The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-30
Maidens Wear
Shrinking Bathing Suits
Atlantic City Thankful for the
Gift of Vision in These
Days.


ATLANIC CITY, n. j., July 29.-It
Is the verdict Of old-timers at At
lanttc City that bathing costumes for
women are this year cut lower and
higher than at any time since the In
dams took their dips on Absecon
bcach-that is, II this spit Of shifting
sand was here then and Indians ever
bathOd
by some occult process, such as the
repulslve force Of the negative pole
of magnet, the shortening Of the
street dress seems to have pushed the
hem Of the bathing skirt upward to
an equivalent distance, A few knee
length skirts may still be seen, but
the majority OF them barely cover the
hips. The smock coat is q faVorito
substitute for the skirt and some woul-
En- simply wear Jerseys over swimming
suits.
Not only in the Authorization Of the
skirt is progress shown, The knicker+
bockors or trunks or whatever they
may be called, have also shrunk until
the beach at bathing hour resembles
huge ballet spectacle.
Some Go BarG-Legged
Notwithstanding the high cost OF
living most Of the fair bathers who
wear stockings affect silk hose Of fine
quality A goodly number of the
women this summer are wearing
socks. Some wear these over flesh
colorcd pink silk, but many frankly
appeared on the beach bare-legged.
Some of the damsels who thus get
near to nature arc not at all shy and
Will OblIglngly pose for amateur pho
tographers. Some who cling to the
garments which cling to them, pre-
sent an effect no less startling by rea-
son Of hiatus between the knlcker-
bockers, said hiatus extending from
an inch to n foot, Most Of the dar-
ing costumes are seen in the after.
noon.
The girl who simply dresses for 3
stroll on the beach and doesn't go near
the water Is not much in evidence
now. The wearers Of some Of the
most fetching and expensive suits
revel in the surf with as much APP
parent enjoyment as those dressed in
brllllantlno or blue flannel, and the
suits look just as we'll before as after
using.
High tide came at II o'clock, Just
the height Of morning bathing. Life
guards said it was the heaviest surf
OF tho season and would not permit
bathers to go out deeper than their
knees. But this was an uncertain
measurement, as one might be stand
ing one moment In foot Of water
and the next moment wave would
roll over his head and knock him of
his feet. In the scramble and smother
and foam costumes sometimes became
disarranged. But nobody seemed to
mind and all had plenty Of fun. Il
looked odd to see the beach police
man wearing regulation cap and an
Annette Kelerman swimming suit, cut
decollete at both ends.
Those who remember the bathing
dresses Of thirty or fotry years ago,
when the women went into the water
wearing long wooden trousers and
skirts nearly as long, are thankful that
such hideous rig disappeared along
with hoopskirts. 1t is true that some
Of the figures revealed by the modern
dress are enough to make strong men
turn away and weep, but the most OF
them are very presentable, and some
would delight the soul Of an artist.
1t is a time to be thankful for the
gift Of sight,
No Shark Scare There.
The shark scare has not struck At.
lantic City yet and any conversation
on that line Is about as popular with
the natives as earthquake talk Is In
San Francisco. Ask a beach patrol I.
man about sharks and he will look
away and say in q steady s
voice:
There are no sharks here and no
shark scare"
But a shark was brought IN here
the other day by some boatnen who
about twelve miles north Of Atlantic
city and near Beach Haven, where
the first shark victim Of this year was
killed on July 2.