The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-30

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creasing the fineness and softens of the
skin, and making one look and feel
younger.
| Cleanliness of the skin has great eff
feet on the general health, and it is well
known that if one has been exposed to
infection the best thing to do by way
of precaution is to take hot bath inn
| mediateIy.
Tt is a mistake to remain too long in
a tepid bath. Thirty minutes should be
the limit. Throughout the winter and
early spring it is best. if one is at all
liable to chills. to take ones bath at
night, just before going to bed. If ta-
ken in the daytime. brisk exercise i'm
| mediately afterward-eitaer walking or
dumb bell practice-is highly beneficial.
| -Woman's Life.
Two Types of Women.
There are still to be met young wo-
| men who cling and faint and shrek
and pinch their waists and toes. So are
| there those who, to quote Senator John
J. ingalls,, go to the races with one man,
| and bet, drink cocktails. smoke
! cigarettes, and go to midnight suppers
| with another; who are introduced to
/ pugilists by a third, and who listen to
| innuendoes, double entendres, and un-
| printable stories from q fourth.
The two types represent the extremes
ming Of f-the-century restraint and, on
the other, by end d-of-the-century free
DOM In the one case modesty, carried
to extremes, degenerated into artificial
ity and affectation; in the other, liberty,
indfscrininatingly exercised has ex-
panded into license and indecorum. The
latter is but a passing phase in the evo-
luton of womanhood from absolute
dependence and repression toward in
dependence and individuality, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
But the best type of the young wo-
man OF today has steered the craft of
her womanhood safely between the
Scyl1a of effeIninacy and the CharybdiS
of mannishness; between the hidden
rock of prudery and the whirlpool of
unrestraint, holding her course straight
toward the haven of the sort of woman
hood that fills our ideal of what the
mothers ought to be in the wonderful
future.
An Unconvention al Girl.
Baltimore has ever been regarded as
a city of conservatism, and any digres-
sion from the straight and narrow path
of conventionality and good form, espe-
cially among that set termed smart, is
sufficient to set a thousand tongues
wagging and heads shaking in depreca-
ton. Possibly it will be received some
what in the nature of a shock to those
of such straight-laced prepensities to
learn that for several weeks past, on
man, whose social position is second
to none in the city, Sallies forth from
her house, just at dawn, to go horse
back riding without the use of side
saddle. She is invariably clad in long,
light raglan, with collar turned up
about her little pink ears. her gloved
hands thrust deep into the pockets OF
her coat. Peeping from beneath the
skirt of her coat a dainty patent-lea ther
boot, highly polished and adorned with
a silver spur, tells the tale of her mis-
ctr aVIxy n1eT7iT MI
the park, says the Baltimore American.
There is little to excite either surprise
or wonder in this athletic young wo-
mans course until the outskirts of the
park are reached There, awaiting her,
is her groom, with her saddle horse
and his own At glance 1t can not be
for Both are invariably appointed with
a mans saddle. Unbuttoning her long
rag CLAN, she stands forth in all the glory
of young womanhood, unhampered by
trailing skirts, gewgaws or f1ounces-
Her costume is a complete set of riding
togs, designed by well-known Bond
street (London) tailor, who is consider
ed an artist in cutting riding breecheS,
vests and coats
The material employed in their make
is a neat check or plaid, the breecheS
cut very large and roomy from the hips
to the knee where they are buttoned
in tight, just below the knee, disappear
ing into the patent-leather boot. vest
of startling design fits her well-rounded
round throat is wrapped a white hunt
ing stock, tied as an ascot, with pin
of sporty design holding it in place:
The coat is of cutaway design, the
skirts long and full, both fore and aft.
A derby hat crowns her glossy chestnut
locks coiled tight to the head. Alto
gether she makes charming picture,
with the glow of health and happiness
blooming upon her cheeks.
Assisted by t~a groom she springs
lightly into the saddle, adjusts her coat,
and IS off for a rafting canter, while
the rest of her fashionable world are
either just turning in or turning over
for a second nap. The groom always
follows at a respectful distance. Be
fore reaching the city limits she dis
mounts, dons her raglan and is at home
for breakfast with an appetite whetted
by the keen, frosty early morning air.
Clever Idea.
A New York woman who secured in
Italy a nurse for her child found that
this native baby-tender carried her
charge always on a little pillow, slip
ping him in the case in such way
that he was kept snug and cOZy, but
not restricted. The nurse was quite
amazed to learn that young infants
in America were carried about support
ed only by the hands. and marvelled
that any American child could grow up
with a straight back under this treat
ment
Distinguished Student.
Students at the Woman's Medical col
1ege of Chicago spend their time between
classes in discussing the eastern princess
who has chosen to strive with them for
NJ D. diploma.
Princess Sophia Singh attended her first