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Show HORSEBACK RIDING King George of England hns Issued an edict against women riding astride nnd to my thinking he Is pcrfect'v right. England's women hnvo been In tho enddlo f r hundreds of years and wo should bow to their larger experience, ex-perience, and fol'ow gracefully their standard fashion of riding in tho hunting field or horso show. My experlenco has been that there Is far moro comfort In n sldo sad-dlo sad-dlo than astrldo .especially for n Jong ride. I ngreo also with tho woman of England, Lady Grccnhall tnul Mrs. Ambrose Precco, thnt only gir's un der 17 years of ago should ride as trido. Such riding develops the limbs teaches balance, gives the flguro symmetry. sym-metry. But in lator years the flguro is fully developed and no maturo woman wo-man -looks well astrldo of a horso. There Is nothing moro becoming to !i woman than n perfect scat In n sldo saddle Tho empress of Germany Ger-many never looked bo charming to me as she did when sitting well upon n beautiful horse, habited in white cloth, and I had occasion to look at ! her for five hours as the emperor am empress woro Inspecting tho troopi on "Sedan day." Somo riding teachers will say :t ' riding astrldo Is snfer for n woman 1 but that Ib not true; nothing U sai IT IMUU illU BIUU BUUUIU, i!Hiuuiaiiy Ul tho present dny, when tho stirrup Is mado with tho snfoty patent which opens tho moment tho foot Is nut of place, hnd tho now riding skirt, which remains In tho saddle if tho woman fi.i.s, Curuly t u iicmltkn of slll'nz ifH wlUi tho knee raised Is ff.r less te- u M tlgtilng than being In a stnndlag jo- I M sltlon continually, wherd (fno Is pr.o 'il tlcnlly placed when riding nstrlJc. Ill 1 know of a mtirricd couple Lo 'ILI started to rldo around the world, buth !H export riders, So they took no tfe IbbbbbI saddles, both depending only npes jH men's saddles. But, ns they both told JH mo, alio soon tired of tho man's xd- ll dlo nud breeches, bo they stopped Insc ILI enough to have n good saddle nn& H habit fitted to her In England. AtUjr I. H thnt she knew n0 discomfort other jB than hnvlng to carry thosaddlo aloaj: 3 H with her, and, as sho expressed It. J tH "I was tired all tho tlmo trying to V'l rldo Uko a man with n woman' ax- J H Tho women of England who f7 , H polo Hnd moro comfort In the tide 1 'i snddlo with tho extra pommel on the H right sldo turned over tho knee, to l' keep them in their sent while lcanhxK ' H far over to hit tho ball, thttn they f i bbbbI In n minis Baddlo. It Is far safer. uH Taking It nil In nil, tho king (on llal thuight out not only tho appearoncn 11 of his women folks, but their safety. ill Romombor: To bo n tnio woman one lll must bo womnnly. Lillian Itiunift. lll |