The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-31

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women go in swimming clothed in
their right minds and sensible one
piece jersey suits like Annette Keller
man wears, but here in America,
where men and women ride the waves
together the bathing costume is not
such simple problem. The Joke
smiths of many a decade have prdlded
their pens for something new and
funny to say about the darling daught-
ers who wear wondrous and fetching
bathing suits, but never 90 near the
water.
. Now, as matter Of sheer fact, a
California girl who can wear bathing
toys successfully, but can't swim is
beaten two up and one to play by the
girl who can strike out for herself in
the water This is an athletic age,
and the "sit on cushion and sew a
fine seam, and all day long eat straw
berries and cream" type has been
superseded. OF course there will al
ways be women who prefer to sit on
the sands and sun their good points,
but they do not achieve the admira-
ton that they may have riveted to
themselves in less athletic ages. Miss
Eleonora Sears wore the simplest of
black suits when she swan out far
beyond the RATS, and admiration
plunged boldly after her-the men ad-
mired her nerve far more than they
did the nerve of the beach poseurs.
There has never been the beach pos
ing here that Atlantic City, Narragan-
sett Pier and other Eastern watering
places exploit. Most of the women
here who have gone in for striking
effects in bathing suits likewise go
into the water. Several years ago Miss
Ethyl Hager, now Mrs. Lansing Kel-
logg, delighted Del Monte by appear
ing for her morning swim clad in a
pale blue silk bathing suit with a few
polka dots here and there. But this
costume worked in the water as well
as on the beach, for the wearer was an
enthusiastic mermaid. Miss Newhall
wore a bathing suit last season at
Santa Barbara which was considered
chic and ultra modish by those who
had a glimpse of it before she dived
into the water. Miss Newhall is an ex-
pert and strong swimmer, but she like
wise has a genius for dress, and of
course her bathing suits are cut after
an exclusive pattern.
There has been remarkable i'm.
provement in bathing costumes in re,
cent years, and there is really no rea.
son nowadays why any woman should
present an appearance absolutely ugly
or the beach unless that is her in
variable role. Broadly speaking both
blue and black are the most modish
colors for the bathing costume, and the
most satisfactory in every way. Cling
| ing sogginess is less Objectionable in
these plain, dark colors than in any
brighter coloring, and wetting does
not change the tone of blue or black
as it does other colors. | CHANGED to
see Mrs. Walter Martin in quest Of a
new bathing suit, and the model that
she chose was one of many fetching
ones offered by this shop. 1t was a
black satin model, Dutch neck, OF
course, and trimmed with bright blue
Kings satin. The skirt was crossed
over a sort of underskirt of the blue
and likewise the waist disclosed a bit
of the blue where is crossed in front.
This year one finds among the smart
bathing costumes a good many black
Of plaids, with the stripes preferred, as
they are throughout all fashions prov
ince; and some of these models are
extremely pretty without being start
ling or conspicuous. They are usually
trimmed in plain black, and are de
sirable only in a good quality of silk
When l say they are extremely pretty
] mean viewed in the shop. A friend
who is summering at Santa Cruz
writes that when wet and clinging
the white stripe takes on distorted
awkward lines unbecoming to the fig
ure. In this last respect, the blacl
and white checks and plaids are bette
than the stripes, but they have not 81
smart an air on the whole.
The black and white stripe note is
sounded more satisfactory in trimming
than in the whole suit, and here it il
extremely pretty, making becoming
and effective collars, bias bands an,
pipings.
Occasionally a brown bathing suit il
very successful but il is only for Tho