The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-08-20
IDIOSYNCRASIES
Of SUMNER SALES
Bargain Hunters Have C0ur-
ace and Endurance.
AN EQUESTRIAN QUESTION
Should Women in England Ride Astride
Nov Agitating People of Social
Prominence.


vigor. Never was there 3 greater exhibit
ton Of womaas courage and endurance
than in the battle which is raging
among the bargain hunters in this
tropical weather. but a moral was
drawn the other day as to the necessity
of care in this direction by an incident
which happened at a fashionable we'd
ding
Seif-satIsfied and serene, a lady sat in
a particularly charming new hat. She
felt that she was well dressed. and 1t
gave her thar confidence without which
no woman enjoys a public function. Sud
denly her la6y's maid seated in the gal
Iery of the church darted from her
Place. descended into the aisle, and
pushed her way through the fashionable
crowd and whispered anxiously to the
owner of the hat.
The result of the conversation was 10
destroy the complacency OF the lady, as
the maid in hot haste ftrnblea amongst
chiffon and dowers. dealing destruction
to the delicate fabric, she succeeded Al
last in removing the label which had
caught the feminine eyes in the gallery,
and which bore the inscription, Re
tluced from five guineas to two pounds. -
The wretched wearer was no doubt re
duced to considerably less.
Should Women Ride Astride?
There has long been a controversy as
To whether women should not learn TO
ride astride. 1t has been maintained by
a large number of people for many years
that the present position OF women in
the saddle is unsafe and harmful.
Lady Florence Dixie some time ago set
the fashion Of riding astride. and ap-
pesred in the park with a neat pair Of
boots and q divided skirt. and at that
time the press was filed with the con-
troversY.
Most of the accidents that have hap
pened 10 women in the sSunting field
have arisen from the fact that she has
to depend upon her balance instead OF
upon any grip on the horse.
The news. therefore, that little Prin-
cess May of Wales IS going to ride
astride will startle many who have
hitherto been shocked at the tnnova-
ton.
One OF the best known riding masters
IN London. who has taught most of the
women who are now prominent In the
hunting field. said that of course. al
though the side saddle was most pic
turesque, 1t was far better for the horse
10 be ridden astride, for the dragging TO
enc side which is entailed by this posi-
ton is bad Tor the morse
Moreove=, he said, the other position
is better for the girl 10 ride Ike boy.
There is less danger of a crooked spine.
and IL is the most natural position.
Wild West of Ireland.
Lord and Lady Dudley the popular
Viceroy OF ireland and his wife. have
been making tour OF the wild west
of that beautiful island During her
viceroyaity Lady Dudley established
among the peasant population OF that
LONELY coast a scheme of nursing which
is working admirably.
She has sent to the various villages
trained nurses who attend on the sick
and especially nurse maternity cases.
and the presence of such a woman has
been an inestfmabie boon to the peas
ants, whose poverty defies description,
The best result Of this probably, as of
almost every other phiianthropic
scheme. is that it opens the eyes Of the
rich to the appalling amount of suffer
ing which exists and of which they are
often unaware.
The Beauty Show
To those who love America no Incl
dent is more painful than the absurd
Beauty Show" which has been brought
III ii4iS country from l4iC N4AttItt hot<~tt'sr
and adjGdged worthy or much comment
in the press.
The East End Of London has for some
time run such shows IN the local music
halls
II IS an exhibition TO be deprecated.
What man would like wife or a sister
to toii about a city hotel labeled as a
beauty on exhibition. 10 he insolenty
stared al by the crowds who come TO
see the shove
II is time for women seriously to set
themselves against such exhibitions. for
il they are To take rank among the men
tai forces of the world they ought to
eudesvor by every means in their power
TO put a stop 10 anything which so
harmfully dincrentiates them from men.
\ mans exhibition for good looks is
not conceivable. a hundred young men
would not be found who would be will
ing to be stared al in Il foreign country
and labeled as the handsomest youths.
and it is a serious rawbaek TO woman
that ii should stiu be possible that any
hundred girls should be placed in such
an unenviable position.
In House Of Commons.
In the house of commons no figure is
more interesting al the present moment
tHan tie man who. 50 young in years
has aroused a dislike almost amounting
q hatred among the members or the
political party which he has just for
sakeu.
Winston Churchill, though barely
thirty. looks many years older lie is
pale. tired looking, and stoops as though
twenty years were added 10 his age.
He mas undoubted ability and capacity.
nut on The other hand he has his
fathers nervous irritability, and
singing bitterness whien wounds his
adversary sometimes unnecessarily
Mr.. Churchill inherits II disability which
is common TO the sons OF distinguished
fathers, and Of which the younger PITT
forms The one brilliant exception.
But Winston ChurchiH's devotion to
his father amounts almost 10 hero wor-
skip. and he would be the last TO claim
equality with the statesmanlike now
ers which We're exhibited by the man
who died at the very commencement
of his career. Nevertheless those who
watchsd aim are aware that he has