Warm Weather Wear.

Do you remember the days when one avoided sun-burn like the plague—wore wide-brimmed hats and veils, and long gloves and skirts? A picnic was a battle on behalf of the complexion. If you are a young thing, and don't remember the days “before the War,” you may not realize what a wonderful thing for humanity is the revival of “sun-worship.” In our playing-fields, and on our beaches, among our alpine sports enthusiasts and our yachtsmen, everywhere the love of the open air is being fostered. “Hiking” is a recognized pastime. The “fresh air and sunlight” cure is being applied to the civilized world with remarkable results. Even our ideal of beauty is changing. The Victorian “toast” would not queen it to-day. Her fragile beauty, her delicate complexion, her simperings and airs and graces would be out of place in modern life. To be attractive to-day, she would have to become a devotee of the open air, to expose her limbs and back as well as her “milk and roses” skin to the sunshine, to drink in health and well-being and show it in increased activity and vivacity. She would have to exercise her muscles in all manner of sports, and her intellect in contact with all manner of people. In fact, she would find that the all-round girl of to-day is a better developed specimen, physically and mentally, than she herself.