The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24

midnight darkness Of the middle ages
Some queen. affieIed with a painful dis
ease of the hip, found herself unable
10 sit her horse as Others did and shielded
her illness and defomnty by setting a
new fashion. We read in The Remains
Concerning Brita.-,' published in 1914:
Queen Anne, wife of Rishard II.
first taught English women TO ride or
side-saddlSs, whereas, heretofore, they
rode astride'
This is the queen whom Shakespeare
made 70 say-in quite another construc.
ton. it is true
" Ny legs can keep no measure in de-
light
And that, perhaps, is a reason why
more women do not ride bicycles today
Besides, the origin Of the side-saGdle is
distinctly Bohemian: for this poor Anne
was the sister Of King Wencelaus of Bo-
hen1ia and brought the innovation with
her from that kingdom.
The Bicycle Costume.
ITO return to the bicycle costume, which
l have noticed is finding the same favor in
western America it had in France and En-
gland. Whether divided skirts are proper
or not may be merely a question OF taste,
but 1 am firmly persuaded it is rather
matter OF common sense. In this, as IL
the question 0f the disposition Of the legs
on hOrseb elk, women today may CONN
IDENTIFY appeal to the interchangeable Gus
toms of The lar East and to the eSamples
OF all antiquity. The only places where
skirt Of the ordinary fashion has been
in vogue were and are Those Where the
men wore a similar garment, as in ancient
Greece and Rome. In Java and the Malay
peninSular The 'sarang' made by wind
ing a single r,ece Of light cotton cloth
about the lower half Of the body, is the
universal native garment.
1T is, perhaps, difficult for the modern
f.,,o civ IT,, g. faA % Arc an n
bic,cye, though there would be no strain
in imagining her in something very like
divided skirts. But we could hardly think
of her on railway train or an electric
car; though it would do no violence to our
thoughts TO picture her sister heroine,
Charlotte Corday. in palace car. Times
change and we with Them and when an
other generation, accustomed from infancy
to the vision Cs a woman appropriately
clad riding her bicycle, comes on the scene
it will seem as natural as any other form
of transportation. Nor do believe that
this newer generation sprung from mothers
made stronger and better by exercise. fresh
air, and sunshine, abe at viii to escape
from the smoke Of a modern city to green
fields and pastures new in a way impQSsi-
bic to a mere Pedestrian, will make in
turn worse wives and mothers than our
revolutionary fOremothers. Anything that
vii. afford recreation, healthful, interest
ing and innocent TO women will always
have my enthusiastic support.
81 ride heavy wheel at present, which
I carry with me. but intend to get a
twenty-eight pound pneumatic. During
my southern trip this winter l shall have
great opportunities for riding"
Mrs. Potter was asked as to her opin-
ion of Ada Rehan. and said she regarded
her as a great artist. IS 10 her own act
ing she said:
New school of Tragedy.
st am of a new school, Art is a per-
feet imitation of nature and therefore
the more accurately nature is adhered
TO the more nearly perfect does art be-
come Now in tragedy: Deep emotion Is
rarely expressed by loud screams OF
other extrava CANT demonstrations. Dur
ing moments of intense sorrow silence is
natural. On the stage the same should
hold true and the new school Of tragedy
therefore eliminates all eXtravagant dem
onStration.'