Word: mensendieck
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...read in TIME in the article telling of the work of Dr. Bess Marguerite de Varel Mensendieck, that tennis players resemble the giraffe! In many years, I have seen only one or two giraffes on the court; none at Wimbledon...
...When a Mensendiecker raises his right hand in a stiff-armed salute, he puts his weight on his right foot and thrusts his left leg backward. The left leg thus counterbalances the upraised right arm. Because Nazis and Fascists stand with their feet together when they salute, they strain themselves (according to Mensendieck theory) and are bound to have unesthetic legs and rumps...
...Mensendieckers must exercise naked between two full-length mirrors, otherwise Dr. Mensendieck disowns them. She insists on this so they can see exactly...
...walk. Dr. Mensendieck is proud of her analysis of walking. There are two methods says...
...Mensendieck prefers the pawing step, because it "strengthens the legs, improves their shape and has a permanently beneficial effect on the arches," compels full extension of the knees, keeps the groin taut, and "being measured and controlled, is the flowing and beautiful step." Last week meticulous Dr. Mensendieck, 60, wearied from compiling her new manual of functional postures, shunning the kudos she expected its publication will bring upon her, rusticated in southern France. She lives alone. Once she had a husband, who died shortly after their marriage. As close-mouthed about her personal life as she is loquacious about...