HEALTH AND APPEARANCE.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 July 1919, Page 5

HEALTH AND APPEARANCE.

It was ‘the dear olgi notio_n, w:ls_llj't it? The,li’eroine of an:'~dld-fasiiiioincd Story would n'eVel"lla'Vo a Sympzitlietic reader if she had not been more than inclined to 23, decline, or at least.‘ a person wiid ate 11ot11"i11"g.‘ Aahfdi =t.ook"‘i’i"tflé exorcise ofany sort, sé§r§ 1:’: \\'l'i’félF iii an exchange. liidced, V1361‘ sol‘e‘oxcl-cise seemed to be :1 knadk of fainting clovcriy into some m»anl_v arms or convenient chair without the slightest

\'-xarningl V This iclea._died so hard that e\'oll HOW one hears girls say disparagingly that hard work or hard play t:ol'SCn>‘. Muscles are things to ignore; ‘Il1ey':1I'0 sure to “come out” in ugly lumps all over one if developed! 1 notice. however, that they are acutely hurt it‘ called sickly’ 01' ml‘ healthv, whereas if called delicate they smile a gratified fashion that irritates. evidently, it ‘isu’t real, downriglit illness that they -admire. mC,.ely a, fragile state of health that never ineonsiderately breaks» down and allows Ithem to dance all night. and consume all kinds of unsuitable and unnourishing food. It is quite eaSy to silence these people in argument, luck-ily; point out to them the fact that in a competition for looks and grace, lthe dancers and actresses they admire would soon outdistance them. yet the physical hard work of the good danense would astonish them if they realised it. ‘The land girls, too, with all their liard, outdoor work, managed no retain coniplexions and lisslom grace that were a revelation. They are well fed and not made drudges, so they escape the sad fate of usual pre-war women workers in the fields, with their poor food and unhealthy cottages and long families.

«No one who has the pcrfeeat. control of their body that comes into sensible pliysieal exercvise and" work can “be anything but att.l'active; beside: their open-air freshness and beautiful poise other hot-house beauties seem insipid, even, strange To say. at times a-wk ward. A well—tl-ained dancer will sii as gracefully as she dances; her w’:l.lk will be a -delight to watch. Yet how incessant and how hard is her work. Fashionable docstors have been know: {to ‘prescrib-e bed—ln~aking for both heal-th and good looks‘; "some of

the bonniest girls in’ the world are domestic servants in upper-class houses. Few girls walk really well, yet all could learn to.do so;»rna.lfly of us hobble on stilted heels, many stride ungnace~ fully, and others 4adop.t~a sort of cross beltween 8. shuffle and a mince! Some walk too fast for their height, others walk too slorvly. But a trained boiklyi instinctively‘ adopts the gait most suited to ill-S make, «and_seldJom errs, NO, the heroine of the past is dead, and it just remains for the last" silly cobweb or illusion tl_la.t_hung about her being ‘to be blown away, one of the most pernicious being this, that to be strong and well-developed, that is, developed all over in proportion, is to. run the risk of being either clumsy or ungraceful. On the contrary, it is to be .a.s_beau‘tiful as we can. ' ._._._....._......,.......