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 571 -.^^ WOMAN'S RECREATIONS L^ This section of Every Woman's Encyclopedia gives instruction and practical information on every kind of recreation. TAe Chief Authorities on all such subjects have been consulted, and will contribute exhaustive articles every fortnight, so that when the Encycloptfidia is completed, the section will form a standard reference library on woman's recreation. Sports Hobbies Pastimes Golf Photography Card Games Lawn Tennis Chip Caj-viUf^ Pahnistry Hunting Bent Iron Work Fortune Telling by Cards Winter Sports Painting on Satin Holidays Basket Ball Painting on Pottery Caravanning Archery Poker Work Camping Motoring Pretwork Travelling Rowings etc. Cane Basket Work, etc. Cyclings etc., etc.
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Lacrosse Beautifies the Figure — The Rules — How to Choose a ** Crosse '' — Clubs — Dress for Lacrosse Cnglish girls are greatly to be congratu- lated, first, on having borrowed so graceful and exciting a pastime as lacrosse from their Canadian cousins ; and, secondly, on the speed at which they have learned to play a difficult game with grace and skill. Girl votaries of lacrosse wax most en- thusiastic in praise of the game. It is no whit less swift or exciting a game than hockey, and, as a woman's pastime, it is far more suitable, because it is played with a soft ball, and because all rough play is severely penalised by the laws of the game. Schoolmis- tresses com- m e n d the game because it does much to counteract s t o o p i n g shoulders and poking head, which too often are the outcome of hard study, and whic h hockey can do compara- tively Uttle to remedy. Lacrosse induces a The right way to pick up the ball splendidly free and upright carriage, since the greater part of the play takes place in the air, instead of, as in hockey, on the ground. It is, therefore, rapidly becoming custom- ary for the game to be played at the bigger girls' schools and colleges throughout the kingdom during one of the two winter terms, while hockey is played during the other. Many girls living in or near London were so loth to give up their favourite winter game on leaving school or college that the Southern Ladies' Lacrosse Club was formed, with Lord's Cricket Ground as headquarters. The sub- scription is 7s. 6d. per annum, and there is a 3s. entrance fee for new members. The mem- bers meet at the practice ground at Lord's every Wednes- day after- noon from (Jctober to May, and on Saturday afternoons