Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1890 — How Women Should Sit. [ARTICLE]

How Women Should Sit.

Ladies’ Home Journal. Women who sit with their legs crossbed.. to sew or to read, or to hold the baby, are not aware that they are inviting serious physical ailments; but it is true, nevertheless. When a man crosses his legs he places the ankle of one limb across the knee of the other, and rests it lightly there. A woman, more modest and restricted, in her movements, rests the entire weight of one limb on the upper part of the other, and this pressure upon the sensitive nerves and cords, if indulged in for continued lengths of time, as is often done by ladiea who sew or 3nbroider, will produce disease. Sciatica, neuralgia, and other serious troubles frequently result from this simple cause. The muscles and nerves in the upper.portion of a woman’s legs are extremely sensitive, and much of her whole physical structure can become deranged if they are overtaxed in the manner referred to.

Annie Pixley, who is now in London, chats pleasantly about ladies’ dresses, and says: ‘ All dresses for street werr are now mad? sa is bustles, sans reeds sans e i -lines, sans pretty n u everything, and yet,” she added b a bright laugh. “I notice they c t from 25 t< 50 per cent, more than the did when they put in the whole busiosse.’’ ' 5