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20 THIS WEEK Magazine Section Come Play [[image]] AMID THE STIRRING REMINDERS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S PAST!... Vacation in Massachusetts this summer--where the memories of America's beginning still ride on every caressing breeze. You may golf in the same serene countryside that echoed to the ride of Paul Revere--play tennis near the home where John Alden courted Priscilla--laze on salt sprayed dunes to dream of clipper ships sailing into the far horizon--ride along the woodland trails blazed by King Philip--sail the waters that bore the Pilgrims ot this land--relish foods made from recipes that have given the old Bay State its fame for fine foods. [[image]] Yes, Massachusetts gives you a vacation with all the comforts and pleasures of today enriched with the romance of the past. Be your vacation long or short--Massachusetts will welcome you and make you happier. [[image]] WRITE FOR THIS HANDSOME BOOKLET "Play where America was born- IN MASSACHUSETTS" MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, State House, Boston, Mass., Dept W-1 Please send me, free, the above illustrated booklet which gives complete details about vacationing in Massachusetts. Check here for specific information about Cape Cod North Shore Berkshires Historic Boston South Shore Pioneer Valley All New England Name Street City State KEEP IN TRIM.. DANGEROUS CURVE! [[image]] Here's a way to combat sway-back, the frequent figure-fault that puts bulges in wrong spots by Sylvia Blythe The small of your back holds the secret of a handsome silhouette. When that link of spine is strong and gently sloped, you look as straight as a lance and wear your curves in the proper places. But when that stretch of spine scoops in too much, you have what corsetieres and dressmakers call "sway-back" and what the posture people call "lordosis." This common figure fault emphasizes the curves of abdomen and hips and shows the figure off badly in profile view. If this is your problem, why no help yourself to expert methods of disguising the sway, or to posture control and exercise that will help you to correct it? Your best bet for camouflage, says a corsetiere well-qualified to advise you, is an all-in-one-foundation, which gives support to muscles, braces a weak back, and eases out the too abrupt curves of abdomen and hips. If your figure is slender, choose a lightweight all-in-one garment with a brief uplift brassiere and a long, slim-making skirt of chiffon-sheer, two-way-stretch elastic. But if your figure needs more control, look for the all-in-one in sturdier elastic, plus boning and reinforced front and back panels. The effectiveness of either garment depends upon sufficient length to pull you up to your full height and to distribute flesh more equally. Also shoulder straps and garters must be kept taut for counterpull at both extremities of the girdle. Best Bet in Dress NEXT, in the way of disguise, comes dress, for which there is a simple formula: float out fullness over the curves you want to hide. This allows you to conceal defects, yet make capital of a small-stemmed midriff, which a sway-back gives you. About this, let us consult one of this country's foremost designers. She is Germaine Monteil, whose genius for creating free-movement clothes has made her models prime favorites among chic women who want to idealize their figures. Your best bet in dress, she says, is a two-piece garment with a skirt that flares from the slender part of the hips. The jacket will help to fill out the sway, and make your vertical outline straighter. The belling skirt conceals front and back bulges. Since the ideal dress skirt is a flared, full-gathered, or skillfully draped one, its belling bottom should be balanced at the top of your body with some comparable fullness or bulkiness, Other devices for concealment of curves are slim-line dresses or coats with tunics or tiers flaring out from the waist. When all you need is a slight filling-in in the back to minimize a sway, look for costumes that zip or button up in the rear. The extra thickness of material here, plus the fastener itself will pad out the too-quick curve in your back. So much for camouflage. If you want to correct a sway, correct your stance, says Catharine Van Rensselaer, an able physical education director employed by the American Women's Association. Experience in coping with a sway has taught her that remedy usually comes when you improve your posture and are faithful to simple exercises to strengthen your back. To assume the proper posture, she tells you to stand as erectly as you can without strain, feet about four inches apart, toes straight ahead, knees completely relaxed, abdominal muscles squeezed in, and neck rubbing the back of your collar. Keeping that stance is something else again, but here is her formula which has helped many of her pupils to maintain it. As you walk along the street, practice gripping your abdominal muscles as tight as you can for half-block stretches. Then next time, keep your muscles squeezed in for a whole block at a time, and so on until you can make an entire shopping tour with a contracted abdomen. Getting a Better Back HER exercises to straighten and strengthen your back, and make it better able to support you, are so simple you may want to pooh-pooh them, but if you will give five or ten minutes a day to these simple routines, you will probably feel better in a week's time, and in a month's time you will turn a nicer-looking back to the world. For the first exercise, sit on the floor with your back to the wall and with your legs extended straight in front of you. Pull backward to the wall until your back is flat against it. Hold this position a few seconds, relax, and repeat several times. You can do this same exercise in a straight-backed chair while you sit at your office work or while at home. For the second exercise, assume the same position on the floor, as described above, but extend your arms over your head, with the backs of your hands touching the wall. With your back hugging the wall, lower your arms to elbow bends and raise them to their original position in a rhythmic count of five. Rest and repeat, and increase the number of counts daily. For the third exercise, lie flat on your back on the floor or on a mat, arms beside you, knees bent. Draw first the bended right knee forward until it touches your chest, return it to position, and then bring the left knee up in the same movement. Alternate with right and left knee for several counts, and use your hands to make sure that your back is flat against the floor or the mat as your knees touch your chest. THEY CALL HIM SMITH
