Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-26
Riding Habits.

Riding Habits.
The latest fashions in riding habits
require that they shall be fitted by a
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 4
curve, making a 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 small gore on the upper part,
which terminates and commences again
on the middle of the skirt. These cores
have the same object as the one over
the knee-that is, to form a space for
the skirt to set up properly without add
ing to its fullness. Otherwise the wearer
might be boosted out of the saddle, on
the principle Of the boy whose trousers
were made with no fullness in the seat.
and therefore pushed him off the door
steps every time he bent to get down
decorously. Fashion dictates that the
habit must fit snugly from neck to toes.
and be made from heavy cloth. This
necessitates the easement 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 lack width, it opens, and is
fastened by buttons and buttonholes,
and on the inside of this open part is the
pocket. In front is band of elastic.
for the foot to pass through, like stir
rup, to keep the skirt down. Were it
not for this the dress would push up
in riding. Still that would be no great
disaster, for underneath are trousers,
half leather and half cloth. They are
closed and buttoned on each side of the
hips, something like the old-fashioned,
fap-fronted breeches of our granddad-
dies. The upper part is buckskin, and
the legs are cloth, like the dress. The
waist has two cores in front and small
side piece. The style lis to be as fat breast
ed as possible when on horseback. The
side piece in the back is very narrow.
The back has no seam down the center.
and forms small basque, with the side
piece falling over it and fastened on the
inside of the pleat. The side pieces of
the back itself are thus joined by beirg
placed one over the other. The buttons
should be very small and round. The
tight sleeves button over at the wrist.
On the lower part of the waist behind
three tongues with buttonholes, fastened
10 buttons placed little below the belt
of the skirt. The same arrangement is
on the seam under the arm. By this
means the waist remains in the same
place. no matter what movement there
may be in riding. Many women use
fancy styles for riding habits, but such
things do not last and the plain dress is
always elegant. Skirts have no more
long trains, as they formerly had. For
moderately tall figure the long side of
tle skirt is about yard and half,
"iliie the short one is rather more than
4 vard.-C5nciamati Enquirer.
Women Smokers
English or American women who have
travelled much in Egypt generally return
confirmed smokers, and find to their dis
comfort that they must keep their new
taste very dark indeed, or else be looked
at askance by the virtuous of their set.
If they dare to smoke friendly cigarettes
with their male friends, they will find
themselves ranked among the rapid
women who are dangerous. Now the
question is, by what process do we civ
LIKED people arrive at a conclusion so
strange? The Chinese lady smokes
from childhood, and one of the ele-
gances of her attire is silken tobacco
pouch. But what would be said of one
of our society women who dared appear
in public similarly decorated?