Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10
FOR UP-TO-DATE WOMEN
The Proper Thing for Those Who Ride 6
Wheel.
Costumes That Are Cool, Practical
Shirt Waists-The Latest Glove.

| Written Exclusively for The Evening Star
The cycling skirts of crash. linen or
| pique which were worn by a few women
| last summer are very popular now. and
| with a trim, well-fitted shirt waist give
a look of coolress and freshness difficult
| for a wheelwoman to acquire, for de-
| lishtful the bicycle is to its devotees,
| the exercise is a heating one. and looks
| so to the casual observer.
| The best models of crash skirts are not
divided. but laid in veIy full, deep pleats
| in the lack, and the skirt hangs most be-
comingly ever- off the wheel. The hem is
! very wide and has innumerable rows of
stitching around 1t to give II weight Even
| then the woman who gives proper thought
| to her appearance finds 1T best to have
weights Sewn around the bottom or TO at
tach the skirt by elastics.
| Care must be taken to select a crash
| which mas been properly shrunken or the
results will be disastrous. Unless one can
afford to buy the crash and have 1t made
| by very good tailor-it is wisest and
most economical TO buy 1T ready made at
some reliable shop. Excellent skirts with
the very best and latest design can be
bought for between four and five dollars
and at times they are a little less than
that.
With the crash skirts boomers of linen
| are worn. Some women cling to black
| silk, but the vicissitudes of cycling are
| many, and experience as an onlooker on
niary occasions has convinced me that the
dark bloomers should never be worn with
| a llsht-colored skirt. Unfortunately We
| cannot SEE ourselves others see U.S.
or many a fair bicyclist would mend her
| ways, and her costume. Common sense and
| reflection. however. should do much TO
| In press the fitness of harmony in these
| articles Upon women who have not the
| luxury of a maid nor the advantage of a
| tailor of experience.
With the linen and crash skirts shirt
waists OF linen are often worn, and with
| the pretty, but unserviceable white piuue
VIM VINE snirt waists are worn. and the pic
| ture Is charming one as long as one does
not meet with heavy dust or mud The
| IDEAL shirt waist for all outdoor exercises
| III summer Is of flannel Unless one has
| seen the new flannel shirt waists this
oriiss up an image of something dark
| and hot. The flannel shirt waist of the
| present is as far removed as possible from
| this repellant creation.
| Summer FIannels.
summer fannels now come in the same
pretty ana dainty striped effects as the
summer silks. They wash very we'll and
10 not muss easily. These shirt waists are
made simply with a yoke in the back and
very little fullness in the front The sleeves
are quite small. The cuff is narrow. and
| either turned back or straight The differ
ehce between the turn-back cuff of last
| year and that of today is that the former
| was wide and conspicuous. the present Is
| narrow and unobtrusive. White cuffs can.
/ OF course, be worn, but the sensible summer
cycilng dress knows them not. In place of
| the stiff white collar and formal tie a
hunting stock of soft silk Is worn Hunt
| Ing stocks of various summer wash goods
| IN pale colors are also popular. and are
more economical than the silk, since they
can easily be laundered. The least sugRes-
ton of tie having been worn once too
often is SO depressing that the wash ma
terials are preferable unless one has a
| well-filed purse.
The heat has at last driven the high, I'M
| graceful bicycle boot to the wall During
| the early summer long and hot discussions
waged as to the modesty and suitability of
| the golf stocking for women cyclists. No
one had the hardihood to affirm that as
free or easy an ankle motion could be Sc