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Show I li j I j 1 A Fad May Be Made Worth While I f ' U j J ? AVE you a fad? If you have not ' JLX 'V0U ar0 missing a great deal of the , ( ij j fun of living. Many people carry their fads to extremes and so make them j ( , j not only a burden to themselves but to , !' 1 ' ' other people, but the girl who has a fad ! which she takes lightly and pursues for i j i 1 diversion will find that there isnothing kj which brings more real joy into hor life. .! jVt Arousas Interest. 1 1 The collection of stamps may seem a $t foolish thing to those who aro not inter- ! yf cstcd in such a hobby, but there arc many f.- things to be said in its favor. The small ; j S3 j boy who collects stamps is very likely, if , j Jji i he is not hopelessly stupid, to have his ' 1 : ffi I Interest nroused not only in the stamps, f f! I but in the countries which they represent V L3 I Just so is it with the girl who has the yt j photographic craze. She can hardly start ' 1 : ' I a photographic album containing views of ; r places and people without becoming more J vitally interested in hoth. And the girl I' a; who Ik interested in the world she lives ' V in is the girl who has her vision broad- , i j enedL " if- t t Amateur photography is not an ex- j t i pensivo fad if properly followed,- and it ' " )' ,i? j has the groat advantage of becoming ' profitable should it become more than a . ' . .Jjji ' fad. Many a man or woman who began jj i Ij ' to take vacation pictures for the fun of ;( : j it has been able to-place inany interesting I- i f, r i views with publishers. ' Ut T - Another fancy which is fraught with f ( W delightful possibilities is that of the passc- Tj ,:''( partouL Of course' you know that the ' 'j E. J literal meaning is "all the way round," , i and that the passepartout binding which ' ; is sold in-the shops and us?d for fastcu- 1 ' jftj ing the glass and the picture together in- !.. 31 stead of a frame goes by that name, j, M Few of us can afford expensive frames, ' ! ffi and yet so many lovely pictures come jr jf? with current magazines or possibly with , " I yij the Sunday supplements of. our papers I ' ji ',; that we may wish to keep without hnv- 1 I ij ) ins to spend a great deal of money on ' ; ,Lp them. j f (Wi The passepartout binding is cheap, i j K easy to use after a fow trials, and tho J ; j M- glass may be obtained without any very f.lj , enormous outlay. Common window glass jj'l K will servo the purpose very well, indeed, J, ) jiff' I and a glass cutter will cut it to the proper . i J I size for a comparatively small sum. ' fi $ ' Tho passepartoutcd picture makes a very pretty gift when well donc. cspe-eially cspe-eially when It happens to be the picture that makes some special appcnl from the donor to the recipient. The girl who loves to knit and who has. been in the habit of making her own sweaters, and the girl who has time for Red Cross work have their fuds all ready to their hands. Just now the faddist has a wide field to choose from, and while these arc really more than fads they take the place of those other outside interests which help one to forget business for a while. For every girl who works in office or store or factory needs some compelling interest, just as bankers or other business men with larga interests need change, which they find in golfing or yachting or other diversions. Some girls frivol away so much time that they do not need any one to call their attention to the value of fancies, for they spend too much time in pleasure as it is But tho great majority of American girls have some real and serious Interests in lifo and many of them concentrate on their work too closely. For these the fad will be found a boon which will lift them from the dull routine to the plane of eager workers, for every one knows that all work and no play makes dullards of us all. The old fashioned scrap book has gone out of fashion, but any girl will find that this may prove of the most vital interest if she will use the old idea in n now form. If you love poetry make a hook of your favorite verse. Practical Pleasures. If you are nn amateur cook cut out your favorite recipes ana put them iii your scrap book against the day when you arc going to houscRecpTng. Yoi might find many things on this pa; which you might preserve in this way Many girls let their fads take tho fori-of fori-of hope chests, and this is a very gon and a very practical Idea, for most nn mal girls expect to marry some day, iu even if they do not bachelor maids Hi to have pretty things for their hachelo use as well as do brides, you know. So choose some one thing that you lib-to lib-to do and make it your fad. Yu will find in it much pleasure. ' |