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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1916)
mtiw nwttit BiTvnAY nv.Kt .lA.NUAUX. . v.. mo. The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page 1 m f '' V i I j l n r "-Ar - m .a y Miss Moller in a Vigorous Step That Could, She Thinks, Be Readily Modified for a Fox Trot or Other Popular Dance. T HIE chief complaint of many aralwt the modern dances li Uiat they require too much muscle la the dancer. They are to Tlgoroua. Mine Helen C. Moller, an Ingenious and graceful young woman from the West, has evolved a system that really builds muscle while one la dancing, and, she believes, If discreetly adapted to the modern fox trots, one atepa and so on, will enable any one to derelop strength enough to go through a whole season without fatigue Indeed, emerge from It In better shape than when entering. Miss Moller belleres In Injecting more rigor Into the dance. The remarkable photographs on this page, poaed for by Miss Moller, will give an idea of the amount of vigor the thinks necessary. She has made converts of many representative society women of New York, Newport, Boston and the New England Summer colonies. Recently she gave a demonstration with her pupils at the Hotel Gotham, In New York, for the benefit of the Polish Relief Fund. "Free and graceful movements are equally Impossible when there Is great emaciation or excessive fat. In persons having sound organs and who lead a normal existence either of these condi tions will disappear under the influence of dancing as It ought to be. Repetitions of certain prescribed movements of the body and limbs without any other motive are far from successful In producing this result They may produce muscular de velopment of certain parts o( the body, but they will not develop all your mus cles In their naturai proportions which la necessary In order to make of it a perfect Instrument with which to obey the commands of the mind and to give true physical expression to the emotlona. "Prescribed and fixed, artificial, formsj of dancing also fall short of these Ideals. Before one proceeds to dance there should be an Impulse that cannot be obeyed In any other way. The move ments of the dancing body will then be natural and graceful and will express with spirit and truth the Impulse which called them forth. It you hold yourself responsive to the beauties and charms of Nature, of music, or ot any other In spiring form of art. you will find your self more and more subject to definite - i .til tk. v i mini VK'r yy r1 -v ;; . .- s ? - - -; ,7 .! V -r- V "? ' ' V ) 7 VsV, V A Free, Full Dance Movement That Develops the Sides. pleasurable emotions, and to a desire to expreHS them physically. Then, if yoa have enjoyed the great advantage of be longing to the "Hack to Nature" move ment, with its repudiation of cumber some garments and Its enjoyment of outdoor life, you will find yourself danc ing or wanting to dance as the Ar cadians danced. "The Impulse, the emotion, must come first. You may get it from Summer breeses whispering through the trees, from the perfume of wild flowers, from the twittering of birds, from the con volutions of a fleecy cloud sailing across the blue of the sky. When these charms fill you with happiness, and your feet are bare and your limbs free from the re stralnt of unnecessary garments why. then you are going to dance aa dancing ought to bo And the otteuer you yield to that impulse the more perfect your body will become. "I try to uiake my pupils bear these thlnss coiiFtantly In mind. Perhapa an enthusiastic little girl will say; 'Oh, :;; 1 vvrv;;)x4fv,y;v; A Dance for a Trio in Which Vigor Is Strikingly Present. Copyrltht. 1916. by ths Star Company. Ort Brttiln Rights Rctervs Jen Molleir Explains How Vigor aind Less Cloitlnes Our. Dances Would ,;: :; 'V !- , , J I"'' ' I ' ' :. :,;; - !' I j V'-' ' r'l t -(-."- I VIA v iv-v- I v , r N i I ,v o . , ' ,v- k - J 1 N, MUs Moller, may I dance your Pan dancef I an swer empha tically: 'No. yon ean't dance my Tan dance, or any other of my dances. They are my dances. Dance your own dance.' I try to get these beginners to feel a direct impulae, and then yield to it. If that means to roll IT 7 i . 7 - to i -r v - .A Give Us itter Bodies i Mist Moller in a Very Un usual and Vigorous Dance Posture Every Muscle at Good. Healthy Work. over and over on the floor, very well, they are to do It. Pretty soon they ere really dancing. Joyously, gracefully and with individuality. It is all gain not only physical, but mental and moral, tor it Is impossible for what la base and un worthy to enter where truth and beauty are established." t mm if r: . t f ' i -a. ,M - " . 'fa -v t f t. ,v . j r Sweeping:, Fat-Banishing Dance Motion Modeled on Leighton's Famous Painting "Atalanta." How Leggings Save Soldiers' Lives L' EQOINGS and puttees play a very Important part In the unform of the United States Marine Corps for the protection of the men against tropical diseases while on foreign shore service. To the civilian mind leggings appear as purely a decorative adjunct to the uniform, useful only In horseback riding. It is very true that they are hot and un comfortable to wear continually In the tropics, ,tu It is there that they are most needed. Many of the most dangerous tropical diseases ere transmitted by the bites ot , Insects. Among these are malaria, yel low fever, bubonic plague, hookworm, elephantiasis and tropical ulcer. Fleas and mosquitoes are the prime carriers, and make their first attack npon the ankles, thence working their way up over the whole body. The ordinary flea jumps about one foot high In attacking men and animals. Al though It is very possible tor It to work Its way up to the waist outside and enter the clothing above the belt line, yet the chances are against It Ordinarily It will Crop off or be brushed off. , Against mosquitoes and Infected dirt aad dampness leggings are good protec tion to the ankles. They lessen the dan ger of snake bite In the Jungles, take the place of boots In protection against mud and water and make the attack of the flea so roundabout that his chances of success are much reduced. Leather puttees, so universally worn when horseback riding, are worn by all officers in the Marine Corps while on shore duty, and are even more desirable than the heavy khaki leggings. It Is Im possible for the ordinary email snake or wvs' ill f 4 V-'ViJ'- 5 ' ' .ryyMt''- . 4 v; , vf :: - f; Miss Moller Muscle Building with . :, MA rr-.; 1 - -, t ; J ft---- Mf:,JiMs4taA A Back-Strengthening Posture That Also Builds Leg Muscles. poisonous hornet to make any Impres sion on the tough leather. On long marches leggings make walk ing easier. They prevent the trousers from chafing at each step or being caught by briers in the underbrush. In wearing them constantly, some pre cautions are necessary. They must not be worn at night, even if the soldier Is obliged to sleep In his clothes, as con stant wear for two days and nights la almost certain to produce a tropical rash, which la very Irritating and difficult to eliminate. Talcum powder duBted on the feet each morning Is often useful In keeping them dry and wholesome. From the experience gained in the Spanish-American war and subsequently in the pacification ot the Philippines leg gings have been given a permanent place in the required equipment of all United States troops In the field and are prov ing of the greatest service In protecting the life and health of the men. A Vf :A ; - . - s f S , - -" Two of Her Pupils.