Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

. Paris. June 15.-Every French woman
IS bicycling this year, for it has been dis
covered that the bicycle is a remarkable
beautifier of face and figure, and on that
account If for no other the French wO-
man would take to the wheel. No race
is as fond of beauty, and lone go to such
sacrifices.
But the bicycle is by no means a sacri-
flee. Long use has failed to show any
detrimental effect either to health or to
morals. and it can be said today that the
bicycle is stronger in the affections of the
public than it ever was before.
The keynote to this years costumes is
extreme neatness. Never has this been
one-half as pronounced as this year. The
cheapness of the shirt waist and the null
tfpllcity of handsome wash f abrics have
nabled a woman to prepare a ummer
trousseau Of dresses that can be ~perpetu-
ally fresh. The most delicate costumes
are planned in the most perishable colors.
yet, by some miracle, these are ever fresh
and pretty. And how attractive they are,
these piqes and ducks and ~canvassess and
the heavy cambrics! And they are ALL
used for bicycle suits.
AT THE CYCLER's PARADISE.
At the Cycler's Paradise, in the SUBJ
urbs | had the pleasure of seeing the
other day, many parties of pretty bicy-
clists who had ridden out from Paris for
ANNO oo4 Jou1Il. l. Icy were uIGSSGu
in some of the most fetching combina-
lions of the new wash fabrics.
One or them wore a pique, the mate
rial which, though not new in name, is
actually new in kind; for pique comes
this year thinner I'M better adapted to
summer dresses. This bicycle dress was
or coral pink pique with skirt trimmed
with bands of white braid in the popular
style which stimulates an overdress. The
skirt. which was a sheath, tight around
the hips, flared a little around the foot
and was quite long. 1t buttoned at each
side. 1t was cut in the back to fit over
the seat.
Bicycle dresses are worn quite long
TINS season, and many women combine
utility and beauty in quite a marvellous
way, making one dress go for several
purposes.
A cycle costume which was worn out
to the Paradise that afternoon was of
pale forest green duck. The skirt was
trimmed with bands of white braid put
on in row up and down the skirt, each
one of the hraids being dotted with small
pearl buttons, which glistened in the sun
light. The waist was a round waist with
out the bag blouse effect, n it had
1apels of white duck dotted with the
same pearl buttons. A very short bolero
much TOGO short to be an Dton-was
worn over the waist. It could be taken
off If the rider desired.
A dress of this kind can be worn for
golt1ng as well as for bicycling, and it is
also useful for tennis yachting and
other outdoor occasions.
Many women who do not care to wear
so many outing dresses are so ordering
their costumes hat they can be worn for
golfing, cycling and boating.
NEAT WOOL DRESSES.
Two very neat bicycle dresses were of
wool goods. One was a very light weight
wool in ppe and salt design. The skirt
was trimmed very simply with a fancy
braid, put OF in swirling design up and
down h skirt. The Jacket was Elton,
Sleeveless, and belted with a fly front, the
front bordered with braid. Under this
was worn a shirt of white lawn, perfectly
plain except for hemstitching upon the
cuffs and down the front.
An extremely neat dress was of plover
gray with skirt and waist to match. The
skirt was trimmed with black and white
cachemire in check design put on in a
deep band around the foot of the skirt.
Above the band were three rows of black
stitching. The lapels were of the checked