The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-31

with certain class but tho French babi, Iss
aiso Its many admirers Tho costume shows
more attention to decoration. There 1. a
Riintz OF gold or silver galloon, and the nattv
JACKET opens over French guard waistcoat
OF gray, russell, or maize color, fastened with
small jewel buttons. A Tyrolese hat OF fine
French felt the shade Of the habit renlace.
tho sth wooden model so long popular. and
palo gray or russell gloves matching the yest
IN color and pulled over the close coat-sleeyes
OF the jacket complete the costume. All
riders, English and American. still wear the
ore Tar too short for graceful appearance.
me niue narrow, Tapping skirt spoils the
eject OF even the most skilled and practiced
h0rsewOman.
Costumes OF fancy woolens with very light
grounds. cream, ecru. dove grey, mastic. etc.
interviewer with rough lines or fgurings The
underlined mixtures of color and white in
checks and stripes and blurred detached pat
terms are made up IN most fanciful styles.
Some have bodies cut on the cross and shaped
to the figure without darts some with corse-
lets, the high under-bodice covered with
cream coored guipure lace: some with passe-
menterie jacket fronts, the long square basque
reaching further back than the side seams of
the bodice and losing themselves among the
folds of tho skirt behind: some also. with
sleeveless overjaokets TO match the color of
the bright design, and some with full plac-
tons of surah In rose yellow, maize or violet
When the bodice is trimmed with lace there
Is often broad band of the same on the bot
tom of the front breadth of the skirt. the
lace used being in all cases good imitation of
old yellow Venetian point.
BICYCLE COSTUMES.
The girl who belongs to bicycle club has
her skirt just reach to her ankle and made of
light wool of a russell or nut-brown shade.
The skirt is faced with leather and has little
fullness. The waist is loose shirt of wool or
silk. with the same jaunty blazer jacket which
has been such a success and which seems so
well adapted 10 the purpose. She chooses a
soft felt hat. laced boots and leggings, and
wears her suit with one sholt pettcoat and
knickerbockers the color Of her dress. If she
chooses a checked cheviot or homespun for
her suit she takes some of the material TO a
first-class milliner and has a soft derby made
with no trimmings at least nothing more than
n loose knot right in front. II she has dark
cheviot left over from last summer she makes
1t more effective for this by having il faced
with white, so that when turned back collars
and cuffs and revers are Of this cool contrast
ing color.
If the summer girl prefers horse to a
bicycle she will provide herself with mel
ton cloth riding habit with vest of checked
MarseIlles in dainty cOlOTs. This is notched
Just enough at the neck to show her scarf,
which is pierced with horseshoe PIN rid
ing Wnlp or diamond. her collar II az nlgh
standing as her neck will allow. turns over in
front points. Her coat is single breasted,
buttoning with three buttons, turning away
at the neck in a nOtched ecru collar, which
shows several inches of fancy vest and which
turns away also below the three buttons to
show the vest again. The fit is perfect over
the hips, as it is elsewhere, of course.
The plain coat-seeves show line
of white cuff. The hair is made TO look curly
and is carried we'll uD under the black beaver
to look rs if short. Patent-leather riding
boots and pretty handled whip are all
packed away most carefully as likely to see
more fun than the BAH gown and the white
suede slippers. For her travelling dress she
chooses serge because it will stand more
usage than any other goods known Of, pro-
vided she intends to make long trip.