BEAUTY OF FORM

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 313, 29 August 1932, Page 7

BEAUTY OF FORM

HOW TO PRESERYE IT. Beauty of form depends to a great extent upon good health. Regular exercise and suitable diet both play their part in retaining grace of figure. Lack of exercise, indulgence in rich highly-seasoned foods, and too abundant in quantity, result in th'e production of superfluous flesh. The woman who is afflicted in this way must subject herself to rigorous treatment if she is to restore her figure. She must he careful only to allow herself a sparing diet and eat very frugally, avoiding rich, fatty fo--7~ such as butter and sweetmeats. She j must take plenty of exercise, but it ( must not be violent. Walks in the j open air are most beneficial. Starvation. As a means to slenderness, starva- j tion is not only very unpleasant; it is j positively dangerous, and my experi- j ence is that it is not at all necessary. j In fact,, it is better to be "well covered" as the French so comfortingly ' express it, and well proportioned, than j to be a martyr to th'e ills starvation ! brings about. Slenderness is not a"- I other word for emaciation. The much- | desired slim figure denotes a combina- j tion of health, proportion and pliant suppleness, whereas, the gauntnes* emaciation is a sign of being below 1 par — not a beautiful condition and one ! very often brought about by um^- j "banting." Health, proportion and pliant sup- | pleness are the goals to be reached, j and there is one safe road leading to j them — a perfectly functioning system. : The Joy of Life. j Every woman wants to enjoy life, and yet even a superficial survey shows us that a great many are not quite happy about their figure. Som,e, to put it simply, are too heavy all over and still others lack grace and poise of movement. Perhaps they do not know that they can become their own seulptress, at whatever age; that they can mould their figures to their h'eart's desire, if they will seriously set about improving the quality, p>ace and functioning of their circulation. The general circulation of the blopd according to whether it is good or bad, is either the foundation of beautiful slender lines, or it is at the root of many evils which can, and unfortunately often do, befall the figure. Every minute the cells of the body are wearing out, and in order that these may be safely carried away, and that new ones may be replaced in their stead, the blood stream must be regular, searching into every corner, and of an excellent quality. The venous flow eventually carries the worn out cells to the various organs of elimination, and the freshly oxygenated arterial flow brings nourishment, so that new cells are built up. It is when this breaking down and building up process is not going on evenly and regularly in every inch of the body thajt distressing wavy lines and bulges of fat begin to appear. This is why speeding up the circulation in fatty areas works such wonders. The quality of the blood stream is greatly influenced by the nourishment taken at meals, by fresh air, anrl! regular elimination. The pace of the