SIMPLE EXERCISES FOR WOMEN

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3580, 20 July 1912, Page 10

SIMPLE EXERCISES FOR WOMEN

What can girls occupied all dav at

business or with indoor -pursuits, do to improve their health and physique, when athletic games and' attendance at a gymnasium are out of the question 3

Everything depends on the nature of employment, and if a girl is engaged for long hours as a typist, telephone operator, bookkeeper or cashier, or in any other sedentary employment where she makes little use of her muscles and is continually breathing impure air, it is a matter of vital importance for her to take some form of exercise every day that gives her a chance to make vigorous use of Her limbs, if not actually out of doors, by an open window. No exercise is better than dancing, and the primary movements of fancy dancing are very easily learned, and can be gone through in one’s bedroom, as they take very little space.

If persevered with, they soon teach a girl to carry herself well and walk with “spring” and lightness, and to be graceful in her movements; they also devlop the figure in the best way, and keep it youthful and flexible.

There are many other simple physical exercises which can be practised in one’s bedroom, in light clothing and wearing no corsets —this is most important, remember and if gone through for a few minutes regularly every morning, they keep a girl in the best of condition, fit- for any kind of work or employment.