The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03

them Tor her sports. The palmer the bet
ter, is still the motto for these. Madras,
cheviot, linen and flannel are always in
the best of taste. The mannish collar
and CraVat no longer are insisted upon,
Tor which all women should offer
Thanksgiving. So infinite Is the variety
Of stockings and neckgear that one
hardly can go wrong as long as she gets
something that is pretty, comfortable
and simple. A stock and tie of the same
material as the waist is much affected,
also the Persian silk designs.
Jackets to be worn with outing suits
are for the most part modified Etons or
coats coming just below the waist line.
In outing hats there is a decided tend
ency toward the normal. and an avoid
ance of the stiff effects that came in with
the knee skirt. Some of the prettiest
of these hats are of silk or linen. stitched
so as to give them corded effect made
in soft shapes with moderate crowns and
brimS and trimmed with loose arrange
ment of a Rumchunda scarf or of soft
silk or crepe de chine. The protru.ling
quill and even the wings and breasts
without which no hat seemed complete
in the not far distant past are lacking.
rather conspicuously. Belts and girdIes
are of many kinds, but nothing is more
effective than the braided leather cinch
belts fastened in real cowboy fashion
Because bicycling is no longer fad
dish pursuit for women, it does not fol-
low that it has fallen into desuetude
Ultra smart women have taken to the
automobile, but it can hardly be said to
be replacing the bicycle as yet The
wheel is a convenience and If it is less
talked about it is no less depended upon
as an adjunct to outdoor enjoyment.
It is true, doubtless, that fewer persons
than formerly ride merely for the pleas
ure or excitement of riding, but 1t is
true, also, that great many more use
the bicycle as a vehicle for taking long
or short pleasure trips, from early spring
until late fall. City folk have learned
TO love and appreciate the country
through the medium of the wheel, and
country folk have found a simpler meth
Cd Of exploring their locality than when
they had to hitch up" for every trip.
Women at first were carried away by
the novelty and freedom which they
found in the wheel, and their Stunts
threatened to bring wheeling and the sex
into disrepute. But time has brought
modera ton. Century runs and other tire
some feats are LETT to cranks; the spirit
of bravado which led one never to dis
mount for hills or dangerous roads has
died out; the ungraceful stoop is honored
in the breach. and the weird costumes
of weird wheelwomen have had their
day.
The bicycle girl of today is trim and
natty In appearance. She rides at a mod
crate rate, rests when she is tired, dis
mounts for hills, enjoys the beauties of
nature as she goes along and ends her
ride invigorated and inspired, not fa-
tigued and dulled by over-exertion.
Golf is. without doubt. the popular
sport OF the day. It started with the
arlstocracy, but it has spread to the peo-
pie. Those who first went on the green
to jeer remained to play and to become
the worst cranI1s of the whole set of de-
Votees to the ancient and royal game
which, the small boy says, is nothing but
slow ''shinney'' after all.
For those outside the pale of exclusive
country clubs, links have been laid out In
public parks and in accessible suburbs