Bathing And Swimming Suits

A preferred style in bathing suits affects the blouse waist vrith a yoke, which eoneeals tho figure and has a pleasing effect. Short sleeves are now generally liked, as they lea ve the arms of the swimmer free; the drawers loóse at the knee are preferred to the closed Turkish drawers, and they must be sewed permanently to the belt of the blouse, or elso very seeurely buttoned there. The drawers are made long enough to fall just below the knees, and' the skirt should be sufficiently long to conceal the drawers. The blouse is completed by a sailor collar, or else the deep collar is round in the back, though pointed in front in sailor fashion. Striped skirts are much nsed with plain suits that have also a striped collar. Albatross flaimel of the heavy grades yet not closely woven is choseu for balhing suits; it should be well shruuken before the garments are cut out. Elastie jersey wool bathing suits are in great favor, and are in dar-k colors, such as plain navy blue, or blue with white cross stripes, also garnet or gray, and are very pretty in white wool, with red er blue stripes. These have the yoke waist and drawers cut together in princesse fashion, with a skirt belted over them; there ave other jersey suits, with the blouse aud skirt in one piece. Hercules braid and the open wovcu wool braids trim flaunel aud serge suits. Inconspicuous suits of dark gray flannel have either black or blue braid for trimming. A fisherman's cap with tasseled crown is made of jersey wool for bathers. Other bathing caps of oil rubber havea puft crown draWn up, with a narrow frill. in front to cover the bang, aud a deeper frill behind to protect the back of the neck. Hats of gossamer or of oiled silk have a large full crown, and a brim with wire in the fedge that can be drawu down over the ears, while the head goes in the crowu. Silk handkerehiefs of navy blue or of bandanna red are worn around the head to protect the hair, and are-' knotted about the neck in'saüor fashion. -