The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC. I
Contrast the bathing girl Of to-day with |
the recollections of what her grandmother !
or even her mother used to look like when |
she took a sea bath.
The bathing girl Of to-day Is such
sprightly. daintily attired. flesh and blood
sea nymph that she is an inspiration to all
who behold her.
Years ago the woman who went in bath
ing made a caricature Of herself by the
way she dressed.
Her suit was invariably dark blue flannel.
with an embarrassing tendency to shrink.
1t was made with long sleeves and long
drawer legs.
1t was seldom she wore stockings and her
head covering was apt to be big coarse
yellow straw hat. which she tied under her
chin with a piece Of tape.
To-day the modern girl selects her bath
ing costume with as much care as her ball
gown.
She considers the lines Of her figure and
every little accessory which would tend to
improve the effect for her bathing suit.
The result is. she is a picture worth look
ing at. as she Tolls on the beach or Jumps
the big breakers.
The bathing girl who will reign supreme
at Newport. Atlantic City. Narragansett
Pier and Manhattan Beach will appear in
many bathing suits.
no sleeves and very short skirts to wear
when she goes in for a good long swim.
She will have picturesque suits in many
varying designs for the days when she
spends as much time on the beach as in the
water.
ing suits this year. and It IL the elaborate
suit. rather than the plain one. which will
be worn.
The seashore girl looks well to the Access
sories OF her bathing costume. Apparently
she is no longer content to wear a plain
black or dark blue bathing suit
II it Is dark in color It must be trimmed
and frightened UP a bit.
Big. fetching sailor collars are worn-col-
lars actually trimmed with lace and fas-
tening in front with rosettes Of ribbon.
There are bathing suits with pretty new
tinguish from the belt worn by tho sum-
mer girl only on land
There are bathing suits with pretty new
vests introduced and there are q whole
collection OF dainty caps and hats.
OF course. the bathing girl wears stock
ings and shoes.
net and not infreQuently she has her bath
ing skirt made with the Paquin interlining,
which gives 1t pretty flare and prevents
It from clinging TO her figure.
ROSALlND ADJUSTER TO GIVE
THE FRENCH CURVE.
Sometimes she wears a bathing corset and
sometimes she depends upon the feather
bone stiffened lining of her waist to keel
her figure trim and to give her pretty
lines.
If she is a very particular young per
son and incidentally. one who Is more fond
of sun bath than a dip in the sea, sh,
will wear little Rosalind adjuster to xiv,
her the fetching French curve TO the waist
line.
L; is this young person who wears padded
stockings. IL she requires them, and a wi,
which the salt water cannot hurt.
The new bathing suits are made Will
skirts and sleeves in varying lengths
The girl to whom nature has been mos
generous prefers the very short skirt, reach
ing just to tho knees. and a sleeve tina
is merely little pun peeking out beneath
the broad collar.
The bathing suits this season 60 rattle
to cxtremes There are some made of blacl
n.sha!r. which have much the effect Of a
abbreviated sS,st-wais: suit.
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