176 LADIES' RIDING. 



leather may prove dangerous in the event of a fall. 

 The same remark applies to the leather band used by 

 some ladies to line the bottom of the skirt, in order to 

 prevent it from getting torn. The skirt should be 

 just ample enough to allow perfect freedom, and no 

 more. It is well to have the habit cut away underneath, 

 on the inside, so as to allow the left foot free play. 

 Some ladies like the front of the jacket cut open at 

 the neck, like a gentleman's coat, with a neat scarf and 

 pin ; while others prefer it to be close up to the throat 

 with a simple, low, stand-up zvhite collar. I have to 

 thank Mrs. O'Donoghue for pointing out to me that 

 the former arrangement is objectionable, in cold weather, 

 from the fact of its causing the upper part of the chest 

 to be exposed, in a manner which might prove dangerous 

 to the fair wearer's health. I venture to think that the 

 open front is, from an artistic point of view, rather 

 " trying." 



A neat arrangement is to have the collar attached 

 to a short " habit shirt," which does away with the 

 necessity of either pinning or stitching. Some ladies, 

 however, find that when the collar is attached in this 

 manner it has a tendency to ruck up. If it does so, a 

 tape may be attached to the habit shirt in front, and 



