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them on what I have considered an untidy head, and 

 I have seen a grown-up girl's hair come down during 

 a day's hunting, and was told — by another girl — that it 

 was because she would use frisettes. A close, neat head 

 looks sporting, and, when the pot hat or " billycock " 

 stage has arrived, great care should be exercised, and, 

 if possible, the hat should be big enough to take the 

 head inside it, as a man's hat does. This is, by the way, 

 somewhat difficult for a mere man to explain, but what 

 I want to get at is that some girls Avear pot hats perched 

 on the top of their heads, while others, by arranging 

 their hair low on the neck, wear their hats as they were 

 meant to be worn, and the latter arrangement is not 

 only much neater than the other, but the hat is far 

 less liable to come off. Veils, too, are unsightly on 

 children, and possibly unhealthy as well. Those girls 

 who are always thinking of their complexion ought 

 not to attempt to hunt, for they do not understand 

 that the finest complexions in the kingdom are those 

 which are due to plenty of exercise in the open air. 

 Yet one sees at times little girls hunting with their faces 

 smothered up in veils, because a non -hunting mamma has 

 not grasped the fact that fresh air, winter sunshine 

 (which has not a freckle in it), and occasional rain 

 are the best possible promoters of a healthy and whole- 

 some complexion. 



