THE SWIMMING SEASON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1940, Page 8

THE SWIMMING SEASON

THE WAISTLINE PROBLEM. START EXERCISES NOW. Swim suits are vanishing—they manage to be briefer with each successive season, and if you are one of those who wear the brassiere style, your problem becomes more difficult. And, oh, ypur waistline! Every girl who wears a swim suit finds this waistline business quite a problem, but to the girl who wears a brassiere costume, it is a veritable nightmare. It is your waist which keeps your figure youthful: improve your waistline and you will take years from your age. An abdomen which is too fat can be considerably reduced by rolling. Stand erect with the heels two inches apart and the hands clasped as high as possible over the head. Then bend forward, alternating first slightly to the right and then slightly to the left, trying to pivot the whole of your body, taking care not to turn the head. Repeat this exercise twenty times each night and morning. Where it is necessary to smooth away flesh which has accumulated over the hips, you can try this exercise: Lie flat on the floor and roll the lower part of your body to the right as far as possible. and then to the left. Twenty times each way.

Once your waistline is smooth and taut, you must then try and give it a good curve, and this can be done by trying to stretch away the flesh and so lengthen the line from the under arm to the waist. And it is now that the following exercise will help:—Stand erect with your feet about two inches apart, and then turn your body slightly towards the right without moving your feet. Then bend forward at the right side until the fingers of the right hand touch, or almost touch, the right heel. Then still without moving the feet in any way, raise your arms so that they pass directly over your head, I and swing them down in the same manner to the left side. This movement is not at all easy, but perfection comes with practice, and after a few attempts you will find that you will be able to carry it out quite easily. To make your ankles shapely and neat, try sitting in a straight-backed chair with youi’ right leg over your left knee, allowing your foot to dangle loosely. Then rotate your foot twenty times to the right and twenty times to the left. Then repeat with the opposite legs. Night and morning, please. Legs, which are too fat, or calves which are too thin, can be effectively converted into things of beauty very simply. Again sit in a chair as described above, with your right leg crossed over your left knee, and keeping your foot straight out in front of you, with the toes pointing upwards, rotate your foot twenty times to the right and twenty "times to the left. Then reverse and repeat with the other foot. Bleach superfluous hair on . the legs with peroxide, or rub them away with . pumice stone or one of those mits . which are specially made for the pur- , pose. ,