The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-22

An artistic bicycling costume is made with q
m oderately short skirt of heavy brown cloth,
divided in the back and faced up with leather
or with stout silk. With the skirt Is worn a
Norfolk jacket of brown velveteen. hiah-laced
boots of brown leather and a little Fedora"
nat of fine brown felt The bicycle maiden can
wear crimson sweater with this suit and have
bright feather in her cap, or she can wear 8
silk or linen shirtwaist.
Ii Hung Chang seems to have been man Of
many missions. for besides his diplomatic,
political and industrial Investigations, he con-
cIuded bargain with Loie Fuler's manager
for that young lady of voluninous skirts and
many colored fires to dance before His Majesty
the Emperor of China.
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It is the raggedy chrysanthemum season
again, but violets. roses and carnations are in
no way out of favor.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, apropos of bicycling
and bicycle costumes. both of which she APP
proves, says: woman is bifurcated animal,
and does not run, as she seems to the ordinary
observer, like churn on castors-s pyramid
in shape from the waist downward" "a
churn on castors" exactly describes some wo-
men when they are in motion.
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There is a gossip about Western wheel
woman who can easily make two centuries"
day. century run, to explain to the poor
few who yet IMMERSED in bicycle lore, is
100 miles in 10 hours. There used to be no
special time limit. A century run was 100
miles in day. Well. this wheelwomau can do
two of them in day. aud besides she is fond
of climbing mountains on wheel, and when
mountains mean the Rockies that Is a remark
ably athletic taste, shared by few men, much
less women.
Red silk petticoats seem to delight even the
demurest of women.
Panels in skirts seem to have undergone a
genuine revival. tall woman in black
velvet dress made with straight, slightly full
panels all around the skirt of black silk, with
a loosely folded belt and fluffy waist of velvet,
silk chiffon, and jet, wore with the frock a
black hat with moderately wide brm and
host of black ostrich tips. Tall and slim al
ready, she looked in this costume as though
she had stepped right out of one of Du
Maurier's drawings.
The Southerners have always had more sue
cess in cooking rice than our Western and
Northern folks have. Perhaps they of the
South happen to be more particular about this
special food than their neighbors, for really
totk Ill.
despite the general impression to the contrary.
However here are two or three Of their rules
for boiling rice: Have deep vessel, two-thirds
full Of water; have the water sailed and boil
ing; wash the rice, rubbing the grains between
the fingers to remove much of the Aoury
dust as possible; drain the cold water off from
the rice; put it in the boiling water slowly, so
as not to disturb the boiling; let it boil undis-
turbed for 90 minutes take out the rice and
put it in coander to drain. placing the colan-
der over saucepan and keeping it on the
stove, so that the rice may steam as we'll.
After this process every grain should be scpa.
rate and swollen to its largest possible size.
very simple dessert OF rice that is much
loved dish in one household is to stir into the
rice an egg or two-as the good mother hap.
pens to have plenty or few-and as much milk
as she can possibly spare and trfie of vanilla.
Let this boil up to cook the eggs and milk, and
serve it with cream.
And red hats are we'll dear to the heart of
the bicycle girl.
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1t seems we have California girl who can
play on the bag pipes, aud march to the music
she plays.
ELSIE PoMERoY McELRoY.