The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-07
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
HOW SHE LOOKS IN HER BATHING
COSTUME.

Evolution of the Afor esaid Costume.
| What 1t Is Made OF Row-Some
Pretty Ones Seen in the Surf-More
| Beach Gowns.
tCoppT0htN
! New YORK, Aug. 6.-Well, there's one
comfort about summer, at any rate. Even
if we do swelter and almost expire under
the hot rays of the sun, and feel feRrfully
warm no matter how delightfully."- cool our
dresses make us appear, and even IL we do
make fifty unsuccessful efforts day to curl
our hair, so that it makes us cross and dis
agreeable, there's always one comfort left
us, and that is bathing. We are really and
truly cool then, and when we're ready to
plunge in the waves, we may, without ex-
citing an extraordinary amount Of horror
in the breasts of our male advisers aud
critics, he permitted to shake off the con-
ventionality which has chung SO closely to
us all winter ard spring, and be trfie less
decorous than if we were waking sedately
| on the sands.
| It's CT at blessing that we may have
! our bathing dresses made little shorter
| than our other gowns, although even here
| we must never overstep the limits of
mOdesty and decorum. Trouvile's bathing
suit is little too gay for the ordinary
! American girl, and select Newport Is
Mortified st the thought of it. Narragan
| sett approaches more nearly to the French
| BATH q suits, and there one may see any
number of pretty ones in all sorts of colors.
Indeed, in this progressive age, the bathing
suit has not been left behind. The English
women started with ungainly dark blue
| bags-they are worthy of no better name
! gathered In at the neck, and again at
the ankles. WHAT pleasure could they ever
have mad in taking dip in such a cos
| TUNED Why, half the fun Of it is in know
ing you look as pretty as can be and are
more bewitchiDg in the water than any
where else. For long time folks chung to
the dark colors, mostly blue and black.
Then they discovered that white was
pretty color for the blue waves, and then
stripes entered the field, and after q while
silks and surahs were received with great
favor. So that now we spend as much time
ana thought on our gowns for the sea as we
do on any others. There's come to be
good deal of fitting and draplng in connec-
tton with these gowns, and even here the
ribbon element, entering so largely into
summer toilets, is prominent as well. Rib
bon looks very pretty tying up the little
shoulder puffs that answer for sleeves and
very pretty at the edge of short Turkish
| trousers
Narragansett has some gay colors A
dark girl of perfect figure, who swims with
perteco ease, who dives and who floats to
the admiration of all tue bathers is clad in
a dark red silk She wears silk stockings
of the same shade, which comes up over her
trousers AMI are confined by pretty gold
garters. Her oil-skin cap is bordered with
red also, and her arms a @ bare. Her skirt
stops before it reaches the knees, and at the
neck her blouse is cut round ana tribe
low. Yet there Is no suggestion Of immod-
IL wfuVllN
pretty. She throws q cloak about her as
she leaves the water. to the disappointment
of group of loungers on the sands.
| Another very en- trming one was made OF
old blue and white. The trousers of dull
blue serge were tied just above the knee by
ribbons aud the skirt, which stopped "A few
inches above, was plated in big FOLDS at the
belt and embroidered at the edge with
wide design in white soutache, The blouse
was laced down the front and had deep
yoke of white, all embr 'idered in the SOU
tache. The sleeves were very short and
double. Under u as a white one gathered il
closely, and over WAS plated, embroidered
one, hanging loose. The girl wore a real
pretty hat, like sunbonnet in white, tied
around with ribbons.
A pale gray suit was closely buttoned all
the way down; was banded by wide white
belt, had three pretty white rutfies at the
edge of the skirt, which y as quite long; had
white yoke, embroidered with anchors,
and had cute bow on her low cap, that
made her look like a little nursery girl.
OF course we trim our suits with braids,
very often; they make a wonderful differ
ence in a plain suit. They're attractive
put on dia gonally, or In short and long
striDes around the edge. Little rutties aud
pufs are very effective also. Wherever DOS
slble it is well to have a cloak to throw over
one on the way back over the sands; and
if one wears silk costume it is absolutely
Indispensable. Diagonal checks made good
costumes; stripes are more doubtful; some
times they look pretty; very often ey
look quite the reverse, Yellow is charm
ing color for a pure blonde, If her skin
looks pretty in the water. Ii it doesn't, let
her flee the color altogether.
And when all is said blue and white,
prettily, combined, are as becoming as
almost anything one could wear.
Mere beach-walking costumes-is there
any end to them, l wonder. What think
youof thesea
No. is q white that has a fine heliotrope
stripe in it. The bodice is low ont, adorned
at the neck with helotrope ribbon and bow,
and il gathered together at the waist under
loose belt of the same color. The pulled
elbow sleeves are gathered into hellotrope
band, and pale yellow suedes come up 70
meet them. The hat is unique, has square
shaped crown and a rut1e OF white null
falling over the face.
No. 2 is light fawn, tailor-made, with
delicately striped pink and white shirt front
that turns back in doep revers over an in
side white collar.
No. 8 is celestial blue, with soft folds
meeting over a white 'front.' with a WIDE
black velvet bodice, and with sheer full
white sleeves that catch pink tint from
the arms underne cath, to which the same
impaired deeper tinge than usual when
the maiden bethed.
No. 4 is gray and red. The red comes out
in the band that edges the skirt, in the band
thai confines the Russian blouse at the belt,
in the collar, and in the little front piece
that hangs down from the collar over the
blouse in the little STRAPS that join sleeve
to collar, and lastly in the fine TRANSPARENT
hat of delicate straw. The blouse Is pointed,
very long in the front and back, and slants
off very considerably on tbs hips.
EVA c. SCHUBERT.