The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

She will bicycle Of course Some other
outdoor occupations she might not have
the opportunity to attempt, but her wheel
Is something she can find a chance to use
almost anywhere. So the first thing to
consider about the skirt is how it will
answer IN bicycling. There was a story
going the rounds in the days when out
door life and roughing for young women
were just becoming popular of a girl who
went to her dressmaker to give her sum-
orders and insisted upon having at
least one costume that would look we'll
against rock The girl Of to-day, when
getting up her outing garments, must
choose a skirt that will look we'll on
O. wheel.
Such a skirt Is made unlined, Of one
OF the heavy materials that will hang
properly without the aid Of stiffening Of
any sort. There are several such fabrics.
Not so many double faced goods are used
as there were season or SO ago, but the
stuffs are no less attractive. The length
Of the skirt Is an important item, espe-
cially II It is to be used for something be-
sides cycling. As q general rule It Is cut
to come about four inches from the
ground. The round skirt which was worn
q good deal few years ago has given
way to the -gored skirt with an in
verted plait at the back, and especial at
tention must be paid to the fit over the
hips In, fact, the cut Of the skirt must
be most carefully superintendent. a
blunder In this will make the skirt hang
awry and a droop in one part more than
another will spoil the whole effect Of the
garment.
Such q skirt as this, if properly made,
will serve for O variety Of other uses be-
sides wheeling. 1t can be worn at golf
or at tennis or at basketball It Is little
short for ordinary street wear, except in
very rainy weather, but it is Just what
one wants for long rough walks or for
boating. It is really very little less incom-
modtng than the boomers or knicker-
fbockers In which the Frenchwomen take
their spins in the Boise and far less trou-
bile than the overlong English skirts.
Even the Americans wear their outing
skirts longer than they used to do. but
they are still short enough to be comfort
able on a wheel or the links or the tennis
court.
With the short skirt Is worn the uni
s~ersal shirt waist. The material Of this
Is generally a matter Of choice. but for
active sports there Is nothing better than
a light flannel, which permits of ventila-
tion and Is yet warm. The closely woven
linen waists are not the BEST altho the
cotton cheviots which are loose and still
thick. answer almost as well as the fan
mel. With either one Of these it Is neces-
gary to have some warm outer garment
to throw on when one is overheated, anG
for this there Is nothing better than the
sweater.
Concerning the sweater one could say
Gone are the days when it meant ar
ugly sort Of shirt that a woman could
only put on by pulling it over her head
thereby running her couture and making
1t necessary for her to "do'' her hair ovel
again. Now the sweater goes like
jacket and the, only ugly thing about i
is its name. 1t comes in both light ant
heavy weights and in all colors. 1t Is l1ni
by hand or made by machine and altht
the former Is the swelI--and expensive
thing to have, one Is quite as comfortable
in sweater that is the product Of ma
chinery. The sweater of either kline
comes with a collar without, witt
sleeves or sleeveless. The latter form /
much less useful than the former. TIL
girl who has a sweater Of any kind is Il
luck. Her jacket might be injured b
crushing. Her sweater she may tie in
hard knot, If she will and it is none tn
worse, or what is more likely, she ca
roll 1t into tight little bundle, fasten
to the handle bars of her wheel and rid
herself into drenching persplration wit
the calm knowledge that when she come
to the end of her run she has a littl
friend to keep her from catching colo
The sweater may not be very becomin
to the over-stout figure. but to the slen
der or medium size form it moulds itse
most pleasngly and is good as well q
pretty.
The march Of progress In attractivenes
has not passed by the outing hat. Tim
was when the only thing to wear fo
wheeling, for tennis or for anything els
of the sort was sailor hat. This was
hard headpieoe, that almost always II