Is quite a luxury, but few people know how to do it. [Illustration: FIG. 14.] Stand in the position indicated in Fig. 14. Then raise yourself on the tips of your toes and try your best to touch the ceiling. You will appreciate this exercise as a relaxation. THE ART OF STANDING PROPERLY Is only imperfectly understood by the majority of people, and yet it is the key to a graceful carriage, an accomplishment that most people desire to possess, especially ladies. Figures 15 and 16 will serve to illustrate what is necessary to acquire this art and to emphasize the difference between the correct and the incorrect methods. [Illustration: FIG. 15.] [Illustration: FIG. 16.] [Illustration: FIG. 17.] THE ART OF GRACEFUL WALKING Is the natural sequence of correct attitude in standing and may be readily acquired by attention to the illustrations and instruction given here. Stand against the wall, as shown in Fig. 17, with the heels, limbs, hips, shoulders and head all touching and draw the chin inward to the chest. When in this position you will find it uncomfortable, mainly because it is incorrect. Gently free yourself from the wall by swaying the body forward, from the ankles only, keeping the heels touching. You will then be in the correct position, and should walk off, carefully maintaining it. This exercise, if constantly practiced, will give you an easy and graceful carriage that will be the envy of your less fortunate acquaintances. In the foregoing list of exercises we have carefully omitted all those requiring apparatus of any kind, selecting only such as can be practiced in the privacy of your own room, without assistance from an instructor or paraphernalia of any kind. Dumb bells, Indian clubs, etc., are valuable after a certain degree of muscular improvement has been attained, but when that point is reached we should advise the individual to join a gymnasium and practice further development under a competent instructor. All the exercises given have been proved of great value in building up the system, and are designed as aids to the preservation of health and the upbuilding of weakly people--not to develop trained athletes. These exercises bring into play a number of muscles that are not called into general use, and thus promote harmonious development of the whole body. PART VII. THE DIET QUESTION.