The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 79

t- Big irls Play With DSm Students of Dancing Use the Flexible Little Dolls As Models for Their Using them, the would-be exer. ciser can study just what movements should be made in order to execute the steps of the different workouts properly. It's one thing to exercise in a routine sort of a way but another to know what you're doing. And that's where the dolls come in handy. The pictures on this page were taken after the figures had been placed in an exercise sequence.

The large photograph shows how the feminine gymnast imitates the doll's action. Not only are these puppets useful for physical workout instruction, but they are extremely valuable in teaching dance poses. This is especially true of group dancing. The instructor is able to place the dolls in different positions in order to show the dancers just what they should do, where they should stand and they should move. These clever little manikins also help in the make-up of new dances and new exercises, for they make it possible for the creator to visualize the effect.

All the doll poses shown on this page are for the purpose of illustrating exercises designed for strengthening the back muscles. It is these muscles, according to Miss Strauss, that the entire body. Build up the back, she says, and correct posture will follow. True alignment of the whole body paves the way for proper reducing exercise. The first thng to do is to get rid of the old and incorrect muscle habits and this means strengthening the muscles close to the backbone.

Most l'e, instructress Strauss points out, do not realize just how deep and, large the muscles of the back are. They flow out, like the branches on a tree, in a connected way, to all the other muscles. When the novice knows precisely what she is doing, experience shows that she tackles the exercises with greater effect. This Photograph of One of Miss Strauss's Little Dancing Dolls Shows How Remarkably- "Human" the Little Figurines Are Because of the Ingenious Construction of Their Bodies. sultant and teacher of the dance.

The photographs on this page show the role that Strauss-created puppets are playing 'in the never-ending battle of women versus avoirdupois. The dolls 15 inches high are Lots of people are feeling bogged down from Here's something to try in these days 1 iv II Life is faster today, eat the proper meals, not giving enough thought what you eat, may "bulk" in your diet. BIG girls who want to kill the fatted calf are going back to playing with dolls. Sounds childish but it" isn't because the neatest feminine slimming down trick of the year is to let dolls teach you how to exercise. The credit for this idea goes to Sara Mildred Strauss, a nationally-known physical culture con The Family That v1 I l' fen VA vf a Sv Sf' But here's a simple and delicious way to avoid constipation due to lack of "bulk" -eat kellogg's ALL-bran regularly and drink plenty of water.

Millions eat it as a breakfast cereal, but you can also enjoy its benefits in delicious bran muffins! full of tension. Not taking time to result in your not getting enough And this may lead to constipation. 9 win neip you join xne neguiuia A TA QFRVE OTHER wu amazingly lifelike. Specially con-, structed, they can be placed in any position that the human body can assume. The Doll at the Left Exhibits Unusual Grace in a Posture Which Is Not Easy for Novice Dancers to Assume.

Even Calisthenics Are Taught by the Working Dolls That Serious, Grown-up Young Women Play With In the Interests of Their Careers. Many an Amateur Dancer, Intent Upon Becoming a Ballerina, Might Find It Difficult to Strike Tills Pose Gracefully. Dug $100,000 OutJ ment before they found their bonanza that they decided to put up their log cabin home right on top of the mine. They named the mine "The Big Four" after their quartet of children. Tex and his wife, Fran ces, occasionally aided by the kids, do all the mining them selves.

Ordinarily the McDaniels do not spend the Winter at the mine because of the cold weather. But this year they've dug in for the duration to help meet the war demands for vitally-needed lead and zinc. The family had already moved into Kremmling for the Winter season when a War Production Board representative called on McDaniel, and outlined the needs of our war factories. The patriotic mine owner and his wife im mediately returned to their cabin. mine to get things goinjon three-shift-a-day basis.

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B1K mnkorouv unUl flour of Their Cellar fiiiDMiiilMiiii MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiHiii When sou' instead ot to one baking tea WHAT with all the well-paying jobs in the nation's defense plants many a war-worker's family is enjoying more income than it ever expected to have. V'' -V-'. muiea son wheat, too fc 1DI3, by A 0 tm Hn Hill But none of these prosperous "men behind the men behind the guns" has struck anything like the bonanza that the lucky Mc-Daniel family of Kremmling, Colorado, literally found in their cellar. Right in the basement of Tex McDaniel's house is a rich lead and zinc mine out of which the lucky Colorado man has dug 5100,000 worth of ore during the last three years. This unusual home is perched precariously on the side of a mountain, and was built over the mine tunnel after McDaniel struck it rich there several years back.

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