Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-10
DRESSES POE suMmmgR RESORTS.

The bathing suits with short sleeves and
trousers loose at the ankles worn by Euro
peans, says Harper's Bd=ar. are fast com
ing into favor, especially for ladies who
have become expert swimmers. These suits
are now to be found at the leading furnish
ing houses, and cost from 50 to So. The
princess shape is the best liked for these,
as it combines the blouse and trousers in
one piece, and the skirt that drapes and
conceals the figure is attached to the belt
by buttons. The waist may be plainly
tucked or box. .pleated frcm the shoulders
to the belt, but better plan is to have a
smooth yoke covering the shoulders, and
to this add fullness either by pleats or
gathers that extend to the belt. The ample
trousers are sewed to this belt also, are
buttoned in front instead OF opening on the
sides, as they do when made separate
from the waist, and are straight and loose
at the ankles, instead of being gathered
to band like Turkish trousers. The
straight skirt reaches to the knees,
and is pleated to a belt, in which
are button.holes corresponding to
the button-holes on the waist. belt. A
woolen sash with fringed ends is tied
around the waist to give jaunty air, and
the costume is as pretty as it is possible
for such suit to be. Serge that is wiry
and woven in large diagonal lines is used
for imported suits, bat the preference here
is for all wool fannel, either twilled OF
plain, and of the sleazily woven qualities,
as those do not hold water. This is made
up in navy blue, with paler blue, red or
white braid, or else bias bands of flannel
for trimming. A pleating OF the red or
blue forms a frill at the neck and wrists,
or else there is deep turned.over sailor
collar and square cuffs of the gay trim
ming with a wide band of it around the
ankles q sash of woven red wool with tas-
selled ends like those of military sashes is
then worn around the waist White sleazy
serge with many rows of dark blue braid is
favorite bathing costume for young ladies'.
The gay woOlens with handkerchief bor-
ders worn last year for dresses are also
made up in such costumes. Black and
white plaid cotton poplin makes durable
and inexpensive dresses that have the merit
OF not being conspicuous. The pleated
blouses belted at the waist, with Turk
ish trousers are the suits used by con-
servative ladies, who have worn them
many summers, and object to a change.
These may have yokes, but are quite as
often pleated from the shoulders down,
There are woven suits of this kind entirely
of cotton in honey. comb designs, with a
neutral color for the main part of the gar
ment and darker striped border. These
cost from 81 to 81. Large coarse straw
hats with wide brims are tied down over
the ears to protect the bather from the
sun. Bathing. caps of oil silk are now
made ia hood-shape as well as in large
mob caps. There is frill in front that is
bound with some becoming color, and the
newest caps are themselves colored, the
oil. silk being printed with figures in imita-
ton of the designs of foulard silks. Bath.
ing cloaks to be put on when leaving the
full breadthe, somewhat in Mother Hub.
bard shape, and are of Turkish toweling
or other light yet thick fabric; water
proof cloak or flannel gown is preferred
by many Tor this purpose. The bathing
shoes of sail-cloth are better. made than
those formerly used, and cover the foot en-.
tirely, instead of being mere sandals.
The Jersey waist is liked for lawn and
tennis dresses, and the full box-pleated
skirt is sewed to the edge of the waist,
Just below the hips, with an erect heading
that gives sufficient finish, and dispenses
with scarf or sash drapery. The Jersey
waist may be of woven wool, or it may be
of the material of the skirt, made in Jersey
shape, that is, fitted smoothly over the
hips, without wrinkle, and has plain
Byrcn collar and turned up cuffs for its
only trimming; this waist most often
fastens in front, but very young ladies pre-
fer it buttoned in the back Sometimes a
plain solid collar is used for the waist, and
the skirt it striped. The striped lawn ten
mis- cottons are now prettily made up in
pleated skirts to be worn with satteen
polonaise that fits like curiass or Jersey,
and is lightly draped below the
hips. Two contrasting eolors, one
of which is very light and the
other very dark, are in the inch.wide
stripes when pleated, the dark stripe is
on top of each pleat. This is pretty in
ecru with maroon or blue, or with cardinal
red the polonaise is like the dark color,
and may be made Of cotton satteen or of
serge, or of flannel of light quality. Occa-
sionally the entire suit is made of stripes,
and sometimes the horizontal stripes are
used. For these dresses box pleated
blouse with a belt and a short wrinkled
apron are worn with pleated skirt. The
pretty Iawn-tennis aprons have been fully
illustrated in the Bdzar. White twilled
wool, in which there is good deal OF cot.
ton, but which looks like serge flannel, and
which is said to clean nicely, is imported
under the name Of lawn.tennis cloth, and
is sold for 37l cents yard in single width.
Awning striped cottons, such as were used
last year for the skirts of mountain dresses.
are also sold for parts CT lawn-tennis COS
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