The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15
IS A C0NSERV ATIVE.
FINDS SAFETY. LIKE COtR1GE, IN
NJuBIHS.
Mode. For feminine Bicycle Eidcrs-Au-
tumn Walking Dresses The
Golfing Ladies.
Copyright, 1876, for The Times)

AT heart, the woman OF ldShloh - ui"i'
and a conservative. Courage, like safety
she finds in numbers.
A LADY whom l know-not a woman
OF fashion. else this true tale would never
be written. but one rather unconvenion-
al. wore lately upon 6e street a frock OF
beautiful cut material. and fresh and well
preserved. but made in the days before
big sleeves. She liked the dress-in the
morning. In the afternoon she came not
checked 10 tell how she had met with no
discoNrtesy. thus clad. from the better
bred. but that from the windows Of the
most squal.d tenement she passed came
a course euffaw and a shout OF mirth:
well. did you ever gee the Ike Of
tn8tf'
1T is enough to make the Queen OF
Bohemia herself Conventional was the
conclusion of the story
Now the bicycle bl00mer suit might
seem to scout the idea of conventonality,
but there - much even on wheels to prove
it.
After all that has been said about the
boomers there is this 10 add:
The society girls in Newport didn't wear
them last month, though now and again
they might be seen worn by visitor
The girls Of millions and of mansions
are not wearing them this month in LenoX
though boomers a-plenty may tour it
through. flashing from one big town 10
another The East wears skirts. The
West takes TO the innovation more kind
ly. And the. West in this case begins at
the longitude Of New York. Here, num-
bers give courage
Yet II is still true that a short skirt
close. natty jacket and leggings are the
mode I'm bicycle wear. BY a short skirt
one means six inches from the ground,
though such skirt seems. when the fair
hicyclist is pedalling, TO be much shorter
than II really is.
The russell hues of autumn were sug-
gested in the prettest bicycle suit l have
lately seen.
The leggings Were not tan but reddish
russet brown and somewhat wrinkled at
the calf. for the wearer was slight.
Brown knickerbOckers were worn. though
of this there was no outward evidence.
below skirt Of loosely woven brown
stun in which were immeshed brighter
threads of red. The jacket of the same
rough cloth. fronted with fine checked
silk with a general effect of red. fitted
very closely to the figure and on the head
was a rakish Tam O'Shanter.
/ should say that a bicycle suit IS IN
better taste when harmonized throughout
along some color line. Gray is a Cavorite
with many practical riders. on the
theory that II shows dust less fatally; but.
as no cloth is dust proof "A better plan
is to suit the individual taste and com
plexion II is for this reason unwise for
q ladies' bicycle club 20 attempt TO agree
upon a uniform. For the rest, good
golfng suit is a pretty good bicycle suit.
so far as convenience goes. If one must
economic in this way, II Is better 10
avoid the big piads Of the more pro-
nounced golfng suits
The autumn dress will illustrate the
conservatism of fashion in a very differ
ent way.
The cut and hang Of walking skirts will
be what they were in the spring, and the
use OF horsehair or other stiff Innings will
be quite as general. Trihing innovations
will be more apt TO appear IN the bodice.
d. Here the tailor made ideal of primness no
longer holds undisputed sway, and there
IS a decided return to fluffy and feminine
|enects. Such are the so-called cascade
revers. which were mOdish at least five
years ago. when sleeves were stil of mod
est proportions. though expanding. \
berthe of lace or sheer muslin edged with
lace. is one of the most charming of the
seasons oddities, but the huge white sa.-
tor collars which last summer appeared
everywhere at once as If by magic have
disappeared as miraculously, at the touch
OF chilly weather.
Sailor costumes have been IN. evidence
thus far. owing to the cup races; but 1t
Is their last lease of life With the races,
the outdoor season practically closes, eX-
cept for the two great autumn resorts
Tuxedo and Lenox. and even at these
haunts OF the favored. the attention is
there is the winter ahead. She that takes
no thought for the morrow repents in due
season. Sharp contrasts that seem al
most bizarre. are being prepared in eve
ming gown CONNECTIONS. Evening gowns
are less hampered by considerations of
convenience than day dress. and on the
golshed ballroom floor one may look
for the most fidelity TO the STYLES OF
1871. which seems now a date full of IN
spiration 70 the modiste.
The golfng ladies love their plaids so
much that they viii not altogether discard
them this winter. as they have In winters
gone before. But there IL a difference.
Then one was "clan tartan" now IL is
merely Scotch or shepherd plaid. remind
ing us that solf is a AasscnaCh and low
land game after all. In any event the
stun is the same. The plaids are best
adapted for rain coats and capes and for
effects IN them for brunette beauties In
evening bodices worn with black skirts.
a woman must be both big and hand
some TO stand such trying garb.
Plaid vests and waistcoats are also TO
be worn with jackets and skirts I'm solid
colors
A style so convenient as the lOng-skirt-
ed coat will be long In dying. The skirts
Of this garment will fall to "A little above
the ioint OF the hips and will be cut full.
quiG like the coat In the regmentai uni
form that Washington designed. except
that IL is shorter The coat Is worn
over either shirt waist or a soft silk
waist The former Is most smart" the
latter most pretty and hence most sensi-
BILE. Far more popular Is tie blouse.
which has held sway al the season long.
ard IS apparently as far from rclinguish-
ing Il as ever. Economy commends the
mode 10 one who must be economical but
a good deal OF money can be spent for
pretty blouses 10 10 with one or two
skirts OF natural colors And IN biouscs.
Jackets. evening frocks md all, one ten
dency ~ evident. BY simply lcDsthoning
the shoulder seam and hanging the pun
OF the sleeve lower. that siopinP shoulder
a6sas n nroduf od v sish ~AA Qharaciar.