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WOMEN.

far with women; the color in the cheeks, the sparkling eyes, and a merry laugh are found oftener in the petfectly healthy woman thau in her who depends on the various artificiai “knacks" to make her lovely.

If the labor employed and the expense incurred by the women of to-day in using cosmetics and devices for the improvement of the personal appearance were directed to the study of the nalural laws by which beauty is evolved, morę lasting and satisfactory results would be obtained. It is useless to apply treatment to the face and ignore the body. No cosmetic ever known could beautify a skin deadened by the inactivity of the vital functions of the system.

If the American woman wishes to become handsomer and morę attractiee she must indulge in gymnastic exer-cises, must get out of doors morę and must be careful about her diet. Naturę has no favorite, but will shower her blessings on those who will obey her dictates. Naturę demauds activity; those who disobey will suffer.

If one hour each day were set apart for the develop-ment of the physique, a hardier race of mothers would soon arise to direct the education of coming generations. The character of the apparatus used to give the best possible results should be carcfully noted. Heavy weight lifting is incompatible with grace, for it tends to make the muscles sluggish and keeps them rigid, cven when in repose; while movements on a light elastic apparatus makes the muscles pliable and quickly responsive.

A perfect figurę cioes not attract so much attention to its size as to the relation of its parts. A healthy, well-deyeloped body is characterized by plumpness—is neither thin nor stout.

Herbert Spencer claims that the superior mental and physical conditions of men are due to their methods of living