minute of
deep breathing, keeping tho cor*
rect standing position. You’ll
find that the arm swinging may
make you a bit dizzy as well as
breathless the first few times you
try it. This is caused by the sud
den stimulation but the deep
breathing will clear the Load and
normalize breathing so that you
will be ready for the bending
over exercise which should come
third in the routine.
At first glance you may think
this is the old itrward bend, but
Short Hair Gets
Oily Quicker
Than Long
DRY shampoos are of especial
interest to women because
so many have bobbed hair
and their is no question that
bobbed hair becomes oily more
quickly than does long hair.
There is a perfectly simple reason
for this.
Nature supplies oil to the hair
to keep it in good condition. This
oil is exuded through ducts and
the scalp in sufficient quantity to
supply long hair. In other words
nature hasn’t adapted herself to
our feminine flair for short hair!
Consequently the oil keeps com
ing out of the ducts in the scalp
and not having long hairs upon
which to distribute itself, doubles
back on the short locks and we
have too much oil so that the
beauty of the hair is marred.
When the hair becomes oily
two or three days after the
weekly shampoo, dry fhampoo
powders will serve the purpose of
removing the excess oil and keep
ing the hair fresh and clean.
Orris root may be used satis
factorily by the blonde haired
maidens, but used on dark hair,
often causes dull drab tresses be
cause it is almost impossible to
remove every trace of the pow
der.
For the brunette women equal
parts corn meal and almond meal
may be used effectually. Simply
brush the hair well, sprinkle a
bit of the dry shampoo over the
entire head, run the fingers
through the hair, then, brush
again to remove the powder.
APPETIZING MENUS FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY
Breakfast
Pears,
Bran,
Popovers,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Beef Bouillon,
Green Vegetable
Salad,
Toast Melba,
Tea.
Dinner
Melon,
Roast Chicken,
Mashed
Potatoes,
' Broccoli,
Blueberry
Pudding.
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Grape*,
Tomato Omelet,
Rye Toast,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Crab Cutlet.
Lettuce Salad,
Oatmeal
Cookies.
Dinner
Chicken
ala King,
Julienne
Potatoes,
Green Peas.
Combination
Salad.
Fruit and
Cheese,
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Peaches
and Cream.
Poached Eggs.
Toast,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Tomatoes oa
Toast,
Lettuce Salad,
Cheese and
Crackers,
Tea.
Dinner
Calf s Liver
and Bacon,
Potatoes.
Creamed
Cabbage,
Chocolate
Cream Pie.
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Chilled Orange
Juice.
Oa tmea].
Muffin*,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Creamed
Chipped Beef,
Beet Green*.
Whole Wheat
Toast,
Tea.
Dinner
Fruit Cocktail,
Lamb Chop*,
Stuffed Baked
Potato.
Lima Beans,
Caramel Custard
FRIDAY
Breakfast
Canteloupe,
French Toast,
Maple Syrup,
Coffee.
LuttcAcon
CodfishCakcs,
Slewed
Tomatoes,
Chopped
Pineapple.
Dinner
Tomato Juien
Cocktail.
Boiled Salmon,
Hollandaisc
Sauce.
Boiled Potatoes,
String Beans,
Fruit Jelly.
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Prunes,
Bacon,
Hot Rolls,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Tomato Soup,
Fruit Salad,
Bread and Butter
Sandwiches.
Dinner
Veal Cutlets,
Scalloped
Potatoes,
Buttered
Carrots,
Beet Salad,
Bananas and
Cream,
Cakes.
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Casaba Melon.
Waffle*.
Sausage,
Coffee.
Dinner
Vegetable Soup.
Roast Lamb,
Mint Sauce,
Creamed
Potatoes.
Cauliflower,
Lemon Pudding,
Supper
Stewed Kidneys,
Fried Potatoes,
’Molasses
Muffins,
Cup Custard,
Tea.
* Favorite Recipe of the Week—Molasses Muffins.
MIX and alft together carefully one and one-half cupfuls of cornmeai one-half cupful of flour, one
teaspoonful of tods, one-half teaspoonful oof salt. Then add one cupful of sour milk and one quarter
cupful of molasses. Heat the mixture thoroughly. Put Into greased muffin pans. Steam for two hours.
CopTrtfb*. IW*. Int»rri»Uac»t Fnctur. Bmlen. Inc. Qrnnt Briuln Bijtti BnrmB.
Be Completely Relaxed While Kicking the Legs Up.
Kick the Leg Back aa Far As Possible.
bend backward and
exhaling as you bend
forward. _
Having finished
with this exercise
breathe deeply, twen
ty inhalations and
twenty exhalations,
while standing quietly
in the correct stand
ing position.
Place the hands on
the hips and kick the
left leg back as far as
you can without los
it isn’t, as you’ll see by the posi
tion of the arms which are
clasped firmly across the back.
This is to keep the shoulders well
back while bending forward so
that more play on the muscles is
gained. You’ll not be able to
bend very far forward, but this
isn’t necessary for the things we
want to accomplish with these ex
ercises. Just let the elbow of the
left arm rest in fhe palm of the
right hand and place the left
hand lightly just below the crook
caused by banding the right arm.
Bend forward until you feel a
pull in the back of the legs just
behind the knees, then straighten
up and bend backward as far as
you can. Repeat ten or fifteen
times, inhaling deeply as you
ing your balance. The right heel
may be raised slightly as you
kick back but tbs knees must be
kept straight. Bring the leg back
into position and kick back the
right one in the same way, al
ternating in this manner 'ntii
each leg has been kicked lack
ten times.
Stend erect and breathe deeply
as before doing this exercise and
then flop into a chair, letting the
arms drop any old way so that
they are perfectly relaxed. Sit
like this for a moment then
slowly raise first one leg and
then the other ns high up as you
ean, keeping the knee straight.
Raise each leg ten or fifteen
times.
You'll find that these exercises
loosen up all the stiff muscles
and send the blood racing through
your body so that you feel
SKe Scorched Silk Bi/
BULLETIN „ »"<! MrsHartjD.
BOARD H°u5e Diapes W, son
Dear icrs. wilson:
Will you please tell me tchat
kind of drapes to use over a large
door-openktg for French doors,
dividing the reception and dining
roomsT The walls are oatmeal
colored paper. Would a figure 6c
all right, since the walls are plaint
MRS. D. C.
Of course a great deal depends
on personal taste. However, I
think plain drapes are always bet
ter when they are used in door
ways. You could pick a bright
color, as your wall paper Is neu
tral. Be careful to choose one
which will harmonize with din
ing room furnishings as well as
those of the reception room as you
will be able to see straight
through.
Dear mrs. wilson:
Will you kindly tell me how
to remove scorch from a light
green flat crepe silk skirtt In
pressing / scorched the material
badly on the wrong side, and it
thotce through on the right.
MRS. y. L. McK.
If the threads of the fabric hare
not been hurt, try this remedy.
Wet the stained part and put it
out in the sun. Repeat this sev
eral times. If this falls, rub the
spot with cloth dipped in diluted
proxide of hydrogen. Then expose
the stain to the hottest sun
possible.
Dear mrs. wilson:
Win you please tell me hoto
to remove a mercurochrome stain
from an ecru hand embroidered
linen doilyf It Is entirely color.
faxt. J. -I/. 8.
Spread freshly made mustard
over the stain And leave it on for
about half an hour. Afterward*
sponge the mustard off.
In thit column each tceelt Mrs.
Mary D. M ilaon will anatrer all
queationa concerning the houae~
hold. No peraonal correapondence.
Don't tend slumps.
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gorgeous. The deep brcathii.g
will expel most of the impure air
from the lungs and fill them with
fresh so that any dull, tired feel
ing will vanish.
. When you sneak out to repair
your make-up, go through the
deep breathing routine at least
once and do whichever exercise
takes the kinks out of the part
of yout body that is most inac
tive in your work.
For some this will mean the
arm swinging and others will
want to concentrate on the leg
exercises. But go through the
whole routine before going out
to luncheon and you’ll feel like
a new person.
Housewives will find that this
rootine gone through after a
WhatEvsry Kuan Should Know \ a
j The What-Have-You Department 5
By WinifrcdAvery 1 1
EVERY house has Its rules,
social, diet and measuring,
and all equally hard to
keep track of. We can corral the
measuring ones, however, so ore
kno* where they am every bH
of the time.
They can all
be kept in a
case in the
smallest possi
ble space.
This case
can be made
of cretonne
and bound
with colored
bias tape. Gay
oilcloth also
makes an at
tractive one,
and it’s easily
kejrt clean in
these days of
soot and cin
ders. A strip
38 inches long
and 3 & inches
wide forms the
back founda
tion piece to
which all the
others are
fast ened. If
the house
boasts several
rules, as mine
does, a yard
stick, a 15-inch
rule, a foot
A Home-Made Hold-AIL
rule and a 6-incb one, it will be
most convenient to have them all
together.
A *trlp 30 inches long and 3 *4
inches wide holds the longest one.
A 12-inch strip the same width is
for the 15-inch rule. The foot is
held by a 9-inch piece and the
little fellow fits in a 4-inch strip.
All strips are the same width.
Bind the top of each piece. Put
them in order on the back strip
and sew them fast. Bind the
whole thing around the edge and
make a loop to hang it up by.
I find mine no end useful, and
they make nice gifts—perhaps
for that cousin who dotes on
things, neat, natty and useful.
Ana now we come to the What
Have-You-department. There al
ways comes a time when we wish
we had some wrapping paper,
cord or perhaps a paper bag. 1
have mine ansnged in a case
along with other things and
' I
couple of hours spent over Hit
ironing board or sewing re
freshes. them wonderfully and
takes most of the shoulder and
backache out of such work.
Keeping Arms (
Free of All
Blemishes
Areally beautiful arm Is so
rare that many women
hesitate to wear the fash
ionable sleeveless gowns, pre
ferring to affect some flowing
type of sleeve rather than de
tract from their general appear
ance by revealing arm imperfec
tions. Often it is not the shape
of the arms, but the condition
of the skin that offers real
beauty consciousness.
One of the most usual skin
blemishes found on the arms is
what is commonly called dry
pimples. This condition can be
remedied by the daily use of a
stiff bristled brush and plenty of
warm water and pure soap. A
generous amount of soap should
be rubbed on the wet brush and
then the brush should be passed
over the aims for two or three
minutes.
Naturally, the treatment should
be gentle, yet enough pressure
should be put on the brush so as
to stimulate circulation which
makes the skin a pinkish hue. It
is this increased circulate t which
causes the little dry phuplee to
disappear.
One treatment will not entirely
remedy this condition but fob
lowed each day, the skin should
be cleared within a week. Daily
continuance is necessary, how«
ever, to keep the skin thoroughly
cleansed and free from such
blemishes.
Such blemishes often result
after the winter season of long
and tight sleeves and especially
when of doth or woolen ma
terials.
A bit ef alcohol robbed over
the skin after the brushing will
often hasten Ins skin dewing
proeess. ^
anohofed to the broom slow! ^
door.
I nun to be always luggeotlng
oilcloth, but it k so easily taka
care of that 1 We It * kt. This
rack is 36 inches long and tba
width of the door. Along the
bottom there are three compart
ments, 12 inches deep and 8
inches wide, one for sacks and the
other for wrapping papers. Be- *
tween the two is stitched a long
narrow pocket for the duster.
Make the strip for these pockets
longer than the back piece and
then pleat the bottom a little so * *
that there will be fullness enough ■
to allow for bulk of the papers. |
Sew this to ihe back at bottom |
and sides and stitch the places tor f
pockets.
The top row of pockets are of *j
two depths. Two 4 inches deep i*j
hold string and heavy wrapping I
co«L Next is a 10-inch pocket ^
in wftich my dust cloths find Jj
refuge. When the pockets are all f
fastened to the back, the whole
is hound with bias tape. It is
ready to he faslflted to the door
and offer some useful and mussy
things a home without a lease, v
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