The morning news., 1894-07-08

Inc long knlckerbockers meet with less
approval than anything except the di-
Vlded skirt. The short boomers. ending
at tlght-htting leggings or very high but
Toned boots, are far prettier garments.
But skirts are still clung to, even as they
cling to the women, and the best of these
are probably the newest and most sensible
and pretty things the women bicyclers
are wearing.
What are agreed to be the best are of
two sorts. One is an ordinary skirt,
mace with as little material as possible,
and falling only half way below the knee,
where 1t meets with high CATERS. In this
costume the woman looks all right when
on the wheel, and when off it looks like a
lo-year-old girl or a Swiss milk maid
Underneath that skirt the wearer dresses
like all other women. The other most
approved skirt is one that is used only
when the owner of it is on terra firma on
her feet 1t is a skirt of blue or gray
serge, made TO button all the way down
one side. The wearer dons a pair of
boomers and high boots, and pins the
skirt around the handle bar of her ma
chine. But when she stops to take lunch
con, or to visit, or to stroll about, she un-
pins her skirt and puts it on-1n public
If she likes-and thenceforth is dressed
as completely and as presentably as any
lady she will meet.
THE story of portrait" says the New
York Tribune, might be written with
good effect if the various uses of dis
carded woodcut could be followed" said
a well-known woman of society the other
day. Il had an experience myself that
would have been funny if it had not been
so very annoying. Some time ago 1 re-
celved note from the editor of a certain
weekly nh h M
a series of portraits Of prominent women,
and alluding to my good works in organ
lzlng various charities, he requested my
photograph and permission to reproduce
my picture in his journal. Not a little
tattered, | chose my best pose and in
closed the photograph to him, and in the
course of time fairly creditable like
ness was published. AS my photo was
returned, l thought no more about it but
month or two later l was horrified to
receive badly printed, communicating
western paper, with my portrait in the
very center of the front page, and the
dreadful words In big type above it-'She
poisoned her husband =
1T seems that the print had been seen
and recognized by friend travelling on a
western railroad in newspaper that was
being read by his next neighbor Having
seen the first publication in the journal l
picture, and wishing, for my sake to
trace the cut, he invented some excuse
for borrowing the paper, found the name
and address of the editor, and going to
his Office demanded an eXplanati tion. This
was furnished him without hesitation by
the genial proprietor of the -, who ac-
knowledged that he had no idea whose
portrait he was using.
"a good-looking woman like that he
was pleased to say, gives interest to
piZening case, and so Just stuck her in.
Where did get the cut2 Oh, buy them
cheap after they have been used IN east
ern papers. OF course, well-known peo-
pie keep their own names, but there are
generally a lot of other portraits that
come handy for anything that turns up.
And so that lady's a friend O. yours2
Well, you must have had kinder shock
when you saw she'd been a-pizening her
familyn And the wretch laughed as if
it were an excellent Joke. Shall l deny
it fer youl But guess that'd only make
it worse, wouldn't it? Better leave it be,
and I'll give you the wood cut, so that
you can see that she don't cut up any
more shines, he added, facetiously."
The fashion, says the New York Times,
of having small folks assist at bridal
ceremonies grows. At wedding of last
month no less than six children-three
boys and three girls attended the bride
to the chancel, in addition to four brides
maids. The little maids wore pink satin
frocks, with deep collars of brouze velvet
and big hats trimmed with pink roses and
cream feathers. The children are always
included in the gift list which modern
brides keep, and one little girl, whose
long, fair hair and delicate blonde fea-
lures make her an extremely picturesque
maid of honor, has figured so often in that
role that she counts a well-stocked box of
pretty triies in jewelry,as trophies.
There is pretty flutter says the New
York Times, among the public school
teachers of San Francisco. President
Hyde of the board OF education, signing a
lot of certificates recently, was struck
with the nun ber Of them bearing the
diminutives Maggie, Daisy, Essie and
Birdie. The last seemed to him the worst
of all.
"Why, just think of it." said the edu-
Gator to a reporter, the teacher who
signed herself Birdie is named Blanche.
Her name isn't Birdie at all. Now, that
isn't right or dignifed. Then there were
Essies and Daiseys and Etties galore. 1
don't think it is quite the thing. l spoke
a year ago to the superintendent about
this, but it seems that the epidemic of
pet names is spreading again.
why, Just think; there is the princi-
pal of one school here whom every one
calls Bessie She is so ashamed of it now
that she signs herself B. Blank 1 won't
give her name. 1t wouldn't be fair
Suppose, - went on Presidedent Hyde,
lifting up his hands in horror at the
thought, II signed myself Freddie-Fred-
die Hyde" he repeated slowly. ''Imag-
inc how that would sound Freddie
Hyde! Why. it is preposterous. And
yet we see gray-haired women in the de-
partment signing themselves Gussie,
Jennie, JESSIE and Birdie"
Out Of all Of which has come rule pro-
hibiting the use among the teachers of
pet names in official designation. Investi
cation disclosed that one-third of the
Christian names printed in the school di-
rectory are diminutives. Armies, Mag
gies, Netties, Nellies, and Carries abound,
many of them borne by married women
long past their first youth, and, officially,
they must all go.
Rules affecting personal tastes and opin
ions are always unpleasant, but the pro
priety Of the suggestion that educators
should cease to be BRIDES" and 'Essies''
few will question. The reaction set in
here in the east some time ago, and the
use of diminutives in the signatures of
professional and business women is much
more often omitted than employed.
Time was, says the Boston Globe,
when learning was naturally expected to
20 plainly dressed. Even to-day, IL