Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-10
TlC Sumner Girl In The Surf

Paris, June 1.-The summer is with US
again and the water is ready for bath
ing. In spite of the winds that some
times blow cold, the hardest of the
young women are already dancing in the
surf, and others are getting their water
gowns ready.
The old standby serge is coming rap
idly to the fore as the best material for
bathing dresses. Serge comes in forest
green and all the new colors which make
1t so admlrable; then, too, it does not hug
the figure as closely as flannel.
Forest green is an admirable color for
the water, especially combined with ger
anium. 1t is so extremely sensitive to
the rays of the sun, the least sparkle Of
sunshine sending it forth in brilliancy.
Fancy a bathing suit of forest green
serge, the bottom trimmed with a band
of white serge upon which beautiful
geranium colored flowers are embroid-
cred.
A French woman entered into a heated
argument with the writer a few days
ago about the advisability. or rather the
taste, IN getting up bathing dresses on
an elaborate scale. The French woman
took the view that it was highly advisa-
Die to do so. Her argument was that,
upon the beach there was always a Grove
or spectators, friends M relatives Of the
bathers, who We're there for the express
and avowed purpose Of watching the an
tics of the bathers in the surf. Nowhere,
then, was a costume SO generally OBJ
served.
All the new shades Of red are worn,
even to Savoy, that color something like
beet, though more intense, which is dying
out IN favor. IT. is becoming only to such
faultlesS compilations.
Mohair is a surf favorite in the lighter
grades. There comes a mohair as soft
as silk, yet nue. more durable, and this
is made up into the most charming bath
ing suits.
A blouse of gray mohair was en-
broidered in a darker shade of gray. The
embroidery was lone by hand and was
OF a coarse, but very effective kind. En-
broidery is largely used upon water
suits, as it is not heavy and is warrant
ed to keep it's shape.
Braiding is also seen. A suit Of Scot
fish check, worn by an American girl,
n of the first bathers of the season, was
trimmed with very narrow bands of mus
keteer braid. Care must be taken that
the braid is waterproof, warranted not
to run. This can only be ascertained by
sewing a sample of the braid upon the
goods and soaking both in a basin of salt
water. If it stands the test after being
dried in the sun, then it is a good bathing
material.
China and India silk, the materials
which were worn last year so much for
bathing suits. are not popular. They
cling to the figure, but they make ad-
mirable beach suits. Many bathers like
to don a beach suit and sit in the sand
for a sun bath for an hour a day. For
them there is nothing as good as India
silk, for it is light ana allows the sun
and air to play upon the body. In the
water it is too clinging.
The devices for making the skirts Of
bathing suits stand out are many one
Of the latest being a stiffened lining. A
serge suit Of light weight was lined with
q lightweight buckram. both materials
being by nature stiff. TIL skirt was laid
In plaits. few in front but numerous at
the back, and was hung precisely as ac-
curately as though it were to be worn in
the street. And the result, when worn
the first bathing day at Trouville, was
delightful. 1t stood out even when drip
ping with water and the young women,
all of whom We're disporting in the waves
with lined skirts, were proud of their
couturiers. Others had a drowned rat
appearance after a dip in the waves.
You should nave seen these young wo-
men, SO pretty, and SO becomingly dress