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Show j I m PRACTICAL TALKS BV THE f I : lU APRIL GRANDMOTHER BJ, ri : ,!'-'' w,,r' annoyed because that f I dr.vsrnaker criticised your shonl-ib-rsj mj dear, but 1 do not tee how Islie could otherwise have explained the I misfit of that model gowu," said the April r ' i raiiduiother, glancing askninv ut her e.J,-f.t gra nddau-hlcr's flushed fdee and . d,.Hipiug lips. J ''I'he fruttj is ttint le.v g..-U pay the 'slightest bi-vd to the.r shoulder unld they , me uu tho vers-.- of loiiuiig out and tin -tiny are ama-ccd becauAe Kannciits iixi-portel iixi-portel from 1'aris do not l.ok us well e Ufioii iliein us they do on the oULg Vioiueu h clothe luirdeU. A girl ut! tiut prolciou v could not get a potoiioii were one shouiJ.-rl ( iiigner than the other, the buck round or) f. (lie chest narrow, uu.l uii lu.iy be siiicj t that not for one liniment Uocs relax1 u r h.-r v igiiain.c u' "Klerual w ul.hf uhiess is, in fact, the' ,l'only way ttv ks-t-p the aoulder Iroin tail-1 J ilig iuto bad hal'iL, ttlid Uie ULfyriuiUtc-imparl ULfyriuiUtc-imparl ot l.e uiuiur is tout tu..u. nubiU jure not formed until afler u girl has bevO) ,f ..i. verai term .H slj.jI. 'I Jo-re ae U er-j iv'.oittej lo lounge ucrv.s K-r dcfc and to ij.sit nidevvis.' upon her ciiajr, auj before-Vjher before-Vjher parelila or guurdl.tuo r:ahz what is ,ji liappetiiLg the growing girl hx bouldol u'wbl-h ire round j well as uf uueveni -;l.eiglif, and it i tilllcult to make herj n 'real.e I ha t she sliouM devote s-juip of tier1 I leisure h"ur to pu'sicil culture. L'auall si.e manug.'S to 'beg oft' and continue in grow into crooked awkwardness, until she has iio.irl.v all iind her maximum heignt. when collie prospclnits loo. lisle i.r t.lll'.r almost brut.tby tells her the truth about Iht appi-.ir.incc Tiie n suit is anger, mortification and reform. 'One of the quickest menus of st raigiiieiiiiig the shoulders is to wear braces espeiially made for that purpose. They are not coin fort a blc, just at tirst, but as they never uliow the wearer lo forg-t what la their mission, she is cvr-taiu cvr-taiu to abruptly Mop the lounging, lolling loll-ing Httiludes. She should W.ar these slr.il a "I' day, and so s jii as alio removes them at night should go through a eli.n of c.Xi rcis.-s like making the outer side of the hands meet behind tin; back at the wuist line, tryiug lo touch the elbow H jnl wulning about the room with a cup of wuler balanced npou ti.e top of the head. Skutiug or uny sport which de-ma de-ma u di perfect balance of the body will beip to jtraighlcu the bhouidera uud Uia.e them of coricsjiujing height; awiiuuilag. either out of d.ors or in a tauk, wi;l help to broaden then), uud fencing will render them llcxihle. l ew g.rls p-nl.j? the importance of cull. vat, ng pliancy, uud jet there is uo munneiisiu which so greatly detracts from the Jp-peiraiu Jp-peiraiu 11 as. tbat of holding ibe shou!'Jer lirfly. j "Prominent should. -r blades have be-n , the despair of cicinlless dressmakers who! have tri.sl to invest plainness with a semblance sem-blance of pulchritude. They usually belong be-long to .1 girl who is slender (o the point of men gr in -. and Ihe i. iiie.ly for them is lo cultivate a fat forming appetite by exercising vigorously in the fresh nir. Nearly alwuvs iln- romi-hd l..n k is the p.iss. ss;..u of the ful girl w ho is so indolent in-dolent fhut she lounges about the house habitually aud r.trx-ly walks more than a quarter ot a mile ut a time. Temporarily site should give up eating and drinking all the things she lsi likes, put herself on u w hoe'soine bul Sparlau diet, doll loose shoes and a tight b.tik bnico uud take u daily walk of live miles. The first iLiy she will urcely be able lo urcouiplih one mile, but by degn-cs she- will be capo- ble of going a longer distance, and at the end of the mouth Ihe prcs ribed distance will bv u lui-re bagatelle a.nd hi r frieudu will scarcely reiognize her vostly improved im-proved liguie and bearing. "In lie- course of a long and misspent life," concluded the April J randiuolher, , "1 have le-urucd a few LhiLgs .... ly from ooscrvaUuli. One of tl.eni is that the women who are uceorded the iu..sf defer- cii-.c. whether or not they are deserting of it, are" thoe who joje the m c.nlcd 1 qu-eiily In-jring' which is always a-- fl.ited with slruight, broad unJ piuutji shntildera." I ' |