New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-03
TAKING Il DIP.
FreaA'ishness Of Bothers - One
Woman's odd Costume.

Women bathers may be divided into two classes,
those who do not how they look if they can
get a good swim and those who do not care how
they swim or whether they swim at all and IN
fact prefer not to swim, if only they can look
pretty. Some of them adopt strange methods in
their desire to secure the latter result. AT one
fashionable Connecticut resort, this summer, there
IS a woman who considers a Paris hat the proper
method Of topping off her costume. The hat she
wears is a beautiful creation of lace and roses,
red roses match her red 5k bathing suit, and 1t
nearly breaks the hearts of poorer women to see
IL bobbinS the salt sea waves, in imminent
danger of being splashed. For this woman really
goes into the water-she does not loll on the beach
most dressed bathers do. The floating
flower garden they call her. and the other bath
ers make bets TO how long the roses will last
The skeptical declare that she renews them every
day, but however shf does IT, she Keeps ohe nat
intact.
It is curious what different ideas women have
to the proprety Of drying ones hair in the public
eve on the beach. after a dip. Some consider
1t vulgar. If absolutely immoral to do II, but
there is another faction that thinks the
who think that very silly indeed. 1t is odd that
the members Of this latter faction almost invaTi-
ably possess glorious hair
The bathing suits shown In the shops this year
uniformly correct and sober that 1t Is a
matter OF wonder whence come the startling suits
occasionally seen at seaside suits that make
the very waves curl up and bashfully retreat Inc
wearers must evolve them out of their inner con-
seriousness. for they are not sold in the shops
No checks poka-dots this year, said one sales
woman across a pile of black silk bathing suits
THAT is about the most stylish thing. and she
nodded at 4 smiling wax LADY, with marched
hair who sat dry and comfortable. in glass case
clad in a dark blue bathing suit Perpendicular
tucks in the upper garment made a girdle erect
GIout the waist
she looks as If she laced" said one shopper
and the saleswoman answered.
We'll, lots Of bathers do 1t makes SUIT ike
that look a lot better"
| Sarcy little bathing caps come in pale blue and
white checks They are OF rubber. but they are
cut after the fashion OF Shaker bonnets ana look
lust like them. The shoes not nouceahly
clumsy which is the most that can be said for
any bathing shoe. but it is to be remarked that
wi
shoes. Pretty feet and ankl"s do not seem to re
| quire anything but slsst silk stockings, with no
| shoes at all. It may not prove so nice being
without shoes. If the other bathers suggest a
wading party a rocky bottom mile away
but shoes are clumsy to the eye and weight IN
swimming.
A startling suit that appeared on the beach at
! New London last summer was made of awning
| cloth. It had broad pink and white stripes ana
the wearer who was thin. dripping out OF the
. sea like animated BARRIERS pole. She said the
thing that endeared that suit to her was thaC
| awning cloth out. the suit was fam
| lily possessions it had descended to her from an
| aunt, whose life was saved by it once when she
| was attacked by a shark in Florida waters, and
she expected bequeath II 10 her little daughter
Almost ANYTHING will answer for bathing suits
| hut certain kinds Of flannel. dear old philan-
thropic woman bought some cheap blue flannel at
| a bargain sale last spring, had some suits mace
up. and them to a seaside home Tor shop-
| girls. first time those girls came in from n
| dip and started 10 dress there arose wall from
| the lighthouses: Are you all blue" demanded
! shocked voice from one compartment ana li!e
| other compartments chorused: yes ana II won
| come off,
| CIotbes-except perhaps clothes that dye you
are really Of no consequence compared with the sea
| There are women who stroll down TO the beach
! corseted under their elaborate bathing suits,
powdered and manicured, and think Of their hair
even while they looking the breakers rolling
| in. They do not know the JOY OF the sea Il
| know that IS 10 get up IN early morning. get
| into any old bathing suit and then into a canoe
! glide out over the green waters while the nlsts
are lifting and the white sails in the distance are
| catching one by one, the CLEAN OF the rising sun
! then TO ship the paddle and fasten the canoe ana
dive into the clear ripping water That IS JOY
| Almost as delightful is n swim by moonlight when
the water is dim and mysterious and you can fol-
low the path Of the moons light on the surface
| MIL Won get weary-or frightened-and begin 70
! long for the land. If It not that crabs seem
| ia have a fondness for coming forth in the moon
| light this time for bathing would be almost the
best of all