New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
AT THE PIER.
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

Narragansett landscape. Men only count as part
of the impcdimenta of beauty. Before man
arrives at the stage where he can be said TO
o. have a history lie must be sort OF mixture
of Don John. of Austria and Lawrence Oil
plant, with a touch Of Guy Livingston and a
| flavor Of Byron. Besides. q man Is good deal
the same in the country as he is in town Even
his wardrobe undergoes no bewldering trans
formation it is inyariable and commonplace. AS
mere man he adds no charm to the landscape. and
only is of importance as necessary adjunct in
the train Of the rising belle.
| The Eternal Feminine crowds him to the
wall No matter where you go-the bathing
beach, the Casino, the ball room, the tOwcr-the
Eternal Feminine will be always there. NO
matter who you talk TO. the Eternal Feminine
will be the subject of conversation. The ola
ladies will tell you OF the flirations. the number
Of costumes and the ages Of the young married
women. The young married women will tell you
| OF the lovers and the engagements Of the unmar-
red bellies also, just casually. the number Of sea-
sons they have been out. The unmarried bellies
will tell You that they little girls at school
when the other unmarried bellies out two
seasons The unmarried girls who not bellies
tell you the age of every other unmarried woman
in the pace-all being ten years older than you
would think by their looks--the number OF for
eign noblemen and domestic mlionaires they have
tried 70 marry the dozens OF honest-heared young
men they have cruelty trif1ed with, the invariably
humble beginnings OF their families, who. gen.
Grafton back generally carried hods or drove hacks
and the shocking manner in which they have lost
their looks since last season.
A little OF Narragansett Casino and hotel balcony
conversation makes a prison very knowing. AS
destroyer of well-prcserved illusions it beats
whole winters course Of o'clock teas. One gets
to know many things undreamed of in an artless
past You begin TO see that the really swell
girls don't have such strangely small waists IL
is only the second rate girls who indulge IN this
form of modern torture The owners Of the wasp
| like forms not. as a rule very swell or very
| handsomely dressed When one cannot be strik-
ing through long line OF ancestors, or million
aire father. or half a dozen trunks full Of Paris
| ian creations" must he striking by the
means which are in ones power, and tiny waist
| il person has powers Of endurance that com
pletely ovcrshadow those Of ST. Jerome when ne
beat on his chest with pointed stone for several
weeks-is within the reach Of all women.
| Then. too, there are many sweet illusions that
| arc wrecked on tho bathing beach. All the slim
and dainty mcrmaids that run up the reach OF
beaten moist sand. are rs trinity and tightly fitted
in their pan black serge suits they are in their
| tailor made street gowns. There il not an old
fashioned bathcr on the beach. The bathing
suit is to-day a matter Of MS careful consh-
Grafton as tho ball gown or the street dress IL Is
never conspicuous and never other than highly re-
spectacle hut it has passed from the realms OF a
bathing suit that. in it's of hours rides the ee
mcnts from the restraining grasp Of a clothesllne
in all its nluc-hoomrrcd innocence. to that of
distinct costume II has cut It has fit, it has
q sct-thrce words Of deep. mysterious meaning
II is worn over corset. II no longer hangs
bacgily from an unfc'crcd waist. II rests smoothly
over the wcarcrs graceful hips. 1t has SILK
stockings, II has n broad tight canvas belt ~
has a hat. not yellow straw scoop tied down
with q shoclacc, bur an elegant, modSh hat'
| trimmed with ribbon bows.
| The bathcrs are. rule. slim. Women are
wiscr than scrrcnts AZ Naragansett. and they know
TINT when they weigh over q hundred and fifty
| rounds IL is he;fer not 10 brave the fury Of the
doom 4 thorough knowledge OF your own lmita-
,ions 1. above ruhics The thinner tho bathcr, the
better she looks Wisp-c, stripping girls, lean
with the exquisite slimncss Of youth. 60 running
lightly mp the beach. They are 50 slender that
they look as if they might be blown along before
tho wind their toes just brushing the SAND JOY
ously in Wild fcci-fooied play, like risen water
| sprites Their figures In the scant wet. black
| drcss nre n hundred times more graceful, more
agile. more vigorous than the figures Of Tademas
| Rail Plnvcrs" OF which they remind you. Sin
rularly enough too. rome Of these ssome creatures
are thin. II is beautiful typc--dclicatc, reed
| like frai as the vision OF poet but without an
ANGLE. without n suggestion Of meagrenesS or prom
incnt bonrs Omar Khayyam's cyprcss-slcnlcr
minister Of wine" must have been built on TINS
plan. 1t is the distinguishing beauty of America1
womcn-a 1.-the smooth. homeless SHINES that 1,
coupled with perfect health.
There are hundreds Of these ncrcids parading the
shores and hundreds more sporting in the sea
Their vanity, which prompts them to have their
| bathing suits cut and fit as carefully their
riding ha bits does not prohibit them from getting
their faces and arms darkly tanned There are
fashions in vanity as there are fashions in hats.
Our grandmothcrs would rather have baked
under fourfold wells and shelterng umbrellas than
havc got shade Of sunburn on their dear LITTLE
noses The fin de steele girl won't go into the
sea unless her costume il becoming and hci
ankles irrcproachabc, but her complexion never
troubles her She rather courts fine, dark tan.
brown as a clear wash Of lumber The only
| woman who wore bathing gloves in the sea at
| Narrangansctt this summer was dark ana some
what mature charmcr from New-Orlcans' one
and the Western girl who puts thick coating
OF white cosmetic 90 her face are the only bathers
AZ the Pier who seem TO feel some concern as
TO the effect Of the their cherished skins
The established bellies and the rising beauties
arc MS Indifferent about this as the small boys
and the surfman. Darcheaded. with the sun blaz-
| ing on their coppcry hair, they emerge from
their lighthouses. and bare-hcaded they plunge
into the sea. En- PEASANT, one may remark tha'
all the Narragansctt beauties have coppery'
| reddish hair. This appears to be again announcer
fashion Blonde haired girls no longer have any
vogue. To he seaside or waterns-piace neiH-
AT least from the Narragansett sandard-one
must have rich. rcd-brown hair very slim
Gourc n pIouant manner a good many very good