Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

and rowing If they would relax OCCASION
ally and enjoy croquet or grace hoops they
would save themselves some nerve strain
and physical exhaustion.
1t seems very hard to keep girls from
going to extremes. Either they become SO
absorbed in athletics that their shoulders
grow lumpy with muscle, while their health
gives way, or they lead an altogether seden-
tary life without so much as a five-block
walk to business. For girls who are some
what fragile. bowling. basket ball and the
like are undoubtedly too much effort. The
o1d-fashioned games will be far more bene-
fetal to these, for they offer mild form
of exercise There is more grace in these
light games than in the heavy, mannish
ones, SO the girl who plays them may out
strip the athlete in the beauty quest.
Croquet gives one plenty of fresh air and
does not overtax the strength. If you are
not strong. take it up as soon as the warm
days come and see how much enjoyment
you will get from 1t. If you have any
choice as to the location of a croquet
ground. place it where there will be
much open space as possible around lido
not let walls intercept the breeze IL you
can help it. Rolled earth makes a better
ground II you are interested in the game
for itself alone, but grass Is more whole
some, provided you avoid 1t when IT Is wet.
If you are housed good deal you can
revel to your hearts content in a grassy
spot. Did you ever notice the pleasure
there is in walking through it2 A city girl
whom know can never be induced to keep
to the path or sidewalk when she Is visit
ing In the countryside insists upon walk
ing through the grass at the side Just for
the way it feels she says.
Play Ringtoss.
Ringtoss Is the modern form Of that
which once was grace hoops, and 1t Is
having a considerable fad as a parlor
game Play it now indoors and a little
later take it to some pleasant veranda,
where there is not enough wind to an
noy you in throwing the hoops.
In old days the players each held
stick and tossed ring from one to an
other trying to catch and throw entirely
with the sticks. not the hands. The mod
ern game consists of throwing rings over
stick which is braced to stand upon the
floor. Each player in turn tries his hand
at making the rings go over the stick
The original game was designed, actu-
ally, to develop grace, just as physical
training exercises are now designed
although it is probable that having a
good time was at least a secondary OBJ
ject There is no doubt that it succeeded
first as its successor does now. The eXer-
else is not violent enough TO spoil grace
at any point as the heavy games often
do. Very little strength can be gained
from it-this must be understood. If you
are looking for broad shoulders you must
go in for tennis or golf or something
similar. OF course, there is a slight ex-
pansion caused by the motion of the arm
and shoulder in the light toss, but 1t Is
1nSuTQclenC TO DutlQ tiSouS u any 8 cat
or noticeable extent But you are forced
to a gracefully curved movement OF the
arm which will help you toward these
motions that you are aiming to gain as a
habit The violently athletic girl would
do well to supplement some of her harder
exercises with this, for she is in danger
of becoming masculine otherwise.
Other Revivals.
Badminton is the game that has de-
yeIoped from the old-time shuttlecock.,
1t was in play written in 1909 that the
line occurred: ITO play at shuttlecock.
methinks, is the game now" 1t certainly
speaks well for a game, does II not, that
1t has lasted in favor all these centuries?
1t must have proved both beneficial and
amusing. 1t uses the muscles in much
the same way that tennis and squash do,
but it is very light The modern BATTLE
dore or racket is much like tennis
racket. The shuttlecock is a dainty at
fair made of several stiff feathers Iast-
ened into cork body. The net is Slrn1lar
to that used in tennis, but is hung at
some distance above the ground, as the
game is played in the a1r-no balls to go
whizzing along the ground and be inter
cepted by the swift downward cut OF
racket The game may be purchased for
either indoor or outdoor use. IL is the
ideal amusement for the girl who finds
tennis and squash too hard, and yet en-
lows the skill of those gaines. There Is
certain amount of light running involved,
enough to help do away with large hips
If it is much INDUCED in Taken In ight
doses, the effect is to increase the shout
ders and chest increase the calf OF the
leg and develop the arm, especially the
upper part.
Hoop Rolling.
Hoop rolling is an exercise once in fashion
for young girls, and 1 wish 1 could see my
young girl readers revive it. Nothing is
Srettier and nothing makes running more
agreeable. Running, by the jar it forces
upon the abdomen and that part of the
body, is excellent as means of hip reduce
ton. Young girls often write that they are
much too plump, and ask how TO do away
with that all too solid flesh. 1t Is wise
thing that they do so, for years tend to
increase 1t, and the girl who is too stout
at fifteen will be seriously fat at thirty.
Take the matter in hand in the beginning
and work at some good exercise TO tear
down the tissue-work until you perspfre.
AT the same time that running atter
hoop is helping you In this way 1t is de,
yeloping grace, as all the old-fashloned
games do.
When you set out to initiate the gEaces
of your grandmothers, do not allow your
{ elf to fall into their style or figure. If you
III glance at some old daguerreotypes
yssu will see what this warning means IL
was then fashionable to let the shoulders
oroop forward forcing the chest into
narrow and CONSTRUCTED form that made
deep breathing impossioie. mere Is ~
reason why you cannot move through old
time dances with your chest thrown for
ward Just as this day and generation has
learned to wear its CHEST.
Useful Suggestions.
For an oily skin. It is whitening as well
as drying: One quart camphor water, ]
ounce giycerine, X ounce pulverized borax.
To reduce the hips take mat exercises
and ride bicycle until YOU are reason
ably tired. Soften your face by using the
following cream with a mask: One ounce
olive oil. ounce white wax, L ounce sper-
creamy.
Tonic for oily hair---Two ounces alcohol,
ounces witch hazel. ounce distilled wa
at night with tooth brush. then massage.
The following cream is excellent for chap
ping. especially on account of the cam
phor: Dissolve X oursce camphor gum in