The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . one of the best-known per-fumed baths and is, in addition, espe-cially cooling and restful. This has a pleasant and revivingsound which encourages the tired wo-man to believe that the salt of theearth is the true restorative mud bath is not an attractiveprospect, although at certain Europ-ean resorts it has won enormous fa-vour. Then there are the mineralbaths which send your rheumatismflying and make you lose ten heavyyears of life. There is no questionabout it, Ave are becoming indefatig-able
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . one of the best-known per-fumed baths and is, in addition, espe-cially cooling and restful. This has a pleasant and revivingsound which encourages the tired wo-man to believe that the salt of theearth is the true restorative mud bath is not an attractiveprospect, although at certain Europ-ean resorts it has won enormous fa-vour. Then there are the mineralbaths which send your rheumatismflying and make you lose ten heavyyears of life. There is no questionabout it, Ave are becoming indefatig-able bathers in a variety of elements. With all this bathing, however, itis surprising how few Canadian wo-men can swim. Perhaps the recentintroduction of swimming baths inour Y. W. C. A. equipment will en-courage our girls to acquire this is both healthy and graceful, to saynothing of its possible service in thesaving of life. It is said to be ratherdifficult for women to learn to swim,on account of their timidity. Thelatter quality disappears un- 200 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE. HEAD OF GIRL FROM THE Charcoal Drawing by Miss I. Lovering der competent instruction, and theswimming lady becomes exceed-ingly proud of her new accomplish-ment. This is hardly the season to adviseanything but in-door practice of theart, but it may be that if it be fol- lowed perseveringly during the win-ter months that it will be found cpiteas invigorating and beautifying asthe great baths of old, where Romansociety leaders lingered to hear thelatest bit of gossip and to retail thelast news from the Provinces. A number of women artists fromthe British Isles have come out toCanada recently and have thrown intheir lot with their fellow-artists inthis country. One of these is ]\IissI. Lovering, Mho has taken a studioin Toronto and who recently held anexhibition of her work, which is most-ly child portraiture. She has a happyfaculty of catching childish expres-sion and character, using pastels andc
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