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Show i Milady's Boudoir (BY GWEN SEARS.) Exercise for Developing the Chest Solitude Bad for Bashful Child Everyday Etiquette Old-fashioned Wool Embroidery Em-broidery Being Revived Table Runners and Cushions Cush-ions Effective in Wool Embroidery Eating Between Meals Has Deplorable Effect on Skin and Eyes. Gwen Sears. CHEST DEVELOPMENT. To enlarge or develop the chest one must increase the actual size of the liingp: or, in other words, to expand their unused portions. One should frequently inhale lonp and deep breath?., followed by slow exhaling exercises. ex-ercises. One should also take a lesson from children and indulge In hopping skipping, skip-ping, Jumping a rope, or running Such movements cause deep respiration, respira-tion, also bring into action such large masses of muscles as those in the legs and thighs which demand larc supplies of blood circulation and qui' k action of the heart to supply it; thes exercises require deep inspirations, the lungs are thus stimulated to activity, ac-tivity, their size is increased, which in turn expands the chest Breathing exercise which may be practiced wit benefit is taken as fol lows: Lie flat on a couch or floor, extend the arms over the head: in this position inhale deeply through the nostrils while counting ten: hold the breath in equal length of time and then slowly exhale through the lips N'early every movement of the arm calls into action certain chest muscles, mus-cles, but many of them are not sufficiently suf-ficiently vigorous to cause develop ment Standing feet slightly separated sepa-rated and resting both arms from the side until they reach an angle at about seventy-five degrees palm? turned inward: the arms are then carried car-ried slowly backward and downward at the same time turning palms so that the thumb? point forward and down and thn backwards and down, as the arms describe a circle, finishing finish-ing at the side This movement may be repeated ten to fifteen times to begin with, but as the muscles become accustomed to the strain the number of times to repeat may be increased. YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS For any except the most remark able minds minds which require wistful wist-ful comers and melancholy brooding undertrees to develop the winged fancies fan-cies which may some day startle the world Bolitude is bad for the bashful child; and even the genius might b benefited by wholesome intercourse with more ordinary clay. Little parties should be arranged In which this small self exiled soul is allowed al-lowed to have- a sweet and joyous part He must be sent to dancins school if this i possible at an early age. and be dressed as well as other children of his years He must be encouraged to tell his little stories around the lamp at home and not be i laughed at if they are more fanciful or lees entertaining than the other children's tales He must be helped everywhere to walk alone, but never with ostentatious ostenta-tious sign that the others are conscious con-scious of his defects, for this parade of care would be all the more humiliating humili-ating to him. This will do a world of good iu helping him unconsciously to forget himself and the horror of bashfuineifl ever before him. EVERYDAY ETIQUETTE ' I have received an invitation to a church wedding W hat kind of n reply should be made?" was Elizabeths Eliza-beths question ' Cards to a large chureh wedding ncprl no reply. The invited guest attends at-tends or not as the case may be, sine an invitation to the church part of the ceremony is hardly regarded as a proffer of hospitality," said her mother WOOL EMBROIDERY Tim old fashioned wool embroidery is being revived and improved upon. The lusterlesi warm wools are relieved re-lieved with a touch of silk that gives thpm beauty. Leaves are done in solid stitch and edged with silk of a lighter shade The leaves are also reined with the silk. Flowers ar edged and sometimes intersected In much tho same way with silk The wool embroidery consequently takes on a beauty not seen in the old wool work of our grandmothers. This work of wool and silk can be clone on any materials but those of cotton and linen, unless of course, the linen or cotton materials b very dark Silk materials and wool fabrics are excellent for the purpose Velvet while sometimes usprl is really too heavy for the purpose and is not t: good contrast for the lusterless wool Table runners and cushions are effective ef-fective when done in wool embroidery as are also portieres provided the por tieres are lined to conceal the back of the embroidery EATING BETWEEN MEALS The habit of eating between meals is a bad one and will have a deplorable deplor-able effect upon the skin, the bright ness of the ees and even the health of the hair Digestion is not completPil unii! the last particle of food has passi! out of the stomach into the duo-j duo-j denuni If a fresh meal is introduced Into the stomach before this has occurred the process of digestion is started afresh before the stomach has had time for the rest it should have be-tween be-tween two periods of activity. Tlvs is a physiological law which should not be disregarded Every woman who is ambitious to look well should give a little time to the study of simple hgiene. Beauty is the reward one receives for look lng after one s health and treating ones body with consideration and care. |