The times., 1898-01-09
SOCIETY ON SKATES.
Scotch Hose and Roman Sasnes d
Queer Partisan Mixture.

Queer -.
New York. Jan. S.-The latest thing in
skating costumes is not skating costume
at all. but golf costume left over from
summer and trimmed up with fur to give
it a wintry look. The average man comes
ont in his regulation checkered gol1 coat
and can with knee breeche5 and plaiu-
.oppca stockipg not TO mention the in
evitable sweater without which no man
regards any sporting costume complete.
Wouen, however, cannot he content 10
Ms, the same uudecora at ed gown for winter
in which all her friends have seen hef Oh
the links. she must pay some respect to
the changes OF season, even IL she uoes uo
most of her skating in a closed ana heateu
RIM she therefore puts band of fur
around her short skirt-for no skater can De
graceful in absolutely pla in petticoats
furnishes up her blouse Jacket with
hands of fur around the edge OF the basque
ara mn the front. Then in a Persian lamb
! coIIarette lined with eruIine, and skat-
i,o can ia match, she looks like the Frost
Queen berseIf as she skins along her
cbaat,s a-piow with the IeaIthful exercise,
and her ewes cleaning with the delight OF
| If all she, too, wears golf stockings
not Ieggins. for they are too stifr. ana
| ha wing no elasticity allow no play 10 tue
| muscles The stockings are warmer than
! leather leggifls, and are more desirable ior
many reasons.
| Manufacturers are constantly introduc-
| ing new designs in this Americanized gar
ruent of he canny Scot, and 1t Is Interesting
| 10 note how perfectly the heraidic sigiiiF
! cance of the pIaids of different clans is is
nored Ivy the fair American purchaser Wlat
/ cares she for the feuds betwo the Mac
! Grenor and the Campbell? What she w ants
| is the very thing that the Highlander most
/ ie-nored-a covering for her knees, the
Scot never troubled himself TO pull up MS
stockings within gunshot OF his Joints Oh
| yeurratjoD," a circumstance which in
spired the refrain of the turneoats III the
| opera of Rob Roy who assumed the
scotch costume to save their neckS, and
| shiveriugiy sang:
| .Oh, dear. my knees
VIII surely freeze,
If there's frost today
| In the choice of ordinary plaid hose'
| dealers tell me that many of their Gus
| toners are very particular to get the plaid
| of the special clan W hich they happen 10
admire. Indeed, there are several fash
| iona BILE New York women who trace their
| ancestry back to such bold bandits as
Rob ROY. and viii have no OF her hose but
| MacGregor plaid or whatever kind hap
| pened to he the symbol of The particular
kind OF Iobbing Of whichthsir progenitors
made profession. Thus they are known,
as it were, by their feete ~
md heir neck 8
these same women are Roman in their
costume. That is, there is hardly Well
dressed woman in society, who does not
boats a Roman sash and nee kscaf among
her possessions. The popularity OF the
Roman sash was pTophesied In these col
umns early in the autumn and the proph-
ecy has been well borne out by he facts.
The scarf has been made TO so with it, and
is merely sash made shorter and mar
rover. 1t has exactly the same fringe,
the same stripe, and after it is tied in
it's four fn-band knot hangs in long ends
corresponding to the sash ends in the DacK.
Any woman who has sufficient patience
can make herself clever imitation or one
of these scarfs much cheaper than she car
buy it. The Roman stripe ribbon is pro-
curable ut any dry goods store. 1t takes
two yards. Every color used in the stripe
| must then be matched I'm embroidery silks.
These are for the fringe, and all that is
| necessary to do, after the ends of ribbon
have been hemned. is to thread zephyr
needle with five or six strains of silk;
pull them through the edges or the scarf
| draw the ends even and knot them close
; to the silk; repeating the process until the
! whole end of the scarf Is fringed with u
judicious mixture of the colors in the rib
bon. 1t is not a very long task, and saves
a very considerable sum in the purchase
| of scarf. A few sashes and scarfs are
made of silk; cut the correct width, and
hemmed all around the edge.
A new fancy is to have scarf or
necktie made of u piece of the material
of the waist with which it is worn. This is
prettier in the case of silk waists OF a
light color. A pale blue brocade, for eX-
ample, has linen collar with q small
bow tie of the blue silk-fts edges carefully
hemmed. - va
Nearly all waists are made skirt OIL
blouse fashion, a circumstance which rem
ders their construction by the home-dr
maker an easy task. Not every woman Is
aware that she can go to any large store
in her own city and there purchase fittet