The Jersey City news., 1898-06-21
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Wear sailor collar on your bathing
suit and take this bit of advice; catch 1t
down securely at the ends to your suit.
If you do not they fiep into your face
most seriously. OF course, If you are only
a ..beach bather'' the tautness of the coli
lar makes no difference. The new suits
fasten at the side. under one end of the
collar the plastron which fills the "
shaped neck being sewed tight to the
other end.
Black and dark blue suits are usually
trimmed with bands of white around coll
lar sleeves and skirt. Flannel suits are
still in the market. but are rapidly being
supplanted by serge and brilliantine.
Serge. being finer and softer and of light
er weight has many advantages over
flannel without the disadvantage which
brilliantine suffers-or makes its wearers
suffer-of being too cold for the woman
of low vitality to bear.
Yet brilliantine makes altogether the
most graceful suit and is for this reason
preferred by the young woman who Is
solicitous for her personal appearance on
the beach. as well as by her VINO SEEKS
material of lightest weight, ana tnere-
fore least encumbrance to her stroke IN
the water. Its grea test advantage is the
fart that it does not cling to the ngure
as do Woollen materials of every kino,
and one does not present the appearance
Of a wet hen upon emerging from the
surf when clad in the stiff wiry brillian-
fine. If it is found too cold for bathing
purposes-it will surely be sufficiently
warm for one who swims-a black silk
and wool shirt may be worn underneath
without much trouble, and will he found
most comfortable. even on a hot day.
MANY of the new bathing suits have
vest fronts reaching from neck to waist
with sailor collar that has square cor
ners in front. instead of running down 10
q noint and necessitating three-corner-
ed plastron as in the kind previously oe-
seribed. The fronts are banded with
strips of white braid
more sensible style than any which
involves the broad collar is that OF a
Young woman who introduced patrlotlsIn
into her suit.
The material was navy blue briliiantine'
and over the entire blouse and skirt sne
stitched narrow strips of white prilhan-
tine which gave the appearance OF nlue
and white striped material-a pattern
which she could not get in brilliantlne.
The neck was cut in hexagonai shape
and bound with red tape, thus compiet-
ing the national color scheme. She also
wore a red belt, and there were red tapes
around the edges of the short sleeves
There will be more glaringly patriotic
suits than this at the beach this summer
Indeed. one need not be surprised to see
the adoption of army shirts instead OF
the ordinary blouse to ones barhing SUIT.
White serge or brilliantine. with dark
blue trimmings, makes pretty suit, ana
red belt or cap brings it into line with
the other evidences of patriotism which
fill the average woman's wardrobe and
dressing case
Although bathing suits sell at very rea-
sonabIe prices, ranging from So to sS or
80, it is, nevertheless, cheaper to make
one and more satisfactory as we'll Pret-
ty brilliantine suits cannot be had for less
than S. and by making it ones self one
can save at least dollar, or else have
one which is more than dollars worth
prettfer. The waist and boomers are
made together, each being sewed to
belt Instead of fastening both straight
up the front 1t is often more becoming
to button the waist ON one shoulder, ur-
der the arms and down one side of the
bloomers in the same line.
If one does not want a broad collar and
also objects to a low neck, the next best
thing is yoke of white brilliantine, cut
In lines similar to those 1ow-cut suits,
and hence producing the same general eff
feet White braid sewed on in the same
lines will also relieve the severity of the
dark brilliantine, but in most of the new
suits one sees narrow strips of brillian-
tine stitched on, instead of braid.
Skirts need not reach below the knees,
and are nearly all trimmed with a band
of white or some contrasting color. At
the band. it is laid in pleats instead of
being gathered, and is about the same
fuliness all around.
without gloves is the motto of the
summer woman in the city.
She Is not sounding a tocsin of gentle
ness: she does not mean to handle the
men or any subject in vigorous, vio-
lent way, says the Philadelphia Press
She is only taking of her own comfort
during the heat.
For years the Northern woman has
held the Southern woman trying to con-
vince her that comfort was more than
convention when the shade even was hot.
But the Northern woman wouldn't yield.
She had the advantage of finding that
four days out of the fortnight were q
trif1a cooler in this climate. so she
couIdn't get into the habit which. five
months of eauably torrid temperature
brings about
But. somehow, this summer, the South
ern habit is taking seriously. The war
cry may be economy" literally because
of war for If there is one thing loved
by the gentle sex it is an excuse for use
less economy.
One of the best t-dressed women in town
announced that she had made up her
mind to go without gloves until Septem-
ber, unless for dignified occasions. For
tho rest-shopping morning calls, trolley
rides, etc.-she had laid away all her
gloves.
She thought she was original / told
her that she was by no means first in the
idea. had come to the conclusion that
half the women were acting along the
same direction.
Suppose we get on a ear, ride down