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TheWell-Tfeteredlbman
FatReducing, Symmetry-Producing Exer
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Who Judges Her Sisters by How
Much Water They Use and
How They Use It. .
MI88 GERTRUDE HOFFMAN, the famous danseuei who prS
pared tho following artlelo on the water treatment for beauty,
Is one of tho stellar attractions In the three-star combination
Lady Constance Richardson, Polalro and Gertrude Hoffman that
will this month begin a tour of thla country under the management
of Morris Gest
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"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.
I JUDGE a woman by tho water she uses,
how she uses It and bow much she
uses It.
A woman Is beautiful according to the
amount of water she uses and tho war 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, I
know that she is saving water, for tho
neck of the well-watered woman de3es In
spection. Plenty of water inside and out will make
a woman beautiful, for It will give her
health radiance. Cleanliness Is the first
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"Casting away the
towel I increase the
speed of tho run'
flinging w out my
arms in wild aban
don, and running as
though there were
no confining walls
of the bathtub."
"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 la the first
aid to cleanliness. When we say of a
girl "she la dainty," we mean ahe ex
bales an atmosphere of perfect cleanliness,
phe Is, in two words, "well watered."
On this page I show you five exercises
that I have taken at the seashore or in
mountain stream or, It those opportuni
ties did not offer, in my bathtub at home.
Any woman may take these In her bathtub.
If she is so lortunate as to have a large
sunken bathtub, of Roman magnificence,
like Maxlne 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, aa I have done
here. To give tho muscles general play I
raise my arms and, holding the towel at
arm's length above my head, I wave it
backward and forward whilo running.
Sometimes I sing during the exercise. It
increases 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 Fan-like dash of
three or four miles.
C Whilo the shower pours upon me I
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.
D Casting away tho towel again, I
fling my arms above my head and leap
into the air, again and again springing at
least a foot above the bottom of the bath
tub. The tonic effect and the access of
vigor secured by this simple exercise are
marvelous.
E With right and left arm alternately
raised I imitate tho movements of skip
ping the rope. Bo In earnest In this ex
ercise as in the others. Exercise your
imagination as well as your feet Fancy
that you are swinging the rops over your
head and Jump as regularly as though you
feared being tripped by tho rope.
Exercise thus taken under a shower Is
as Invigorating rb active exercise in a
rain or in a running stream or in the surf.
Tour activity is redoubled because it re
quires the output of extra energy, usually
twice as much, to overcomo tho resistance
of tho water. To effect this you call Into
play powers of the muscles never used ex
cept in an emergency. The value of tho
exercise is also Increased by the more or
less gentle massage, the degree regulated
by the forco of tho shower, of the pressure
of the water upon the skin and muscles.
There Is no more stimulating and delight
ful tenia.
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 pursuo
the subject I learn that they drink two or
three glasses a day. They should drink
four tlmeB as many. We require ten to
twelvo 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 ono at
each meal, the rest between meals, will
sufficiently irrigate the body. To make it
more palatable tho Juice of halt 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 danco. The shock of the
cool water against the skin, setting a
thousand sensitive little nerves a tingle,
is delicious.
This cool water shower every morning
Is a superb tonlo for the hody. It will
not more than superficially cleanse the
skin. For this reason I take a weeklv
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"While the shower pours upon me again seize the towel in,
both hands and raise one arm while I lower the other
until St is on a plane with the knees. There is no finer ex
ercise for making the waist supple."
"boiling out," either at homo or at
a Turkish or Russian bath. Soma
of the pores aro inclined to bo lazy
and noed extra urging to persuade
them to do their work. For these
pores tho seventh-day scrub or
boiling out is necessary. For thorn
tho uso of soap is also needful.
Woro it not for theso lazy ono
tenth of the pores wo would never
need soap, with its unwolcomo and
tissue-destroying alkali.
"Catting away the towel again, I
head and aprlng at lead a foot
bathtub. The tonic effect uid
by thi ezercUe are remarkable
fling my arms above my
above the bottom of the
accait of vigor secured
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. Ho 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 bowB to anyone
he raises bis hat, although the per
son may be a stranger to him. A
man ralsos his hat when he passes
a man whom he knows who Is with
ladles, or when he is with a man
who bows to a lady. It is proper
for him to look straight ahead and
not at the lady to whom a friend
bowo if she is unknown to him.
A woman should bow to a mat.
who is either a friend or an ac
quaintance, even whon he is with
eomeono whom sho does not know.
When bowing, the head is in
clined slightly. It is not correct
to accompany a bow with a broad
smile, oven when recognizing an
Intimate friend. There may be tha
beam of good-will in the eye. This
lightens the countenance and pre
vents an impression of indiffer
ence. Someone has eaid, "You
should never speak to an acquaint
ance without a Bmlle In tho eyes."
Cultivated men and women of tho
world are euro to show this good
will In tho eyes.
It Is a civility to return a bow,
although the person who is bowing
may not be known or remembered.
Either the person who bows has
been introduced or has made a
mistake in one's resemblance to
another. No doubt the mistake
may bo discovered to have occurred
from want of prompt recognition
on one's own part, but to withhold
a bow would be awkward and rude.
Small, but important, points of
courtesy distinguish a well-bred
man. He ralsos his hat when of.
ferlng any civility to a lady who
Is a stranger. He removes his hat
in an elevator when ladles are
present He raises his hat when
acknowledging a service from a
man to a lady whom he is escort
ing. ,
The rules of etiquette are not
wMtrary or without meaning, but
always reasonable and sensible
and represent social obligations
duo !rom one person to another.
In tho smallest details of daily life
we should cultivate graclousness
toward others. It should be borne
In mind that the fine art of living
ta In putting everyone with whom
we are thrown completely at ease.
ONE of the tests of good
breeding, training and cul
ture is in the mannor In
which a bow or salutation of recog
nition Is mado. A brusque, abrupt
manner 1b rude. A very effusive
manner and a low bow aro worse
Tho correct salutation is between
the two extromes.
Although according to circum
stances a bow may bo cordial,
friendly, formal, slight, detorentlal
or familiar, it must be made. A
person who hns been introduced is
entitled to recognition. A bow
should bo prompt as soon as the
eyes moet, whether in a room or
on the streot. Capricious or moody
persons, who bow pleasantly one
day and coldly tho 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 can be char
ltablo, slow to take otfonco, re
membering that they may be ignor
ant of their peculiarities. Near
sighted people are often offending
in this 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 tho 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
gravo reasons would anyono ever
give a direct "cut," when tha
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 whon passing. No
one wishes to hurt the feelinga of
another, oven for a serious offence.
It is wise to throw tho mantle of
charily over the offender. A for
mal, distant bow may be given to
an unwelcome acquaintance, and
this should bo sufficient to prevent
an aggressive pushing person
from presuming;
When a man returns a lady's
how he should do so by distinctly