The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

V and bathing suits become of mucl
 Importance. AS a well cut, vel made costume will last and be in style fo years. it ia not an extravagance to own bathing suit even if one may be near tn, water but few weeks out of the summer
 There are two kinds of bathing suits those for show and those for practical use IT you do not more than wet your ankles you may have as elaborate a costume as you, fancy dictates; but if you really swim Ind dive, or are anxious to learn, then you must choose bathing suit that will least impede your motions.
 Should you be of the showy type here Is bathing costume that may appeal to you: choose two or three gore pattern for the sklrt reaching just to the knees and opening down the middle of the front under an inch and quarter tuck. Make the placket ter inches with fly closing and fasten with the clamp fasteners. Finish the bottom of the skirt with three inch hem
 Have circular tunic to this skirt that reaches little less than half the length of the skirt. Start this tunic three inches to each side of the center and round the cor ners and have the center back at least an inch longer than the fronts Face the edges with an inch and a half facing of the mate-
 
 with a contrasting color.
 Gather the skirt to a narrow belt adi,,st ing the gathers to have most of the fullness across the back. The blouse is joined to the upper section of the belt. which is then coy- cred by a waistcoat grdle. This is cut three inches deep at the back and slopes to five and half inches at the deepest point Close down the center with three half inch buttons set an inch and quarter apart and from the lowest button cut away the waistcoat to the deep point of the girdle on each side There should be three inches space between the points, or they should be cut to be an inch and a half each side of the center. Cut double or line like tunic and stitch ih from the edge when turned to correspond with other stitching.
 Cut the blouse over a regular raglan shirt waist pattern but cut off the sleeves to two inches above the elbow on the under side of the sleeve and slash sharp inverted V on the outside of the arm. Face with the same material used in the tunic, making the facing an inch and half deep. Cut the sleeves to hang loose. In joining to the blouse fn- ish the edges with row of stitching on the extreme edge and another row half inch from it. The raw edge of the blouse is turned under and caught down by this second row of stitching.
 Cut the neck line in shallow V nearly to the bust line, and fold back the fronts to leave space for three inch vest which nar- rows to a point at the waist line Trim these fronts with revers that are cut an inch and a half wide at the top-nnished-- and three inches and half at the widest part, which comes two and half inches from the waist line. and the bottom is sharp ly sloped from there to where the fronts meet at the top of the waistcoat girdle. Trim these revers with five buttons set an inch apart and starting at the point of the rever. The narrow portion is sewed under the edge of the sleeve at the neck slope.
 Join the revers to the fronts raw edge to raw edge-the revers may be cut double of the material or can be lined like the tunic cover with narrow bias facing, sew in a narrow seam, then turn the seam under and hem down the facing by hand.
 The open space in front is filled with a vest which starts at the base of the neck and has the tops sloped to the desired V opening of the neck. This may be quite shall low or come nearly to the bust line, as de- Sired. Joined to the top of the vest and around the back of the bathing suit is one Of the new. faring Gladstone collars to match the vest Any of the patterns for this collar used on the ordinary blouse will an- ewsa Cut the collar double. stitch seam