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Rh in its place, and it will, if properly pinned, remain perfectly tidy all day. It is necessary to have the veil sufficiently wide, so that there should be enough to fall down over the face if it is wanted. A long grey Shetland cloud is the best and most comfortable veil to wear in winter. The yachting cap has some advantages, but it is hard and heavy to the head. The best gloves to wear are white knitted worsted. These are warm and easy to wash.

There is one point interesting to every woman on which a few words are necessary, and that is what the effect of long days in the open, and the rapid passage through the air, must have on the complexion. It certainly does not improve it, but there is not much use in trying anything, except wearing a veil, to mitigate its evils. Many people use powder and grease to prevent the skin from getting red and hard.

Alas! if women are going to motor, and motor seriously—that is to say, use it as a means of locomotion—they must relinquish the hope of keeping their soft peach-like bloom. The best remedy is cold water and a rough towel, and that not used sparingly, in the morning before they start. There is one other, the last, but perhaps the hardest concession a woman can make if she is going to motor, and that is that she must wear glasses—not small dainty glasses, but veritable goggles. They are absolutely necessary both for comfort and the preservation of the eyesight; they are not becoming, but then, as I have tried to point out, appearance must be sacrificed if motor-driving is to be thoroughly enjoyed. Those who fear any detriment to their good looks had best content themselves with a quiet drive in the Park, leaving to the more ardent motorist the enchanting sensation of flying along the lanes and roads of our lovely country.