New-York tribune., 1920-08-30

! meeting. After that will como the in
tercsting matter Of enforcement, which
promises to prove that "a policeman s
lot is not happy one"
When sixty-two persons were ar
rested at the beach a few days ago for
erirg," as the crime is described in
the official phraseology of the Rye po-
lice, the women were informed by
Judge William N Edwards of exactly
what would be expected of them in the
matter of bathing apparel.
"The shrinkage in ladies' bathing
suits is becoming alarming" said the
judge. "The time to stop it is now
before they disappear altogether After
they disappear it will be too late"
When told of the knee-length skirts,
the voluminous waists, calculated to
smother even the most chic shoulders,
The idea of the old fashioned full
length stockings brought tears Of in
dignation to their pretty eyes They
declared that they would do their swim
ming in the privacy of their own bath
tubs rather than return to this mid
Victorian order of things. 1t was too
much, they said. Too much bathing
suit
There is not complete agreement
among the commissioners as to what
the standardized swimming costume is
10 be. The reactionaries want suit
patterned after the one grandma used
10 wear when she took her annual dip
+ IN mld-July-a long skirt with ruff
fled boomers extending below it's hem.
loose-iittlng waist and sleeves reach
ing almost to the elbows. They do not
demand that the rest Of the arm shall
be covered with an old stocking with
the loot cut out or that a sun bonnet
and umbrella must be used.
One-Piece Suit Must Go
These were little schemes thought
out by grandma herself in order to
tend off the freckles, but they do de-
mand an immediate return to tho
bathing styles that were contempora-
neous with the first production of
Florodora.
Other members OF the commission
Deheve that swimming regulations
drawn on these lines would be too
drastic, but all agree that the clinging
one-plece suit must go and go quickly.
With this end in view. the commits
sioners have assigned to Edgar L. Howe.
counsel to the town of Rye, the lob of
designing standardized costume that
VIII meet with the approval of liberals
and conservatives alike. They have
also put up to Mr.. Howe the lob of
drawing a new town ordinance defining
the term "outcr garment"
The bathing regulations at Rye al
ready prescribe that an "outer gar
ment" shall be worn when bathers are
walking through the park Mr.. Werner
says that many patrons of the resort
seem to think that an "outer garment"
is merely towel thrown over the
shoulders. Many of those who inter
preted the regulation in this way have
run afoul Of the law and have been
hurried off to the Rye police station,
where fines have been mcted out by
Judge Edwards.
The new bathing suit ordinance will
apply TO men as we'll as women. 1t will
provide that the trunks of mems suits
shall come within six inches Of the
knee and that the top pieces shall ex-
tend to within four inches of the bot
tom of the trunks.
Policemen from the Rye village de-
partment will be assigned to the beach
and, if necessary, will be armed with
tape measures and 5lueprints to as
sist them in discerning which suits are
being worn in violation of the law
Outsiders Blamed
The girls, alas, who offend the Rye
commissioners with their abbreviated
costumes are mostly from New York,
according to Mr.. Werner.
with our own people We have no
fault to find or complaint to make"
said the supervisor. "Without exccp-
tion they do what is right 1t is the
outsiders who flock to Rye on Satur-
days and Sundays from New York who
are the offenders. The bathing suit
matter has been regarded as a joke,
but l believe it is worthy of our most
serious consideration"