SHOW A LEG!

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 132, 1 December 1938, Page 19

SHOW A LEG!

BUT LET IT BE A SMART ONE

Skirts have gone up, are going down again with startling rapidity according to tbie foibles of the dress,designers. Whether you like them short or long depends a lot on your legs. Are they worth showing, or must you hide rthem? This article tells you how to improve your leg-line to get away witih your skirt-line—for who knows where skirts will go next? Perhapsj you've always had a pretty neat ankle, but the leg above it. doesn't seem as sSlim as it might be. Too bad, but the fault probably is that the calf comes too low down on the leg. It's such a common failing this, and nothing to get miserable about. You can easily get rid of that heavy calf line by your own efforts. TREATMENT AT HOME. First sponge the legs with warm water to which a teaspoonful of vinegar has been added. : Let your skin thoroughly absorb this lotion, and let the dry on. After afoout ten minutes, sponge over the legs from ankle to knee cap with cold tea. Let this dry on the skin for ten minutes to a quarter of an hour. "* . . ' Then you'll want a rather coarse towel, folded in two or three thicknesses. Roll this over the calves, working across them from jme end to the other. Go strong with this for five minutes, then bathe the skin again with both lotions,, and repeat the massage. The great idea of this process is to break up the fat cells and stimulate the circulation. In other words, it's a "facial" for your legs! Carry; on with this good slimming work every day for a week. GOING—GOING Do the same routine, then at the end place both hands in the folds of the towel and work them up and down the leg, to intensify the friction. You'll probably have a few aches and pains after all this rubbing; but this will soon disappear, as it only means that the blood has been forced to the surface and the circulation is in grand working order. If you persevere with this treatment the lumpy look of your calves should vanish after the fifth or. sixth week. GONE! At the end of three months there should be such a noticeable diminishment in flesh that the leg has the appearance of being much slimmer from ankle to knee. One last word . . .be choosy in picking the towel you use. A fluffyfaced one is no use for this particular exercise. You want a medium-weight, coarse tow%l which won't slip on the skin. Then you'll get plenty of friction and save yourself a lot of energy. And don't make a special brew of tea —collect the surplus left over from 'the breakfast teapot, and it will do beautifully for.your evening massage.