The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-27

ant recollections than posies. From dozen
TO twenty fair riders make up party. and
sometimes they are accompanied by an
equal number of cavaliers booted and
spurred, but oftener their only escort is the
fashionable riding master.
The woman who rides has broken loose q
little from the conventional habit this
season. She wears a waistccet in blue and
white, very probably, or English pink and
cream. Her bodice has cutaway fronts
which may button over the bright colors
while cantering through the park, but
which on flower ride she is sure to turn
back in tapping revers Her skirt may
be black or bottle green or dark blue as
formerly. but IL is quite as APT to be in one
of dozen soft shades Of gray. 1t is short
and scant and outlines her figure es she sits
IN the saddle. She wears a silk hat in the
park, but an English straw when her steed
feels the grass under his heels.
1t is a matter of course that she does not
sit astride, and equally matter of course.
in spite of the doubts of the scoffer, that the
good-looking dress reformer who has gotten
so much nOtorlety through the mistaken
zeal of a reporter never had the slightest in
tention of scamper1ng through the park to
set her such an example. II ever we wear
divided gowns it won't be on horseback in
the beginning. Nevertheless. the cry OF
immodesty is absurd. The riding habit as
now worn is frequently more immodest in
its revelations of the figure than the
frankest bathing gown.
Ii the divided gown should ever material
lie for summer athletics, iC is likely to be
used on the lady's bicycle first, as climbing
suit for mountain excursions second and
for horseback riding last of ALL | know a
couple OF women VINO use il already on the
bicycle. That is. they say they do. The
bicycle riders position is such and these
narf1NnlaF az =
and d aperies, that | never suspected the
bifurcatlon until was informed. | have
lately seen one divided dress for Adirondack
wanderings. 1t is more like a zouaye cos =
tune than anything else. not at all pretty,
but perfectly seemly. We may come to
these things yet, but the rush is not impetu-
GUS just now. The discussion. however, has
brought out good many admissions that
the side saddle is fit only for short excur-
sions.
ARTISTS MODELS.
There is a favor of romance about the
studios, but on no subject is more non
sence talked than about artists models
Last week the Art Students League held an
exhibition. The room in which the
sketches of the life classes were exhibited
fascinated me. First, / had TO acknowi-
edge that the men drew from the nude con-
siderably better than the women, then |
made certain that neither men nor women
had had good figures to draw from. The
female models apparently had figures that
the average woman would take precious
good care to disguise we'll
with draperies. How women
with such bodies can get paid
for posing is mystery. surprising
that good models exist at all In truth, the
model as she is is very different from the
model as she is supposed to be. In the first
place she is just as modest and Just as vir-
tuous as any other woman. There isn't the
least flavor of impr priety about her or her
calling. In the next place she needs a
thorough course OF physical culture before
literal copy of her will give you anything
beautiful. She hasn't good chest, she
doesn't stand erectly, she needs somebody
to teach her the first principles Of graceful
bearing. She is indoleat, and she grows
fat easily. A set of photographs lately re-
ceived from Paris, where thew get much
better models than in New York, shows
that even there good figures to work from
are the exception aud not the rule.