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mtmcliing a substantial sandwicli. Where is 

 the aristocratic double-breasted swallow tail, 

 or the twice round bird's eye ? Modern artists 

 have wrought comfort, elegance, and utility in 

 the garments of the fair daughters of Diana ; 

 the navy blue, or olive green, stand aside for 

 russet and grey ; whilst shortened skirts, 

 infinitely more becoming than elongated folds 

 reaching nearly to the ground, immensely 

 lessen the danger of getting hung in the 

 saddle. The safety skirt, recently introduced 

 by one of the most accom;^lished devotees of 

 the chase, Mrs. Cuthbert Bradley, appears to 

 have given infinite satisfaction. The skirt is 

 short, comfortable, and becoming, whilst the 

 risk of accident is reduced to a minimum. 

 The wife of the talented gentleman who is 

 such an ardent lover of hounds, and whose 

 inimitable sketches bring home so forcibly the 

 escapades, pains, penalties, and vicissitudes 

 of which all who love the chase must 

 be daily witnesses, is eminently qualified 

 as an exponent of the art of safely and expedi- 

 tiously crossing the country. Mrs. Bradley 

 and her sisters have put the safety skirt to all 

 kinds of tests, those ladies going straight as 

 arrows to hounds 



