Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-27
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sight had never been seen before with
in those precincts sacred to fashion,
or at least, it had not been seen for
three hundred years, and Paris gave
general gasp, for Paris is rothing il
not conservative where its women are
concerned. The daring amazon was
! Mile. Marguerite Syla of the Opera
Comique, and she brought the fashion
with her from America. She stuck
! bravely to her new idea, and even >-on
a friend to share il for a time. Jnt
public opinion was too much for her.
Rather than ride astride accompanied
by cortege composed Of the amused
and facetious populace, she withdrew
from the fight. But only temporarily,
she declares, for she is making lively
campaign in favor OF the new Ameri-
can fashion, and as soon as she has
q convert or two they will brave the
public together.
Riding astride," she says in sort
Iof manifesto on the subject in a Paris
paper, ''is natural, reasonable, and hui
name. Moreover, it is the way men
chose, and, as they have always taken
comfortable, and most practical, it is
the part of wisdom to adopt their
methods and give up ours. This subtle
form of securing Woman's rights is
perhaps the cleverest Of al.
In the United States | learned to
ride on mans saddle. I saw women
and girls of the best society riding
astride and found that 1t was the
method taught in the best riding
schools. ] tried the new way and liked
it so well that | lost no time in adopt
ing it. Riding astride the weight is
properly distributed, while on side
saddle it is thrown on one side. Rid
ing astride, if your saddle girths loosen
you can tighten your knees and with
care keep your equilibrium, avoiding
the terrible fall that would be inevita-
BILE with side saddle. You will re-
member all the dreadful accidents
from this. Again, the woman whose
morse begins rearing is a prisoner on
her saddle, while man can, il neces-
sary, spring to the ground Often, too, |
have happened to drop my whip
while riding in the country in Amer
lea; could simply jump down, pick it
up and spring easily back Now, it is
almost impossible to mount a woman'T |
saddle without help.
These reasons have weight, but
what does the horse, our noble and
companion, think of the in
noyation? He suffers from the unnat- |
ural way women ride. In all stables |
the pest horses are given women who
use a mans saddle. Horses that are |
10 be ridden in women's fashion are al |
ways the gcntlest. not to say the most |
apathetic-and it takes long time to
train them. A skillful and vigorous
man, on the contrary. in order to mas
ter the most unruly horse, has only to
spring up like the cowboy on the
prairies of America
Let nobody object to riding astridc
On the ground of the ugliness or bad
form of the costume. 1t can be made
most attractive. The divided skirt J..
IS modest and as pretty as the long
iabit, clinging and trailing and so
dangerous in case of accident. or
course people who have no taste can
make the divided skirt ridiculous,
hough, for that matter. there are wo-
men riding in the Bots now who.
But ! do not want to be disagreeable'
Besides, SO far as | know. there Is
nothing new in the use of mems sad
lies by women. Beautiful and noble
aides rode their jennets astride until
katharine de Models forced the pres
mt saddle on them in order to facili-
of oh nf /
laughter Marguerite, who had care