THE HAYES' SAFETY SKIRT. 



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trap as the skirt, no lady should ride in one of the old- 

 fashioned, dangerous pattern. I am thankful to say I 

 was never dragged in any of those ancient garments, 

 but I was fully aware of this danger, and devised, as 



Fig. 53. Off side of The Hayes' Safety Skirt. 



I explained in the first edition of this book, a means 

 of lessening it by buttoning "the under and outer 

 part " of the skirt just above the* knee to the breeches, 

 by means of large flat cloth buttons, the same colour 

 as the skirt, being sewn on the breeches, and corre- 

 sponding button-holes being made in the skirt. The 



