"Straight as Ramrod" Key to Granny's Success Against Adiposis Whenever I write on posture, says Ida Jean Ka noted Anierican diet expert, 1 find myself sitting up as straight as my Great-aunt Abigail. She was such a stickler for correct carriage that, away.ahead of her time, she mastered the touch system in Keni And she never did ive a dowager's mump or a double chin!
The old phrase, "straight as a ramrod." was accurately descriptive of the indies of that day. They' had their pride and they expressed it in the unbending line of back and shoulders. Since then we have had to contend with the debutante slouch in which curvature of the spine became fashionable. And what a change that was!
Now we're back to the proud lady posture—with improvements. Aunt Abigail's posture tended toward rigidity and tension and the new. version is a combination of stateliness, grace and. relaxation. "Oddly enough, the rules are easier, too! Instead of disconnected rules like "chest out, shoulders back, chin in. there is just one: Sit and stand as tall as possible without strain,
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