It draws the shoulders forward, and produces an ugly gait. Let a boy
wear a shawl, and hold it together in front with his hands, and he will
have the same disagreeable waddle. If he wears it even for one winter,
he will learn to stoop. Muffs, shawls, and those cloaks which do not
allow the arms to swing freely, should all be thrown overboard.
Over-coats should be worn by both sexes.

The arms are almost as necessary in walking as the legs. The first time
you are walking with your arms at liberty, stop moving them and hold
them by your sides. You will be surprised to find how soon your
companion will leave you behind, although you may hurry, twist, wriggle,
and try very hard to keep up. One reason for the slow walk among girls
is to be found in this practice of carrying the arms motionless. Three
miles an hour with the arms still, is as hard work as four miles with
the arms free.

I have seen the queens of the stage walk. I have seen a few girls and
women of queenly bearing walk in the street and drawing-room. They moved
their arms in a free and graceful manner. Could this habit become
universal among girls, their chests would enlarge and their bearing be
greatly improved. See that girl walking with both hands in her muff. How
she wriggles and twists her shoulders and hips! This is because her arms
are pinioned. Give _them_ free swing, and her gait would soon become
more graceful.

You have seen pictures of our muscles. Those of the upper part of the
body, you remember, spread out from the shoulder, in all directions,
like a fan. Now if you hold the shoulder still, the muscles of the chest
will shrink, the shoulders stoop, and the whole chest become thin and
ugly.

But some girls will say, "Swinging the arms must be very _slight_
exercise." True, it is very slight, if you swing the arms but once or
ten times, but if you swing them ten thousand times in a day, you will
obtain more exercise of the muscles of the chest than by all other
ordinary movements combined. Indeed, if I were asked what exercise I
thought most effective for developing the chests of American girls, I
should reply at once, _swinging the arms while walking_.

_Dio Lewis._

ANDY'S ADVENTURES;

OR THE WORLD BEWITCHED.

Andy's folks had gone to town, and left him at home to take care of the
house, watch the garden, and amuse himself.

Andy had a new bow and arrow, and he thought it would be great sport to
have nothing to do all the a