Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-15
THE up.To.pATE OUTING DRESS
A Good Skirt lmportant-common
Sense in Riding Habits.
BY CHRISTINE TRRHuNg HERRIcR
Auflsor Of" Cradle and Nursery" First Aid "a
the Young Honsekeeper, Housekeeping
Made Easy What 10 Raj"
IN Cay T,ats." Rto.
Copyright 1904, by Christine Terhune liorriok. J

The American woman has evolved
an outing costume that is far ahead OF
that worn by the women Of any Other
nation.
The Englishwoman is devoted &c
sport, but I'm the JOY of this she Is sc
needless OF her appearance that her
dress Is usually a synonym for dowd-
mess. The Frenchwoman cares COM
paratively little for out door sports.
| but she INDUCES In them because one
must keep up with the times. USE
fulness of costume for such occasions
she sacrifices To beauty and sets out
to play golf and tennis in high heeled
shoes and unsuitable garb. But the
| American girl goes at her outdoor pur-
suits in n business like manner which
makes sensible dress necessary and to
this adds n touch OF charm that gives
her costume style of its own.
There are very few lines of athletic
exercise and wholesome sport that
are closed to the girl and woman OF
today. She cannot afford suit for
each one of these and she must gem
orally compromise on something that
viii serve for all or nearly all of
them. The main part of the costume
Is the skirt Time was when htted
waist had to be made to go with
this but even in horse back riding now
IL is permissible to wear a shirt waist
and the chief attention can be eX-
pended upon the skirt
If the girl Is rational she Will econ
omise in some other ways and go 10
a good tailor in search of the skirt
The perfection of this will make or
mar her appearance and II is ms
take to save here in order TO spend
somewhere else.
Let us consider, in the first place,
what kind of sports the girl is likely
to follow. She will bicycle OF course,
Some other outdoor occupations she
might not have the opportunity to at
tempt, but her wheel is something she
can find a chance TO use almost any
where So the first thing TO consider
about the skirt is how 1t will answer
in bicycling. There was a story go
ing the rounds in the days when out
door life and roughing for young wo-
men were just becoming popular OF a |
girl who went to her dressmaker to /
give her summer orders and insisted |
upon having at least one costume that |
would look well against a rock The |
girl Of today, when getting up her /
outing garments, must choose skirt |
that will look well on a wheel.
Such skirt is made unlined. Of one 4
Of the heavy materials that will hang I
without the aid Of stiffening I
Of any sort There are several such 1
fabrics Not so many double faced /
goods are used as there We're season +
or so ago but the stuffs are no less
attractive. The length of the skirt is
IN important item especially II II is
10 be used for something besides
yelling. AS n general rule II is cut 20
come about four inches from the
ground The round skirt which was
worn a good deal few years ago has
given way to the seven gored skirt
with an inverted plat at the back, and
especial attention must be paid to the
It over the hips. In fact the cut
" the skirt must be most carefully
A blunder in this will
make the skirt hang awry and
Troop in one part more than another
will spoil the whole effect of the gar
nent.
Such skirt rs this, If properly
made, will serve for a variety of other
Uses besides wheeling. II can be worn
t golf or at tennis or at basketball.
I is a iittle short for ordinary street
wear, except in very rainy weather.
nut 1t is Just what one wants for long
ough walks or for boating. It is ,
eally very little less incommoding !
han the boomers or knickerbockers !
4 which the Frenchwomen take their !
pins in the Bots and far less trouble !
han the overlong English skirts. !
wen the Americans wear their out i
lg skirts longer than they used to do. I
ut they are still short enough TO be !
on a wheel or the links or :
ne tennis court.
with the short skirt is worn the !
UNIVERSAL shirt waist The material a