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Show ! :;l Woman's World. ZIZ 1 I; I : I Specially Prepared tor Our Feminine Headers. 1 , I - T CASTLES IN THE AIR. ! ("If you want to know what a man is, i .'xamine his castles in the air." Spec- l . i iator. May 17. 1H2.) I Whore is my castle in the air, 1 My true self's home and palace fair? I i Its towers hi'sh-built in land of cloud, ' "With dream-wroupht pageantry endowed, j A Iace of moon-enchanted air I I "With.glisteningr spires and turrets, where I "With magic spell the orbed queen "Weaves warp and woof of shade and sheen, .And lirimminjr stars spill from the sky The jewels of their galaxy? - Or is't a place of moss-grown walls, "Where sad. sweet memory recalls !( The deeds of other spacious days - j Far past, yet ringing with men's praise? 1 Or upland cot in some far dale? I r where in deep sequestered vale A twilight bower, 'rieath forest trees, j Drowsy with hum of honey-bees, j Tempts men to sleep and dream away I The languorous length of summer day? I Or is't among the thronging feet 1 Of crowding multitudes, the street" I Resounding to loud drum and fife, J The trumpet's glare, the clanging strife, 1 , And people's voice acclaiming far I s Some mighty victor from the war? 1 1 Ah, no! ah, no! my true home there, I 'Where my glad spirit debonair j Can range, from vain temptations free, I To list diviner melody; I The songs of life and love and truth, I or child's romance, of manhood's ruth, f qiik-t joys and simple ways. The dear wife's smile, the good friend's praise; . The laugh at Ills by Fortune sent, j The scorn of cynic argument I Mow wiles expedient may redress j The balance of the More and Less, 1 1'orgctful that to dare and fail i la Holfor Irian 1 n nin 5 migil I, Nay, this my chiefest aim and mark To be myself; then days may dark. My soul's at peace, my heaven's all light, , Afar or near, at noon, at night, I JU:p then what will, or weal or woe, Conscience will crown me. and I, so, I King of myself, shall everywhere Lc my own home and palace fair. I Charles "W. Stubbs. I CHILDREN'S FASHIONS. Latest Modes in "Frocks For Our Little Lit-tle Women. i Among the most noticeable things of the present day are the dainty frocks in which ur little women are gowned. One pretty little dress is of dark blue pongee trimmed in white. The skirt ' is gored and has two circular flounces at the bottom. The body has a tucked I front of white silk trimmed with pearl buttons. . A sort of jacket effect is formed of the pongee, which rolls Into ' a fanciful sailor collar appliqued with lace. The sleeves are tucked to the wrist and are finished with lace trim- med cuffs. The hat worn with this is . ! -of white tuscan straw trimmed with a j jijofusion of blue silk, i 1 'Another gown for a very tiny girl I 5s of hand-embroidered mull made very I simply. Mother Hubbard fashion, with 1 a yoke of solid embroidery, and the tkirt part, which . is embroidered half f its depth, box plaited onto the yoke, I which is finished with a frill of em- I broidery. The sleeves are very full I ' and end at the wrist with another frill I of embroidery. A dainty white chip I hat trimmed with pale pink roses looji I veil with this dress. I " A dress for a girl about 13 is of satin I : foulard, a pale shade of ecru. The sklrt I is gored and has a deep circular" flounce, trimmed top and bottom in with white silk beading, with dark brown baby ribbon running in and out the beading. The waist part is made with a chemisette and revers of white . tucked China silk. A piece of the foul- J aid edged with the beading forms a box plait from the end of the cheml- 1 sette to the waist line. The revers are I edged with a fall of deep cream lace I tapered from the shoulder to the waist I line. The sleeves are tucked and ver tight to the elbow, where they form 1 a puff. The rest of the sleeve is of I lace. J A hat of tucked pink chiffon trim-med trim-med with yellow flowers looks particularly partic-ularly well with this. 1 Silk coats are also much in vogue for children. One very pretty model J is in gray with white pipings; the I back is demi-close fitting, while the 1 front hangs loosely from the shoulder, I a single cape reaching to the end of I t - . the shoulder is piped around the ed I in white. The sleeves have the beTl- I shaped flare at the wrist. Another very pretty coat, and one I for a much smaller girl, is of white i nilk, made to hans loose from tle J ' shoulders. It is double-breasted, and j . ; has a coi-lar of tucked pongee, a deep I cream in shade, edged with a frill of cream silk lace. ! A very pretty dress for a girl of 13 j is of gun metal foulard.- The skirt is ; plain, with two circular flounces. The j I , llounces each, nave three rows or black ribbon velvet at the bottom, the i top being finished, in a similar man- i; nor. The waist has odd-shaded revers of white silk trimmed in the black ribbon velvet. These revers open over a white siik front trimmed with lace I ' find smaked pearl buttons. I ' Quiit the daintiest frock of all is of 1 white nainsook, made Mother Hubbard j ' fashion, with a square yoke of mixed embroidery and lace insertion. .The I yoke has a deep frill of lace, and the skirt part, which is very full, has I ' three row? of insertion alternating J with clusters of tucks, and is finished J at the bottom with a very full ruffle I of lace. The sleeves are very full, with a deep frill of lace at the band. I A shirred bat of white nainsook ' much trimmed with lace should adorn this little lady's head. I How to Strengthen the Muscles. ( ' ' The girl who plays golf in summer i ' . time suffers more from tired muscles than she who indulges in the same f recreation in spring or fall. ' .Jn the fall of the year there are the stiffening breezes and even spring has its bracing winds. 'But in the sum mer there is a feeling of relaxation t from the heat, and this bodes ill for i f the girl who is going to indulge in the j golf tournaments later on. j j An English golf expert says that he i is I Iseeps his muscles firm by the daily I ' lifting of a chair. His method is this: I In the morning, after he has his I ' 'breakfast, he seats himself in front of i the window, and, taking a chair in his j right hand, he raises it over his bead, j I holding it there as long as possible, i Later in the day he again takes the f chair exercise. This time he holds it sloft on his feet and keeDs them ex- tended as long as possible, j They say that if a child of 5 lifts a I chair in its right hand, and is taught to do so daily, that the muscles will f i stay firm without effort unto old age. ; ! The chair must be small and light, " i." nnd the child must be made to under stand that it is a sort of play. i One can readily understand that if ! 1 the same exercise is indulged in day after day the muscles will become hard ; and the arms and back positively sin ewy, without a realization of the fact that they are so. Few athletes have had the advantage of early training. As a rule they take i up athletics later in life as a fadand the first months were difficult ones, for j they began with a st of soft muscles, and it takes self-denial and'persever- nnr-e to get them hard., ; ', Jn these latter days we do not do ; things in this way. The child is taught I lo exercise; and the habit of exercise, once being formed, the child will keep it up, and the result will be a genera tion of athletes. Now, an athlete is not necessarily one who runs and jumps all the time, nor is an athlete a person who takes long steps and displays in every motion mo-tion the muscles and the cords of the limbs. Far from it. for the athlete of the present day, male or female, is merely one who is able to stand the trials and vicissitudes of the day without tiring. The girl who can get up in the morning, at home or in the country, and who can dress herself and go to a picnic, and come back home at night without a headache, is an 'athlete." Her endurance and her stamina indicate indi-cate that she has cultivated her muscles and that she can draw upon them for a day's work without taxing her nerves., The usual trouble is that a woman is so weak in all her muscles and limbs that the slightest overexertion tires her and irritates her, so that she comes down with a nervous attack of some kind, be it headache, neuralgia, hysterics, hys-terics, or a backache. It is simply because be-cause she has not developed her muscles, and is not equal to earning out her part of the day's programme. The girl who golfs is usually a girl who enjoys fine health. She is out in the open air, and her digestion is good. She can eat anything, as she will proudly tell you. Her legs are strong, and her arms are likewise. As for a back and spine, she has forgotten that she has either one. A famous physician, on being asekd to give the definition of perfect health, said that he could only describe it as that state of body in which one is per- feeflv unaware nf anv nartienlar nart of one's anatomy. If you feel that you havea head, and realize that you are carrying a head about upon your body, then it is a pretty pret-ty good indication that you have a headache, or that your head Is troubling troub-ling you. If your heart jumps you know that there is indigestion or some other form of trouble manifested in the heart action. If. for any reason, there is any part of the body which is present in your mind and thoughts it is fair to say-according say-according to the physician that there is one part of the body that is not at ease. You should be entirely in repose with yourself. The practice of lifting the feet as high as the head is one that is recommended recom-mended to girls Who indulge in outdoor out-door exercises. It may not be ladylike, i but it is certaintly strengthening, and it is. strange to say, comfortable. Men have always been in the habit of locating the feet on the highest convenient con-venient ledge, and the golf girl when she is alone is forming the habit also. ! The exercise greatly strengthens the back, and it w ill develop muscle in the calf of the leg without making the leg lumpy. Lumpy calves are the bane of the girl athlete. She does not want to run or jump or swing a golf club or handle a tennis racket if the result will be uneven muscles. The lump at the back of the leg is never pretty, and it is never necessary, for, with development of the proper order, the ieg will be entirely en-tirely symmetrical. In the statues of th Oreek athletes, which were undoubtedly modeled from life, there are no lumpy calves nor distorted dis-torted arms, and in the photographs of the up-to-date athletes there are none. But it is only when one set of muscles becomes developed to the exclusion ex-clusion of the other that there are humps and bumps and unevenness. The girl athlete will want a lotion to use when she is tired. The bath is a necessity and she realizes it. Probably in all the world of people, men and women, wo-men, there is not one class so thoroughly thorough-ly clean as those who take physical exercise. ex-ercise. But water will not do all the work, and the girl athlete will find that there are pleasant lotions which are aromatic and delicate to all the senses. One of these is a home-made, vinegar which the girl can get up herself by. mixing the following ingredients: Of ripe red raspberries take on quart. Of red rose leaves take about a teacupful. Of pure strained hone let there be about half a teasDoonfui. Put all together in a large bowl and pour enough white vinegar over rdl to cover. Let stand for two days. At the end of that time strain and bottle. A teacup is a safe measuring medium for the woman who is compounding a lotion of any kind. This is a pleasant I toilet water, and one that may strike the fancy athletic girl. All vinegar and toilet washes are like perfumes, in that one has" one's own individual preferences and it is well in making a. toilet water to experiment with a small quantity in order to see If it pleases the senses. There are violet waters and scent waters of all kinds easily within reach and to be had for the mixing, for the ingredients are inexpensive. But it is best to always make up a small portion before going into the matter extensively. extensive-ly. There is a pleasant fruit vinegar which can be used with strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Take an er;ual quantity of berries and cf white wine vinegar. It is difficult when one is a solid and one of them a fluid to measure equal quantities, so it is well to go on the old-fashioned principle that a pound is a pint. The idea is to cover the berries well in order that all their juice may be extracted bv the acid of the vinegar. Let them stand for four days and at the end of that time filter and put away in stone jugs for use. A nice toilet water can be made of lemon, oil of lavender and oil of berga-mot berga-mot in equal portions, say, one drachm of each. To this add ten drops of oil of balm and. three drops , of oil of rose. Mix these together with one quart of the best alcohol. |