San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-05
Miss Heultes Sensible Dress.

Miss Hewltt's Sensible Dress.
From the New York Recorder.
One Of the most business-like and
practical young women in New York
today Is Miss Hewitt, daughter OF ex-
Mayor Hewitt. Her manner, her
dress and her Judgment are pre-eml-
nently those of q business woman,
and II she only sold as shrewdly as
she buys, ii would be but snort
time before fortune Of her own max
ing would be the result. /.
Miss Hewitt is . highly cultivated
girl, and to the knowledge OF books
she has added Q practical knowledge
Of the arts as they are found In the
open market. Every bric-a-brac deal
or or collector of old prints and quaint
editions in New York knows Miss
Hewitt. and at every auction sale of
the property of some famous connois-
seur the auctioneer's words, ITO
Miss II. >" are Is familiar as the scene
itself.
One point always impresses pro-
fsssional women Of one sort and an
other % they meet Miss Hewitt In
her pursuit Of pleasure and treasures,
and that is the appropriateness of her
costume. 1t Is 80 exceedingly bust
nesslike, and yet withal and by no
means upfeminine. The only point
in tho costume that 1t is absolutely
impossible to overlook is that it be-
longs to a girl who loves horses and
who enjoys the pleasure of exercising
them. The costume Is undeniably
the best that could be designed to
resist the wind, the weather, the
splattering of mud and the rude TEN
sion of the reins.
To begin with shoes and gloves;the
shoes are Of buttoned goatskin, made
in the long broad so ed fashion, de-
MED only to maids with "short, vam-
ped toes" so to speak, and q high in
step; the gloves are scanned dogskin
Of q red brown short wristed stitched
with red or orange silk and possessed
of the purely masculine fiat brass
button, or the patent ball and socket
clasp; the hat that has been most
familiar this season is soft, dark
blue felt, with q cleft through the
crown and suggestive of Grand Army
man or . stranger from the South
west. In the ribbon band ct the left
side the wing of bird has given to
u0U u00u0u
The gown and coat. which are tho
important features of . woman's cos
tune, have been chosen wisely. The
material IL usually dark blue serge
throughout, and the imprint of
fashionable tailor 10 written in letters
Of sewing silk all over it. The jacket
is double breasted, short affair, al
most like REFER. The skirt il full,
plain and round. and escapes the
ground by good inch and q half.
length short enough to defy the mud
DIV streets and long enough to meet all
the demands Of lady-like convention
atty.
The bodice of this gown is subdued
and IL . regular riding habit basque.
with tails, . watch-pocket on the
left-hand upper side, waistcoat,
shirt front and . cravat. The
scarf is now of cotton and now Of silk,
and in tho proper corner is stuck .
tiny pearl pin. The shirt waist Is Of
. MOI est pattern of percale and the
waistcoat of "hunt ting pink" or else
white piQue. A veil Miss Hewitt
scorns, and her abundant dark hair
is worn in close braids at the back Of
her head.
Some years ago. when certain IA
nous women discussed business
dress for women, there was nothing
evolved to be compared with Miss
Hewitt's for adaptability and suita-
bility. With the exception Of the
hat, perhaps, not q detail could be
improved upon for out-of-door pur-