St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23

green, gray and dark blue as of black.
Brown somehow does not look very
well on horseback. This stuff will
also be next to cravenette in value for
bicycle costumes.
For habits a little more ornamental
tion is observed this spring. The
Skirts are a trifle longer and a trifie
wider the effect being thereby more
graceful A very handsome habit was
just completed this week of amazon
cloth in dark blue. The skirt was cut
so that the lower part hung free and
loose. On each side were buttoned
straps, one serving to cover the OPEN
ing, and the other for the pocket.
There was a snug and perfectly fit
ting waist cut to point in front and
having very small position at the
back. From the point in front to the
curve in the back there was a round
piece set under and neatly stitched.
The basque closed in front with hooks
and eyes, and outside Of them were
loops and small silk buttons 1t was
open in front like a mans coat to show
a white chemisette and necktie made
Of satin. The sleeves were rather
small gigot, with one strapped seam
very elegant habit. Another one was
of bottle green CLOTH made somewhat
longer and stitched around the bot
tom. The right side seam was strapped
and sewed with black silk brander-
bourgs and soutache The basque
closed to the throat with invisible
fastening and fitted without a wrin-
kle. Two rows of the brandenbourgs
Snwa6 he eriu +
the appearance of a double breasted
fastening Another row was sewed
down each sleeve. The collar was
plain and high. The front was very
deeply pointed, and the back was in
the form of a square position, with
two rows of brandenbourgs upon them.
From the arrangement of the strapped
seam on the skirt when the wearer
was mounted it crossed the right knee
and came down in plain sight to the
left stirrup. 1t made quite an inno-
walton on the late order of things in
riding habits.
The hat for this season is of silk,
rather low in crown and with a wider
brim than before. The hat is also
aaade larger, so as to fit down snugly
Ever the head, though the wise maiden
Hsways has good strong elastic on
q besides. A very few wear alpine
hats, and still fewer derbys, but as
some do prefer those it is we'll to men
ton that they may be worm The En-
gl1sh cropstick divides favor with the
more graceful, flexible riding whip of
our mothers. 1 should mention that
there are two distinct styles of silk
hats. One is as I described above,
The other has slightly bell crown,
with band Of ribbon, having a black
slide and one fiat loop of the ribbon
standing upward. The brim is about
four inches wide and nearly straight.
1t looks somewhat like the Quaker
hats. Dogskin gloves in gray, pearl,
tan and brown are all worn, a few like
gauntlets, and there are gauntlets more
like those where the wrists are held
in with elastics. They are less liable
to get out of order, and no one wants
to have trouble with her gloves when
on horseback. More ladies now wear
laced shoes than high boots. The
trousers are made not very unlike the
bicycle boomers, and neat leggings
make a more comfortable outfit for
riding than high boots. One lady has
ordered a riding costume of wine-col-