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angle should always be absolutely straight, neither 

 tilted forward, nor to the side, as this gives one the 

 appearance of a "cheap sport." All women's riding 

 hats should have, firmly sewn on the inside, a broad 

 elastic band which is placed behind the knot of hair, 

 and secured with hair pins. Pins through the crown 

 of a hat are dangerous and an uncalled for disfigure- 

 ment. 



The hair should be worn straight back off the fore- 

 head and done up in a snug braid or bun, but never, 

 excepting in the case of a child, should it be tied with 

 a hair-ribbon. The hair may be pulled out just a 

 little over the ears to prevent one looking like a skinned 

 rabbit, but it should never be worn puffed out or 

 fluffed like a chorus girl on the stage. A hair net, 

 made of heavy cording, woven like a fish-net, helps 

 very much in keeping the hair tidy, but it is not easy 

 to obtain in this country. 



Properly put on and correctly secured, a riding hat 

 should remain in place under every sort of circum- 

 stance; nothing short of a hurricane should be able 

 to dislodge it, and even after a fall, its position should 

 be more or less unchanged. There is no excuse for 

 the untidy-looking head-dress that one so often sees. 



The veil is one of the many secrets in the English- 

 woman's possession, which, perhaps, in some measure 

 accounts for her invariable and immaculate smart- 

 ness in the saddle. For some unknown reason, Amer- 

 ican women will not adopt the veil, although it has 

 so much to recommend it and practically nothing that 

 can be said against it. It does not dazzle the eyes or 

 obstruct the view as is so commonly supposed, and it 

 keeps the hair wonderfully tidy, helps to secure the 

 hat, adds to the general smartness of appearance, and 



