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pear masculine and "sporty," and who, 

 showing a large expanse of shirt front, 

 wears a conspicuous plaid suggestive of 

 a horse-blanket. 



This specimen of feminine " horsy- 

 ness " invariably drives with her hands 

 held almost under her chin, and her 

 whip in as vertical a position as herself. 

 She is as powerless to control her ani- 

 mal as is the one who leans over the 

 dash-board. 



This is the sort of woman who com- 

 pels her groom, if she have one, to 

 wear a cockade in his hat, in ig- 



Cockade . 



norance of the fact that we in 

 this country have no claim to its use. 

 In Great Britain it is the distinguish- 

 ing mark of either the royal family or 

 the military, naval, or civil officers of 

 the government; but used here it is 

 only a meaningless affectation. 



To achieve success, and to obtain 



