Stooping and "Slumping"

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 23, 21 December 1928, Page 13

Stooping and "Slumping"

RREDUCIN G exercises, dancing, swim- " ming, tennis, golf--all these things are taught by experts and studied by enthusiasts; but deportment has taken a back seat. It would be sad to see unfortunate young girls spending a whole hour on a sunny afternoon learning how to get in and out of a car with grace and decorum. Sad, because the young gir! of to-day has many more interesting ways of spending her afternoons, whereas her grandmother at a finishing school did truly spend many hours learning how to get in and out of a : : . o 4 > se hes — ane ~ +>

landau ot a barouche, and for her it was a normal occupation. But is equally sad to see so many lovely people in so many lovely frocks spoiling themselves and their frocks because they do not know the first rule of deportment, which isan easy graceful carriage. Yet good carriage not only increases the charm of a good figure and preserves its beauty, but has also power to make the indifferent figure far less obvious, It is not difficult to acquire. In fact, at the salons where they teach reducing exercises and exercises for general physical fitness, they are always ready to teach their clients how to hold themselves and walk correctly. The difficulty lies in the fact that so few women

seem to realise the importance of this knowledge. This importance is easily tested, both from the point of view of its effect upon the appearance and upon the physical health of the individual, e Watch the woman who stoops and pokes her chin out and "slumps" when she sits down. You will notice that her back gets rounder every day, her chest flatter, her chin and jaw muscles flaccid, and her waist and hips large and ungainly. Isn’t it obvious that when you poke your chin out your jaw line becomes blurred, that when you stoop you are not giving your lungs a chance to work properly, and that when you slump in your chair your spine is allowed to do everything it ought not to do, and your waist and hips are "ound to thicken?