The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-12
NERMAIDS LIKE
! Swimming HERE.
0ne- Piece Bathing Suit Fash.
lon at Chattanooga SWIM
ming Places.
WATER STUNTS ABOUND
Look Out for Submarine Per-
iscopes at the Lakes.
Sport Popular.

Come in, the water is fine!
This is the call that comes from
Ill lakes and swimming pools In and
around Chattanooga Swimming is
becoming more popular each season
ia this city, and II has therefore
brought with IL the popularity OF the
bathing suits. which are shown in the
very latest fashions in down town
stores. In fact a maiden's wardrobe
is not considered complete now un-
less she has in II Mt least one bathing
suit and cap, for the splashes OF the
season.
Just as soon as the summer
months roll around and the hot sun
shines down on Market street so not
that ii melts the tar on the street.
and the heat from the pavement
burns through the bottom OF ones
shoes. there comes with IL longing
FOR the first splash OF the season.
Some pack tehir suitcases and take
q trim 10 the seashore for the sum-
1aer while othersw no are perhaps
more unfortunate remain In the city
and enjoy the swimming advantages
afforded here.
The very noticeable thing this sea-
SON at the swimming places around
chat has been the general
appearance OF the simple one-plece
bathing suit. without stockings. This
has caused a great deal OF comment
as to whether the girls should appear
at the public bathing lakes In TINS
fashion. This style is known as the
ssAnnefte Kellermann style, ana
while the one piece suit made Its ap-
pearance in Chattanooga two or three
seasons ago, this season is the nrst
one IL has been SO generally worn,
and especially without the stockings.
MANY of the Chattanooga mermaids
wear socks with their suits, corre-
spending with the trimmings on their
suits and caps, while others go stock
fngless and sockless both.
The lakes are crowded In the eve
nings, especially when the day has
been unusually warm, but the largest
number OF lovers of the water flock
to these places on Saturday evening
and Sunday.
Since the sport of swimming has
become so prevalent among the Chat
tanooga people there has been de-
veloped some real expert swimmers
among the women. They learn all
the latest strokes and then go In for
the diving stunts as well as those
performed In the water. They slide
down the shoot the chutes and try
everything imaginable. One of the
popular lakes was recently visited
and every mermaid In the water was
found trying a new stunt. They had
evidently seen Annette" in a late
picture do It and they wanted to do 1t
too. The stunt was known as the
rsubmarine stunt" The object was
for them to float on their backs with
one leg raised till 1t was pointing
straight up at a right angle with the
bodies. This was to represent the
periscope. The weight of the leg in
The air would sink the body foot or
30 below the surface. Then the OBJ
ject for the swimming was to propel
herself forward with the movement
of her hands. In this way the swim
mer can continue TO work her hands
until the periscope sinks below the
water line and then rise gradually,
the movement till the body I
comes to the surface again. One of
he men swimmers had learned how I
10 do this stunt to perfection. but the
,nly progress the "Annettes" made
was to get turned upside down and
heir mouths full of water. 1t is con-
sidered a very difficult stunt and is
merely swimming standing on ones
lead in the water. Many other {
Itunts are being introduced at the
coasts" near Chattanooga, Among
hem are: The steamboat stunt, the
orkscrew, rolling log, spinning the
op and walking the water. However
hese are not as new as the sub
Marine"
A visit was made to all OF the pools