Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-20
on BLOOHgRs.
THE PARIS CORRESPONDENTS og THT
NEW YORK WORLD INTERVIEWS
SARAH BERNHAgDT on THE
suBIECr.


In the discussion OF thu trousers yer.
sus tho skirt for bicycling purposes, tho
interviewer has appealed TO the iuvad-
log sex. And he has chosen thosC
women held by the public as authority
In matters OF art and tssto-SarAh
Bernhatdi, Severlne, Molbn, Brandes,
Eugonie Bufis ,iMme. Adim snd Gyp.
sstah locks at tile matter from the
point of Wow " morals aud tho fam
lily, leaving art and tas'o comparatively
out of the question. Sue Jepl1res the
liberty whlcn the use OF the blOy ole
gives the young xiii, aud considers that
tho ol1.iashloncd cducatlon OF the
French girl II worth much more ir
making = woman Of her.
"sho will be little more t'mid, per-
hsps, but 40 graceful In her inaV-
cence," says Sarah.
She oontessss that event he short
shift VI tho cyclist shocks hof, anu
BELIEVES that all this outdoor life ua-
fits women for that home lifo which
she Ia supposed TO ad0rn; And s for
the costume itself, she cAn'l undof-
stand why women are 90 anxious 10
assume 10 uudecOrative n livery ~ that
named this mAseullss APP ears 10 her TO
be.
Nine. Boverine oonaidnrs that trout
ore are no more hygionio Than the
sklft-quite the contrary, IN faot-and
as for beauty, one has only to note the
bOunant tr0users and boudant sic YES
In full inti .tion on any day In the BOia
-siter that nothing renIains 10 be ani d.
Mme. Ssvorinc rides the bicycle, but IL
n skirt.
Iti,as vomau aud artist that Melbs
speaks. She istss the mlso ilino COZ
tune for a woman, ami ON tho stage
never consentr TO wear A. Sac thinks
the bicycle serves only NJ apretcxi for
ihis snbeoominR dtss-, and that the
sxigeroies Of the wheel d. not de-
mind such u sAori1cs OF grace and
beauty.
kilt. BfAnder, Of the TheAler Ffau
caise, says she has no opinion u0ucefn-
Ing the bicycle, ~ she docs not appru-
Chat, this Kind VI sport, but NJ w0man
aud httist she nnda tue PANTHEON
boulIant both ridiculous and brutal ,Iui
Ahs asks why the noble an I hafm3ni-
Gus lines OF tue long sRitt shouil be
thu sncfl fed.
Eugenio Buffet, without bsinE q fer
vent oyclist, nevertheless DOES not re-
nounoe the sport. Her own costume.
she claims, 10 simple ana womsniy "a
whits pique corsage and PINK oeyAntu,
a dark sEirt descending IN the ankln
and black hose. she r9moiimsp even
mounts IN ordinary aitesG drssi slight.
iy shOftentd.
q a Nha. la
quite seriously. 5ho thinks n w0mAu
should jrcsB ~ shn chOosns. Sac hates
fashion In dfeaa an1 gi-hss every W..
man would dress accotding 10 her own
nature, moral and physiral. She ue-
lieves that tho women u today are
sufficiently Instructed TO bs Hble 10
choose such q costume for thcmInlvts
as suits the demands Of their pfofes-
sion. Lot ono woman hold 70 her Ion {
skirts, or let LvOnEi SAUL hold 10 her
MASCULINE dress. Let tho cyolisIs have
tue same freedom OF choice.
Nine. Adam conieises that for her
taste Their. are, lust at present, too
many calves In tho Paris ttreetS, aud
yet the owner OF these, once she IL
mounted on the bicycle, doe. not dis.
please her. The movement harmonlxes
everything. SIN she believes that
the skirt carried 10 tho ankle need not
be- an interference 10 the sport, ana II
cerlsinly adds ~ the grace. On tue
whole even the trousers 10 the knee
may pass, but please don't dismount,
AZ from the momsn, OF tho descent this
womsn appears gtottsqus and ridicu-
loup.
Name. Adam 10 broad In her ideas.
She In opposed 10 Capitalization. Che
wishes every province In France
would resume ith ancient costume In
30 far ~ the lines and color are
Adaptoa to their surroundings. She
AbominAtes the fashions which PAris
dictates and claims absolute liberty for
each woman 10 disregard fashion, 90
far ~ the fundamental laws OF social
lie are not interiersd with.
Lastly, Gyp's--"Iio one really mounts
the bicycle, the skirt Is impossible.
The boufiant trousers are Abominable.
Both nto equally appropriate ON u
bicycle; everything Ia appropriate, for
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