Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18


been few real innovations IN
bathing costumes in the last
N few years. For q time changes
SHl came fast and ~furiously and the
60 old-tims flannel and serge cos
tunes made way. not without lamentation
and dire prophecy on the part Of their
for mohair and silk. But now the
last word seems to have been said upon
the theme OF bathing suit materials and
only In slight details does the suit OF one
season vary from the suit of the previous
season.
To be sure. there are experimental
changes of line. Ths vogue Of the prin-
cesse or s~emi-princesse lines has been re-
Elected in the province Of the bathing cos
tume-reflected, It must be admitted. with
only mediocre success.
There are a few models which, while
preserving the usual plated blouse and
skirt relation around sides and back, show
q continuous box plat down the front
Of blouse and skirt This idea has been
very satisfactorily developed and looks
well enough upon the bather who has a
slender figure or wears q bathing corset;
but even for this wearer the uncomprom-
Using princess costumes built much on the
lines Of the loosely fitted one piece prin-
cesse trotteur fTock is more novel than
successful.
Such models are offered in all the shops
carrying high class bathing costumes, and
such a model as the one in black silk
with soutached yoke and front panel which
is illustrated here is rather good looking
in the hand but quite the reverse on the
wearer after a plunge.
The conservative Is always sensible
fhOira IN haFhIpR noat.,a. 49, -
terlal we'll cut, carefully finished, deriving
originality from some little novel touch Of
trimming. but with no spectacular fea-
lures. nothing startling-so runs the law Of
good taste In bathing dress.
OF course there are always women at
every shore resort, women OF more auda-
city h good breeding. who entertain the
crowd by amazing ~toilettes at the bathing
hour. II was not so many years ago that
one OF the accepted features OF the season
az a popular resort was the bathing hour
appearance OF the daughter % a wealthy
New Yorker, and parties were made up
each afternoon 70 go down TO TIE beach
and see what she wore. Even this season
there was a daily act Of the same sort at a
Jersey shore resort, but the fair bate
in this case was an actress, and the amaz-
ing bathing costumes were doubtless
charged up to advertising.
For the -gentewoman c-onspicuousness
on the beach. save as IL arises from beauty
Of face or figure, is the last thing desired,
but there's no reason why a woman
shouldn't look as we'll In her bathing cos.
tune as nature will allow. Black and
dark blue are beyond a doubt the mos
satisfactory colors Tor the purpose.
Light colors soil too easily and are sci
dom seen on American beaches, though
on the French coast bathing costumes ii
white and bright cOlors occasionally ap
pear. Last year a good many brow
suits made their appearance, but though
becoming to certain brown haired. brow
eyed bathers, they did not look SO wei
when wet as the black or dark blue.
Check silks, chiefly in black and Whit
have had some vogue and are show
again this season, but they are harder L
keep clean and fresh than the plain color
The checked silk u almost invAriAbll
trimmed In black and color or In all black
while the plain toned dark suits are light
ensd by various gay touches. An sntlr
collar OF white. red or light blue ma
brighten a suit OF black or navy blue, o
the collar may be Of white witt embroid
cry Or braiding in color and q eolors'