1941-08-18 — Page 11

By George MacManus

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A PAGE FOR WOMENĮ

To Relieve Neck Strain

Luckily for the legion of work- ing girls, there are exercises to relieve strain which have nothing whatever to do with reducing the body or building it up. These re- freshing movements simply take the aches out that have been put into the body by working too hard or by concentrating too long on one thing.

The next time your shoulders. and neck feel as heavy as loud (making you feel a thousand yeas old!), strip off any tight clothing You are wearing and practice

these movements

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Take any stick or bar a yord Or more long. 11.14 1 in back of you, clasped palas acing the floor. Swing the bar upward as you rise on your toes get good stretching, it will make you feel good. Lower your heels, re- lax a second and then repeat exer- f'ise'. KEEP YOUR ABDOMEN IN, CHIN UP AND KNEES STRAIGHT. Repeat as often as you desire.

Banishes Back Pain

Read over the directions care- fully of this exercise before trying to do it. It is a bit tricky, but oh so good! Place your feet about two feet apart and raise your arms sideways, shoulder level. PULL IN YOUR ABDOMEN, KEEP HEAD ERECT. Now twist the upper part of your body toward the left and lean back as far as possible. You should be able to touch your right calf with your

To shoo general work-a-day aches, stretch from side to side

left hand! (Naturally your knees ward the must bend and your right arm istimes, held high for balance). If you do the movement correctly you feel

a sharp stretching of your spine and shoulder muscles.

in this position.

Rolling Out Aches

right. Stretch Afteen from left to right, right to left,.

Feel RELAXED IN SHOULDER AND NECK AREA and let your head roll easily from side to side. Get down on the floor on your You might hear a cracking of back. Band knees but keep feet bones in the shoulder-blade arca Straighten up again, relax for on flour. Clasp arms and hold but do not let that alarm you

high. Now roll they are stiff bones getting

working out which they need. After rolling for a few moments, stretch out straight on the floor, point your heels, raise your chin, and rest for five minutes in that position.

a minute. Repeat by twisting to them shoulder

Ailing Feet Cause Nervousness

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Possessor of the Metropolitan's ; simple measures performed tinicst and prettiest pair of feet, siduously prevent her feet from Lily Pons bas found that certain įbecoming beauty liabilities.

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After these three exercises you feel ten years younger. Take a nice slow shower and dress in your prettiest for a gay night out!

of a day or during torrid weather "Have you experienced being in when feet seem to suffer more apparent good health with your than ever. business, social and domestic You need two basiùs of water- affairs running smoothly and yet one filled with cold water and one you were so nervous and jumpy with hot. that you wanted to throw yourself into the hot, leave them a min- Plunge your feet first on your bed and weep in sheer ute, then plunge them into the desperation?" asks Miss Pons. "If cold. Alternate seven times. Dry you have, that feeling might easily feet vigorously with a Tough have been caused by ailing feet. turkish towel, massage them well "Foot allments cause nervous-with a soothing menthol foot lotion ness-even the slightest foot ache and sprinkle them generously, with or irritation will affect your a soothing talcum powder and nerves. If your feet are in severe rex with them higher than your pain, or if a minor ache becomes head for one half hour. This chronic, you should see a good treatment once or twice a week foot doctor and save yourself proves highly beneficial. many miserable days. But if you At least once a week get a good experience only occasional foot pedicure or give yourself one discomfort and nervousness, it stretch the toes and massage them might be worth while for you to separately, during the treatment. adopt a simple, effective routine to prevent those minor ailments: Strengthening Exercises "When you feel ill," Miss Pons. In addition to first-aid relief points out, "you go to bed until measures, Miss Pons suggests that you are well, When your feet you buy a bag of glass marbles. trouble you you should do the scatter them about the rug and same thing, Nothing, I have dis: then pick them up with your bure covered, con relieve sore and tired toes, Difficult to do but excellent feet more quickly, than a day in exercise.

bed after a good treatment and Another foot gymnastic which massage. And by a day I mean she practices t frequently is this: the whole day. No brief hours of She picks up an ordinary lead Ishopping, marketing or social call-pencil with the toes of one foot ing: Dress. If you prefer (except and holding it, she hops across the for shoes, and stockings) but keep soom on the other foot and then your feet up and off the Bobr for drops, the pencil. There she picks twenty-four hours. Let everything it up with foos, of other foot and come to you. You go to nothing hops again. She makes from tel This may be difficult for you to do to fifteen trips across the room.] but, exert your willpower!"

* “And do remember," she cau-

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For Instant Relief

ons women, "to buy your new shoes long, enough, wide enough Miss Pons suggests the old re- and of a. style suitable for your Shellable hot and cold treatment for foot structure. That is the prim quick relief of foot pain at the cad ary step, for foot comfort

Sport and boautifully sheged are the fact of Mirs Lily Rana, favourite colquratura, Metropolitan Opera. keeps them. In good condition.

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