cosmetic or drug known to the juatcria nicdica can possibly produce. It is a well-known physiological fact that the circulation of the blood to the surface of the body, induced by out-door exercise, which gives life and activity to the functions of the skin, and through that medium healthy action to the vital organs of the system, results in a magical influence on the moral forces of the mind, in bringing into play good nature in place of ill-feeling, and in substituting a healthy mental condition for those morbid sensations which result from a neglect of physical exertion of a recreative nature. It is only when the physical machinery of the body is in thorough working order that the more delicate mental organization finds its most healthful existence. The list of out-door sports and exercises in which the fair sex can engage with health and pleasure includes walking, rowing, swim- ming, skating — on the ice and on parlor rollers — archery, lawn tennis and croquet. The prominent in-door recreative exercises and games include calisthenics, bowling, billiards, chess, draughts, back- gammon, dominoes, and such games with cards as whist and crib- bage. It would require too much space, and be beyond the intended scope of this work, to introduce into the descriptive chapters of each .sport or exercise any but the mere elementary instructions in re- gard to acquiring a practical knowledge of them. This we now proceed to do briefly and to the point : LAWN TENNIS. The now fashionable game of Lawn Tennis is essentially a field sport adapted for ladies. Its requirements are not such as to de- mand an amount of physical exertion for which an ordinarily healthy girl is not capable ; and its playing rules, too, are not so intricate as to require special mental ability to fully comprehend them. The bat used in the game is light and easy to handle, even by delicate hands, while the rubber ball played with — weighing not quite two ounces — is quite harmless, even if it should happen to hit the face of a player. The game affords the most enjoyable exercise of any field SPORT.S AND GAMES FOR LADIES. 89 game in vogue in which ladies can participate, and it can be readily- played on a plot of level ground seventy-five feet by thirty in length and width. The game can be played by two, three or four ladies, either with one player on each side, or two on a side, or one against two. The following are the lines and measurements of a lawn tennis court, according to the laws of the United States Lawn Tennis Asso- ciation : • LENGTH --18 FT- >• >< X X X LEFT ^ COURT. = RIGHT COURT. 00 3> 3D <: If 1 c/> c «"■ m c 0 Z r- S» -i m z z ?•-• m r. z- *" HALT COURT LI K r 0 ^ — « a - ^ — « 0 rt -1 ?^? 0 0 3 ^ ■* , r^ c ^ c m Si z: H sr ^ ,"■ ^■5 m RIGHT r^ COURT. LEFT COURT. SIDE L'MC X > c > < X ■18 n X -21 FT X 39 FT- DIAGRAM OF LAWN TK.NNIS COURT. The appended cut shows a lawn tennis field with four players en- gaged in a match.

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cosmetic or drug known to the materia medica can possibly produce. It is a well-known physiological fact that the circulation of the blood to the surface of the body, induced by out-door exercise, which gives life and activity to the functions of the skin, and through that medium healthy action to the vital organs of the system, results in a magical influence on the moral forces of the mind, in bringing into play good nature in place of ill-feeling, and in substituting a healthy mental condition for those morbid sensations which result from a neglect of physical exertion of a recreative nature. It is only when the physical machinery of the body is in thorough working order that the more delicate mental organization finds its most healthful existence. The list of out-door sports and exercises in which the fair sex can engage with health and pleasure includes walking, rowing, swimming, skating — on the ice and on parlor rollers — archery, lawn tennis and croquet. The prominent in-door recreative exercises and games include calisthenics, bowling, billiards, chess, draughts, backgammon, dominoes, and such games with cards as whist and cribbage. It would require too much space, and be beyond the intended scope of this work, to introduce into the descriptive chapters of each .sport or exercise any but the mere elementary instructions in regard to acquiring a practical knowledge of them. This we now proceed to do briefly and to the point : LAWN TENNIS. The now fashionable game of Lawn Tennis is essentially a field sport adapted for ladies. Its requirements are not such as to demand an amount of physical exertion for which an ordinarily healthy girl is not capable ; and its playing rules, too, are not so intricate as to require special mental ability to fully comprehend them. The bat used in the game is light and easy to handle, even by delicate hands, while the rubber ball played with — weighing not quite two ounces — is quite harmless, even if it should happen to hit the face of a player. The game affords the most enjoyable exercise of any field game in vogue in which ladies can participate, and it can be readily played on a plot of level ground seventy-five feet by thirty in length and width. The game can be played by two, three or four ladies, either with one player on each side, or two on a side, or one against two. The following are the lines and measurements of a lawn tennis court, according to the laws of the United States Lawn Tennis Association : • LENGTH --18 FT- >• >< X X LEFT ^ = RIGHT 3> 3D <: If 1 c/> «"■ m Z r- S» -i m z z ?•-• m r. z- *" HALT COURT LI K r 0 ^ — « a - ^ — « rt -1 ?^? ^ ■* , r^ ^ m Si z: H sr ^ ,"■ ^■5 m RIGHT r^ LEFT SIDE L'MC > > < X ■18 n -21 FT X 39 FT- DIAGRAM OF LAWN TK.NNIS COURT. The appended cut shows a lawn tennis field with four players engaged in a match.

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