Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17

spun. tweed or linen twill, short to the an
kle, with Norfolk Jacket and ample pockets
or the outside of the skirt Just in reach OF
the hands, is worn by English ladies Tor
shooting over the turnips.
1t 10 to be hoped our women will be con-
tent to don the dress and draw the line at
shooting. Killing for amusement is such
unconditional cruelty that q woman wholly
unsexes herself in attempting this sport
One can feel more respect tor Sarah Althea
Terry drawing a pistol over her injuries
than for we'll bred woman killing birds be-
cause it is the fashion.
A GARDENING COSTUME.
For gardening or walks through the dew
the skirt is faced ten inches outside of the
hem with fine waterproof. The jersey
drawers and stockings in one Of black wool
are worn with such dress. or the knicker-
bockers of cloth like the skirt. High top
boots are an affectation, the buttoned gaiter
to the knee being very much better. Gloves
of reindeer skin are advised, as they will
wear and wash. Linen gaiters to the ankle
are very neat and comfortable for town or
country in the dusty days. For Swiss
climbing English women discard wells as
useless against the glare of sun and snow.
Instead they wear a horror Of mask OF
thin flannel, with a gathered piece over the
nosel A turkey rattle must be ornamental
by the side of such disguise. 1t is no
wonder that one of their own sisterhood
writes that the walking dresses of English
women abroad ''too often combine ugliness
and unsuitability in an almost incredible
degree"
THE DIVIDED SKIRT.
Women seem to be slightly or more than
slightly off their heads about the divided
skirt or leglette, as Mrs. Jenness-M Miller has
it The latest development is skirt on an
entirely new principle devised by London
tailor. The peculiar feature is that it is
closed at the edge, with openings for the
feet to pass through.
A piece of cloth some four yards long, we
are told, is used for the front and back
widths alone. Instead of cutting them the
needed length in the usual way, the stuff is
hemmed up a certain depth, the extra length
connecting the two breadths, the side widths
are fitted in and openings left for the feet
The description is copied exactly, but if
you get any idea how the thing is made and
how it is worn, you gain more than 1 do.
Still, all the advantages are claimed for the
new invention-health, lightness and
warmth and whatever else dress reformers
and doctors desire. fail to see any benefit
in these reforms beyond giving unsettled
women something to get excited over,
IT is NOT PRACTICABLE.
1.-THE amount of flop to be found in these
four yard pantalettes, with brisk wind
round the corner, is all an ordinary woman
wants to contend with. The Turks and
Albsnians get so wound up in their full
trousers that they cannot run away in battle,
and histories tell of battles lost because of
divided drapery muff1ing the motions of
troops Perhaps the economy recommends
the divisors, as the plainest cambric sell at
81 and a pair of carmine flannel come at
S14, and it is no wonder the Boston woman
who had pair to 60 to Europe wore them
till they hung in strips from the vaistband.
Frequent changes of underwear at such
price are beyond the reach of most ordinary
women, but the bag skirt of the Conduit
street tailor is a wonder and an amaze.
How do you get into il? And how is that
four yards of length taken up? 1t can't be
the right sort of reform, for it isn't divided,
all Aviation in dress reform view depend
ing on wearing ones clothes in divisions not
apparent to sight or feeling.
A REAL REFORM.
The real improvement of late in dresses is
lining the widths with stiff, light material,
which keeps it out from tine limbs and gives
freedom and GOODNESS. The best shops keep
the satine skirt with two or three rattans