The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-17

IL,
and after chasing II as far as the links al
lowed II had to be given up for lost and
new bali substituted, In consequence OF
losing the ball at this bunker IL was nam
ca @Gertrude's Dilemma" and has been
avoided since by players
Several society women like 10 watch the
progress OF the game from bicycle, fol-
lowing the ball down the links and
around the course to the home stretch
again. Miss Louise McAliister is one OF
these. and another is Mrs. James Blood
good, who is very expert AT golf herself.
The method OF the bicyclers Is this:
Stationing themselves upon their S!..ss.s
they wait for the first drive, and then the
second; then wheeling of as fast as they
can they race with the caddies and take
up station not far from where the balls
have landed. When the next drives are
made they follow. and. finally, they es-
tablish themselves upon the putting
ground to watch the delicate operation OF
landing the balls In the hole. When IL in
time to start from the second teeing place
they are on hand. and so throughout the
course. or course. the links must be
pretty smooth To permit of following on a
bicycle; and. where they are rough,
often 81 driveway Ii constructed for the
bicyeiers so that they reach the holes in
eircuitous way. like the carriage fol-
lowers at hunt
Miss Helen Gould In yery athletic at the
golf Kinks. She Is accurate too. And
her equal is not found among the Hud-
son river amateurs. She does not care
for club grounds. and never has played
except at Iryington. where however she
collects her friends around her In great
numbers. sometimes having house party
OF twenty, to be reinforced by another
twenty In a fortnight. Her sister Anna
now the mueh-discussed Countess Cas-
teilane. Is little fractions at golf In
England last summer she was disliked
on that account. She tires at the first
go yards and does not enjoy getting her
bah out of bad situations. once she gave
terrific downward stroke that made the
rubber globe dart upward and backward
TO a great height On it's course IL broke
the window OF small farm house shed,
and. although Miss Gould had no objec-
ton 10 replacing the window. IL disguised
her with the game. Her sister-in-law
Mrs. George Gould. does not play golf
but Is an enthusiastic spectator, and.
with field glasses watches the links until
the players disappear in the sbrubhery
and reappear on the home course again.
The golf gown need not be built for
swinging the arms as In tennis. nor need Ii
be wide-skirted for running. It's require
ments are iightness, ease and STYLE
especially the last. Several very heaGti-
fui golf gowns are In course of construe-
sion for society golfers. The young ladies
go I'm for the Eshwifes skirt which il
the greatest favorite OF all the models
This was worn last summer by all the
sloane ebh-Stokes-Shepard cousins and
dozens Of others. There are two skirts
60 this costume. The first Is short one
that falls 10 the boot tops. Mrs Astor
chose Scotch plaid one. and the Coun-
tees OF Craven wears a skirt OF black
cloth edged with pin bands of green
Over this short skirt is another. Of nice
walking length. The back may have q
little train IL desired. ard the. sides be
long or spreading. or according to- any
mode, Arrived at tho golfng field the
ladies who wear these hahwife skirts pro-
coed to loop mp the outside skirt This is
done BY means OF Kid straps that hang
from the waist. Each strap has a but
,onhoie. and the skirt Is supplied with
handsome buttons along the hem. Looped
up the skirt becomes beautiful over
skirt while the skirt underneath that
falls 10 the boot tops Is just the right
length.
All golfers have these gowns, hut there
are those who like blouse waists and
short walking skirts. The blouse is a
fancy thing with big sleeves and the skirt
has very fashionable hang. Bus a golf
dr0ss cannot he disguised. because 81 has
such n short skirt. Gloves open In the
back and tight IA the palm. and shoes with
heels and galter tops are worn.
The hold which golf has taken upon
society IS partly explained w the fact
that one can converse nicely when play
ing Tire game. ard while the ether side
Ia doing the drive there Is time for the
little biz OF gossip. the sly Irritation ard
the reef. without which 80 outdoor game
can hold It's own long. And in addition
~ thss there is the powerful argument
that golf is the game played by cid world
artstocFatS--a very powerful argument
since - many OF Americas greatest
bellies now belong In a.
II Is che Scotch opiT7ion that women are
in the wsS upon the links. as they would
be ia street "sAtnney." hut ia England
there is no we'll organized golf club with
cut tss fair members aud In America
81 u thu women Who have tire endurance
for thu long course and who urge the
men 10 den the white duck r~efnentais
and s;ast IN upon the necessary I'VE miles
OF walking
And IL was a society wnEnan--the record
breaker at the last set Af games lp cnun-
tes--whc. with apologies 20 other poets
pennea these lines upon the club house
waits:
drove golf bah In the air.
IL fell a. e&rth~f knew last where;
And there was fsiie--I know full we'll
Twtxt where Il rose and where IL fell
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