Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-16

Ing. Around the waist goes a wide,
crushed sash of the taffeta with a huge
fiat bow set at the center back. BOTH
OF the bathing suits just described are
accompanied by boomers of the tat
feta, the short skirt falling Just over
the bloomer-
When the BIoomcr Shows.
The custom of wearing short-skirted
bathing dresses with full boomers be,
meath has been borrowed from the
French. All French bathing suits are
made in two pieces - with short
tunic over very full boomers to the
knee. or a very little below. This
style Is exceedingly piquant and one
must confess II Is admirably adapted
for swimming, but 1t Is rather q start
ling style, one must also confess. In
France no woman Of refinement pa
rades a public bathing beach-much
less sits or lies on the sand-clad in
her swimming costume. She walks
from her bathhouse to the waters
edge completely enveloped by long
cape which Is handed TO an attend
ant when she makes her dash into
the water. The moment she comes
out of the water the cape is wrapped
around her again. The tunic and
bloomer bathing suit caDtlVated the
fancy of fashionable Americans who
saw It at French beaches, and this
past winter 1t was made the vogue at
Palm Beach. II has already appeared
on the summer sands along the At
lantic Coast and its really practical
features commend 1t even to those
who disapprove ever so slightly of it's
style. The best type of boomer suit
&as very full boomers Just to the
knee and tunic reaching TO within
Ave or six inches of the knee This
tunic and the waist are cut all in one
| and a wide belt or soft sash encrcles
tho waist. The woman who values
tho beauty Of her throat and arms will
have her bathing suit moderately high
in the INDEPENDENTLY at the back
where lifelong frecl1les may be kissed
in by one hot summer sun--and will
| have sleeves at least to the elbow.
sashcs Of Gay SILK Brighten Dark
Bathing Suits.
Roman striped and plaid silk sashos
and neckties make simple little bath
| ing dresses of dark color very chic.
this season. One of the suits pictured.
] q
tie and sash of green and white plaid
pussy willow taffeta and the cap Of
grsen rubber is matched by green silk
/. .-cockinRs over which are laced black
satin bathing cothurns. Simple as IL
Is, the whole costume Is very gay and
smart in its green and black coloring.
| The plaid tie energies from under the
edge of bolero which is stitched
down over the full front of the waist.
! Three buttons of the plaid silk appear
| to hold the tic in position and piping
Of the plaid silk edges the collar and
| the turned-back cuff Midway of tho
| skirt Is n scant fiounce which Is slim
! ped under the edges OF a front panel.
| The sash has knot and ends ut the
back. 1t is best not to weight the
ends OF a bathing dress sash, for the
weights cause discomfort in the water
| when the sash slaps against arm or
| knee in swimming.
A fetching little bathing suit ~
| black pussy willow taffeta was worn
at Asbury Park last Sunday. Around
| the skirt, six inches from the edge
was n three-inch ruliie. The waist
was d full. kimOno affair Of the taft
, feta. V'd slightly at back and from.
This V was outlined by narrow COL
lar of yellow and black striped gros-
grain ribbon. The same ribbon
formed narrow cuffs and a narrow
belt. 4 huge bow Of the ribbon AT
1 The back OF the walstIine demonstrated