The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26
MRS. R|ED[SELLE'S OUTFIT.
She Has Designed All the Cloth
ing She Will Wear.
IT IS FOR USE. NOT BEAUTY.
What = Woman Needs ON Going 10
the kIendfke I'm the WAY OF f""a
and CIothfng-Hr.- Ried"seile
Eats No Neat-Thinks MATS Wore
Observation-Disclosures MIX q
staple-A Pafmisfs Predictions

"Ther. lint much style about these
.htnrs fx there VIII put on the style
when rome CUT
The statement and question were made
ord asked by Mrs. Marie A. Riedeselle,
vf;o44. neatly engraved card bears be
sides her name the Information that she
+ a ssprafe~slog1ai rnassueSe. and both
lated 81 . number Of odd~lcoking gar
raenia thar she expects 20 wear IN max
sng the trip from Dyea 10 Dawson.
She Is going IN alone. aud besides a Him.
;ted onfat end unlimited nerve she viii
take morning. with her. She is ceief-
mined little woman. whose personal ap-
i5asrance fustifies the belief that she is
81 that Che says she is--a perfectly
healthy woman who has always taken
care NJ her physical SELF ana who under
stands herself thoroughly. There Is ~
snow Of c8uceit ~ braggaancIo about her
when she says that she Will reach Daw-
son aud that she has jnst as good
chances for success any man. and y
great deal better chance than most w0m-
81 who have gore 10 The Yukon country,
many Of whom 81. shiveriug heipiessly
ard discons0lateIy IN tents and shacks.
living examples Of woman's weakness.
Mrs RiedeRelle has designed All or the
garments that sac viii wear. and they are
commented upon as being entirely prac-
heated. Her plans and suggestions as TO
clothing are entitled 10 some weight from
the fact that four years ago Eh. won the
New York Herald prize for the best de-
signed bicycIe costume. In contest open
To the world.
Next 70 my body shall wear an all
wool union sui" said she yesterday af-
ternoon at 1919 Flo irth avenue. to a Post
lntelliseneer reporter. who called to view
he
ehamois skin suit also a union suit, that
viii be worn over the wool suit and for
extra protection / have a pair of eques-
TRAN tights ths cover my limbs as far
down as my knees. And then tn, Sc
and she held UP a bifurcated garment that
was neither trousers nor boomers. but a
composite OF both that might be described
as knickerboekers on a liberal pian-"what
do you think Of these?" she asked. ''You
know that II ] made them as full as my
bicycle boomers. out Of this heavy mack
lnaw cloth. they would be very cnmber-
some. They will not fit snngly but they
are tight enough not to interfere with my
movements In the least The truth OF the
matter Ia that Mrs. Rledeselle's garment
is nothing more nor less than what is
called In outfttin1 houses pants" the
only difference between them and the af-
fairs worn by men being that they follow
the graceful lines OF her figure and are
gathered with rubber bands below her
knees instead Of being tucked into boots
Not that Mrs Redeaelie hasn't boots for
she has. rubber boots that come Up TO the
place where the pants" leave off but
these she viii wear only when necessary
II shall wear shoes for ordinary use and
moccasins for the snow. / shall also wear
heavy German hose and for extra pro-
lection 4 pair of heavy knitted stocking
feet over the hose. l think I should have
warm feet. don't you think sou
Then for the upper part of my body /
have an old sealskin coat that win an
swer admirably. and IL need anything
more / have this" and Mrs. Riedeselle
shook out the folds of a coat, made OF
the same heavy blue mackinaw cloth as
her trousers. II Is lined with red flannel
and the glaring color Of It's interior sug-
gested a torrid degree Of heat when ASSOC
ciated with a aealthy circulation of blood
and all the rest of the wrappings that
are 10 cover Mrs Rledeseile In her north
eTn Journey.
81 have a hood made of doubled mack
inaw cloth that is fastened closely about