Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-15

natty blouse are stitched with blue, and
the belt is a series of stitchings, upon
which the skirt is mounted. The wear
ing of separate belt would never be
cOuntenanced by these health seeking
young women. Underneath this flannel
dress Of extraordinary thinness Mrs. FL
liott wears a very heavy wool suit, not
being strong enough to have other than
wool next TO her on these breezy OUT
ings.
1t must not be supposed that the
young women who act the part of the
kneeling frog in these games of leap
frog have an easy time. ANY boy will
tell you he'd rather jump than be the
kneeler. For a girl it is doubly diff
cult There is the strain Of stopping
and the difficulty Of keeping steady"
along with the nervousness Tor fear the
jumper will land too soon and the lack
Of strength TO hold her should she coma
down hard. But the Newport girls can
do all this
A BLOND PRETTY FROG.
One very pretty blond girl who did
the STOPPING frogs part most of that
morning had calves as broad as the outer
rim of a watermelon. They were greas
symetTical curves, and underneath there
were sinews just showing enough for
interest" as the beauty anatOmist tells
us.
The dress worn by this unusually
muscular young woman was a very
dark brown, showing tobacco lights in
the SUM- but of much depth Of tint. 1t
was of the softest eiderdOwn, very thick
but lighter than the proverbial 'feath-
err" 1t had no belt, being made APP
parently double and being caught
around the waist with an elastic cum
ningly fastened in the inner folds. To
hold it in place there were narrow
leather straps Of brown (which held,
closely strapped to the shoulder shirt
of snOw-white silk Of heavy quality.
There was bit of slender gold racing
upon the white shirt and very beauti-
full was the effect. Surely Diana in her
woodland robes never was more charms
ing than any Of these three fair gym
nasts.
1t is not the sensible woman nova
days who wears thin clothes for out
door exercise. Only those who have poor
gymnastic training do this. Real gym
naSts dress as snugly as college lads
training for a contest. Their soft,
well groomed skin is made warm with
wool, and the friction thereof keeps up
the circulation of good blood.
Exteriorily the dresses of these New
port gymnasts was a poem In light ana
color and harmony Plenty Of white to
set off the dark colors, and always a
trace Of silver or gold for beauty, were
the most noticeable features Of the
gowns.
The question of corset wearing could
not help intrudng itself upon the pic
ture. for the girls had none Of the
shapelesnes Of the gymnasium women
nor the fulnes of the uncOrseted one.
But the effect ! was told was brought
about by the mOdiste WHO made the
gowns. for she had inserted in the
waists a few soft bones, just enough To
support the firmness that belongs 10 wO-
men who exercise. In the silk waists
there was a delicate inner lining OF
crinoline and bones for few inches
above the waist, and the wool waists
had only the bOning. All this was, OK
course. so deity covered with silk lin
ing that no one, not even the Wearer,
would suspect its presence. The dell
cacy of the waist line was wholly the re-
suit of exercise and fine care.
It is claimed that not beauty lives
but had a grandmother who was coun-
try-bred, and that the beauties Of an
families now. Perhaps these society
other generation vii not be Of city-breD
women have heard this tale and are
going to thwart the story, leastways
they are doing all that can be done TO
get Mother Nature 10 number them
with her children in painting checks
v-'+h ~r7 and -iutlng hair and eyes
with brightness.
HELEN WARD.