New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
NEXT YEARS D0NTS
Bathing Suits in the Light OF
Summer Experience.

AT this season Of the year" said tbs
woman with the bright green parasol. Il
begin TO treasure up a lot Of don'ts TO be
used IN connection with my next years
bathing attire. Very likely, Judging from
precedent. when next year comes. shall
do Just as | did this season: await the
summons 70 the seashore. and then ME me
downtown 20 the first department store ana
buy the best looking bathing suit my
limited resources will permit. Then VIII
rush II home just in time TO get Il INTO he
trunk before the expressnan calls. and All
season long I shall wear II with the con-
seriousness that Is not az all the thing
would have selected had I taken. time ~
the forelock
MAYBE III have strength NJ mind TO
consider the matter long enough ahead 70
have my bathing costume concocted az
home silk and satin are stylish, but L
know from sad experience that they won't
stand q seasons rough wear in The break
ers. Also. even II kimono sleeves continue
the rage next season. they shall be barred
from, nv suit. because they hamper the
free movement If the arms there was
never a less practicable design for swim
ming than the waist and-sieeves-in-one
which has been so popular on al the tash-
ionable suits this summer. Next year my
suit shall be Of good, ssrviceabie black Or
navy blue rohair. trimmed With bias eands
OF white. and instead 81 sleeves 1 shall
have couple Of crossed bands over he
upper arm. as one would have inSaa even
ing gown
This year 7 have been wearing rubber
cap covered with a separate bandanna
handkerchief Next year I am going 70
invest in an expensive bathing cap, tho
latest model. whatever II happens % be,
but with cap and bandanna al I'm one
piece The fewer articles Of apparel 10
keep track Of, the better and woman's
bathing garb is complicated enough "a It
is But as ones head is the part OF ones
body most in evidence in the water. IL pays
/ TO have il attractively dressed. and l see
no reason why I should wear last years
bathing cap any more than last years
spring hat
/ ''The corset question. n wear or not 20
wear them. seems always moot point
Many Of my strong minded friends eschew
| them entirely while IN bathing. declaring
: that any restriction Of steel and whalebone
/ binders their swimming. Be that as IL
NAV. I know a great many women swim
mers who are experts at diving and all
other aquatic achievements and yet VINO
never appear on the beach Uncorseted FER
sonauy. I pin my allegiance 20 the corset,
/ If only on the ground that 1t arords an
adequate support for the stockings have
Won never noticed that the women who
cling to round garters are perpetuaiy IN
tha act Of pulling their stockings up? The
noorest corset gives the wesrer sense OF
security. Of poise and wellbelng, ana con- ON
! sciousness that a wet. dripping Sa5t.iLs
/ euit mas something less personal 10 aaheIs
| 10 than ones own flesh and blood anatomy,
''As for stockings and shoes wei 1, u r.
avnected them 20 last the season OUT q
! 49, several pairs OF each. And last put
most important I'd have E my %9rA ds s1She
J well stocked with extra buttons % ulns
cotton and stout thread with which 10 re-
pair incipient damage: 49,. ara
s"5ooks and eyes? No indeed. they are
L,,,nd 70 INST and should never be tolerated
upon any well regulated bathing suit