Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-07-29
COL. WHITE REMARKS UPON MR.
BASKETS CITY ExPENDI-
TURE IDEAS. '5~
Says the School Tax Will be Voted
Next Year, and Then There Wall
be Money to Work With
Seaside Bathing
Costumes. fr-5

spenolng SS,0O0 OF This years income
and bonding the city. The city, is bor-
rowing money which 1t will pay back
out of the income this year. This fs
quite different from issuing bonds and
no one knows 1t better than MIR.
Basket, who is good financier and
does not favor bond issues. Why, he
told the writer as much himself. Newt
should not take things too much to
heart. The more he sees of the people
the more he will know that it is hard
to persuade them to do foolish and
unwise things. NE
am glad to know that Harold Clus-
ter has come back, as they all do. He
is hustling printer and live, active
boy.
The old landmarks are passing
away. A. F. Ryerson and Elijah Ben
nett both go over theRiver during the
same week. 1t is only little while
for the strongest and youngest of US.
That is worth thinking of, if we can
find time. Some of us are too busy to
think of death, but that makes no diff
ference to death, which comes just the
same as taxes and the first of the
month, when you are not ready.
1t is a shame that the school board
has not the money to fix up the school
property as it should be. Mexico
schools must not be allowed to suffer.
1t would be disgrace to our beautiful
little city. Some plan must be de-
vised to keep the schools in line.
Heretofore they have always been in
advance and that's the place for them.
Church and school property should
always be of the very best, and the
right kind of people will have good
schools and good churches. We have
the right kind of people in Mexico.
Me; Is all right. Mistakes may be
made, out they will be remedied as
soon as possible. The school tax will
be voted next year sure. The city and
county out of debt, with good schools
and churches-that's the talk and
that's the fact which make a live,pro
gressive little city.
am glad Mexico is going to have a
military company. j. W. Plnnkett is
lust the man to be at its head. This
company will be a good thing for the
boys and good thing for Mexico.
Mexico has many good things. can't
name them all, but paved streets and
better crossings and more granitoid
walks are needed. We will have them
soon. The more see of Mexico the
better / like 1t. lam coming back
soon, very soon. They all come back
as soon as they can.
The storm has passed away and the
"Summer folks" are bathing and fish
ing again. "sassiety" people will be
interested in the following description
of bathing costumes:
No summer girl goes to the seashore
without having expended time,
thought and a no inconsiderable
amount of papa's generous summer
check for bathing suit. And this
year it must be chic.
| Not conspicuous, you know, for nc
lreally nice girl wants mob around hel
levery time she emerges from the bath
lhouse, nor does she desire to see
camera fiends waiting in ambush ready
to "snap" her after each and every
tdip she takes.
But there is certain amount oi
catchet the bathing suit must have
sundry little Individual touches o.
color in kerchief, scarf or sash ant
collar, which will proclaim In unobtru'
sive fashion that Mademoiselle is {
Iperson of refinement and taste. an
credably informed that each resort
this year has already showed signs o
, a distinct and separate style in bathini
suits.
For instance, at Atlantic City tn,
colorIwill be blue and the costume com
| posed of shirt and waist, attached b.
belt of same goods. Sailor collar ant
+ vest piece of some contrasting color
either light blue, scarlet, yellow o
Iwhite, give tone to the suit. AtIanti
lofty bathers will not wear the knotte'
: sash this year. They say it interfere
4 with swimming. Bathing shoes, toe
. are to be cast aside, since fashion pro
I claim they have tendency to destro
q the appearance of pretty foot. An
!: no woman at Atlantic, except the on
who wears false bangs sewed in from
? of the head gear, will wear q hal
. uncovered heads being deemed ia
more attractive.
t At Narragansett Pier there will be
Itritie more latitude allowed In colo
and possibly In cut. You know th
lpier never was exactly straight-lace
when it came to the matter of bath
ing suits. The society girl who decke
herself in geranium red this sprin
became 30 infatuated with the colo
that she has had her costume for dee
sea wear made of that very strikin
= hue. Yes, red will prevail, not onl
II red alone, but also in combinatio
d with other colors, such as navy blu
. and gray. White luster cloth is to
9 somewhat in evidence, and q ne
garb noticed at the Pier last week W,
!. linen of q light-brown color.
: The Mexico bachelor who is know
" to have made the statement "that /
i never would marry girl till he 90
= :. her In a bathing suit" will have amp
i opportunity to study contours th
year IL he goes to Narragansett, Il
a. you well know, linen when W
! lclings as tightly to the figure as
= porous plaster.
i Asbury Park, or perhaps ] shou
say Founder Bradley, is as rigid whit
It comes to bathing costume limit
=. tions as Atlantic City Is liberal. !
a gentle maid may walk to and from q
: water at Asbury unless shrouded