Show BICYCLE COSTUME FOR WOMEN so much has been said paid and written upon proper dress for women who ride the wheel that any one who is not mt a practical cyclist might be pardoned pardon cd a feeling of bewilderment french english Engli shand and american papers have all had a great deal to say upon this much discussed discuss td question some of them advocating ex that would be more appropriate for an all opera gouffe queen than for a sensible woman who wished to take her exercise in a se sensible manner the underlying 0 principles of correct dress for the wheel are comfort and appropriateness the carrying out of these principles need in in no sense conflict with C good taste or merge into cons conspicuousness asness there is perfect freedom in a skirt provided the skirt is made as it should be the woman who rides is obliged not only to dress with due regard to her appearance ppe arance when moun mounted ted but also afo should exercise the tha same care brein I 1 n regard to an attractive and inconspicuous appearance ii when lien she dismounts at the door of lier her f faunds bends house the store or to enter a hotel or wherever her ber faithful wheel may take her on business or pleasure bound the fundamental principle of comfort jor for a wheel woman lies it in tile the corsets should never he be worn under any circuit circumstances st arces neither either is it desirable to title without any support for the alie IA liola elc if the ruler is inclined to stout stoutness nes A an n t equipoise qui poise wait waist anim which the bones have been removed in i the best substitute fur for tile the corset cor ct as ag then the he muscles are allowed to ibave full play and ire are not constricted constrict od in in any any way union underwear 13 is now so universally universally ve ver sally worn that it would seem almost to recommend it but upon the wheel it becomes almost a doing armav abray wit with much unpleasant thickness around the hips hip A pair of full ILli kish trousers made of black india silk will be found an all admirable substitute for the petticoat if preferred eques trian tights tight are also extremely comfortable leggins are arc stiff and uncomfortable adjunct and are not necessary they the interfere with the all ankle kle motion which lie cultivated by every every woman who wishes to ride gracefully for summer sin niner wear low shoes ua ankles covered with smooth black stockings 0 are the anast comfortable the form of the ilie bairt is by far tile most important part 0 of f the w heel worna ns attire it should flare from tile the hips so 10 is as not to hoop around the ankles or bind across the knees the skirt should clear the ground about four in inches claes and be lined with silk or satin to prevent clinging an ali eton jacket or habit waist as one prefers makes a and feminine ad junca to tile the skirt this can be exchanged on oil warm days fur tile ever popular shirt r aist of cambric c tir ibric or bilk given a wheel properly adjusted for her height and weight and a few general directions in regard r to dress any any woman with ordin ordinary arv intelligence 0 and caeto may rest assured that in riding a cycle she is do doin i rig nothing which detracts dot acts from her dignity or per personal ional appearance but on in the contrary i he can by exercising her good taste and nd rever ever r loin losing t tight M of the principle of appropriateness soon find herself in the full enio enjoyment vinent of a pastime c not only unsurpassed for its life giving 11 qualities but which will prove itself to be a veritable fountain of beau beauty ty I 1 harpers ia r pers bacr |