The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
ALL EYES ON THESE BATHERS.
WOMEN AND SUITS STARED AT
DOWN AT ATLANTIC CRY.
TIVE Twins In Green and the Actress
m white SIN yellow Outnt ef Two
Bieades- Protest of . Quintet Against
skirts-The woman in the Harrow.


rent bathing suits say that an even 100 900
persons dipped themselves in the sea down
! her, on Sunday last. They keep tab by
counting the number OF suits issued. But
! there were some thousands Of persons on
the beach who were arrays, In their own
bathing suits.
First among these latter were the Two
Little Girls In Green. That's what they
! have been called by the board walkers and
the sand nappers ever since they made their
first appearances on the strand something
more than siI weeks ago. Bat they are far
from being little. They are Swapping.
handsome. nns-limbed young women. both
Of them. They are twins and dark.
Their bathing dresses. like the girls them
solves. are exactly alike. They are OF dark
green mohair. The skirts are exceedingly
short. The wins go stockinglcss,, and
wear sandals. the ribbons Of which are OF
the same color a. their suits. cross their
lers many times are and tied In sizeable
knots a. the knee. Their ra ven black hair
il u~nconhned and hangs below their waists
Their arms are bare to the shoulder. and
on each arm they wear heavy bands. abou al
an inch wide. OF dull gold. and below these.
on their left rms slender circlets Of gold
terminating in -erpents' heads with emerald
eyes.
They are a. striking looking a pair 81
young women a. have cavorted near the-H
waters In some years. Trustworthy W.T.
nea-es affirm hat the twins have hecn seen
10 moisten their sandals In all Of sin inches
Of water. but the ordinary run Of %Strol'err
declare that they haven't been within
twenty feet 81 the seas verge since they
frst made their appearance here.
The two girls po-ses- a lot OF poise, anu
they don't appear 10 he bOthered by III"
| immense amount ~ attention and comment
they invariably arouse when they show
up on the sands. They often enjoy them
selves by PLAYING catch with a large, green
rubber ball. They spend most OF their
/ time parading up and down the beach with
their arma about zach others waists While
they don't appear to MIND being stared
Al. they are aver.e TO being snapshotted
by the hordes Of camera hcndS that infeSt
the beach. and they keep a wary eve out
for the kodaksrs. When they perCsiV"
that They're within range Of a lens they
quickly side-tep and take TO their h'-'lS'
and none Of the lens gunners lav" vet sue
ceeded In catching them
There " n vaudeville actress down here
who monopoliz.~ a lot Of attention when
she apIssars on the beach arrayed Tor hath
ing Like the girl In the OLD song. sh"
never gos.- near the water. hut that sort
OF ahsteniion IL 20 common down here
among pretty women with striking bathing
suits That II doesn't attract notice any
more
This vaudeville woman. who has the
mAturcd physical -plendor Of - and a
Young and handsome face, arrays herself
In a suit 81 the white-t and sh-eTe-i sill.
bound with red silk braid Her stockingS
are Of red silk She wear sandals. the
wenrS a white rubber Tam o'Shanter Oh
her ~singularly black hair, and her arms
are hare,
mi woman rites. man-wiSP. fur an hour
or 90 every morning, Up and i"wn the ''@ach.
a hiy black horse hat she brought along
With her for these strand cons'i'utionAl>
Sh. iu~t walks the horse up and down.
keering AZ a pruter distance rom the folks
seated on the ~and. and she looks -erenely
unconscious OF the -iares that ar" leyelled
al her all W. and down the line. when
she has doiie enough of this Jogging shr
turns the horse over To q male -erven' who
il In waiting under the hoard walk, aud
the, IN. cr,-ses tho hoard walk. steps
into n coupe, and disapIears She hasn't
even damIaned the sole- ~ her sandals
up 20 dntc.
", themselves up in bathing drcs-'as ~
vivid yellow silk. with yellow silk STOCK
ins., sandal ribbons, and all III. rest of
H.. rh., only touch 81 any other color IN
their make-uD u the bright grFNCr TOW
knots which beth wear IN their hair. Irish
men on IN. hoard walk aud on the bach,
while expressing thor admiration of tn"
1 IElN 10 ,AAAF - hHa'H " " hHk 49,
view with an aslant gaze this mating 81
tho yellow and the green.
These SISTERS drive on the beach n the
bathing hour every day ia q iouhle-~'atrd
trap of n bright yellow hue, and plle' hv
n pair OF small white donkeys rigged uut in
rus-ct harness, 10 which many little tink-
Hing iells arr attached. Both e the dom
KEYS wear straw hats rimmed with yellow
ribbon 10 the sam" tint ~ the young
womcn'S bathing dresses
The girls conAuct Themselves with great
propriety, al'hDugh when they trsI arrived
on the beach IN thar trap they -nnt the
donkevs along NJ a lickettv-splii clip. which
caused hem 10 l@ warned against fast
driving on the sand. They. too. secm 10
regard the surf ~ something merely 10
BE- looked at. Cor they have no. Settcd
themselves In the 80 IN TO this writing
A quintet Of Actresses who have n
cottage over on tho south sid ~ The island
all dress themselves for bathing in baby
blue mohair suits Of the same CUT, and
they 60 through a performance every
morning that makes them the focus for
the eyes 81 all the lOungerS. They are all
expert swimmers, and their little per
formance II a mute but eloquent protest
against the heavy hampering bathing
skirts which Conven'iunslity requires them
Ia wear.
After dallying abou, the sands FOR a
spell. they all approach the water In n BODY
just a. they get tn the verge. they get to-
gether IN a clo-e group. and then their
skirts all drop On al once \ colored maid
gathers up the skirts. and the five women
OF the stage skirtless and free racr nto
the water in their bloomsrs, swim out
beyond the breaker line. and cavort around
like dolphins Tor a quarter Of an a u or
~ without ever touching bottom with
their feet
Then they make for tho shadows again
in a body, run out Of the water. grab their
skirts from the colorcd maid. hop into
them In something le~- than no time. aud
then make To- their bathing hnu-r They
are all pretty. well-form"d women. and
their little act has Coin" 10 N" one 81 To"
expected and wsit.d-fos features of the
ksleido-rnpic game down here
Then there v n Boadicsa on = lake Whose
little stunt on her wheel j. watched for
every morning by som. thousands 81 Per
sons She IL a trick hicycii-i ~ the vaudr-
Vile houses during the season. hut she
H. resting down here, 80 that her daily
fire. lcach show isn't suhl~rt 10 s1irtRil-
ment or cutting uut 10y any Of the board
walk theatrical managers
S'~ h. a tall. ss .def ciH. not mu"h atove
~. With -culptursd anp- and h-gs. aud
stoui ~ ND n h-Ad ot hair a. Was ever
--n ouf 81 \ T. ~t'f. Sh- l"fs this hatr
-,r-am lo0-e 10 tho -pa y~rhNr - n sN- udc-
up and down th+ l~arh on her ~irsi. doug
extraordinarily dif cuh trick a. ~" pro
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