Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-17

ming, attirr. There arc plenty of cum brnus, ugly and ordinary suits for hire at all the places where the vast numbers of the middle classes go, and thcrc is little actual swimming possible in the heavy surf that pounds their shOrs In Newport and NarraganSctt, Bar HarbOr and Long Branch the summer residents take their own outfits and thrrc they swim and dive, baSk on the sands and need more elaborate suits. And for them this letter is written
 The French styles, with some modiflca- tionS, arc suited to these fashionable resorts
 As n general rule, the French bathcrs arc very economical in the amount of material used in making their suits. American lib- erality has a better showing. The styles shall mention here arc French ones, such as will be seen at Aix-lcS- Rains and at other noted watering places, and those who havc not yet made up their suits would not 50 far amiSs in following them.
 In tho first place, the skirts to tho suits arc shorter than usual and tho trousers are made quite narrow, and they invaria- bly, reach below tho knees. The material
 varies with tho taste of the wcarer. There arc good many sCrgcs, white, red and blue, they hang Cxcellcntly and shed water easily. Flannel, with its pondcrous weight, is rrlrgatcd entirely to the rent ing out" costumes. Blue, rcd and black pUngrc arc found very good, light and pr,Tty for bathing. suits Silk warp henri etta and fayrtta, which Is also half silk,
 make perhaps the most satisfactory cos | tunes. Fayctta sheds tho water like duck back as soon ns ono Is out of it, and 1t does not hang in nabby, dragging folds. Ore up 10 dato house in New York makes a speciality of all sorts of bathing, | cyClin. and travelling garments. TherS | one may a N,hitC sCr2yc suit with blue braiding The pants havo thrre grad
 ua:,d rows and the skirt two. Thcro k a sort "f l"nE blouse effect to the waist
 and a bow uf blue ribbon in tho front. Thr slr,'Nc. tn all the costumes arc small l and thcrvforr Int cumbersome. AnuthC: 1 suit Was dark hlur serge, with white sCrSc facingS. cui!ir and hrlt. Tho first one had n blue watrrVr,u hat with white ribbons | Thrro was vrr, elegant suit of navy hluc 1 fayctta silk, with white anchors cmhroid- | Crvd on th" trousers and on tho sleeves | sash and re'Nv!,. To this there was also n blouse ClttSI, though the fullneSS was drawn down rather sEugly, aS it would bG unSAtV to have It loose, HG then It might impede the wShrcr' ; frea movement. The rGst Uf the waist fitted thS figure rather closely The skirt was short and cut in rather tarin. style the front slightly | gathered between the reverS. This WAS
 Vsry hAndsomS and withal vary modest.
 l There a suit for a handsome, ath-
 letle young lady. The trousers had scarlet
 bows. They were of black silk warp hen. | rlctIa The skirt WIS kilted, and there ! was sash of scarlet silk prettily drapcd.
 The waist fitted snuglv. opening in front
 over a creaIn colorcd surah vest, worked
 with q scarlet anchor. Bows of the same
 color were set on the short sleeves. A long
 burnoosc of Turkish stuff of white, with a
 red border was with this stylish suit.
 For q young girl of II there was pretty
 smart Fuit of rcd ard white serge, the
 trousers drawn in with elastic. A scarlet
 Tam was worn. Close caps of oiled silk
 arc worn by some They are prettily made
 Thcre was suit of dark blue serge for (
 very young girl. md this was trimmed