The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-24
SALT LAKE SOCIETY
Another Brilliant Week in Cir-
cIes Of the Social Queens.
ATTRACTIONS AT THE BEAcH
Delightful Entertainment OF Graceful Host
esses Attended by the Eiite-A
String of Personals

Though the week has been gay, very gay,
lawn fetes, high ives, musicaies and picnics
still holding their own. nothing is more
universally popular than the lake bathing,
the supper and dancing which follow.
Evening after evening trains 20 out loaded
with the seekers for sport. The bathing
suit, and how one looks after, is the most
interesting subject and 1t occupies 40 little
thought.
The slender girl is coming to the front,
Tor though the plump girl is usually
thought to show off to greater advantage,
II is mistake, as she grows flabby in get
ting into the water. and must bs as care
fully dressed as her less favored sister
The slender girl has the best of it, for she
can put on all the clothing necessary and
still retain her shape. Then. too,
II her bathing suit is light in
color and Of wooden material, and
she is q good swimmer, she gives to the
looker-on the impression that he is a sea
gull just Swimming over the water lightly,
fearlessly.
One pretty girl at the beach looks as trim
Rs II ready for the dance. Let the girls
utilize their old corsets, from which the
bones have been pulled, put these on over
. white undervest, then put on the sus-
penders that are to hold I'D the black yarn
stockings-for my dear girls yarn makes
the leg look plnmper and on no account
have the soles white, for nothing looks
worse. The bathing dress comes next, the
knee breeches and bodice ali being in one
piece, the sleeves reaching just below the
elbow, the skirt buttoned TO the waist,
around which clasp a narrow white canvas
belt which you may draw in pretty close.
A tnree-cornereo piece of oilsilk may be
put over the hair before tying the red
handkerchief on, and little white hand
kerchlef pinned just to one side of the top
OF the head in case the eyes get filled with
salt water. If your forehead is high. lust
little fringe Of curls sewed at the edge OF
the kirchief is an Improvement even
though 1t should get wet. Thus arrayed
you are safe from fear of accident and can
dive, swim or float at will.
How much an old iooker-on sees at these
resorts will not be known until those
around have used their eyes TO as great ad-
vantage. watch that fellow y said the
observer of many seasons .,he has hung
around and waited patiently for the last
hour hoping that pretty Che never sees the
ugly ones), timid girl would venture out.
How apparently unintentionally he draws
nearer as she glances nervously out upon
the water, and she stoops, dipping her
pLbALf ADBeI ups 10 Bee now colo IL lS, ne
looks UP encoursgingly, saying: 1T is not
cold; try 1t; there is not the slightest dan
ger. Can you tioat' oh, no. Win you
kindly permit mep and seeing how at
home in the water is the great, strong fell
low. she foolishly gives him her hand and
he guides her out into deep water gradually
but surely. Then she begins to feel her
helplessness, and as her body rises she
clutches frsnticRlly at him, and the fell
lows opportunity has come.
Miss Maria ALI gave q lawn fete TO
about hundred Of her friends Thursday
evening which was q very pretty affair.
The lights from numberless electric globes
and the bright colors OF the Japa nese Ian
terms, which were very effectively ar
ranged in clusters high and low, gave a
picturesqueness to the scene that was
beautiful in the extreme A floor was laid
for dancing, and the fair maids and gallant
beaux tripped through the maizy dance TO
the strains Of excellent music. The draw
ing-room and hall Of the cosy home was
decorated with roses, smilax and holly
hook, the roses anu smilRx being twisted
and hanging across mantle, piano and cur
tsins. roses in vases here and there and
the sitter flower adjoining corners
Ices were served IN the intervals Of the
dance, and at IL q delicious menu was
served consisting of:
Shrimp salad in tomato cups.
Cheese Sticks.
Olives. Sailed Almonds,
Ice Cream. Cakes