When two players engage in a match the game is played as fol- lows : A begins play by taking up her position at the outer corner of the right-hand court, and standing with one foot on one side of the "service" line and the other foot on the other side, she takes her bat in one hand and the ball in the other, and proceeds to ''serve'' the ball to her opponent, who stands in her right-hand court on the other side of the net, ready to return the ball bade lo the server's court. The "server" must bat the ball so that it will go over the net and fall within the right court of her opponent's field. If she fails to do this, and the ball either hits the net or goes beyond tlie court lines, a '' fauW is recorded, and two "faults" in succession count as an '"ace" against the "server." If the ball is rightly 90 THE hearthstone; or, life at home. " served," however, then the server's opponent must endeavor to bat the served ball — after it has touched the ground within the court once and before it touches the ground a second time — so that it be returned over the net to the server's ground. Faihng to do this, an " ace " is scored to the credit of the server. If the player, returning the ball, sends it over the net, and it falls anywhere within the outer lines of the courts, the server has then to return it over the net back again, and in doing this she can either bat it after the first bound, or PLAYING TENNIS. before it touches the ground — a batted fly ball being known as a " volley." The game is scored as follows : The first ace made counts 15, the second 30, the third 40 and the fourth gives game. The player who first scores six games wins the, first " set " of the match, and two sets won, out of three played or to be played, v/ins the match. When both players have scored "40," or four aces each, then " deuce " is called, and the player who scores the next ace after the 40 is credited with vantage, and the next ace in succession gives the SPORTS AND GAMES FOR LADIES. 91 game. In order to learn the rules in detail the beginner should pro- cure a copy of the Association rules. The above description, how- ever, will suffice to initiate a novice in the elements of the game. ARCHER Y. There is no field sport a lady can engage in which is so well cal- culated to induce a healthy development of the chest and arms, or to impart grace of movement, as the recreation of the Archery field. ARCHERY. To manage her beau well in the parlor is an art every lively girl of course delights in ; yet to handle her bow creditably in front of the target at an archery meeting is to many equally attractive. Practice with the bow and arrow gives a girl the ver}^ kind of exercise she is most in need of, and that is. exercise of the muscles of the chest. Of course, a class of calisthenic exercises will produce the same result, but in a different manner, the latter being more mechanical 92 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.

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When two players engage in a match the game is played as follows : A begins play by taking up her position at the outer corner of the right-hand court, and standing with one foot on one side of the "service" line and the other foot on the other side, she takes her bat in one hand and the ball in the other, and proceeds to ''serve'' the ball to her opponent, who stands in her right-hand court on the other side of the net, ready to return the ball back to the server's court. The "server" must bat the ball so that it will go over the net and fall within the right court of her opponent's field. If she fails to do this, and the ball either hits the net or goes beyond the court lines, a '' fauW is recorded, and two "faults" in succession count as an '"ace" against the "server." If the ball is rightly THE hearthstone; or, life at home. " served," however, then the server's opponent must endeavor to bat the served ball — after it has touched the ground within the court once and before it touches the ground a second time — so that it be returned over the net to the server's ground. Faihng to do this, an " ace " is scored to the credit of the server. If the player, returning the ball, sends it over the net, and it falls anywhere within the outer lines of the courts, the server has then to return it over the net back again, and in doing this she can either bat it after the first bound, or PLAYING TENNIS. before it touches the ground — a batted fly ball being known as a " volley." The game is scored as follows : The first ace made counts 15, the second 30, the third 40 and the fourth gives game. The player who first scores six games wins the, first " set " of the match, and two sets won, out of three played or to be played, v/ins the match. When both players have scored "40," or four aces each, then " deuce " is called, and the player who scores the next ace after the 40 is credited with vantage, and the next ace in succession gives the game. In order to learn the rules in detail the beginner should procure a copy of the Association rules. The above description, however, will suffice to initiate a novice in the elements of the game. ARCHER Y. There is no field sport a lady can engage in which is so well calculated to induce a healthy development of the chest and arms, or to impart grace of movement, as the recreation of the Archery field. ARCHERY. To manage her beau well in the parlor is an art every lively girl of course delights in ; yet to handle her bow creditably in front of the target at an archery meeting is to many equally attractive. Practice with the bow and arrow gives a girl the ver}^ kind of exercise she is most in need of, and that is. exercise of the muscles of the chest. Of course, a class of calisthenic exercises will produce the same result, but in a different manner, the latter being more mechanical 92 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.

The hearthstone; or, Life at home