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Title: Exercises for ladies;
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Walker, Donald. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: London, T. Hurst
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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he knees straight;—the toes turnedout, with the feet forming an angle of sixty de-grees ;—the arms hanging close to the body;—the elbows turned in and close to the sides;—the hands open to the front, with the view ofpreserving the elbow in the position above de-scribed ;—the little fingers lightly touching theclothing of the limbs, with the thumb close tothe forefingers;—the belly rather drawn in, andthe breast advanced, but without constraint;—the body upright, but inclining forward, so thatthe weight of it may principally bear on the forepart of the feet;—the head erect, and the eyesstraight to the front. To these brief directions, I must add that, instanding, the whole figure must be in such aposition, that the ear, shoulder, hanch, kneeand ankle are all in a line;—that it must bestretched as much as possible, by raising theback of the head, drawing in the chin, straight-ening the spine, rising on the hips, and extend-ing the legs;—that the object of keeping the
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FUNDAMENTAL POSITION. 71 back thus straight is to allow of standing longerwithout fatigue ;—that it is important to expandthe chest and to throw the shoulders back, withthe shoulderblades or scapulse quite flat be-hind;— and that though by men, in militaryinstructions, the body is thus inclined forwardin standing without arms, yet when these areassumed, the body is immediately thrown abouttwo inches backward, into a nearly perpendicularposition.—(See Plate Vlll.,jftg. 1.) This position, therefore, will be modified instanding at ease, in walking, and especially inordinary walking; but it is an excellent funda-mental position, and it cannot be too accuratelyacquired. This is the amount of the drill-sergeants in-structions as to position, though this last part isomitted in the Manual describing the field exer-cise and evolutions of the army. Females find the standing position veryfatiguing, however it may be modified. In consequence of the pelvis, basin, or lowestpart of the body b

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