Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-17
New York Ladies on Horseback.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.J
 The swellest thing for a woman is to go | out attended only by a groom, who rides
 sedately ten feet to her rear. The pretenti- ous riders nowadays scorn to ride gslioping horses-the comfortable, see-saw bEutes that
 carry you like baby in a cradle-but pride themselves on being able to stand the jolt and bound of trotting. They pretend is is easy, and that they never meet the horses back half way with chug that threatens to
 shake the liver from it's fastenings, but
 know better.
 The latest fashions in riding habits require
 that they shall be fitted by tailor, though
 clever woman may do the work herself by attending closely to this description Of the
 peculiar cut On the left side, in front. Is
 gore taken across to make room for the knee. This gore Is not straight across but forms
 curve. making kind of jacket for the knee to fit in The side breadth is like that of an ordinary skirt. but the back one Is peculiar
 in many respects. First, there Is a small
 gore on the upper part. which terminates and commences again on the middle of the skirt These gores have the same object as the one over the knee-that is. to form a space prop erly without adding to its fulluess- Other wise the wearer might be boosted out of the saddle, on the principle of the boy whose trousers were made with no fulness in the
 seat, and therefore pushed him of the door steps every time he bent to get down decor ously. Fashion dictates that the habit must fit snugly from neck to toes, and be made from heavy cloth This necessitates the easements which have described
 The skirt is perfectly tight around the
 waist, and mounted on piece of silk gal loon. On the right side, between the front
 and back breadth, it opens, and is fastened | by buttons and buttonholes; and on the in-
 side of this open part is the pocket. In front | is a band of elastic for the foot to pass ! through. like stirrup, to keep the skirt down. Were it not for this, the dress would | push up in riding. Still. that would bs no ! great disaster for underneath are trousers.
 half leather and half cloth They are closed
 and buttoned on each side of the hips, some | thing like the old fashioned flap -frouted ! brooches of our granddaddies. The upper | part is buckskin. and the legs are cloth, hke | the dress The waist has two gores in front | and small side piece. The style is to be as
 hst-breasted us possible when on horse back. l The side piece in the back is very narrow. ! The back has no seam down the centre. and ! forms a small basque, with the side pieces ! falling over and fastened on the inside of the | plait The side EzeSe= Ss .iil 1zCx an- ~s I oaeK Irseit thus joined by being placed ! one over the other. The buttons should be | very small and round. The tight sleeves but
 ton over al the wrist. The waist is wadded
 in case the woman is slender, but not if she has much iesh on her bones. Indeed. none | bet thin women should ever display thsm- selves On horseback It is difficult enough for hunured pounder to appear light and graceful in a saddle, and when 1t comes to anything over l30 or l4O-don't try it.
 On the lower pert of the waist behind gre three tongues with buttonholes, fastened to buttons placed bttle below the belt of the ! skirt. The same arrangement is on the seam under the arm. By this means the waist re-
 mains in the same place. no matter what movement there may be in riding. Many
 women use fancy styles for riding habits, bat
 such things do not last and the plain dress i is always elegant. Skirts have no mora long trains. as they formerly had For a moder-
 ately tall figure the long side of the skirt is ahout yard ana kalt, vhils .hs =ktzsszsa tszse
 is rather more than yard.
 Mems high silk hats are in more general
 use than any other shape, and lace veils are | twisted around them; or gauge veils are Ar-
 ranged in ndrsperies around the crowns End fgs-
 lasted in the back under large gauge rosstte.
 A long piece of yelling is sometimes taken around the neck and partly over the face. | The piainest of linen underclothes are worn | The gloves are buckskin or kid, with coarse | stitching A high collar is oftenest worn,
 with a mans white cravat.