Show YEALTH AND STRENGTH MOST ADMIRE ali A 1 I 1 R thank goodness the day Is past when delicacy was supposed to add to a girls charm there was a time when the more timid clingi clinging mg and fragile a girl was the more feminine and delight ful ehe she appeared in mans eyes to go into hysterics at the sight of 0 a mouse to faint at the bight sight of blood to dissolve into tears on all geca occasions were all signs of a highly sensa sensitive tive temperament all the heroines in old fashioned novels were of that ilk and a very wish washy bamby pamby lot t must have been nowadays the athletic girl Is to the tore fore of 0 course there Is danger that in the reaction 0 of types the modern i girl may grow a trifle too amazonian and independent but eventually she will settle into a sensible charming woman when a roan man Is in love with a girl bo be likes her to be dependent it Is so pleasant to tyrannize her and have her look up to him a cross between a samson and a solomon i bui but it if she is merely his friend for example he care ho how independent she is he thinks it perfectly proper whan when his sweetheart is afraid to walk a few blocks alone at night when his sister asks him to take her friend the same distance be lie wonders what on earth she is afraid of I 1 however im not criticizing criticising critic ising him tor for that its a fair and normal stata state of affairs no man will judge the girl he loves by the same standard he applies to other girls he ile will excuse things in her that he would not tolerate in his sister but to get back to the athletic girl no matter how healthy and strong and cholef wholesome ome she Is she must not depart from her fluffs and frills of 0 feminine feminine apparel there is nothing that men dislike more than to see girls dressed mannishly they may make tun fun of dress hut but they like it just the bame iame the athletic girl rather neglects her pretty clothes in the effort to appear sportsmanlike she adopts too much of a stride in walking swings her arms too freely kind lu so doing loses much of that fine feminine quality which Is one of womans comans greatest charms she can be healthy and strong I 1 and yet not lose one atom of femininity plenty of sleep fresh air wholesome food exercise and freedom from tight lacing Is 18 the best recipe for health that I 1 know of its a good idea not to talk about your small ailments if you talk about them people will get the impression pres slon that you arc are delicate that will damage your matrimonial chances for no man mart of any sense will want to burden himself witha with a delicate wife naife you cant half halt enjoy life it if you continually have to stop and ask yourself am I 1 strong enough to do this will it hurt me to do that tha t be strong and femin feminine inQ at the he same time by strength and health you compel compi admiration by femininity you compel love |