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toi ternw VOL XXFI NO 41 VIENNA. GA. THURSDAY, MAY, 20 1004 TERMS |(1 A'YEAR CASH OP INTEREST TO WOMEN. EXPRESSIONS OF THE FACE Letter No. 14 of a bcries of 20. Copyrighted 1904 by Ohriatino Herrick, The outdoor life, no less than the indoor life is bound to leave its mark on a woman’s face and bear ing. By this I do not refer only to the effect of wind and sun on the com plexion or of fresh air on the general health. 1 mean as well that the occupation to which one most de- voloaoueselJLwill- in time alter the expression of the countenance. Recognizing this, it behooves the woman who.takes up any outdoor sports to avoid the snares connected with suoh a sport. It is not long since the . papers player, may, like other occuprtions, have a whole range of expressions of its own. And there are other outdoor ways of life that leave their mark,—a mark that is not objectiouable. Wc all know the gaze of the' sailor or of «tho man accustomed to look ng oft over wide spaces of prairie. There is nothing unpleasant about tlieso. It is when the bicycle face means a sot look of anxiety or of peevishness, when the fixing with the eje o c the hoie to which the ball must he driven means the golf sqnini, whun the lung stride across tlmTinksLas produce i the slouching ungraceful ga t which has been dubbed the golf walk, that it becomes necessary io give the subject of those idipsyncasia some sonous consideration. There can be no good thing with course, not only for getting about the country on errands and the like, but also as a factor m developing a higher physical standard. Anything that will make stronger hearts, that will 'stimulate torpid organs and c car the brain \s bound to have the support of,thinking people every where. A horse, or an an omohilc may lake one about and awaken a love of outdoors, hut a HUtt'O or au automobile is not within the reach of persons o: moderate - means. Tbouefore the wheel possesses advantages for the everyday man am.Lw.omen -that can be offered by no other means of loooiriotion. So good a thing as this should not s.nk into oomdemuatiou because and is doing the work of a lifo saving station for men who could never before bo coaxed from thoir offices during tho daylight hours. But is it to leave au unsightly mark upon those who partake of its benefits? Shall that which i? ad mirable on the golf course he trans ported to tho street and the dtawing room? Small the half closed eye which scans tho spaco to bo oovorod in tho next drivo he fixed upon one’s vis-a-vis at dinner table? Shall our girls and men take thoir after noon Btroll or their promenade to church with long slouching stops, dropped shoulders and swinging nrfns? The poise that is acquired by shouldering the hag of golf cf’shs were full of what was known as the • out the defects of its qualities. Uur “bicycle faoc." There was no necessity for describing it. We all know it as soon as we saw it. An eager, anxious look, a straining forward look, sometimes an expres sion almost of terror,—it did not make a pleasant impression upon ativ one who saw it.' Tho bioyole face was not the property of women alone, meji had it, too, but oddly enough, it was seldom seen on children. They, bless their hearts! wore'too busy enjoying their wheels to have any powers to waste on worrying about anything. I was amused one evening to observe the expressions of the faces of Bevcval persons who were sitting about a room engaged in various . persuits. At one side of the room an elderly man was writing. All ihc while the pen moved his lips moved also,—not repeating the words he was writing, but twitching hack and forth in a measured fashion, as if the thougts of the brain had their counterpart in the mot gjnents of the lips. ' ' Another member of tho fanily read a book in which she was deeply interested and theplay of the author's fanny was indicated by the n otions of the reader’s eyebrows. When there was something a liti.o 'unusual, or amusing, the .■ brows went’up almost into the hair, when there was pathos or mailer for indignation the brows Mere drawn tog< ther. It M as no /wonder that the forehead was a maze of creases, longitudinal and vertical. Next to the reader Bat her sister crocheting. In and out .went the needle and every time the book drew the M'ool through a loop the lips were pursed up. While the mother of the girls, who sat sewing, snapped her eyes energetically with every stitch she set. Perhaps this may seem • an exaggeration, hut let any one M’ho questions the possibility of such a set of expressions in one household take the pains to give a little study to ilie facial tricks of those about her Possibly the group I instanced may have had especially mobile eoi,menaces, but there are others. When we see this sort of thing pro voked by ordinary iiidooravoeations, is it any wonder that a more ex citing pursuit leaves its mark on the face? When bicycling was one ot the first sports to receive the, honor of having an expression, named after it, other sports have followed in its wake. I do not refer now to the expressions gained by athletes. The golf, the' football or the baseba 1 1 oave mu3t he not to let the defects outweigh tho qualities or to permit a really admiradie thing to do us harm as well as good. Take bicycling, for instance The. wheel may have seemed to io e ils popularity for a brief Lime, Iqit it has oOmc hack io stay,—noi, as some one says, as a fad, but as a homely custom. The day has probably gone by when people go bicycle mad,—although when one sees the M’heels of the present day one can pardon an occasional attack of mania,—but the tune has arrived when tho bicycle is a matter of REAL No those who uso it are too M'eak or loo |or by posing oneself for the drive is earoless to epnqr.or the' few draw- .out of place oxoept. on the links, backs commoted with it. There is j Yet if one must choose between no reiijon why’ a bioyole would ho these and the dispirited droop of tho cause of a bowed, bunchert-up mouth and ihouldors that are lounti back or of an unpleasant oounlc- among the women M ho live thestay- The small amount of cure that is given to the skin will keep it in tolorablo order and the attention that is bestowed upon the expres sion will not ho thrown away. Only recently havo our women come to appreciate all that fresh air and systematic oxeroise will do lor thoir health and looks. There are still too many of them u-ho neglect all these things and are content to Ioro attractiveness and youth and strength sonnor than take the pains to go out- of doors. It would make matters 'infinitely worse if those who. havo boon converted) to the gospel of exorcise and oxygen should do thoir case harm by dismaying expressions and habits which prejudice the stay- lit-homos against ihe porsuits to M’hioli they should be won. nance, if Its riders M ill pay as niuoh audition to tlmir attitudes and their expression as they do to the costumes they wear when riding. The case is the same with golf, “the ro;al game.” More ana more U grows in populuui'y. The busi ness man finds in it an outdoor sport which gives nim exercise and amuseuieut at the same , time, and tne girl who plays golt Ins become a recognize t leaiure in our social outdoor life. The punch- vvqrttjyof all con.menoati at-home life and know notniug of the joys of free exercise in Urn good open air, lot us, l'or tho love of mercy, have anything that tlm blc' clcs or tho nil umolnlos or golf or tennis can give ns. Tlm one, at least, is a sign ot a healthful mode of lifo, hou’ovcr much wo may deprecate the form it lakes. But why should one have either? Already I have tried to indicate in these papers that one need not sacrifice a complexion in order to - rciic in.. ix.iMimf sport'. B. Orovilz took tlm oath of atlogimme to tlm United States and sign naturaliza!ion papers in Judge Henderson's court last amok to be come a cit.izeii of tins' ooiliitry. Ho is a Jew about 20 years old w,lio came to tins country from Russia about two yearH ago and desires to release his citizenship from Russia and become a subjo’ct of Lnole Sam. Two years from now ho can tako another oath, sign a second paper, and from that time he will he a full fledge citizen of tlm Unite 1 Stales and enjoy, all tlm privileges as Midi. I CAN SELL YOUR o r mm Matter Where It !s Send Description and Cash Pric And Learn Hew # Have, or Can Find The Property You .Want to Buy Give Me a Trial and be Convince! C. C. CDTTS THE LAND MAN CORDELE, GEORGIA