The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

blouse no longer satisfies the craving
for an attractive appearance on the
sands. and there is respectable show
ing of waists made with plain, easy
French backs, or what are called shirt
waist-yoked backs. The front pouches
gracefully. with handkerchief points
very often extending from under the
arm, and knotting in careless grace
over the bust Sometimes the hand
kerchief knot is formed under the
droop of pointed or square buttoned
revers. turning back of a vest of dotted
goods, and the waist is then 4 most
becoming complicated affair.
Women who swim for swimming s
sake, or who battle for comfort, not
appearances. are having their dress
makers build regular shirt waist
blouseS for them of dotted or plain
French flannel, and a lining of twllle /
cotton reaches to the armpits inside.
This buttons snugly, but not too close
ly over the bust, and gives a stout
woman a firmness of figure without
hampering her movements or deep
bathing. Just very few of the smart
suits seen so far are open in the throat.
They are all cut out fiat at the base
Of the neck. and then, if you feel you
need a becoming finish, you simply
knot little blue or red polka dotted
Bathing Accessories.
The incest suits of the season, to
practical eyes. have sleeves cut to
reach the wrist, finished 10y a stitched
band and then rolled over and over
Washwomanwise when the bather
wishes to bare her arms. The roll
thus made on the shoulder by the
turned-back sleeve. serves as a quaint
finish. and yet at any time, when pro-
lection against the sun is needed, the
sleeve comes AT once into use
y bathing stocking with a foot rein
forced all around by three overlays, is
one of the good things of the season,
as well as the pretty red blue and yell
low shoes that were first evolved for
the benefit of French women at Trou-
vile and elsewhere. They are made of
thin. but apparently very good, rubber,
lined inside with a prepared skin Of
silk. and shaped to fit the foot like an
Indian moccasin, with coquettish bow
over the inStep. These can be worn
into the water without injury to their
rubber composition. but they are meant
for assumption on coming from the
water. when the bather wishes to move
about dry shod into her own bath
house
Kimono- shaped wraps of gray crash,
white. red or blue flannel. else brown
or white Turkish toweling, are the
bathrobes chosen for this summer.
Whatever color is used. d facing of
bright Turkey red stuff runs down the
fronts of the garments, and sash of
the same holds the robe about. the
waist. The Kimono sleeves are also
faced and turned back with red. and
startlingly red bandana is the proper
headgear for the Dather. She either
ties the big gay square of madras about
the base of her oiled silk or rubber cap.
or completely covers her cap with the
kerchief
Nearly every woman this summer
will adoTn her white throat. when she
goes for dip. with one. two or even
five strings of pretty glass beads.
The beads may be green or blue,
cloudy and opalescent as moonstones.
or rosy as coral, else clear as the water
Itself Their color is a matter of in
dividual choice. and they are worn SIM
ply because they are always becoming
and form a graceful finish for a fiat
necked bathing dress.
Clothing Stout Figure.
The stouter a woman may be- the
more Sedulously must she avoid any
noticeable gaiety in her bathing-d dress.
IL her appearance on the beach is with
her serious study. a corset that
has not bone in it. but is made of
-aneh linan tape two inches broad, is