Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-06-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Selected.

NEW YORK, June 81 1890.
Editor Womans Chronicles
Woman's devotion to all changes of fashion is q
condition which that tickle dame who governs the
feminine attire needs no assurance Of Woman is
even devotee of reforms of any nature whatever
so long as the reform is attended with the charm
of novelty.
Just how the modest feminine nature is educated
up to the propreties of the Turkish and the Russian
BATH will never be revealed just how the modest
feminine nature is initiated to the novelty of sea-
bathing is something of mystery; but reform
even more formidable than either of these is being
prepared for her in the future, and that is eques
trianism-astrde.
Even in these days when reforms are the fashion,
fair woman hestates ere she embraces this new
fad. The world turns spectator with a degree
more of interest than it usually manifests, and
awaits the developments. Jenness Miller is the
American leader of this reform. l met gentle
man out at an evening party fortnight ago, who
discoursed ably on this subject. He was Ken
tuckan, horseman and a physician, and every
feminine eye in the room and ear, too, attended
him as he expressed his sentiments: "This side
saddle fashion is the most absurd thing in the
world. In youth girl can sit astrlde OF horse
and nothing is thought of it, but as soon as she
reaches her teens, she must wear long skirts to
cover up her feet and sit on side-saddle-and
why, pray!' exclaimed the doctor, in very tor
rent of wrath. "Simpy because once, over in
Europe, some princess set the fashion," Not
woman dared reply, but they looked thoroughly
unconvnced
A bit of news is cabled over from London to
the effect that the wife of baronet has appeared
in the Row, in the regular hour, riding astride.
Her dress was divided skirt, little longer than
the habit now fashionable.
Occasionally you meet woman riding bicycle
in Philadelphia it is said to be quite common
and while the seat is arranged so she is not actual
w astride of it, it has much the same appearance.
1t is safe to predict if the English favor this new
fashion it will sooner or later be adopted here 1t
will certainly require more courage than was one
of the component parts of the man who first car
ried an umbrella on the streets of London. But
when she first doth ride astrde, "May L, as we
read in John Gilpin, "be there to see"
The event of this last week was the opening of
Madison Square Garden, which vies in size with
the Chicago Auditorium. 1t seats 5000 persons.
The roof is huge skylight and can be slid away
at will Seats were at premium-selllng for S2o
and all New York, social, political and military,
was in attendance to hear Strauss famous orches-
ira. The music was attended bya gorgeous ballet
the ushers were in livery of red and yellow,
which quite outshone everything-and it was alto
gether gala season.
Nothing on the streets of this great city i'm
presses the observer as much as the lveried at
tendants. The manners and appearance OF your
coachman and footman are of paramount import
ance to your SOULS future existence apparently,
uOchl SIGH beautiful gintlemin as they has to
sit on their coaches and drive over body" l
heard an Irish woman exclaim between gasps, as
she dashed across Fifth Avenue the other day at
the risk Of her life.
And "beautiful gintlemin' they are sure enough