The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
The WOMAN OF FASHION.
Is Bathing in The Surf Going Out Of
Fashion?
Some Reasons for its Decreasing Pop
ularity-The Prettiest Suit to be
BouRht-WhiteS Serge and Soutache-
A Brown Outing Suit.

! +NtN AblA# July 81 1 utIt was
nothing doing at Narragansett
/ the day that took run down there. It
/ had been cool for few days, and bath
/ ing was not in order. wondered whether
| it were not going out Of fashion. II was
! no longer IN vogue at Newport, for the dip
/ taken there isn't worth talking about;
and even at Narragansett, where it has
! been so much more popular, the uncertain
weather this season has delayed ii and
! apparently thinned it considerably
/ think the illustrated magazines have a
/ great deal TO do with It, also. For from
! April to November they are %ull Of
| dashing, graceful forms clad in such cos
! tunes as have appeared nowhere save in
| the imagination of the artist who sketched
| them. The pictures are so much prettier
| and more graceful than the average girl
| in her bathing costume, after it has been
| immersed in salt water is, that the sum
| mer piazza presents a busy appearance of
| bent heads earnestly scanning brilliant
! pictures, while the poor disconsolate
| bathers, in their necessarily more sedate
| costumes are taking their plunge in soil
| tude. 1t is too bad to deprive the bather
! of all her glory in this fashion.
spite of the descriptions of ravish-
| ing bathing costumes which we read so
| often, and the glimpses we catch of
them as they emerge from the cloak
| and disappear beneath the first big
wave, member OF that sex which al
| ways wears such particularly ugly suits,
remarked, II never saw woman look
| pretty in the water, in my life!' ] indig-
| nantly defended the cause of woman
kind, but he would not retract particle.
All these trifies would seem 10 indicate
| that bathing is going out Of fashion,
went the round Of New York's fashion
ah -f, he Iovr 70 tl,.a,v
| were doing much business in this direc-
| ton. l noticed the shelves we're very
| full, with scarcely single gap. They
| didn't look like the shelves that but
| few weeks ago were filed with organdies,
| but which are now scattered with few
remnants and pieces of ugly patterns that
will not sell. No, decidedly the organ
| dies are more popular than the bathing
| suit this year. Some of the shops were
trying to work up public enthusiasm by
| displaying them as bargains, but even
| these spots were noticeably deserted by
| the few shoppers that were left.
None of them was doing much this
| year, as l ascertained. They were max
| ing no pretty, fancy, overturned ones,
| and the most delicate they had were Of
| black alpaca, with short skirt, and shout
| der putfs, low, round necks, neatly trim
med with few rows Of soutache. The
alpaca makes a very desirable material,
as it holds its own so well against the wa
| ter.
Over the water they say, ''There is
| nothing new in bathing suits" They are
made OF vigogne, Of light, transparent
serge, and of mousseline de laine. They
| are not pretty; they are still the same
| old pantalettes, the same old blouses,
| generally blue, trimmed with scarlet
| braids. The beauties dream of a lovely
| Greek style, with large floating skirt !;
| a., b1f
the sake of a little variety they are made.
But, after ALL fine, white serge makes
| a charming suit, trimmed with many
rows of white soutache. The neck may
be cut round and pulled, the short sleeves
| are also pulled fully, and the trousers,
| reaching only to the knee, end with a
| ruche. The tight-htting combined stock
| ing and trousers are very convenient,
over which hang the short skirt These
suits, the very finest of them, cost only
80. The dark blue serges are frightened
| with scarlet or white braids, and can be
| further adorned with white putting or
short founoes. The serges look very well
| in the water.
Fancy galloon makes wonderfully pref
effects. A young mother that led little
| 4-year-old to the waters edge, wore a
serge that was trimmed with wide, fancy
| braid. 1t trimmed the trousers, the
skirt, and ran up one side TO the neck
| Then it went around the neck and down
the front in short pieces; trimming the
small sleeve ruffes as well.
The little maiden wore pretty flannel,
striped, white and pale blue, trimmed
with ruche of white. From the full
blouse hung a very short skirt, and there
was fancy ribbon trimming at the neck
and belt. She had big Tyrolese straw
hat on her head, with rows Of wooden
galloon,
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elaborate one. 1t includes dress, cloak,
shoes, stockings and hat, We have not
yet come to the gloves That will proba-
bly,. be the next step, and possibly some
sort of veil will be added, warranted not
to grow limp in salt water.
Here is the outfit that occupied a con-
siderable corner of a big trunk the other
day-the suit was of blue vigogne and
made with the blouse effect. The skirt
hung in very full plaits, edged with rows
of braid, At the heck was full rufie,
hanging beneath a softer and thinner
yoke that was inserted, of blue. A pretty
embroidered girdle encircled the waist,
and hung in a low bow at one side.
The cloak that was to cover it was of
broadly striped flannel, in blue and white,
loosely plated at the back, and caught
together at the front with 4 knotted cord
The big sleeves were also caught in with
cords.
| The bonnet was or blue battSte, very
stiff batiste, with a broad ecru ruffle. The
white shoes had trimmings of yellow
leather.
There is one girl of the season who has
rebelled against the red, white and blue
verdict that has gone forth. She will
wear no outing dress in any of these
shades Therefore, she has selected a
brown. The skirt is made of the new
sacking of lighter weight for sumner
wear, and is a trihe narrower than usual
Her short Elton jacket, of the same ma
terial, is trimmed with delicate white
cords. Her white duck vest beneath is
flecked with irregular brown spots; over
her shirt waist she wears a brown poke
dotted tie, and her sailor is all brown; so
are her gloves and parasol; the tan of her
shoes is as dark as she could secure and
her white veil is dotted with velvetty,
brown spots. 1t was quite a relief to look
at her, in the midst of all the blues and
whites that crowded the station, the day
she took her train.
Somehow sateen has lost favor with us
1t is awfully pretty at first; but loses all
its loneliness when dipped in the wash
! And as the favorite summer gown is the
gown that does not object to soap and
water, the sateen has had to give way to
the ginghams, linens, muslins and dimi-
ties that come out so fresh and dainty
| from the laundry And vet I saw a