The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

have more sailor blouses this season than we have seen for many moons. The more nautical your bathing suit the more fash ionable will you be-
 year and if you are wise you will nol let your patriotic feeling keep you from wearing the French skirt, which consists of a narrow front width, two marrow side widths and the back in two pieces with a bias seam.
 If you choose you may call 1t by some other name, because it is really Ameri- can made, but I assure you that you caA find nothing prettier or more SerViceablo for bathing skirt.
 Striped bathing suits will be stylish this summer, whether in silk or fannel; and these are inexpensive, while braided or naments are being utilized for the mosl expensive suits. Sometimes the braid Is used on plain silk, but the latest suits are of unusually elaborate materials.
 Embroidered effects are more in favor than ever and they are of the most eA penSive and intricate kind.
 Certainly the gown without a yoke Is ala exception, and reVerS are almost If nol quite as popular. They are cut in every conceivable shape. Most small revers the shoulder. The most popular suit com pines the yoke, blouse and revers.
 Yes, the bathing suits are more at tractive than ever. They are designed in blue and white and embroidered in an- clors and swords and other things which suggest campaigns on land and sea. Just u sea blue suit with white crossed swords embroidered over the skirt and collar. It the summer girl of '9S does not look pret- tier than ever before it will be her own fault.
 For light serviceable suit and one that will brave the crush of many breakers, there IS the indestructible black silk. It is quite expensive, but with a narrow stitIening of haircloth which has been shrunken around the edge and light per ~caline or silk lining one has a suit which Will be worth more than its weight in gold, fer one of its greatest virtues Is its lghtucss. Much has been said about the unhygirnc qualities of heavy bathing suits, and eXperlments show that light suit is the secret of healthful results from bathing.
 The new costumes, some black, some navy and not few red, proclaim them selves emnently suited to the graceful should like you to see a charming nd-embroidered flannel suit. slightly decolete, With short puffS over the shoul- ders. The collar extends over the sleeves in two points. It is slightly bloused with pleat down the front laced in white cord. The collar Is finished in plain blue flannel. Another made In black uncrush- able silk shows the possibilities of smart ness in high-necked yoke of pale blue. black silk braid. The iapeis of this cult are covered with braided decoration, so that the original material Is only slightly visible. From Fashions standpoint this is a very desirable suit.
 Brilliantine and alpaca are used more tran any other materials for the best < Stumes. Silk is used not only for the l. innings. but for entire suits, and the
 i-time favorites, serge and flannel are III in evidence. A tailor finish is given 1 the higher-priced garments shown in
 shops. and refitting makes them quite
 satisfactory as if they were made to ? CT.
 \ silk alpaca is a decided novelty, not ( " in material but design Of royal ! de 1t is pretty trimmed with white silk serpentine braid. The braid Is applied on ne skirt in pointed design. The bolero shows several rows, which are again seen on the sleeves and belt. The bolero is very jaunty and curves away from full