By George MacManus ·
THE FIRE - DEPARTMENT
SAID THE STEAK
BURNED-
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Cope 1941, King Pratüzes Spridicina, Ine, World rights reserved.
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A PAGE FOR WOMEN
For the Mature Woman
The mature woman's chiel #gure Haws are stooped shoulders, flabby abdomen, dropped bust and thickening waist, heavy thighs and Inps. These are the most common
a woman may have all or she may be guilty of just one or two. Fortunately, all of these figure faults may be corrected through exervise if the woman will fest banish any joint stiffness. The body must be limbered before it can be re-contoured. Many older women are now joining exereise classes at salons or gymnasiums long term affairs where they can start gradual limbering and work up to reducing and refashioning. Such a course is bound to lengthen one's life span for when a mature woman becomes much overweight she is flirting with poor health.
Here is a programme of exer- aises which any mature womali can practice daily:
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Here is another good exer cisc for mature women. the kneeling position stretch high before bending slowly over to Movement 2. Abdomen is held in and up throughout.
1: Sit the floor.de and repeat eight times. Very, stretch aris upward and rock gond for posture and co-ordination hips hard from side to side. Then of muscles. lie back slowly until head touches the floor, relax, and sit up slowly Repeat ten times This is a good, hip-slimmer.
Exercise 2: stretch your
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the floor, Fight arms upward leg downward at and your right
trying to make the same time one side of your body longer than the other. Alternate on the other,
Exercise 3: Stand up straight and, keeping elbows high, push He ist of one hand against the aim of the other. Push hard, re- lax and repeat. This strengthens muscles of the bust and helps to baighten stooped shoulders. BUT YOUR ELBOWS KEEP
HIGH THROUGHOUT EXERCISE
Exercise 4: Stand erect, hold a
jumping rope or a lithe-line. Curl toes of one foot over it, pushing heel lower than toes. Keeping knee straight, raise the leg high as you can in front of you - push- ing on the rope with curled toes. CONTRACT ABDOMEN MUS- CLES HARD AT THE SAME TIME. This is an excellent exer- eize it de properly. It firms abdomen, hips, thighs und is splendid for tired feet and lower- ed arches.
Curb High Calorie Foods
effort is too great,
Curb Calories
You can get rid of undesired ! follow their programme long extra pounds and gain in figure enough they give up because the beauty, health and happiness if you will determine to curb high calorie foods and exercise daily. The combination of exercise and limited menus is the only means of slimming.
You must plan a reducing gramme and stick to it.
safe
Figure
but only one-half glass with a None if possible. Be sure meal.
tu avoid constipation through exercise or use « non-faltening, drugless laxative when necessary. Learn Your Foods
Eat less of concentrated, rich foods which are those of many calories.
Especially avoid cake,
These foods are low in culorie candy, jelly, mayonnaise, pastry, content eat of these: lettuce, fried foods, ice cream, whipped spinach, celery, tomatoes, mush- pro-cream, ripe olives, and olive oil. rooms, asparagus, endive, beet Avoid overeating and taking greens, Swiss chard, brussels out how many pounds you must food between meals, chew carrots sprouts, water cress, okra, me!oifs, lose to look slim and attractive, or celery if you become hungry.
pears, peaches skimmed milk, Thorough chewing of food and buttermilk, clear broth. Don't flinch if the number is
slow eating help you prevent eat- These foods are high in calories pretty high, simply determine to ing too much at any one meal.] content eat sparingly of these: stick to your reducing programme But do not skip meals you be butter, cream, mayonnaise, ripe hungry if you do that olives, cake, pie, candy, nuts, most until the pounds are dropped but come so
from six to eight you stuff yourself the next meal, meats, gravies, cream cheese, fried ice that may take
food, cream and stretch your stomach,
soups, cookies, weeks or lunger. Many women, Use salt sparingly. Drink all cream, bacon especially, hot bis- Juh to reduce because they do not the water you want between meals cuits.
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