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

on the wrongss side, turn, slip in feather
 bonings. and catch firmly into place at the
 points and the back of the neck. Baste the
 collar to the neck of the blouse and vest,
 which has first been sewed into position,
 it again, stitch and face down with a. nar-
 row facing about three-quarters of an inch.
 The vest may fasten down the center of
 the front with a single row of seven but
 tons, or it be cut in one sewed fast
 to one side of the blouse. and hook under
 the rever on the opposite side In this
 case the one side of the collar is left open
 for little space beyond the rever is fin-
 ished in narrow band the one side of the
 vest is faced and supplied with snap
 fastener which clamps to a socket on the
 band of the collar.
 Join the blouse to the skirt so it blouses
 becomingy all around. The waistcoat gir-
 dle is then adjusted and stitched firmly to the belt at the top to give the effect of
 high waist line. Three buttons to match
 those on the girdle can be set on the lower part of the packet in line with the others.
 With this or any bathing suit one may
 wear dart fitted boomers attached to a drilling underbody. These boomers may be finished with a three-quarter inch casing for elastic or can be gathered into an inch wide band that buttons just below the knees Many women prefer to wear silk or silk and cotton or worsted combinations to match the bathing suit. These come in standard sizes, and. naturally. less material is needed. AL most without exception the skirt and blouse are joined into one piece suit. and the boomers or tights are separate.
 Such a suit will be extremely stylish de- veloped in salt water satin, moire. Skinner's satin, or taffeta. with vest and collar of white satin. Roman etr ra5 linen or pique It takes about four or five yards of thirty-six inch material to make a bathing suit, the bloomers requiring two yards more. These amounts vary with the pattern The best plan is to choose a style ana buy the pattern before selecting the ma- 'eriai. AS l have said, however, the ex- pe,ienceo sewer can use her regular blouse pattern and shorten a tested skirt pattern to the. knees
 lhe materials used for bathing suits are much lighter than formerly It is econ omy 10 get good grade. as salt water. especially IS hard on cheap seazy goods. ana they soon fade or split. Taffeta for this satin
 colors for bathing suit vary with the siouai 'as'e. some of the salt water satns are double face; dark b,,,a o,, o~. side. Alice blue on the other tauna sna pale gray, purple and violet brown a nd fan black and gray, or color Persona,,v would choose black or dark blue as tbav fade less than the other colors. The .,,t described would be smart, however. in reseda green moire with white satin vest ana coI- lar or in a dull Roman striped satin or ta, feta with white taffeta or pique collar ana vest Avoid freakish shades or very 5aI,- cate blues, pink or violet. They newer look well after one or two wettings. Whit. IS equally poor choice. as 1t soon looks soiled
 With the dark suits a gay touch can ha given by collar. sleeve bands, cap and belt The bathing turban Is most easily mada from square of silk thirty-two inches. Lav Tn inch hem all around and sew by machine 'r hand. Fold the square from corner to corner like a shawl Place the bias fold close around the nape of the neck and the point over the forehead and tie the other wo pointed ends into a rabbit ear bow, pull ng out into shape. Now bring up the end 'ver the forehead and tuck 1t well into place 'ehind the knot. Pin firmly with cheap 'ilt baby pins, as the most closely tied tur- 'an will come loose easily in the water. AL ways use tight fitting rubber cap under this urban,
 Black stockings are the first choice They mould not be too transparent. 4 heavy ibbed silk or . winter grade of fine cotton i've good service. sandals may match thn ap and gtrdla