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VOL XXII NO. 29.
VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 3,-1004
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OF. INTEREST TO WOMEN.
The following letter ia No. 2 oi a
aeries of 20 to appear in this paper.
The first was published last wees
and republished by request, being
on page 5. No. 3 will appear next
week, the subjert of which will be,
The Faults of the Girl of the Period.
If you have a wile, daughter, sister,
sweetheart or lady triemi ( get these
letters for her.
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CONCERNING THE FIGURE.
Taking Care of Form by Proper Ex
ercise, Feeding and Drowing.—Choice of
the Corset ana How to Wear it.
There is no excuse for a woman’s
having a poor figure. It may give
her some trouble to get a good one
but it is worth the effort.
Some women begin life without
liuros worthy of the name. While
they are young girls they are scrag,
gy and flat or lumpy and shapeless.
These peculiarities do not lessen
with age and when to their natural
drawbacks the owners add utter
carelessness, it is no wonder if by
the time they have reached middle
ago they are a trial to the eyes of
their friends.
A a matter of course, it is easier
to let oneself go and not take the
pains that the eare of a figure de-
mauds. But no woman with the
least particle of vanity in her make
up-and it is a very poor sort of wo
man who lacks it—can help feeling a
thrill of pleasure when she beholds
tho improvement wrought in her ap-
poaranoo by a good corset, properly
worn.
For the oorset is the first essential
in the making of the figure. A nura-
ber of other things go with it. The
woman must earry heself properly,
but the corset helps her to do that.
She must pay attention to her out
er dress, and to this too, the corset
will stimulate her. Her diet cannot
be entirely neglected, if she wishes
to have her form reduced from over
stoutness or redeemed from ultra
thinness, but with the oorset as a
foundation for her efforts she will be
enoouraged. in the work of regulat
ing hey food.
Even in this day there are plenty
of people who find nothing bad
enough to say about the corset,
have seen ouo matron give way to
tears while addressing a woman's
club on the .evils that bad been
wrought.by corsets. And she was
not a hysterical woman either. She
had known the corset as it was in
earlier years; before common sense
and soienoe went to its making and
she knew the harm it had done those
who regarded it as an instnment for
the compression of the waist into a
smaller compass than Nature had
intended tor it.
The new oorset,—the “straight
front,” with which fashion papers
and comic colums have made every
one familiar,-is built on a different
plan. It does not squeeze a woman’s
organs out of shape, but holds them
in place. As I have said before, it
mUBt be properly mado and proper
ly worn The ideal oorset is one
that is made to order and adapted to
' the needs of the individual body,
but for those who cannot afford this
there are substitutes in plenty. A,
woman should seek until she finds
what she wants.
The new corset .ir.oreases the size
of the waist line, thereby giving
room tor play of the lungs and dia
phragm. There is no difficulty in
deep breathing with the woman who
wears a well made corset of the pres
ent style. That is, if she puts it on
proparly.
To do this she must loosen the
laces. Gone are,—or should be,--the
days when a woman kopt her corsets
laced for days and weeks at a time.
Now tho woman loosons the laocs at
night and tightens them in the morn
ing. When she puts on the corset
it is so loose that it hangs upon her
kca bag. She clasps the garters
that are attached to tho front and, if
she be of stout figure, to the sides,
settles tho corset down over her hips
and abdomen, drawing a long dsop
breath after this ia <louo, and then
proceeds to tighten the laces. She
doesthisoarefully, drawing the low
er ones first and theu those above
the belt line. Never must she make
them too tight for comfort. As soon
ns she does this she injures her fig-
lire as well as her feelings. When
the laces are tight enough, she
should oross them iu the baok, bring
them to the front, pass them under
the gftrter on tho loft side and tie
them there.
The great advantage of thus tight
ening the oorset lacos overy day is
that the figure can be humored.
There are days when a woman feols
that a tight oorset is more than
she can bear. .Then she leaves the
laces loose at first, and draws them
up later in the day when she has
reached the point where a little olos-
er compression will be grateful to
her.
I can hear the protest of busy wo
men over the time it will take to go
to this trouble. But it really takes
less time than one would think. At
first, before one is accustomed to
the process it may require a few
minutes more than one has been in
the habit of granting to one’s toilet,
but as the habit grows npon one of
laoing the corsets daily, it will bo
done more quiokly and beoome a
matter of course, And even if i*
does take a few minutes more, is no 1
the game worth the candle? When
onesees the good figures that have
been evolved from shapeless forms
by the use of a good corset, does it
whoro she can sco herself as she
steps back and fort about her work
aud bring herself up with n round
turn if she slips into any slovenly
trick of carriage.
The oorset will give a good figure
for a time, but a w•.man must work
to keep ii. If she is too thin for
beauty the task will bo simpler for
her than for ihe woma i inclined to
pul oil flc<h. The latter has her
work uhea 1 of her. Tbit* thin woman
may have to take exercise, as the
stout one must do, but she has less
to carrv about with her while she is
doing it. For both it is essential
that exercise should bo taken in doors
and out. The latter is vastly pref
erable, for obvisous reasons. But
the exercise indoors is' far hotter
than nothing. •
Ono woman who would be called
old it her years werekuown ban nev
er for fifteen years, failed to go
through a certain course of what she
calls her “gymnastics,” on rising in
the morning. For ten minutes daily
she bonds and twists her nody.stoop
ing until she sits on her bools and
rising without laying hold of any
thing to assist her. She leans for
ward until sho can touoh tho floor
with her finger tips, without bend
ing the knees, and backward until
her forehead is in contact with the
wall. She swines her arms about,
kicks the air vigorously ahd in eve
ry way she can brings Jill her mus-
oles in play. As a result of this she
u as brisk and agile as women many
years her junior and assert; that she
never means to grow did but to keep
her strength and vigor to the enij
As she probably will.
When such exercises as this are
taken it should be with the window
open, even in cold weather. There
is no nso in inflating tho lungs' un
less you fill them with fresh air. For
this reason as well as for many oth
era, out.door cxcreise is preferable to
that taken in a gymnasium, no mat
ter how well equipped this may be'
At the best, it is only a substitute,
Long walks,, horsebaok rides, bioy
oles spins, golf or tennis, all do
their share in developing the mus-
Ilaving gone to tho expense and
pains of procuring oho and learning
how to wear it sho should not let the
gain slip away from her. When her
oorsot becomes old and out of shape
sho should have it re-bonded, as it
worth while to do with a good oor
sot. Nover should sho rolax hor
vigilance over hor figuro and hor
way of oarrying herself. Perhaps
for a while it will scorn a good deal
of a burden, but after a time tho
well carried form, with tho book
straight, tho head up, tho shoulders
properly poised, will bcoomo instinc
tive, so that tho trouble would be to
boar herself in the wrong way.
It is a woman’s duty to keep her
good looks as long ns sho can and a
good figure is a most important part
of thorn. A protty face is all very
well—there ire fow women who
would not be willing to yiold a vir
tue or two to possess a charming
ing countenance,—but it loses a
great deal if it is set on top ot a
badly cared for, badly carried figuro.
When a woman gets toward tho
point where youthfnl charms are
forsaking her, it is a boon to her
and to those about her if she has a
well made, well borno form. And
this is within her own power.
not seem tLat a little extra care is a! °^ e *> educing adipose tissue or
very small price to pay for the gain? I strengthening the body to gain flesh.
The corset once on the woman!, 0116 a * Iea8t of . the8e is to
must proceed to live up to it. Sho the fi * UT 7“ Bba f’ or fwhn «
will hnd tbatit helps herto keep
her shoulders straight and her body
erect. She must learn to poise her
self properly, throwing her weight
on the balls of her feet and resisting
the temptation to sway backward;.
That is a tendency which grows up
on women as,they advance in years
and in flesh. If they do not “stand
so straight tLat they lean the other
way," they let their shoulders droop
until the middle of the baok is like
a hump. All about the country one
may see women in the late fifties
who have bent their Bhoulders until
they look almost as though they
were deformed. This could have
been spared them if they had taken
a little pains early in life. And even
an elderly woman can do much to
correct such a stoop if she is willing
to give heraelf trouble about it.
To stand stright is neither to bend
backwards nor ■ to droop forwards.
Tho prominent abdomen ia as un
sightly as the humped up shoulder*.
The woman with a trend towards
either should exeroiae herself- every
day standing in front of a mirror.
She is wise if she follows the advioe
of one sensible housekeeper and t a nvuwu «u miw »h*,h ■*-
hangs a looking glass in her kitchen to beoome careless about her corset. | properly.
MORELAND FOR CRUM.
Editor Progerss:—I have had the
pleasure of reading several oommu
mentions, from parties written from
different parts of the county, and
published in the Vienna News, re-
oently, wherein Col D. A. R. Crum
is supported in his race for tho sen
ate. I desire through the oolumne of
the Progress, to enter my hearty
approval, and support of all that has
been said in Col Crum’s behalf. I
feel that Dooly County will make a
Vise selection when tho voters of
the County nominative Col Crum
for the^enate; why? because Col
Crum is a man fully oapable, and
has in every respeot the ability to
make for this senatorial distnot a
represenntivo whom overy voter
whether in this county or the other
counties included in this district w. 11
be not only satisfied with, but will
be proud to point to him as their
senator. I am one of the voters of
the second district of Dooly, and
will vote for Crum, along with my
neighbors and friends of the second
district. The boys in this neok of
the woods are for Crum, and when
the vote is counted, it will be seen
that the old second of Dooly will be
put in this Crum column. We are
for Cram, up here, and if other sec
tions of the county stand as we do
in tho second district, Crum’s nomi
nation will be by a large majority,
Very truly,
J. F. MORELAND.
Byromville, Ga. Feb. 29.
have outlined. These may be aided
by suoh appliances as a lifting ma
chine, dumb-bells, Indian dubs, and
the like. Because of the many mus-
oles called into play by it, ping-pong
is one of best house games known.
It encourages bending and stooping
and teaching and stretohing, and by
all these means develops and im
proves the figure.
But, says some one. “How oan
this be done in the long, straight
front corset pictured everywhere?',’
It cannot. But there are corsets
which come to be worn on suoh oc.
casions. The ribbon girdle corset,
made cither in heavy satin ribbon or
in .wide tape, or the short equestrain
corset is adapted to all sorts of vig
orous exercise. It is also excellent
for the woman who do a good deal
of house-work whiob requires bend
ing over and stoopipg. While it
does not hold in the over-plump fig
ure as a heavier, longer corset would
do, it ia far better to yield a little
testriotion than to break corset steels
and. suffer discomfort at the same
time. I went two blocks further and took a
A woman can never allow heraelf! woman who could not boil an egg
A Vienna young man has met a
girl and in another love affair.
A woman should never get on her
knees to a man when his are handy.
Look at yourself in the glass when
you sneeze and you will nover sneeze
again. Why? When you sneeze,
you close your eyes and do not see
anything until the sneeze is over.
A girl in a neighboring town did
her sewing and darning on the front
porch for more than a month, and
the man she was trying to catch
Beware of Christian Soienoe.
A good man is generally a quiet
man.
Every visitor puts more work on
tho housekoopor.
To live Roant is more becoming
than to owe bills.
Bo c-aroful wlmt sort of novels
your ohildren read.
Every one who does not like you,
loves to see you soorned.
Giving advioo that you do not
practice is not very becoming.
- There is something slack abont
the man who cannot hold a job.
It takes lots of good judgement to
keep from being oranky sometime.
Tho best thing tor you to know is
to know that you don’t know much.
A Vienna man did something 15
years ago, and is talking about it
yot. .
A silly love effair is the best thing
to try the mind of n person at any
ago.
Bluffs are out of dato, and triok*
store must resort to business meth
ods.
Wo know it is unbecoming to
speak evil of peoplo, but somo men
are so mean that wo oan hardly holp
it.
Some mon seem to think a refusal
to answer proper questions is a sign
wisdom.
Be many of the practical jokes turn
out seriously that it doos not pay to
run them.
This is the season of tho year
when men wish for warm weather
and a good garden.
Too much hard work and attention
to business without reorcation is not
best for the body or mind.
A western man whose first name
is Earl has two sobs named Prince
and King and a dog named Duke.
Do you pass from man to man
and repeat evil words? And then
expect to bo classed as a good oitizen?
A man who is a church member
is about to sell a cow. Will he tell
the truth about how much milk she
will give?
t
A good lady enioi-taiiied a bride
and groom three days. She seys all
they did was to sit around and look
sleepy and yawn.
Hand a woman the reins and she
will hold them so tight that the
horse will want to baok. And she
will da a man about the same way.
Teaoh your son to earn his dollars,
and to take care of them after they
ace earned, and he will not be so
ready to oommit suicide when his
cash runs low.
If we love gossip, we will feed on
it and become slanderous. If we
feed on evil speaking, we will
become vioious. The mind should
be well cultivated.
Though a husband or wife should
be selected with great care, some of
them are chosen with the rash of a
bargain counter or fire sale. No
need to be in such a hurry; plenty
of good takoi in the background.
Every man in politios or in town
(whiob means about the same) longs
to see the time when be'can own a
home in tbe country. The average
farmer going from sun to sun is not
aware than he is looked on as the
happiest man in the universe.