The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-10

the slips and do not get full of wrinkles as they would if laid away.
 What lovely cotton materials. by the way, they are selling for cushions and slips? Any clever woman can transform the stuffiest city drawing room into a cool and summery place with a few yards of blue and white or green and white cretonne. What with awnings. green wire screens and win dow boxes without and the cretonne style of decoration within the town house can be made pretty, comforta- ble and artistic as we'll during the warm days. For my part I would far rather have my own home fitted up in this way than a stuffy summer hotel with a small room. canned food to eat and a crowd of overdressed strangers about me.
 agree with a friend who says the best kind of a summer vacation con sists in trips here and there with home as resting place between times. The great thing after all is to take 1t easy during the hot weather and l don't think that is possible when one pre- pares to go away to some fashionable resort.
 The other day at club to which l belong they were discussing the most profitable virtue a woman can possess Some said tact, some a strong will and some-including myself-said self con- trol
 Really there is nothing more valu- able that can be taught I girl. Give me the woman whs never raises her voice when she Is angry. who is able to entertain bores with the same sweet smile she bestows upon eligible3. who never shows her real feelings on the eurf1oe. who never expands her heart in silly letters or sillier condolences and NUb m InSaa hal a,.1 i,, of atiiction or danger. That's the woman who wins.
 Speaking of self control, one of the best ways of gaining 1t is to ride horseback.
 No woman who cannot commani her self need expect to command horse You do more with your personality than you ever will with reins or whip.
 Some Useful Hints.
 There Is your nervous horse. He shies at everything and refuses to come up to the block to let you mount him. A horse belonging to a friend was ruined because a groom struck him sharp blow on the nose once when he was slow to approach the horse block. Now my friend coaxes him seven or eight times with infinite patience to approach the mounting place right, but never, no matter how long the process is will she lose her temper and jerk him or strike him.
 Your spirited horse with d bit of the "devole" in him tries to size you up. and if you are slack with the reins or sloppy in the saddle a sud- den caracole or jump to one side will show you horsey thinks he can take liberties. It's funny. but if you say Huh in short, sharp tones the ami nal immediately reconsiders and de- cides that perhaps after all. you know your business. and he had better be good.
 If the horse takes a liberty with you and you pass 1t by unnotlced. the chances are he will go a bit further next time. say. rear up or take you down the road at a pace which you have no intention of going.
 Now, isn't that human? Don't you know people who will take advantage Of you just like that.
 If there is anything a horse de- spises 1t is a coward. Cry out. show fear in the slightest when you are out with him and you are done for His contempt is without bounds He will do almost anything to get rid of you. and he will remember you forever. You caF t- the same contemptuous ex