The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-12
Showing Summer Fashion Is
On The Wane
Bathing Suits Are Offered In
A Variety
The Latest In Shades And
Fabrics In Gowns
(By Florence !Eairbanks)

(By Florence Eairbanks)
New York, July 9-Astronomically
speaking summer has just begun, but
in the almanac of fashion it is already
on the wane. Convincing evidence of
that fact is to be found in the big
shops which offer summer goods and
frocks at greatly reduced prices. Wo-
men of moderate means may pick up
many excellent bargains, provided
they are clever enough to avoid all
extremes of color and style and pur-
chase only such materials or frocks as
may be worn next season without be-
ing hopelessly out of fashion.
Now is the time for bathing suits
and in all the big shops such suits
are offered in variety of styles and
materials. The cut of the modish
bathing suit has considerable variety
despite it's circumscribed limits.
Blouse and skirt, Joined under a belt
which is permanently attached so
that there can be no severing of di-
plomatic relations, is the arrangement
most generally accepted, but much is
done with princess front panels and
belted sides and back. These models
look trim and attractive ii worn with
bather; but the stout woman and the
woman who scorns even the softest
of bathing corset girdles, is wise if
she clings to blouse and skirt.
The first law of the bathing costume
is that it should be thoroughly neat
and trig, should stay together, and
the bathing costume made to order
and carefully fitted has an advantage
in this respect, though there are in
Vulnerable smart ready made models
which can be carefully fitted and
made thoroughly satisfactory.
Without doubt the black satin bath
ing suit, well made, of good quality
and relieved by white or soft color
next to the face, is the smartest,
handsomest and most tasteful thing a
bather can wear. Fine black mohair
is less expensive and even more prac'
tical and is the general choice, while
taffeta, firm, fast color black or black
and white sateen, black on black and
white wash taffeta and black and white
foulard all have their admirers. For
those who insist upon wool fine serge
is first preference with flannel and
challie bring up the rear.
Dark blue is a good color for the
bathing suit, though it does not stand
the wear and tear so well as black,
and some very good looking models
are shown this season in gray. For
the woman to whom brown is becom-
ing brown mohair or satin suit with
brown cap and stockings and white
collar and shoes is extremely pretty.
The fad of the Russian blouse is
echoed in some of the new bathing
costumes, and is developed quite at
tractively in a soft gray silk with bias
band trimming piped in black. The
tunic is square necked, short sleeved
and girdled and is bordered through
out with a band, while the short skirt
has a box plat front and back. A
pretty model of this class is in dark
blue mohair with bands of coarse lin
en- crash embroidered in cross stitch
design of gay colors.
A knitted jersey or MILDLY blouse OF
gray wool with white sailor collar
worn with gray serge skirt, is shown
among the imported bathing suits in
one house. The same house also
shows comfortable and practicable
bathing cloaks or capped of blue OF
black serge with braided collars and
borders or embroidery border These
are long and ample, tie at the throat
with cords and are for throwing on
as the bather goes to and from the
water This is an European fashion
and a maid usually goes with the
cloak, taking it as the bather enters
tn water and waiting with it until
she comes out.
The fashionable women of Paris
have adopted the short skirt, but have
added features which practically des
troy all the advantages of usefulness
and comfort which the short skirts
used to offer. The new skirt is Sc
tight that special corsets are needed
for a correct fit And, lest any free