The times., 1899-05-14
Neptune
and THE NAIAD
Salt Water Costumes We're
Never So Picturesque.
Suits Include Gray Turbans and
Snowy Beads
The New Fad Is to Have Long
Sleeves and Roll Them
Up.

the spirit of sprightly mermaids, and in
consequence the manufacture Of the gay
est OF swimming dresses goes forward with
rush. Are you going 10 have your wa
ter gown made OF Dinard serge. Scotch
Wineey. or English Jersey cloth? is what
every woman asks every other woman. for
those are the goods par excellence for
bathing dresses. In addition there are
Powered French dannels that make an al
most irresistible appeal. and a mohair with
white silk warp that cannot be ignored.
| Having selected any one of these respon-
sible goods, bear in mind that IL is your
duty. as an ornamental, progressive wom-
an, to have your dress made up with a
gored skirt and smallish sleeves; and no.
body has 4 word any longer to say against
your Drawing the waves in bioomers with
no skirt drapery over them. Women who
take to the sea for exercise are courting
the idea of divided swimming skirt. and
from the blouse belt at the waist elastic
bands now extend, beneath the kirtle and
knickers, to fasten on and support the
stocking.
| Some nice bathing outfits seen recently
consisted of three pieces, skirt and blouse
with stockings and drawers in one. 1t is
needless to say, perhaps. that the last men
toned garment was but pair of black
| tights, covering the feet, woven with no
opening save at the top where 1t was fin
| ished by belt full of button holes, there
| by making it fast to the blouse belt. An
| other style for women who do not wish
any extra bulk at the waist, consisted of
| tights and hose in one but woven with
elastic wooIen straps that were slipped on
the shoulders. Those who have tried these
new undergarments pronounce them most
comfortable for water exercise.
| a large majority of the short bathing
skirts are arranged to button up the front,
as the walking skirts of the smart dresses
all fasten. and while the upper half of the
garment is a close fit the lower half flares
fashionably. AS {, usual thing the hip half
and the faring half are in contrast OF
color and united by handsome stitc hings.
or an ornamental pattern is cut from
light goods and applied, by means Of ma
chine stitching. where the upper and low
er portions of the skirt meet. A popular
fancy is to cut the upper part of a skirt
OF solid dark blue goods and the deep
dots. The blouse is cut from the b ue
with collar and sailor vest OF dotted
white flannel.
An ordinary round, fioppy sailor blouse
no longer satisfies the craving for at
tractive appearance on the sands, and
there Is a respectable showing of waists
made with plain, easy French backs or
what are called shirt waist yoked backs.
The front pouches gracefully, with hand
kerphtaf uOiufS very often extending from
under the arm, and knotting In careless
grace over the bust. Sometimes the hand
kerchief knot is formed under the drCop
of pointed or square buttoned revers, turn
ing back of vest of dotted goods and the
waist is then a most becoming complicated
affair.
Women who swim for swimming's sake
or who battle for comfort, not appear
ances, are having their dressmakers bui.d
| regular shirt waist blouses for them OF
dotted or plain French flannel, and lin
ing of twilled cotton reaches to the arm
pits inside. This buttons snugly, but not
| too closely over the bust, and gives a
stout woman firmness of figure without
hampering her movements or deep bath
ing. Just a 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 be-
coming finish. you simply knot a little
blue or red polka dotted kerchief about
your throat
The incest suits of the season, to practi-
cal eyes, have sleeves cut to reach the
wrist. finished by stitched band and then
rolled over and over washwomanwise when
the bather wishes to bare her arms. The
roll. thIs made on the shoulder by the
turned back sleeve, serves as a quaint i'm
ish. and yet at any time, when protection
against the sun is needed, the sleeve
comes at once into use.
bathing stocking with a foot re-en-
forced all around by three overlays, is
one of the good things of this season, as
well as the pretty red. blue and yellow
shoes that were first evolved for the bene-
fit of French women at Trowville and
elsewhere. The are made of thin but
apparently very good rubber, lined inside
with prepared skin of silk and shaped TO
fit the foot like an Indian moecasin 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
J water when the bather wishes to move
about dry shod into her own bathhouse.
Kimono- shaped wraps OF gray crash.
J white. red or blue flannel. else brown or
white Turkish toweling are the bath robes
chosen for this summer. Whatever color
is used 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 n
startlingly red bandana is the proper head
gear for the bather. She either ties the
big gay square OF madras about the base
of her oiled silk or rubber cap, or COM
pietely covers her cap with the kerchief.
! Nearly every woman this summer will
adorn her white throat when she goes for
a dip, with one. two, or even five strings
OF pretty glass beads. The beads may be
green. or blue, or rosy as coral, else clear
as the water itself Their color is a matter
of individual choice and they are worn
simply because they are always becoming
and form a graceful finish for a fat-neck-
ed bathing dress.
} The stouter woman may be the more
sedulously must she avoid any noticeable
gaiety in her bathing dress il her appear
; anec on the beach is with her a serious
study A corset that has not a bone in
, II, but is made of tough linen tape two
inches broad. is what she should adopt
under her blouse. This stay only iaces up
in front and is quite short on the hips A
woman with bones well padded looks well
enough in a swimming suit done in two
shades of blue or in dark blue and black,
the blue a shade nearer the deepest corn
! flower instead Of the sober navy blue OF
which we are so justly weary.
The burden OF flesh ought not to be COW
cred by too full blouse and the skirt must
: completely conceal the knees OF full knick-
ers II they are worn. Flesh dresses to
vastly better advantage with tights beneath
the skirt and dressmakers are taking a
pretty advantage by sealloping or cutting
in series of blunt points the bottoms OF
bathing skirts for their plump patrons.