Beauty of figure : how to acquire and retain it by means of easy and practical home exercises / by Deborah Primrose.

  • Primrose, Deborah.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Beauty of figure : how to acquire and retain it by means of easy and practical home exercises / by Deborah Primrose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    house), that they should go in all weathers, suitably dressed in clothes that permit of general play of all the voluntary muscles of the body and freedom in each movement. And a well-known writer on the subject of beauty, in suggesting reasons why some married women so early seem to lose their attrac- tiveness, assures us that they too often get stout and clumsy, or thin and faded, simply because they neglect to walk out daily to get the fresh air and exercise which would preserve the graceful contours of their bodies, the elasticity of their gait, the beauty of their complexion, and the keenness of their wit. During the walk the first exercise of nasal and deep breathing should be practised ; and this will so increase the lung capacity that the chest of the thin girl will be made wider and more arched, and she will gain strength in every muscle ; while, on the other hand, the woman who, by neglecting this exercise in the past or taking it in a more or less indifferent manner, has been laying on superfluous adipose tissue until her figure is in danger of that clumsiness which is so very unattractive and ageing, will find that proper walking and proper breathing will do a great deal towards restoring her early beauty of figure.