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Copyright, 1913 by the Star Company. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Fat-Reducing, Symmetry-Producing Exer
cises of the Famous Gertrude Hoffman,
Who Judges Her Sisters h> How
Much Water They Use and
How They Use It.
M ISS GERTRUDE HOFFMAN, the famous danseuse who pre
pared the following article on the water treatment for beauty,
is one of the stellar attractions in the three-star combination
—Lady Constance Richardson, Polaire and Gertrude Hoffman—that
will this month begin a tour of this country under the management
of Morris GesL
While the shower pours upon me again seize the towel in
both hands and raise one arm while I lower the other
until it is on a plane with the knees. There is no finer ex
ercise for making the waist supple.”
“boiling out,” either at home or at
a Turkish or Russian bath. Some
of the pores are inclined to be lazy
and need extra urging to persuade
them to do their work. For these
pores the seventh-day scrub or
boiling out is necessary. B'or them
the use of soap is also needful.
Were it not for these lazy one-
tenth of the pores we would never
need soap, with its unwelcome and
tissue-destroying alkali.
“Casting away the
towel 1 increase the
speed of the ‘run’
flinging out my
arms in wild aban
don, and running as
though there were
no confining walls
of the bathtub.”
Manners and Customs
in Regard to Bowing
By MRS. FRANK LEARNED, Author of “The Etiquette of
New York To-day.”
taking his hat off and replacing it
quickly. He should not hold it off
at arm’s length, but lift it not too
far from his head. When he is
with a lady who bows to anyone
he raises his hat, although the per
son may be a stranger to him. A
man raises jj^s, hat when he passes
a man whoraHhej. .knows who is with
ladies, or TtSRS£|«ie is with a man
who bows to a lady. It is proper
for him to look straight ahead and
not at tha lady to whom a friend
bows if she is unknown to him.
A woman should bow to a man
who is either a friend or an ac-
O NE of the tests of good-
breeding, training and cul
ture is in the manner in
which a how or salutation of recog
nition is made. A brusque, abrupt
manner is rude. A very effusive
manner and a low how are worse.
The correct. salutation is between
the two extremes.
Although according to circum
stances a bow may be cordial,
friendly, formal, slight, deferential
or familiar, it must be made. A
person who has been introduced is
entitled to recognition. A bow
should be prompt as soon as the
eyes meet, whether in a room or
on the street. Capricious or moody
persons, who bow pleasantly one
day and coldly the next, or who are
too preoccupied or self-centred to
remember to bow at all, are very
trying to their acquaintances. With
these an acquaintance canTie char
itable, slow to take offeree, re
membering that they may be ignor
ant of their peculiarities. Near
sighted people are often offending
in thfS way about not bowing.
It is well to ascertain the length
of sight of new acquaintances, who
may give an erroneous impression
in seeming to be distant or forget
ful. Pleasant acquaintances are
sometimes lost through a misap
prehension.
An important rule about bowing
is that a man must wait for a lady
to recognize him. Between friends
the act of bowing is almost simul
taneous, but it is the privilege of
a woman to take the Initiative by
being the first to bow. As has
been said, an introduction entitles
everyone to a bow. Only for very
grave reasons would anyone ever
give a direct “cut,” when the
claim an introduction imposes has
been absolutely forfeited.
In a case where there has been
inexcusable conduct the better way
is to bow coldly, or turn away and
look downward when passing. No
one wishes to hurt the feelings of
another, even for a serious offence.
It is wise to throw the mantle of
charity over the offender. A for
mal, distant bow may be given to
an unwelcome acquaintance, and
'Standing beneath the shower which I have turned
on at full force 1 do what athletes know as ‘the
standing run.’ To give the muscles general play
I hold a towel at arm’s length above my head.”
requisite of beauty and water is the first
aid to cleanliness. When we say of a
girl “she is dainty,” we mean she ex
hales an atmosphere of perfect cleanliness.
She Is, in two words, “well watered.”
On this page 1 show you five exercises
that I have taken at the seashore or in
mountain stream or, if those opportuni
ties did not offer, in my bathtub at home.
Any woman may take these in her bathtub.
If she is so fortunate as to have a large
sunken bathtub, of Roman magnificence,
like Maxine Elliott’s, In her country home,
all the better. But if not, the ordinary
bathtub will suffice. Be sure to place a
rubber bathmat or a large Turkish towel
in the bottom of the tub to prevent your
slipping, for fatal accidents have occurred
by slipping in wet bathtubs.
A—Standing beneath the shower, which
I have turned on at full force, I do what
athletes know as the “standing run." You
cannot run far in a tub, but you can make
the movements of running, as I have done
here. To give the muscles general play 1
raise my arms and, holding the towel at
arm’s length above my head, 1 wave it
backward and forward while running.
Sometimes i sing during the exercise. It
ihcreases my lung expansion.
B—Casting away the towel I Increase
the speed of the "run.” flinging out my
arms in wild abandon and running as
though there were no confining walls of
bathtub to prevent my Pan-like dash of
three or four miles.
C—While the shower pours upon me 1
again seize the towel with both hands and.
bending slightly forward at the waist,
raise the right arm while I lower the left
until it is on a plane with the knees. Then
I reverse this motion There is no finer
exercise for making the waist supple.
t)—Casting away the towel again, I
ttiug my arms above my head and leap
into the air, again and again springing at
least a foot above the bottom of the bath
ping the rope. Be in earnest in this ex
ercise as in the others. Exercise your
imagination as well as your feet. Fancy
that you are swinging the rope over your
head and jump as regularly as though you
feared being tripped by the rope.
Exercise thus taken under a shower is
as invigorating as active exercise in a
rain or in a running stream or in the surf.
Your activity is redoubled because it re
quires the output of extra energy, usually
twice as much, to overcome the resistance
of the water. To effect this you call into
play powers of the muscles never used ex
cept in an emergency. The value of the
exercise is also increased by the more or
less gentle massage, the degree regulated
by the force of the shower, of the pressure
of the water upon the skin and muscles.
There is no more stimulating and delight
ful tonic.
The first stride toward becoming a well-
watered woman is to form the habit of
drinking plenty of it. Women say. “I drink
a great deal of water," and when I pursue
the subject I learn that they drink two or
three glasses a day. They should drink
four times as many. We require ten to
twelve glasses of water a day to keep the
body properly functioning. Two or three
glasses on rising in the morning, two or
three sipped before retiring, and one at
each meal, the rest between meals, will
sufficiently irrigate the body. To make it
more palatable the juice of half a lemon
may be used, especially in the morning, for
the lemon juice, taken thus, is as a broom
to the stomach, sweeping it free of all ac
cumulation of mucous and all left over and
undigested remnants of meals. The morn
ing sweeping of the stomach is as im
portant as the daily sweeping of the floor.
The outer bath is not merely a necessity.
It is a delight. I go to my bath as joyously
as I begin my dance. The shock of the
cool water against the skin, setting a
thousand sensitive little nerves a tingle,
'With right and left arm alternately
raised I imitate the invigorating
movements of skipping the rope.
1 exercise the imagination as well
as the feet.”
By Gertrude Hoffman.
1 JUDGE a woman by the water she uses,
how she uses it and how much she
uses it.
A woman is beautiful according to the
amount of water she uses and the way she
uses it.
The well-watered woman is distinguished
by a clear complexion and healthy color;
by clear eyes; by the poise of head and
carriage of body that mean freedom and
confidence; by strong white teeth; by
pink nails and red tongue, by a throat that
fears neither Dutch neck nor extreme
decollettage. When I see a woman who
is under fifty and who muffles her throat
with laces and bands of black velvet, 1
know that she is saving water, for the
neck of the well-watered woman defies in
spection.
Plenty of water inside and out w ill make
a woman beautiful, for it will give her
health radiance. Cleanliness is the first
tub. The tonic effect and the access of
vigor secured by this simple exercise are
marvelous.
E—With right and left arm alternately
raised 1 imitate the movements of skip-
is delicious.
This cool water shower every morning
is a superb tonic for the body. It will
not more than superficially cleanse the
skin. For this reason I take a weekly
"Casting away the towel again, I fling my arms above my
head and spring at least a foot above the bottom of the
bathtub. The tonic effect and access of vigor secured
by this exercise are remarkable.’’
this should be sufficient to prevent
an aggressive, pushing person
from presuming.
When a man returns a lady's
bow 1*j should do so by distinctly
we should cultivate graciousness
toward others. It should be borne
in mind that the fine art of living
is in putting everyone with whom
we are thrown completely at ease.,