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'V* -V> -i; M IPS MAT SUTTON, the In domitable Kiri tennis player from Pasadena, Cal., has again gone abroad to regain the International champlon- h site lost in 1503 to Miss D. = of England. She is a per- oung persjn, and if Mrs. R. irs. formerly Miss Douglass. ;e from the retirement into has di: erc-etly withdrawn ons believe that she will no-, jrels which she wrested from M;>s Sutton after a very hard fought if poss.t)’ sh.p. wh K Don :: whit M.sg Sutton won the international championship from Miss Douglass in DOS. but the friends of the latter circu lated the report that her defeat was due to her having an Injured wrist, al though to every one who saw the game it seenied to be due entirely to Miss Sutton’s superior skill and 'method. Not wishing to have it said that she was the champion merely owing to an acci dent, Miss Sutton returned to England in 1908 and .gave Miss Douglass a chance to redeem herself. Understand ing her rival’s methods better and be ing in first class condition, the English player won back the championship. Thor V she lost her‘honors. Miss Sut ton carried home with her the respect of all fair minded people, for she took her loss good naturedly and without making apologies for herself. She even praised her successful rival and the English players. Miss Sutton Is a thor oughbred. Now For Another Trial. Now she has gone back to England, hoping that her former conqueror will give her a chance to retrieve her loss. Report says that it is quite unlikely that Mrs. Chambers will play at all this year, which is perhaps quite wise of her, as Miss Sutton is said to be in splendid form this season. She will open her campaign at the Manchester tournament on June 3. The great event of the season, however, is the contest on the grounds of the famous Wimble don club, where all aristocratic Britain gathers to applaud the champions, es pecially if they be of their own nation. Later there is another tournament for the Welsh championship, and Miss Sut ton expects to compete in that. Of the Englishwomen who are likely to appear against her Miss Sultan says that Mrs. Chambers. Mrs. Sterry, Miss Eastlake Smith nnd Miss Coles are probably the most formidable opponents. She con siders that Englishwomen are as a class superior to American women players, as they take the game much more seriously. At present tennis has an immense vogue in England, and even in this country,it has a much greater popu larity since it became the favorite rec reation of President Roosevelt and cab inet, navy nnd army circles. Tennis is a splendid exercise and has advantages READY TO PLAY IN ACTION IN REPOSE. over golf and many similar games in that it may be played on lawns or small plots of ground such as are available in most neighborhoods. Tennis outfits are inexpensive, and the sport itself, is very absorbing, especially after one has mastered the elements of the game. It is especially good for women. An hour or two a day spent on the tennis courts will improve the health, give elasticity to the muscles and put a. ruddy glow into cheeks and lips. It is much to be recommended for those who have weak lungs or a sluggish liver. The Sutton girls, of whom Miss May Sutton is the youngest of five, have all i been remarkable tennis players. As the I sisters grew up they were one by one I displaced as champion by the next ’ younger sister, who in turn/ would I teach all she knew to her junior. Thus I it happened that when Miss May Sut- ; ton arrived at the age when most young ; girls are struggling with the rudiments ■ of tennis she was already a candidate for championships. When only twelve j ; years old. she played for the champion- j | ship of southern California, but was | defeated by her sister Ethel. The next i year Ethel was defeated by Violet, and 1 the following year Violet went down before the prowess of her fourteen- year-old sister. May. Next the little girl won the state championship and in 1901 that of the Pacific coast states. Captures the-National. In 1904, when only seventeen years of age. Miss Sutton entered an open meet ing for the women’s national cham pionship In tennis. It was held at Wis- sahickon Heights, near Philadelphia. Miss Elizabeth Moore of New York was then the champion, and when the little girl from California entered the lists no one believed that she had any chance of winning. Miss Moore was a cool, experienced player, and the newcomer was, outside of the Pacific coast, prac tically unknown. The game had hardly begun before Miss Sutton proved her mettle. Instead of being at the mercy of Miss Moore, as was expected, the newcomer soon had her opponent pur suing the ball all over the court. In her playing the young girl was alto gether unique, darting about like a whirlwind and sending the ball over the" net with wonderful strength and accuracy and keeping her competitor on the back line most of the time. Miss May captured the championship at this trial. A Fine Physique. Undoubtedly her constant training on the tennis court has had much to do with the remarkable robustness of Miss Sutton’s physique. Her arms and face are deeply tanned by the sun, and her figure, heavily built as she appears, has not an ounce of superfluous flesh. It is framed in muscles hard as steel! Her endurance is said to excel that of most men. and as the strain in championship | games is very great only an exceptlort- I ally strong woman" Is likely to win. In j Pasadena, where the climate is mild, i much of the time can be spent out- ! doors, and with the Sutton sisters most / ! of it is passed upon the tennis court. i American by Adoption. The Sutton girls are, after all. only Americans by adoption. Even May, the youngest, was born in Plymouth. Eng land. Her father. Captain A. de G. Sutton, came to this country when she was six years of age. The daughters are very devoted to their adopted coun try, and when some misguided Briton suggested to May anent the winning of the international championship that she, was an English girl she replied very emphatically that all she knew of ter.-, nis had been learned in southern Cali-; fornia, since even in England girls un-i der six years of age do not play tennis, i Another Interesting feature of Miss Sutton's trip abroad is that it is partly to promote the holding of international' tennis matches for women. A promi nent society woman of the east who is a tennis enthusiast and Mr. Edwin Sheafe, president of the Longwood Cricket club of Boston, have generously signified their willingness to provide a suitable trophy, add it is hoped that a match may be arranged for August, ISOS. Miss Sutton has been authorized to make, the preparations for having a teanj of Englishwomen come over, and oho herself will probably be captain of the American tennis players. A pre- Jiminary match will probably be held in the United States In June or July to select the contestants. Miss Violet Sutton, Miss Helen Homans, who is the present national champion; Miss Eliza beth Moore, three times national cham pion, and-Miss Barger Wallach, runner up to Miss Homans, are about the strongest American tennis players and will probably be of the number who will succeed. Mrs. George Hilliard, a friend of Miss Sutton nnd herself a fine tennis player, wilt probably bring over the team of. Englishwomen, which may include Mrs. Terry, Miss Eastlake Smith, Miss Violet Tinckney, Miss Con nie Wilson and Miss Tope Lowther. A Guest at Thorpe Satchdill. On her arrival in England Miss Sut ton went immediately to be the guest of Mrs. Hilliard at her pretty country place, Thorpe Satchdill, at Melton Mow bray, Leicester. There many of the preliminary details for the international meeting were discussed. It te *»wr likely that the conditions of the con test will be the sante as those for the famous Davis cup. for which annual matches are held between the men of the two countries. The Davis cup, be it said with regret, is now held' by Eng lish players, but the men who go over this summer to play for it at Wimble don -have great hopes of bringing it back with them. DIANA DENNISON. j* HORSEBACK RIDING IN ONE OF ITS PHASES * D O you know this is a great time of the year to buy winter dresses? Don’t laugh! I mean ready made. Nearly all the large department stores have some winter model gowns left over. They are very glad indeed to get rid of these at ridiculously low figures, and they will let you pay a deposit of from $10 to $15 and give them the remainder of the money in the fall. The iiore keeps the gown in good order for you all the summer, and since the gowns used as models are usually in advance of the styles there is little or no danger of their being out of date In a few months. A friend has just purchased a Doucet model In black velvet for less than a hundred dollars In this manner! What do you think of that for a bar gain? A Question of Health. I want to ask it again at risk of be ing prosy. Why will women kill them selves doing fine embroidery on babies’ clothes? I know mothers who sit for hours in the house putting little tucks and drawn work into tiny dresses when they might infinitely better be out of doors breathing pure air and sunshine. Foolish women! Any doctor will tell you that most of the troubles of the sex arise from lack Take it easy during the hot teealher. MME. KATHERINE VON KLENNER, PRESIDENT NEW YORK WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB. Mme. Katherine von Klenner (Marquise dl Patteri), the newly elected presi dent of the New York Women’s Press club. Is distlnguished“ for achievements in music and literature. She is both writer and composer and on tills ac count was honored by a special decoration from the Paris exposition. She is the translator of tha ’’Personal Reminiscences of Franz Lizst,’’ “Vocal Methods of Garcia," etc. profitable virtue a woman can possess. Some said tact, some a strong will and some—including myself—said self con trol. Really there is nothing more valuable that can be taught a girl. Give me the woman who nqyer raises her voice when she is angry, who is able to en tertaln bores with the same sweet smile she bestows upon eliglbles, who never shows her real feelings on the surface, who never expands her heart in silly letters or sillier confidences and who never loses her head in times of affliction or danger. That’s the woman who wins. Speaking of self control, one of the best ways of gaining it is to ride horse back. No woman who cannot command her self need expect to command a horse. You do more with your personality tha- you ever will with reins or whip. Some Useful Hints. of the right kind of outdoor exercise. Women coop themselves up, filling their lives with usele.-s trifles like putting fine embroidery on the clothes of a'per fectly unappreciative infant. Mean time they are losing both interest in outside life and health. Some day, when the child is grown up. It will have mother who is an inyilid and who is Ltly unable to keep up with it physically or mentally, most sensible women I know their children very plainly, would be surprised at the tram- fty cent ready made dresses the children of people who re money." said a saleswoman t,the large department stores ’’We always keep on hand a large assortment of six months and year old sizes in dresses at DO cents, and flannel petticoats at S5 cents and #5 cents, and our best customers buy them. It is not the fashion to spend , money on tiny babies' things any nibre. ! They are made to be sensible and com- : forlable, that's all. A great many mothers do not put their babies in long clothes at all, and most women dress I their little ones wiih the single flannel | petticoat, leaving “off the white one en tirely. People her reall> In one recently save money to spend it on the child when it is older and tip lias real need rr> of it.” Now is the time to put linen slips on the fur niture. A friend who is an ex cellent house keeper never puts away her portieres; she has linen slips made for them which match 'those on the fur- The spirited horse niture. In this deri j way the por tieres simply hang Inside of the slips and do not get full of wrinkles as they would if laid away. What lovely cotton materials, by the way, they are selling for cushions and slips? Any clever woman can trans form the stuffiest city drawing room into a cool and summery place with a few yards of blue and white or green and white cretonne. What with awn ings, green wire screens and window boxes without and the cretonne style of decoration within the town house can be made pretty, comfortable and artis tic as well during the warm days. For my part. I would far rather have my own home fitted up. in this way than a stuffy summer hotel with a small room, canned food to eat and a crowd of overdressed strangers about me. I agree with a friend who says the best kind of a summer vacation con sists in trips here and there with home as a resting place between times. The great thing after all is to take It easy during the hot weather, and I don’t think that is possible when one pre pares to go away to some fashionable resort. Sometimes the best rest of all is to be had right at home. The other day at a club to which I belong they were discussing the most, There is your nervous horse. He shies at everything and refuses to come up to the block to let you mount him. A horse belonging to a friend was ruined because a groom struck him a sharp blow on the nose once when he was slow to approach the horse block. Now my friend coaxes him seven or eight times with infinite patience to approach the mounting place right, but never. »• matter how long the process is, wi» nhe lose her temper and jerk him or strike him. your spirited horse with a bit of the “dovoie” in him tries to size you up, and it you are slack with the reins or sloppy in the saddle a sudden caracole or jump to one side will show you horsey thinks he can take liberties. It’s funny, but if you say “Huh!" in short, sharp' tones the animal imme diately reconsiders and decides that perhaps, after all, you know your busi ness, and he had better be good. If the horse takes a liberty with you and you. pass it by unnoticed the chances are he will go a bit further next time, say, rear up or take you I down the road at a pace which you have no intention of going. Now, Isn’t that human? Don’t you know people who will take advantage' of you Just like that? If there is anything a horse despises it is a coward. Cry out, show fear in the slightest when you are out with him and you are done for. His con- | tempt is without bounds. He will do almost anything to get rid of you, and he will remember you forever. You can see the same contemptuous ex pression in the tail of his eye months afterward when you attempt to mount him. The secret of good horseback riding is not only, “to wriggle with your horse,’’ as the old riding master put it, but also it is to preserve a cool head and a level temper; in other words, ; exercise self control — that quality which wins in everything. A friend is looking very .tacky lately. Explanation: She says she must econ- taken off. Every cupboard in which clothes are kept should be thoroughly aired once a day by having the door kept wide open for an hour, or two. Anything that has been worn should be well aired before being put away. Blouses and dress bodices should be spread out and hung over the back of a chair. MISS ANNETTE KELLERMAN, FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER. Miss Annette Kellerman, called the "Australian mermaid” and widely known for her feats as a swimmer, is in the United States with the object of defeating the champion women swimmers of America, as she already ha3 done those of other countries. She has triumphed in forty contests and aspires to hold the professional record as the champion woman swimmer of the world. omize in matters of dress and have very few things in future. The last time I saw her she wore a cheap black and white cheek tailor made, soil ed around the bottom, a black sailor with a fancy chiffon veil around it, a fancy stole and a fancy belt. All of them, being of inferior qual ity, were rum pled. Now, I do not call that economizing in the right way. If she had to buy a cheap. hat trimmed with a pretty bow of rib bon to match her costume. Oh, economy, how many crimes are committed in thy name! If>women would only realize that there is a plain, inexpensive mode of dressing quite as effective in its way as the “dressy” style it would mean a great deal of comfort and peace of mind to them. All praise to the tailor made girl. She understands the art and is a de light to look upon. Whether she is in black, brown, blue or white everything matches, everything is simple and everything in consequence is sweet and fresh looking, which counts for so much in hot weather. F.T1QUETTE. When paying at home calls, be care* fu! that you greet the lady of the tmusa before any one among the company with whom you may be acquainted. In making introductions always pre sent the gentleman to the lady—tor instance, "Mr. So-and-so,’’ “Mrs. or Miss So-and-so.” It is also neces -ary that the names should be pronounced distinctly to avoid mistakes. When leaving a large party or bal* It Is unnecessary to bid farewells and very bad form to do so in the presence of other guests. It is incumbent upon a host and hostess to show absolute impartiality to their guests. In fact, the greatest, strangers present should receive the most attention at their hands. ' Never roil your handkerchief into a ball and use it as a kind of plaything Nervousness may account for that and similar actions, but they denote direct- • ly that you are unused to good society. A gentleman should never precede a lady either entering or leaving a room. Never start political or religious dis cussions. Should others do so In you) house change the conversation as soon as politeness admits. Avoid any manifestations of ill tem per or annoyance when in company and everywhere else. Punctuality is an' Instinct of good breeding. To fail in keeping an ap pointment at the time arranged Is a direct" affront to the person awaiting you. I’Lifiu dl- "ALCHEMY”. IN VEGETABLES. The discovery of a means of meta morphosing radishes into potatoes has been made in the Academy of Sciences, Paris. The inventor’s method, briefly described in popular terms, is this: Ho takes a very young radish, “pasteur ises” it in a certain way. and it grow.-; up into a fine potato. More scientifical ly, the young radish Is cultivated in a glass retort, after a process invented by Pasteur, In a concentrated solution of glucose. Starch then develops plen tifully in the cells of the radish, which swells out, loses its pepperiness and ac quires practically the consistency, fla vor and especially the nutritive proper ties of the potato. tailor made it An praise t0 the tailor should have been made girl _ black or navy blue. Her shirt waists should have been plain tailored ones, with one fancy net and lace waist for best. There was no need of the fancy belt, veil or stole, but she did need a smart New York. DREAM TIME. The wind against the window Kows. The sandman comes along the street. The lamps are lit. the darkness grows. The dreams come in with nolseiess feec AIR ALL GARMENTS. It is most insanitary to hang up clothes that have been worn in an un- ] ventilated cupboard as soon as they are' Oh. haste to bed! The dreams await The children, with their sweetest song. Don’t loiter: you may be too late. The best of dream3 are never long. WOMEN'S OWN WITTICISMS. **I wonder what your father sees in I me to object to?" complained a disap- , pointed lover. “Oh. he doesn't see any thing in you,” was his sweetheart's candid reply. “That is w,ty he ob jects!" "When do you take the heaviest meal of the day?" asked a bachelor of a benedict. "When my wife cooks it!" “ -"any voices are there in your I choir?" “Seven.” “Why, your brother told me there were over twenty mem bers!" "So there are, but you asked me how many ‘voice:;’ there were!" He—I wonder why it is that so many old maids have fac bank accounts? She—Easily solved! Having no matri monial cares, limy husband their re sources! “I say, Tom," said a wife to her hus- : band across the breakfast table one ' morning, “how extravagant you are— ’ actually eating jam on buttered bread!” ; “What nonsense you talk, Marla!” was hubby’s retort. “Nothing could be more economical. The same piece of bread does for both!" “I am amazed, sir. that you should propose to my daughter. You have not known her a week!" remarked a lady to a young man. "True, madam, I have not had the privilege of her acquaint - ! ance long, but I have known you for 1 some time, and everybody says your ! daughter takes after you!” He was ! successful in his suit. ' "Dresses and hats! Dresses and hats!” a man exclaimed in an effort to be wittily philosophical. “It is the eternal feminine!” “No,'' corrected a friend, “you're not right—it is the ex terna! feminine!" “I see that your little sister took the smaller apple," said an experienced ■ mother. “Did you let her have her choice, as I told you?” “Yes, mother,” her son replied brightly. ’T told her if she didn’t choose the smaller she wouldn’t gc-t any at all. She chose the smaller, mother!” At a seaside hotel the following no tice is posted up: “In this hotel the food leaves* the traveler nothing to hope for." Teacher — Johnny, T don't believe you've studied your geography. John ny—No, mum. I heard pa say the map ! into your rooms.” “The sunshine, of the world was changin' every day. | tor? No, It wouldn’t harmonize and I thought I’d wait till things get [the furniture!" was the response, settled! 1 “I gave you a meat pie last w “I want it understood,” said a wife to said a lady to a beggar. “I dldn' her husband, “that I am -a woman of i pect to see you here again.” “Ah. few words.” “Yes, I know,” replied the 'didn’t bat it!” was the latter's re; husband, “but don’t you think you are "Darling," asked a young gent!, overworking them a trifle?" eagerly, “I h e—er—did you !!!■: “No wonder you are ill I ” said a doc- ring?" “Yes. IP- very pretty, bu: tor to a lady -ith aesthetic aspirations, so valuable as some I’ve had!" uu. “Draw the blinds and let the sunshine 1 unguarded reply. doc- with