Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
nv MARY MARSHALL.


ORE and more with the younger
M Reneration Christmas is com.
ing to be g. season spent as
4 much a. possible out Of
doors. Nor frosts, nor cold.
nor snow. nor winds nor Winter
thaws have terrors for the modern
young aportswoma who thinks OF
the Christmas holidays as well 10 the
summer holidays a. sea son to he
passed in outdoor sports. And the
reason why she has no fear Of the
inclenencies Gf Winter weather In in
great measure because the modern
Young sportswOman-fooli though
her elders may believe her to be
dresses to suit the sport and the
weather. For hockey and skating she
wears clothes that are light as well
as warm. For skiing her ensembles
is moisture.proof and snow-proof. as
we'll as cold.proof She scorns the
sort of bundling up that women used
to endure when on comparatively rare
coca sions they skated or went tobog
gaming, and the makers OF modern
Winter sports attire wisely provide
her with clothes in&eniously suited to
give protection without preventing
perfectly free movement.
Women no longer need feel that
in order to dress suita bly, for sports
that were once enjoyed only by men
and boys their clothes need TO look
at all mannish or masculine. De
signers Of sports apparel have re-
Gently succeeded in making clothes
for skating, skiing and other Winter
sports that are entirely feminine
and at the same time quite as we'll
suited to cold.weather athletics as
anything that mere man ever wore.
Even trousers and breeches no
longer suggest the once exclusively
masculine garment and before long
we may forget that the time ever
was when it seemed q tribe un-
womanly 10 wear them. They will
then seem as eminently feminine as
they do in China, where straight
long trousers seem the most de-
corous garment any woman can
wear.
Many Of the skating costumes dis
play short pleated skirts worn over
matching boomers. A warm. light
weight Jacket usually belted, Is worn
above the wooden stockings which,
usually of striking design. add to the
cozinesA OF the ensemble. Warm
leather boots are sometimes worn for
ekating.
FOR SkIlnk ana otn0F SO"CAit@u Atptne
sports the sort Of trousers known az
Jodphur breeches or just jodphurs are
increasingly. popular. An interesting
imported costume OF this sort is made
of yellow and blue checked waterproof
wooden material. That is the jodphurs
are made OF this. while the belted
Jacket is made OF blue wool cloth shot
with yellow. A close-fitting muffier
collar is of the checked ma terial. and
little turn back cuffs" at the ankles
of the breeches are Of the plain vel
low. Jodphurs. you may know. are
shaped something like mems riding
breeches. but they extend down to the
ankles. fitting closely over the calves.
Sometimes they button down the leg.
but nowadays they frequently display
the new patent fasteners.
1t is interesting to note how fire.
quently shades of bright yellow are
used in the new Winter sports things.
and black, providing 1t is combined
with some bright color Is more in
evidence than ever before for this
purpose. Sometimes long trousers
that are too baggy to be called iod-
phurs are worn for skiing. One
young woman will wear trousers of
this sort in black waterproof material,
with the ends worn inside the high
laced boots, and a rather short double