THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2755, 9 March 1910, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

HOW TO STAND. If you would know your own natural posture when erect, stand up and without raising you heels from the floor, make the effort of rising to look over some obstacle, allowing the shoulders to droop naturally and keeping the chin at an easy level. AVlidn you' have risen to you full stature hold the position and note, what it is. You have not con sciously posed the different parts of your body, yet your cihest is finely rounded, your shoulders are thrown, back, your abdomen is drawn in, and your back and neck are as straight as yon can get them, all the parts of the body falling without effort into their propei* positions, now that the whole has been correctly poised. You have a strange feeling of separationi in every joint, while an astonishing distance has sprung up between your breast-bone and: your hips, v To the eye you are at least an inch taller. If you have any doubt on this last point, stand before a mirror in your former posture, and note how high the reflection of yonr head comes on the wall behind you, or. if the mirror is low, at what point your image is cut off. Then take the upright position as before, and notice the difference. A BEAUTY TONIC. Rain, according to a beauty expert, is an excellent tonic for the complexion. It is, however, one that, must be prepared for in order to get the most benefit fr ;n it. AVlien taking a beauty trami) in the rain the clothing must be warm, and the skirts of a length nojfe to drag wetness about the ankles, for j nothing will give cold more quickly I than the constant slopings of wet garments about the feet. The ideal walk- j ing costume for wet weather consists of a thick and warm, but not heavy, | short skirt. A thick flannel blouse and a short jacket are best for the upper | portion of the body. A soft felt hat of j a color to match the suit should be trimmed with one or more wings' and a ' band of soft silk. AVater, unless floods descend, will not hurt it, and thus the carrving of an umbrella is obviated. Thick boots must, of course, bo worn. Clad in such fashion, the risk of dampness or chill penetrating to the skin is almost impossible. But to derive benefit, it is essential that the exercise shall he rapid. Just ten minutes’ brisk walking in a steady down-pour will make the blood circulate with vigor, and put the pedestrian into a delightful glow. However, it is absolute1 — imperative to keep moving rapidh* as long as one is out of doors; and the length of time one walks in the rain must he regulated by the individual strength as well ns hv inclination. Constant motion of the muscles is the only tiling that will prevent cold.

SEE IF IT CREASES. Before deciding on a new eveninggown it is a good plan to squeeze a tiny piece of the material in your hand, to sec if it creases easily. Some soft, materials crease more easily than otl’.er.s, and if one is pressed for time, it is a great nuisance to have to iron cue’s frock every time it is to be worn. THE BABY’S LITTLE STOMACH. One of the chief errors into which well-meaning mothers and nurses are apt- to fall is that of over-feeding the baby of which they have charge, either by giving the child nourishment at too short intervals or bv giving too. large quantities of food at the stated intervals The stomach of a new-born baby is not much larger tlum a hen’s egg, and at the end of six weeks it is about the size of the turkey’s egg. It is not possible to get more than three tablespoonfuls cf water into a lien’s egg, or six into a turkey’s, so that this gives, us a practical, it rough, idea of theamount a baby can take at- a time. The amount of the feed for each age. is easily remembered, because it follows the age of a child. A baby will take the number of months or its succeeding month, in ounces, for a feed. Thus a child of three months will take from 3nz to 4oz, while one of six months old will require from 6oz to 7oz, an ounce being two tablespoonfuls.—“Babyland." DON’T FRIGHTEN CHILDREN. Children should never be frightened into obedience. Alany a timid, cowardly man owes this defect in his character to unwise treatment in nursery days. It is positively cruel, for instance-, to tell a child that the blade man is coming to take him away, or anything of a like nature. It is not to be wondered at if a child brought up in this terrifying atmosphere grows up timid and shrink, ing. and quite unfit to fight the battle of life for himself. COMPANY MANNERS. Some people keep all their lovable ways for outsiders. They don’t think it necessary to put on an interested manner when the home people are talking. AVhat is said “goes in at one ear and out at the other”— so that it really seems scarcely worth while to tell them things. They know how to be sympathetic—but they don’t practice it at home. They would agree that: To be truly kind is to do and say, The kindest thing in the kindest way. But the kind things they do at home arc generally done grudgingly and of necessity. ' . They make an effort to he interesting and amusing away from home —but no effort at home. That sort of thing never pays. Pleasant manners and pleasant talk need practice. If you put them away like the talent in the napkin you’ll he luckv if you find them in any sort of working order when you want them. AYhereas if you use them they will grow.