The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
Startling Designs
in Bathing Suits
Mohafrs in Fast CoIors Allow Free Play for Those
Who Like Fanciful Effects in Bathing Suits.
BY KATHERINE ANDERSON.

bathing slippers make the foot look
very large.
A study in Red and White.
A striking study in cardinal red mo-
hair and white has the cardinal for the
body of the suit, and the white mo-
hair for the belt and the large seal
Hoped collar. These are braided in
cardinal novelty braid, showing a dash
of black Red stockings and black
sandals complete the costume.
The woman whose fad is wash taf-
feta will find black to outline the far
ing cores and the deep collar which
turns back to form a "V'' shaped
neck.
Slender girls who will battle at ex-
elusive summer resorts are INDUCING
a fad for all white bathing suits in
sheer lansdown. The stout woman,
however, should never wear white
These white lansdowns are trimmed
deliberately with silk braid. and
suit recently completed for an ex-
elusive resort is trimmed with bands
of pale blue washable taffeta. White
stockings and sandals, fastened on
with blue ribbons, and a white mo-
hair lingerie bathing hat, completes a
girlish if delicate-l looking makeup.
Lingerie bathing hats will be much
worn by the socially elect. but It
remains to be seen whether they will
prove at all serviceable. The hair is
first covered with the regulation oil
silk cap, which is hidden by a genuine
baby lingerie hat, the knife-plaited
f1ounces and the soft, gathered crown
being made from mohair or silk to
match the bathing suit. II is tied
under the chin in a coquettish bow,
Where the lingerie hat is not worn.
the oilskin cap may be hidden by a
square of wash taffeta silk, fastened
on turban fashion; or the oil-silk can
may be covered with the material of
the dress and finished with a coquet-
fish bow on one side.
The Bathing Corset.
The bathing corset Is distinctly I'M
der the ban. as it interferes with the
suppleness of the figure in swimming
The waist line is now left free from
artificial support, and bust form is
made of grass cloth or canvas, stiffen-
ed with the best quality of whalebone.
Dainty union suits of India silk are
provided for wear under these bust
forms, in which case the boomers are
bloused to take the place of the regu-
lation boomers with the bathing suit.
which, in such cases, consists of mere
ly the blouse and the skirt.
The hosiery should always match the
prevailing color in the bathing cos
tune. Plain Isle is best. Violent con-
trasts in hosiery offend the eye and
render the wearer conspicuous. San
dals, bound on with ribbons of wash
silk, are popular. but the newest shoe
has no sole and gives in the water as
easily as a stocking. 1t is made from
washable, non-shrinkable cloth, not
unlike channels skin in finish, and when
it is taken off after the bath 1t is slip
ped on a shoe tree to dry in shape.
This shoe is apparently built from
two pieces of cloth, with the seam rum
ming from the back of the heel straight
under the foot, up in the front to the
top of the vamp. 1t is held on the foot
by a puckering string, run around the
ankle through stout eyelets.
A Suit Ont of the Ordinary.
The fair bather who would have a
suit out of the ordinary may copy
the design to be worn by a fashion
able woman on the Newport beach.
The skirt will be shaped in a decided
flares, with stitched kits around the
hips. The round-necked blouse is
draped like the classic Greek peplum,
and the sleeves hang in wing points,
caught on the shoulder and just above
the elbow, leaving the upper part Of
the arm exposed. With this is worn "a
broad girdle of silk elastic webbing.
The safest of bathing carriers is
made thus: Around the waist next to
the skin is the silk garter girdle. from
which depends silk elastic, finished
with two ends of strong ribbon. To
the side of the stockings stop is at
tached a ribbon loop. The ribbon ends
on the side elastics are run through
this loop and tied, and the strain OF
every movement is on the side elastic.
There are no buttons to give way or
clasps to corrode. and the bather en-
joys immunity from all anxiety over
the snug fit of her hosiery.