6o RIDING FOR LADIES. 



I think I have but one more point to notice before 

 concluding this portion of my subject. Be certain that 

 your hair is always most securely put up before setting 

 out to ride ; unless, indeed, you are a juvenile, and wear it 

 loose. Make sure also that your hat is so well fastened 

 that it cannot, by any possibility, come off, either by the 

 influence of a high wind, or the sudden action of your 

 horse. A good deal must, of course, depend upon the 

 manner in which you arrange your coiffure. If your locks 

 are abundant — sufficient to make into a stout coil at the 

 back of your head — an elastic loop to pass under it will be 

 found an advantage. Should your hair, however, happen 

 to be light-coloured, this will look badly, and I therefore 

 recommend a plan which I have myself found very 

 effectual. Procure two steel pins such as I have recom- 

 mended for veil-fasteners — only much longer ; pass them 

 through the leaf of the hat, about three inches apart ; then 

 weave them securely in and out, in a tranverse direction, 

 through the roll or plait of your hair, keeping the points of 

 them turned well outward. No danger can possibly accrue 

 from this system of pinning, if properly performed, even 

 though you may be unfortunate enough to fall upon your 

 head any number of times in the day. 



For girls who wear their hair flowing free, I cannot 

 recommend any really perfectly safe method of securing a 

 hat, except by an elastic passed beneath the chin. It is 

 not a pretty way, certainly, but juveniles need not care 

 much about that. 



You will find a warm winter jacket a great comfort in 



