The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-23

with habyss cap q tie sane 11aSr.i~A-
TIE ssgcs 1zs positively gnssiAys sn0
there @as s.xh cf relief xhea tie woo"
ard her twc l.s:ls ones left Ire car.
WIS. rFInxsr's BATHING SUIT.
The rr.s.er.sary'. Wife Creates sensa-
s2slsn al coney Island.
Bsooalyn Essls-
~-s r4Ekwan. while her husband -as
seer.sarv q IS az, was tail, striking brsl-
r.eise. with s superb presence, handsome
face sr4 3 osssaIng manner. IL = SAD tAa'
her hsR dresses were ss2r;lingiy Gscolets.
AMI syrle OF the ladies OF the capital who did
not rossess Mrs Fselknap's speeizl charms
a. figure talked 20 much about her gowns
tia, the Washington correspondents took
TIE matter Up. and The sscFe-
tarys vie found herself
rssaeh talked o. woman. NothsIth-
Standing al this, Mrs. Bs KNAPP was
E.srclar IN soc5ety and her receptions we're
largely attended. She also ssd the reputa-
t.on Of having the most beautiful foot OF
any woman in Washington Alter her nus
baad = political eclipse Mrs. Belknap re-
tired with her daughter into private lie on
TIE Continent and remained n Europe for
ten years educating her children. Last
March. at tie Inauguration Of President
Harrison Mrs. Btlsnap Ans her
daughter. who Is a beautiful blonde OF
some eighteen summers. occupied rooms 81
the Arlington hotel. and were 20 he seen
ever night IN the dining room arrayed in
evening dress Old friends Of General Bel
knsp regarded the pair with considerable
interest. ard they remarked with pleasure
that tirne bad dealt kindly with the eide
lady. and that. With the exception OF an
added stoutness. which was no, unbecoIn-
ing. Mrs Belknsp was as handsome as
ever.
on the 18th Of July the sleepy clerk al
the Oriental hotel, Coney Island. vas
shaken out OF the dreamy contemplation
oil bis two-carei diamond shirt-pin by the
news that upon that evenings train from
New York Mrs William Belknsp, daughter
and maid would arrive and that the best
rooms in the house we're 70 be plsced a,
their disposal, From that day TO this Mrs.
Beiknap has been summering at the
Oriental. and has held their own a. one
of the leading features OF the place.
No sooner does she leave her room for
the big bathing pavilion between the
Oriental aud Manhattan beach hotels
then there Is culver of excitement
about the place. The male guests a. both
hotels betake themselves in a body 10 the
beach. and even the ladies. although they
viii not own IL. are interested. IL IS not so
much the way Mrs. Belknap battles that
interests these idlers of q summers day
but it Is the clothes. or rather the lack of
clothes. tina, she hathes in. Until Saturday
las, the wife of the ex-secretary has worn
at the bath a startling costume OF white
and red. 1t vas striped affair, showing
her perfect form in all its graceful
curves little low-necked, sleeveless
bodice and q very short skirt were all that
IL consisted of. The ladv's lower limbs were
incAsei in silk tights. The effect was start
ling a. she dashed through the waves,
throwing herself upon their crests with ali
the Wild abandon of a water nymph. The
bald headed old gentlemen IN the surf
almost chuckIed with delight, and tough
weather beaten John keegan, who has
acted as Waterman at the Manhattan
bathing pavilion for several years, could
hardly believe his eyes. He took of his
glasses, rubbed the sea fog OF them. looked
at the fair hather again. aud then &C
knoNIedgei that he had never seen any
thing TO equal her before
To an Eagls reporter Mr.. keegan said !:
You may talk about your Ear Rockaway
or Cape Nav bathing costumes. but Will
bet that there Is no one III the country that
can match the one worn hy Mrs. Belknap.
Ii would not take more than one and one
quarter yards of goods TO make the whole
affair"
The ladies who saw Mrs. BelAnap dis
porting herself III the waves did not, how
ever, seem To sdmire her costume as much
as the men. The latter said that the
women were jealous of her However
that may b.. the talk about the
Oriental hotel Was started, and
ii has been getting more and
more critical. The male visitors all
took the par, OF Mrs. Belknap: the women
were al against her Being a woman Of
energy aud great courage, Mrs. Belsnap
has continued To battle in her wonderful
striped costume with the abbreviated
sleeves and the still more abbreviated skirt.
She made up her mind that she would not
let the gossips gain victory over her. and
she almost Won the fight but Mrs Bel
knap's daughter. who is very beautiful
ana accomplished glrl did not relish the
notoYiety which her mother was attaining.
and persuaded her Ia throw aside the OBJ
'eCuonable suit anl wear one less
conspicuous. The naughty Bluegrass
beauty did not ike to give in,
bat she At last consented 20 Weld 10
her daughter wish and. this morning the
bald headed Old men who paid 10 cents each
fer tAe privilege of seeing Mrs nelknap
hathe vere reduced aimostt0a state O; deS-
Teraton- She appeared on the beach IN a
aaEA-elue costume of tie uSual seaside
style. The women vho found fAal. xith
Mr., lielkaap's striped sugt were smiling
an6 happy when an Eesie reporter visited
the bathing pavilion IS Manhattan Besch
This morning one slight aod dslicAtslv
bnli s.ri q scout forts ssmmers. and
heaven kzows how MANY hart winters
sas3 to a companion "a the hearing al the