The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-16
Beach Suits Have Already Appeared in
Brilliantly Colored Silks Made
After New Models.

NEW YORK, June lS-lt is not pos
siblc to keep a people entirely de
pressed, even though The nation has en-
tered into war. Sacrifice we must,
economic We must. but It would be
wrongful and inhuman to insist that the
people should not laugh and play, spend
whatever money they can afford in or
der that others may live; buy good
looking clothes il possible and indulge
IN all the open air life tha, the Ameri-
can summer provides for hundred mil
lion people.
Foreigners who were in this country
alter our declaration OF war are credited
with expressing supreme amazcmcnt at
the continued dining and dancing IN the
restaurants at night and the ceascleSS
round of small dinners, restaurant
luncheons and week end parties.
The emotional French were prone to
feel that something was lacking in our
characters that We did not take the al
fair more seriously in our method OF
living. The Brtishers understood us
better but even they felt that i, was
necessary to- warn this Overwhelming
country" as dnc Of the foreigners called
II, that we must sacrifice instead OF
sing, dclyc instead OF dance, and labor
instead OF laugh
War, and the Open Air Life.
But the Anglo Saxon nature seems Ia
be peculiarly fitted to do all these
things al one time The racial charac-
leriStic OF this country is something akin
10 that OF the Britishors, who continued
their games of sport behind the firing
lines. Therefore. this summer will see
the usual round of open air life from
Bar Harbor to the California beaches
and it is we'll that this should be
Fortunately, summer is a season thai
calls Tor continuous open air lie, in.
stead OF the luxurious and more ex.
pensiye form of winter gayeties. The
beaches will be filled with people wear
ing good looking costumes and the ten.
mis- courts and the races. which are IL
full swing now, have the same quots
OF people wearing smart costumes. Al
though thousands OF women are gyinl
up several hours each day TO the or
ganlEatlon OF war relief work, they arr
eating and swimming and going in for
tennis and dancing the same as usual
Az the first break OF war. there was
constant rumor that the Atlantic coas
resorts might have to keep dark, anC
the hotel men were thoroughly alarmcc
over the condition OF future business
hut all such fear seems to have beer
dlspclIed Something untoward ma,
happen, but everyone expects the bes,
| Therefore, the immense exodus to tn
beaches has already begun, and suit
Tor the water as we'll as for the sands
have sprung up like mushrooms and ar
being looked upon with favor by women
Suits With Long Sleeves.
There is a strange tendency in III
new beach irocks TO cover up the arm
and neck There is something almos
Puritan in the costumes that have bee
invented and accepted There was
time when our women came rather nea
following the suit adopted by Annett
kellermannI They knew that ,hes
suits had been adopted in quite a larg
part of Europe and that ,hey create,
very little adverse criticism even on tn
French beaches. Al the Lido nea
Venice, the Italian women wore then
as a matter OF course In America. how
ever, there has been too strong a cur
rent against the Kellermann ba,hin
suit to have it adopted, except among
group OF women swimmers who were il
for decp-sea work and not for beac
| parade.