The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-09

will be alternately torn in mind by the
conflicting views, for both are COW iii0'''s
writer's and speakers.
81 am done talking for rational dress
upon the wheel" SAYS the cycle lecturer
"fcr that has already been brought ABOUT
Many women wear boomers. Ihose VINO
do not are wearing short dresses ana
that is just as good.
CYCLE DRESS FOR THE HOUSE.
'But there is another step and 1t is
that for which ] am talking; ana lhlS
steD is TO porpetuate the bicycle dress:
To make IL a gown that women 9"'''
wear i'm the house.
NOW" saws she. strengthening into
lecture attitude. and pointing win QUE
stretched finger towards the WINDOW
and the imaginary cycliennes you see
women out wheeling who Wouid ike
10 return home except Tor the torture vi
nufting on house dress. Ihey are I'el-
ing healthy and comfortable Dut as soon
as tbev get in the house they must
,'1,.ndon comfort and such health as they
hove gained and put on long. heavy skiIts
a,a tioht waists again. The lungs that
arc now EXPANDED must be laced together.
The hips. now moving naturally must
bc tied down and weighted with tons or
heavy skirts. The knees that are posi-
tivelv rcvelling in their neW-iouhd iree-
dom must 20 back to the old imprisoh-
,nent No wonder the women llnser along
~ birh roads and in the by-ways and
ON stone fences and in hedges. hesiialins
abont going hcme and getting dressed
.r+ is for the cycle dress that I am
,oinp 10 sneak. Not the cycle dress on
7be wheel but the cycle dress in the
bouse. You have never seen such a thing
Neither have other people but they VIII.
..1be cycle dress I'm the house Is short
ono that reaches a little below the knees.
/, is to be put on hot days. or when the
cvclist Is tired II can be made as ianci-
ful as one ploascs. but II Is the length
and shape that make II what II Is. II
must hang Loose from the shou'uers ana
be short. Those two features are re-
quisites.
"Now. I expect 10 be told l am crazy.
Mrs Rloomer suffered a martyrdom In
her day fer being crazy in the same
way. and now the women have erected
a monument TO her memory for the
courage or her good convictions.
Two years ago the women who went
bicycling in short dresses were considered
everything but that which they wanted 70
be They were called strong-mindcd'
and all that sort Of thing. They were
looked AT askance by nice women and
frowned at by men who had their wives
along. II was a very sporty thing 10 go
10 cycle in a short dress. Why. ! can re-
member that. considerable less than two
years ago. one OF the best magazines pub
lishod what was then considered Gu
rious article. about some ladies' in cycling
dress. with pictures of them mounting
wheel.
WILL WIN ITS WAY.
II merely mention these things because
the memory of man ia treacherous. and
YOU will find men and women telling you
that ncihing new In dress can be intro
duced. Nothing will be tolerated
with my house bicycle dress | expect
opposition Even Jenncss Miller found
plenty OF II IN her first days. But my
house cycle dress will raise very stern.
The feature OF this dress Is that It is
20 be put on In the house after wheeling.
1t is primarily intended for cyclists be-
cause they are the only ones who viii
wear It. Thsy have Gst ussd t. short