The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-04

these, and many are promised for Easter.
But the girl who enjoys herself most
In the outdoor sports of this spring Is GER
tainly the bicycle girl. Now that the
ban is removed from the wearing Of
boomers, she can put on the little check
ed trousers, jump on the wheel and ride
until every nerve tingles and her cheeks
are red with fun. The Easter girl of 81
will ride tandem.
The thing is to form yourself into
tandem club, the membership being lin
tied to two. The different clubs band
together into a "league" and there you
have the newest-fashioned of womens
clubs. Each CLUB has its own uni
forms, and the entire league" composed
Of forty or more tandem "clubs," wear
the same hat. BY this mark they are
recognizable. Most of them wear bloom
ers. BUTT is a strange fact, and one
illustrating the perversity of the feminine
mind, that, now that the bloomer ban Is
removed and there is no objection to the
wearing of boomers, few women cry for
them, The forbidden fruit was much
more tempting than the freely proffered
article. There isn't the same novelty
and naughtiness about the bloomer now,
and women are discovering how unbe-
coming 1t is.
The horseback young women are becom-
ing so very progressive that they ride
double-sided saddle. This Is a strange
little affair." made for fitting any saddle.
You ride out ten miles to a 'riders' re-
treat" stop for luncheon, adjust your
saddle and ride back on q different side
of the horse. You can ride either right or
left.
For this Improvement thanks must be
given the bicycle. Physicians discovered,
or thought they discovered, that 1t was
unhealthful to ride always on one side,
though heaven knows no woman rides
he -i5
and hence the either-sided affair. This is,
after all. very nice, as it gives one a
change; and a change is something the
Easter girl of 81 must and will have.
There is the strangest Easter fad in the
air among the girls of this Easter. You
know the old stages that used to peram-
bulate through the streets-do now on
certain old thoroughfares-well, they are
chartering these carry -alls for Easter ex-
petitions. The game is to invite your
friends fill the ''box-seat" with eatabes
gather up one and all by calling at the
door about 2 o'clock, then drive away
to the spot where the earliest and big
gest Easter violets grow. OF course. the
girl who charters the caboose and gives
the Easter party does the driving. That
is part of the Easter programme
There will be some very nice Easter
coaching tours among those who own the
coaches. The start is made after luncheon,
the stay, il the men can get an Easter
vacation, is over Easter Monday. The wo-
man here does the driving also.
So determined is the Easter woman 10
spend toA first recognized day of spring
out of doors that modistes and shop-keep-
ers are bowling TO her will. They are fur
nishing the finest of athletic outdoor cos
tunes, fine enough TO tempt the caromel
and ,novel-reading woman from her couch
and to lure her out into the parks to show
the gowns, If not to enjoy herself.
By far the greater number of Easter
gowns are the outdoor sporting dresses.
The delicate silks and X-ray goods have
their place, but 1t doesn't seem 10 be on
Easter day. Even Easter golf and hockey
suits are advertised, but that is going 10
step beyond the bounds Of the Easter can
ticles.
The turning from 1.-THE avenue to tho
park from the stuffy thoroughfare to the
open air can't be step in the wrong d.
rection. AZ least the health and the SPIT
its, the bright face and the springy step
that come back are not wrong. And the
mind that comes home clear and true
without thought OF envy for the Easter
hat that was not or the gown that was
exceled by the one across the way Is moi
mind contrary to the spirit Of Easter
life. Helen Grey-Page.
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