Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
SMART BEACH GIRLS
What They Wear to Deserve
Their Name.
NEED STYLISH T0GS
MoHAIR MAKES THE MOST &C
CEPTABLE BATHING SUIT.
Coarse Weave Shantung and Cloth
Skirts Retain Trim APP
pearance.
NEED STYLISH TOGs
Written for The Star.

| bathes and the girl who does not Far
| be 1t from any one person to state which
class of girls has the better time at the
| shore, but it is easy matter to draw
| the line between their respective ward
| robes.
| The girl who bathes gives the morning
| practically to that form of recreation,
and dresses accordingly. The girl who
takes up picturesque pose on the sands
| while others battle. or seeks out shady
| corner in the pavilion or promenades the
| boardwalk, dresses strictly to create the
| proper effect of well-gowned, we'll
| groomed. well-set-up young woman of 1905.
The girl who intends to battle every
| day during her stay at the shore,
| whether 1t be brief or long, will do well
| of her dress allowance on her bathing
| equipment. 1t is no longer permissible to
| make sloppy appearance during the
| bathing hour. The old-fashioned flannel
| bathing suit, baggy and cumbersome, with
| fat. shapeless slippers, cheap cotton no.
| siery and a most unbecoming oilskin cap
| or coarsely woven farmers hat-these all
! belong to the dark ages of salt water bath
| ing. The new suit is light in weight varied
| in coloring and as chic in its way as the
| tub frock Of the hour.
Some bathing enthusiasts go so far as to
own two suits, which they alternate. One
of these is more than likely to be a
slken affair, but for general wear there is
nothing to equal the mohair suit This
sheds both sand and water. The very new
est mOhairS for bathing suits show coarse
weave not unlike the sicilienne in hop
sackIng patterns. The water slips through
this mesh and the suit dries in few mo-
ments-a most important feature when one
has a tiny summer cottage or Is coeped up
in a boarding house.
The fine checks, black and white, blue
and white and green and blue, are Vylng
this season with the plain colors, but per-
haps more popular will be a plain blue or
black suit with trimmings of checked ma
terial.
Great Variety.
In silks the range of weaves is amazing
to the woman who has never considered the
possibilities of this fabric for bathing suits.
Some OF the most beautiful models are
shown in peau de sole. the dark colors be-
Ing preferred and black leading all corners.
A certain grade of taffetas Is also good,
but care must be taken that supple quail
ity is selected. The dressing in a cheap
taffeta yields Immediately to salt water,
and a suit made of this grade of taffeta
will last but a comparatively short time,
while If the better grade is selected the
silk bathing suit will last an entire season.
In the matter of colorings conservative
women cling to black, or dark blue, and
the girl who this year will indulge in a
more dashing suit, such as white or natural
vestigate first the rules Of the summer re-
sort at which she will spend her vacation.
At a number of the very conservative
beaches white suits are not permitted. or
course, there is always the girl who selects
the vivid scarlet suit or something in blue
Of very pale shade. She may depend
upon 1t that she will be marked from the
moment she appears on the beach, and
may be grateful If she escapes the camera
fiends. Brown is again shown in mohair
and silk, but the woman who invests In
this color takes risk, as. it may streak
the very first dip in the salt water.
The girl who is spending her vacation
at some fresh water resort, where there
is bathing in the lake or river, has some
advantage over the ocean bathing girl,
because fresh water is not as hard on col
oring as the briny surf. She can, there
fore, allow herself more leeway in the
matter of color combination, trimming etc.
Elaborate is the general term to be ap
piled to the bathing suits of the year.
Very few plain-gathered skirts are shown.
Some very short skirts are gored and fitted
with all the care of tailor-made crea-
ton. Again silken skirt is fitted over
the hips with the same finely stitched
pleats shown in dressy gowns and a dash
ing fare just below the knee. For slender
figures there is nothing prettier than the
silk skirt laid in fine box pleats with knife
or side pleats between and pleated blouse
to match.
Stunning Models.
Three stunning models are selected as
examples. One Is a black peau de soie
with skirt and blouse laid in tiny pleats
lengthwise while the lower part of the
blouse and the sleeves are finished with
. deep nuns tucks running horizontally
Both the sailor collar and the pleatings
down the front of the blouse are finished
Wilh black silk paSsementerIe.
Inc second Is dark blue taffeta with
box and side pleats finished with hand en-
broidery in white silk showing a scalloped
edge and pattern of disks. The third is
gored skirt and pleated blouse of brown
mohair, with vest and detachable collar
of heavy white linen.
1t will be noticed that all of thesa suits
have high necks. The summer girl has
learned by sad experience that the burned
neck Ill becomes the decollette gown at the
evening hop. In connection with this fact
II may be mentioned that the girl who
wishes to keep her arms snowy white can
now buy silk jersey sleeves to match her
pathlng suit In color, and these are always
worn in the water
Snug fitting caps of oiskin, covered with
silk to match the suit, may be finished
with a dashing bow of pleated ribbon
built on Alsatian lines. There has been
decided attempt to introduce a new style
or bathing hat made from silk, with a
faring brim done in broderie Ang1ais.
These appeared last year under the title
of the lingerie bathing hat but they have
not proven entirely satisfactory, and are
far less chic than the turban with its fin
ish of gay color, plaid in particular.
III the matter OF footwear the smart
est bathing shoe is high In the back
as an ordinary boot. with straps across
the front. As rule, stockings match
in color the foundation of the bathing
suit and dark shoes make the foot look
smaller than the white ones, however cool
and summary the appearance of the for
mer. Long, loose rain coats are preferred
by the American girl for her walk to and
from the beach to the typical bathing cape
of the English woman, and she who
dresses at one of the bath houses on the
beach carries her bathing suit back and
forth In a rubber bag covered daintily
with silk.
For the Poser.
So much for the girl who bathes. The
girl who poses on the beach or board
walk will select her morning gown ac-
cording to the amount of exercise or
recreation she proposes to take Linen
is by all odds the smartest fabric for
morning wear, but it can be chosen only
by that girl who is almost statuesque
in her movements and poses: or by her
friend who does not have to figure close
ly on her laundry bills The beauty of
linen costume lies in it's freshness. and
this yields quickly to salt air. The girl
who disposes her parasol, candy boxes
and other appurtenances gracefully
against pile Of sand will sacrifice the