Physical culture . Itis the long clinging skirts, the corsets,and various oilier costumes that womenare forced to wear that has caused themto be termed the weaker sex. Regard-less of whether how strong they may bethey should not show the same outlines111 at should be seen in the perfect malefigure. In the female figure there ismore fatty tissue. The muscles arerarely as clearly outlined as you will•find them in a well developed nudeFatty tissue fills in the hollows, roundsout, gives the body of a woman theappearance of symmetry that is rarelyseen in a man. This inclination to deposit fatty tis
Physical culture . Itis the long clinging skirts, the corsets,and various oilier costumes that womenare forced to wear that has caused themto be termed the weaker sex. Regard-less of whether how strong they may bethey should not show the same outlines111 at should be seen in the perfect malefigure. In the female figure there ismore fatty tissue. The muscles arerarely as clearly outlined as you will•find them in a well developed nudeFatty tissue fills in the hollows, roundsout, gives the body of a woman theappearance of symmetry that is rarelyseen in a man. This inclination to deposit fatty tissuewith the average woman is often one ofthe means of making the form ungainlyand sometimes actually ugly. An ex-aggerated specimen of ugliness thai comes from an excessive accumulationof fat is found in the woman whose walkresembles a waddle. This excessive ac-cumulation of fat is brought about en-tirely by inactive habits, and it is ac-tually impossible for a woman to acquire such enormous amount of flesh, if. Hips and legs too fat. Vital condition splendid. By reducing superfluous fatty issue this figure would possess symmetrical and even beautiful outlines 114 PR \SIC. \L CI >LTI RE at regular intervals with sufficient vigorto accelerate the activities of the func-tional processes. With this article I ani presenting re-productions from five photographs. Twoof the figures represent what I wouldterm superior specimens of of these specimens, is cumberedwith an abundai t supply of fatty can be clearly seen that the musclesof the legs have received but little exer-cise beyond that which is necessary inwalking. It is absolutely impossible1 possess a beautifully formed leg if themuscles of this part of the body are not Figure too slight, chest fiat, shoulders round. Legs shaped too much like sticks, no rounded curves. Figure the result of careless, inactive habits they make active use of all parts of thebody. There is a saying that fat isfatal to beaut
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