Motheb's Cook Book. HIGH-HEELED BOOTS MUST GO. A lady looks infinitely taller and slimmer in a long dress than she does in a short oostnme, and there is always a way of showing the feet, if desired, by making the front quite short, which gives, indeed, a more youthful appear- ance to a train dress. The greatest attention mast, of coarse, be paid to the feet with these short dresses, and I may here at once state that high heels are absolutely for- bidden by fashion. Doctors, are yon content ? Only on cheap shoes and boots are they now made, and are only worn by common people. A good bootmaker will not make high heels now, even if paid doable price to do so. Ladies — that is, real ladies — now wear flat-soled shoes and boots, a la Cinderella. For morning walking, boots or high Holiere shoes are worn. If you wear boots yon may wear any stockings yon like, for no one sees them. But if yon wear shoes yon most adapt your stockings to your dress. Floss silk, Scotch thread, and even cotton stockings are worn for walking, silk stockings have returned into -exclusively evening wear. Day stockings should be of the same color as the dress, but they may be shaded, or stripped, or dotted, just as you please. White stockings are absolutely forbidden for day wear — no one wears them— no one dares wear them under fashion's interdiction. DON'T STOOP. Grandmother has noticed that some of her boys lately have acquired a very bad habit They go about with their backs bent, as if they were fifty years old, and were bearing the responsibilities of age on their shoulders. This is all wrong. Stand up straight, boys; don't go around with a "stoop in your back," as if you had a curvature of the pine. If you do, depend upon it, yon will have it sore Motbeb's Cook Book. 309 enough long before you get to be old. Always stand ereot, and when you walk, throw back yoar shoulders, and take that kink out of your backbone. This is easier said than done, isn't it? Grandmother will tell you just how you can do it, and remember every word she says, for she has been through it all herself, and has straightened up many a grandchild in more respects than one. Here is her rule: " THROW OP YODB CHIN ! " The whole secret of standing and walking erect consists in keeping the chin well away from the breast. This throws the head upward and backward, and the shoulders will naturally settle backward and in their true position. Those who stoop in walking generally look downward. The proper way is to look straight ahead, upon the same level with your eyes, or if you are inclined to .stoop, until that tendency is overcome, look rather above than below the level. Mountaineers are said to be as "straight as an ar- row," and the reason' is because they are obliged to look upward so much. It is simply impossible to stoop in walking if you will heed and practice this rule. You will notice that all round-shouldered persons oarry the chin near the breast and pointed downward. Take warning in time, and heed grandmother's advice, for a bad habit is more easily prevented than cured. The habit of stooping when one walks or stands is a bad habit and especially hard to cure. MAKE HOME PLEASANT. A cheerful, happy home is the greatest safeguard against temptations for the young. Parents should spare no pains to make home a cheerful spot. There should be pictures to adorn the walls, flowers to cultivate the finer sensibilities, dominoes, checkers, and other games, entertaining books and instructive newspapers and periodicals. These things, UO Mqtheh's Ooos Book.

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Motheb's Cook Book. HIGH-HEELED BOOTS MUST GO. A lady looks infinitely taller and slimmer in a long dress than she does in a short costume, and there is always a way of showing the feet, if desired, by making the front quite short, which gives, indeed, a more youthful appearance to a train dress. The greatest attention must, of course, be paid to the feet with these short dresses, and I may here at once state that high heels are absolutely forbidden by fashion. Doctors, are yon content ? Only on cheap shoes and boots are they now made, and are only worn by common people. A good bootmaker will not make high heels now, even if paid double price to do so. Ladies — that is, real ladies — now wear flat-soled shoes and boots, a la Cinderella. For morning walking, boots or high heeled shoes are worn. If you wear boots you may wear any stockings you like, for no one sees them. But if you wear shoes you must adapt your stockings to your dress. Floss silk, Scotch thread, and even cotton stockings are worn for walking, silk stockings have returned into exclusively evening wear. Day stockings should be of the same color as the dress, but they may be shaded, or stripped, or dotted, just as you please. White stockings are absolutely forbidden for day wear — no one wears them— no one dares wear them under fashion's interdiction. DON'T STOOP. Grandmother has noticed that some of her boys lately have acquired a very bad habit They go about with their backs bent, as if they were fifty years old, and were bearing the responsibilities of age on their shoulders. This is all wrong. Stand up straight, boys; don't go around with a "stoop in your back," as if you had a curvature of the spine. If you do, depend upon it, you will have it sore Mother's Cook Book. 309 enough long before you get to be old. Always stand erect, and when you walk, throw back your shoulders, and take that kink out of your backbone. This is easier said than done, isn't it? Grandmother will tell you just how you can do it, and remember every word she says, for she has been through it all herself, and has straightened up many a grandchild in more respects than one. Here is her rule: " THROW OP YODB CHIN ! " The whole secret of standing and walking erect consists in keeping the chin well away from the breast. This throws the head upward and backward, and the shoulders will naturally settle backward and in their true position. Those who stoop in walking generally look downward. The proper way is to look straight ahead, upon the same level with your eyes, or if you are inclined to .stoop, until that tendency is overcome, look rather above than below the level. Mountaineers are said to be as "straight as an arrow," and the reason' is because they are obliged to look upward so much. It is simply impossible to stoop in walking if you will heed and practice this rule. You will notice that all round-shouldered persons carry the chin near the breast and pointed downward. Take warning in time, and heed grandmother's advice, for a bad habit is more easily prevented than cured. The habit of stooping when one walks or stands is a bad habit and especially hard to cure. MAKE HOME PLEASANT. A cheerful, happy home is the greatest safeguard against temptations for the young. Parents should spare no pains to make home a cheerful spot. There should be pictures to adorn the walls, flowers to cultivate the finer sensibilities, dominoes, checkers, and other games, entertaining books and instructive newspapers and periodicals. These things, 310 Mother's Cook Book.

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