The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-23

NEW YORK. April '.-The summer
girl Of 80 will De calculated 70 "siartle
ard wayiay."
10 an ordinary observer the conflict
ing phases OF iemininity through whlch
This young person can pass ia tho course
% o few hours transcend the matNe.oas'
becoming tho impossible
You meet her in tho drawing room
clad In angel garments OF soitest SILK
or cliueing shadowy muslins. You ADORE
he deep-sct. weary eyes AXE those or
q (Freuchl medieval saint, the nuuN
rloyentino head and the Ions, intellectual
hands. Next morning In the park or on
tho cycle path when your name Is cdhed
10y a blum athlete who would scorn
gauzy stuNs and who never heard oil
worth. you need a second Introduction
Yc, the summer girl on her athleuc
side Is perhaps n shade less manhish
than last year Her tailor dresses for
country wear arc relieved by huge scaris
Of sau1e or SIX. her shirt waists are
made OF finer and more delicate materi-
als. her cycle toys are apt 10 be "A TITLE
longer. and her linen and piqIe dresses
are lace covered.
Nevertheless riding dress. IN which the
e@rssxivc girl who wishes 20 avoid the
ovciing crowds. will appear even more
S,squer,ly than IN the past goes 70 the
other extreme The newest habits ~
81 their details are smarily and insis-
fently masculine The short safely
skirt trig. Immaculate. avoiding the
swceping lines OF the old long skirts
where danger iurkcd in every fold. a
rxacricauy the only model seen. lne
coat that accompanies Il. when most
faut and husincss-like is a closo-fttiue
cutaway. buttoning straight up tho front
almost 10 the throat, the short revers
turning back just enough 10 give hint
and 10 more OF white linen chemlsette
and tfim tie.
The coat may have position back.
or tt may have very short basQucs or
hasques long enough 70 cover the sad
de The thing certain about the habit
is that with ifs turnover linen collar.
Us Derby or silk hat and its severely
correct" cut in black brown or grey
a viii ape a mans outfit so far rs pos
sible
Though even Tho riding habit has its
hours % ease on the level roads OF
Long Island. when the dOcwoOd hangs
out its white flags OF blossom. and the
long conveys Of lnen-Covered carriages.
Ike canal-Nosts a. tow ~ tugs are |
vending their slow way from the city |
10 the newly opened country houses OF !
Gin 10 meet young girls I'm English pink i
coats. or I'm lo1so-fronted black coats |
with bright red waistcoa-s. which 90 (
flashing through the woods like scarlet !
breasted blackbirds.
In the country colonies. white nique I
habits. still OF tailor cut. are accepted |
riding dress and sailor hats wound with !
gauze scarfs or even barred heads VIII (,
he allowed. Last years fad indeed VIII |
be extended. The summer girl Of 20 win |
ride. drive. cycle. play golf even prone
nate With her own sunny tresses for
all hcad-covering.
rattet or hatless. on city highways |
or IN country bvways. it is when the !
summer maid springs from her horse 20 |
mount her wheel that her plot begins |
70 thicken. Smarter than last season I
and about as far from satisfactory must
be the verdict on her bicycle forgery.
When the cycle girl first got wheels [
Into her head she nrrayed herself ey- :
nerimentaly and successfully. IN cir 1
c7ilar skirts and in skirts with s0dd'o I
pockets and in divided skirts and I'm
skirts the network - whose inside har-
ness could give cards and spades 10 the
wires IN telephone exchange Then in !
desperation she put on boomers or oven
sk'n-tigl't kn'ckcrb'ckers and On some
thing more than desperation took them /
on again. She thought she reverted ~
skirts because ~ n developed sense n
oroDriety. but in reality her action was
forced uuon her by the undevelopcd ca-
'acitv-this IS a eupheuism for inca
-acitv-of her drossmakcrs who vulgar
zed tho hloorer through ignorant hand
ing This however IS point not now
worth arguing.
skirts being accepted. We have tho
anne succession OF perfect hicvcfo
k'rt" as aforetime: short long divided
md divided IN the back only. Tn's
nr,nr's approved model which answers
erv well for the average woman. who
lever faces a head wind docs not differ
realty from last years u as round |
nd rored 10 81 The hips like tho or3'n-
~ eel-skin In the back 81 is dra0od 20 |
all gracefully on each side Of tho sal