The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-01
Exit The June Bride, Enter
 The July Bathing Girl
Rose of Yesterday Coors and Auring Fash ions for the Seashore- English Women Abandon Their Homely Attire for Bathing and Adopt Pretty Amer icanisms-The Sweater Bathing Suit One of the
 Practical Newcomers.
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLn

That's before they go in the water;
 what must they look like when they come out of it?
 The craze for transparent veilings, chif- ions and thin messalines has been re-
 sponsibe for the diaphanous effects that
 the brides of the season have adopted and while a note of Oriental elaboration
 has been domirfant in the trimmings and garnituring of these beautiful. perishable stuffs, they have emphasized the youth ful, girlish note in bridal f1nery-the one thing that every bride aspires to. on this
 most delectable occasion of her life. That old things are passing away has never been verified more clearly than to- day, when the English women-the
 prlmest and most precise of us all-have given up their ugly, bungling bathing
 suits and have realized the necessity of
 pretty attractive costumes for the salt
 water dip.
 Our English Cousins, until very re- gently have effectually concealed them selves in such trying garments when they | essayed the role of bathing girl" that onlookers have dubbed their psrapher- nala. bathing machines.
 Indeed, If the English woman didn't arrange herself In such a garb, she took the precaulon to be attended by maid,
 who immediately upon the Lady Faire" | emerging from the water, enveloped her in long cape which concealed her from the view of the people on the beach-half
 of whom are there merely for the purpose of "rubbering at the pretty bathers.' But even our English friends are pa-
 rading the sands, we are told now, in | their smart bathing costumes-smart even to the tips of their dainty shoes and stockings
 | woman who has seen much of sea
 shore life, especially in England, said to
 me the other day:
 '"rhe stockings that the women wear
 on the English beach are actual curiosi-
 ties Great wide stripes. polka dots. em-
 broidered affairs, and wonderful clocks,
 are shown. and they attract more atten-'
 ton than any sort of chorus would in
 a New York theatre
 The latest innovation in bathing suit 1 fashions, Is foulard which is the most
 popular material this season for My
 Lady Modishs costume.
 It Is made saltwater proof-and is said | to dry and come out of the ordeal with honor to itself and It's wearer., 1 It is the most diaphanous of stuffs for the purpose, and when made in the latest
 style, clings to the figure like glove
 on the hand.
 l The sweater bathing suit is another | novelty
 It is practical newcomer, in the sar- I torial world, which seems destined to | stay. | It is made with knickers and sweater I of knitted wool, and the skirt is of mo- hair. One great advantage of the sweat | CT bathing suit is it's crisp look when
 it comes out of the water. It is too thick to cling and it does not lose its smart ness when 1t is wet.
 | The one In the sketch, that I saw in the l picture book, was of pale blue wool with | blue shoes and blue silk stockings, and lthe big sailor collar was of pure white and the cuffs, too, while the tie was of
 white silk.