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By George MacManus

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CONTROL

YOURSELF –

A PAGE FOR WOMEN

Do Your Feet Ache?

Many things may cause your feel to ache posture defects, walking

hard pavements, standing too long on your feet. overweight, ill-atting shoes. a weakened spine or any one of a cluzen diseases Whatever the cause the remedy is usually cor - rective exercise, or treatment by a professional.

Miss Dorothy Nye, who has written a splendid book on exer- cise for the entire body, has ori- ginated a series of foul extr- cisey which has brought relief to

numerous women,

She suggests that these exercises be done with the weight off the feet, and she cautions one that foot reconstruction work is a long, tedious process. But perseverance will bring the results you yearn for--strong feet which give you no discomfort whatever.

Here is her fust foot routine which adult or child may practice every day.

Exercise 1: Lying down, feet apart, extend the legs straight out. heels pushing hard, and rotate the lot's inward, big toes touching. Relax and allow feet to fall back Tra place. Repeal five times. Relax again, Gradually work up to twenty times,

Exercise 2: Sitting up, legs stretched out from body, heels on floor, pull foot back from ankle joint as far as you can, at same time gripping toes under. Relax, then extend feet forward, toes leading, and grip with the ines. Relax and repeat both movements five times. Work up to twenty- five times,

Exercise 3: Sitting, place towel on floor with toes of both feet just over its edge and heels frmly on Hoor. With gripping movements

Playing in the sand barefooted is splendid exercise for weak fort. Ellac Knox takes advantage of summer play days.

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of the toes, pull towel back. Con- straight out, heel leading, knee foot is rotated inward. Repeat five tinue to grip and relax until most straight, and pull towel taut. Grip times with left foot, then with of the towel is pulled back under tues hard over edge of towel, pull-right foot. Ten to twenty times the foot. Repeat four to five ing harder with right hand so the altogether. times.

Exercise 4: Walk with toes pointing in toward each other and toes pulled under as far as they will go (pigeon-toed fashion) Hold toes in this fashion and walk! around fair-sized room. Shake first one foot then the other until all the muscles are completely relaxed.

Exercise 6: Sitting, loop towel under metatarsal arch or at ball of left foot. Extend left leg

HEY

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Cool Drinks

For Summer

Wash barley very well, taking ps evaporated milk and 2 cup- care to remove all the starch. It Place into a large jar and mix is a good idea to rub it well with ice.'broken into very small pieces. the hands in the water in which well. This is a delicious hot-day It is washed. Allow 1 tablespoon drink.

barley to each quart boiling water]

and boil rapidly for 20 minutes,]

adding a few slices of lemon dur-

Ginger Punch

Boil for 20 minutes 1 quart

ing the boiling. Allow to cool, water, 1 cup sugar, and 11⁄2 cup add fruit juices and sugar to ginger syrup. Allow to become taste. "Chill thoroughly before quite cold, then add the follow- serving.

Fruit Punch

ing. One cup orange juice, 1⁄2 cup lemon juice, 1⁄2 cup finely- (op- chopped preserved ginger tional). I bottle lemonade, and 2 pints soda-water. Serve very cold.

Grape Juice Punch

Make some China tea and mea- sure 1 pint. Strain into a basin Into which you have measured lb. sugar, stir until sugar is dis- solved. Allow it to become quite cold. Place a block of ice in To each bottle grape juice add punch bowl and strain over the tablespoons sugar, half cup tea 1 pint orange juice and lime juice, one pint bottle lemon pint lemon juice. Add 4 table-ade, and two pints soda-water. spoons maraschino, 2 pints gin- Pour contents over a large block ger ale, 2 pints soda-water, and ice, and serve thoroughly cold, 1' pint lemonade. Decorate punch bowl with thin slices of orange and fresh sprigs of mint.

Orange Milk Shake

Pineapple Cup

Mix together 4 cups cold strain-

ed tea, the juice of 6 oranges and @lemons. Boil together 1 med- Mix together cups orange jum grated pineapple, 4 level cups

3 Juico, 2 cups grapefruit juice, 1 sugar, 8 cups wafer for 20 min- cup water in which 1⁄4 cup castor utes. Allow to cool, then udd sugar has been dissolved, a pinch fruit juices, tea,, etc. Pour over salt and, if liked. a few drops al- a block of ice and decorate with mond essence. Lastly'add·1% F«lices of fruit.

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