The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Soft Lines and Feminine Fripperies Debarred In
Smart Outing Wear Riding Toys Have Saucy
Masculinity Boots Built for Service, Not
DaintineSs Skating Toys.

The English hunting habit is a bit
more extreme in cut. 1t has a two
button coat. flaring over the hips and
having a small velvet collar. The
skirt is lifted at one side and at the
back and is quite short, revealing one
of the high riding boots almost to
the knee. This riding habit, though
worn in the country in England, is
considered formal over here and one
sees it on smartly mounted young
women in the city parks. For country
riding the American girl prefers a
cross saddle habit with knee-length
coat over riding breeches or a habit
like the one pictured--with a skirt
that can be worn with equal comfort
on or off the horse.
But to return to knickers-the
burning question in athletic wear just
now-once the delightful freedom of
this style of dress has been enjoyed,
skirts are forever afterward under the
ban-except when Madam Grundy
positively demands them. Knickers,
for example, may not be worn on the
golf course, or the skating pond, per-
ish the thought! But they are in per-
feet good form on a hunting excur-
sion or for climbing a mountain. One
would not wear them tobogganing, but
for skeeing they are perfectly proper
One must, in fact, be very careful
when and where one wears knickers
The question is as yet under debate
and nobody wants to make dreadful
mistake; but If the locality is far
enough away from town, and wild
ph--ui11 M m H.
environment, knickers are safe to ven
ture upon for almost any sort of sport
The hunting costume pictured could
surely offend not even the most mod
est early Victorian ideals, and 1t is
eminently we'll suited for tramping
through underbrush and scrambling
over rocks as the hunter must often
do in the woods. 3rhis particular
hunting suit is of thick, soft Scotch
tweed, very long belted coat in the
Norfolk style falling over baggy
knickers which are met by high-laced
tramping boots of cowhide. The
loose coat with its cartridge pockets
buttons over an angora waistcoat
which fastens high at the neck. pro-
tecting the chest as well as shoulders
and back, and under the light angora
diSlCOdl Is d SOll SILK SnlrI with a
turned down collar and tie. Some
women would prefer soft cloth cap
or hat in place Of the stiff felt hat
pictured but the latter gives smart
look to the entire costume.
Golf and Tramping Togs Differ But
Little.
Rather more conventional than the
picturesque hunting rig is the natty
little coat and skirt costume for win
ter golf or tramping. This costume is
exactly what it ought to be for its
purpose, and it was built by tailor
who knows his business--if his prices
are evidence. The suit Is part of q
December trousseau and will be worn
during a holiday-week honeymoon in
the Carolinas. Skirt and coat are of
Scotch homespun in a brown and
green mixture and the coat, though
loose and comfortable, and suggestive
of informal ease, is very we'll cut, the
belt across the back giving trim lines.
The collar is mannish in style and
the slanting pockets are just right to
thrust the hands in as their possess
sor strolls along. The skirt, as pic
tured is narrow and fashionable in
liue, but out in the country the row
Of buttons may be unfastened, reveal
ing an inverted box pleat set in un-