| Show T or Of 6 UT nT ARE YOU YO GOING TO EAR TO 10 THI TH SAt SALT T opening of the lake season cery I delicate serious and aid per per- I is occupying the at- at many women In Salt Lake LakeI ia is the question of the bathing I II y Beach probably the most bath ng place pace in n Greater New ew IT TT Sla Xa a big problem p on its hands iger problem probably than laced here but the experiences r F rew York resort doubtless will willS S erest to the Women of Salt SaltI b tho the permanent reSl residents d generally very well to an and ana I citizens were shocked be beyond ond II e by the constant spectacle e of boo a abbreviated mud mu mu- d otherwise objectionable p Vaults worn by indecorous and r to institute a reform before ng of the bathing season this III relegation from the Rockaway payers aYers association called upi up up- i uty Police Pollee Commissioner f 1 Yin in fl Brooklyn rooklyn and asked that ibe be instructed to act as cen cen- ing ig suits during the coming 40 Near the Water a w. w W. W a lawyer lawver dean de de- ouie an n eloquent and feel feeling ng mane man- man e n affronts and annoyances to toTi Ti of Rockaway had fl by the bathers He Ho de de- the tte lond loud costumes of ren ten bathers had become a dis dis- the beach Many of the wo- wo IF on on bathing suits with no inSi in in- J Si going in the water fly a resident of Rockaway ile strolling along an import import- with perhaps his wife er would be astounded by a aa aa a scanty pale pink costume 1 ing from an ice cream sa sa- Uch I i P h costumes would rarely be beating beng ng that th they had not been Pa l or er the purpose of bathing nit ait for your inspection Mr I V or or said sald one speaker the the master of a bathhouse that he be rented six red bath bath- to six bathers at 11 o'clock 1 I I I they were not returned until and then they were perfectly one of the s six x had bad been near t T They had spent six six and a a the town the bathing costumes worn able women visitors to Rocks Rock Rock- i ts LS s as the gowns they gr ar at the Metropolitan opera- opera r me while not actually decol decol- in an exaggerated Others are excessively d d' d dat at the bottom and their I lid ald hardly be dignified by that i hers Jeers again are cons constructed en- en out sleeves exposing an ex ex- nn irn that does docs not end at a de- de Too I TOO Tight Jare are the bathing suits high high- in form and design but butI tender wrender them far more so 80 by I of f V them and their conduct ionly the suits are too top tight jare Zare bought they shrink af af- kayo ve been in the water and split open at the least provo provo- in those parts which I L ted s-ted to most wear and tear which are of flimsy brillian- brillian I 1 1 very easily r c persons said a a. resident i shame shame bame in parading themselves t jin n i-n badly torn bathing suits I of the bathers in disport- disport tl upon the beach and in I often v very ry startling Large risen ten sea scantily clad themselves I tee Iho water in statuesque attil atti- atti I l jl oss their women friends in i permit them to dive from I ders These violent antics I in in large rents in the i rr Its bits but the bathers seem to tobis toi 1 bis s 's i a a. matter of no importance 1 e see e the spectacle of a full- full llie fean an bein being hurled he head bead ov over Nh the air is IS not considered I V VV I anS Protest V nt t clergy clergyman an expressed his I althis matter in the he following lS i. terI ter I I gc c C. First Congregational y y Dear Sir Sir Sir-It It was with hat I read your protest bad ba bad degrading and perm pernio which h has bas grown so strong unity the past last several sum sum- i wearing bathing attire in a advocate of good morals I II Ilin I j lin Un the protest against such thing Many times my sense has been Deen shocked by the dis dis- I bathers bathers' have worn dir ing th the streets r rL ople ole may say What harm hann lose by reel rii so o ou were modest and you are r. r Have you lost nothing it sty ty lost 1 Is not decent be beIder beets bets Ider ets ts admit of no defense defene mOdesty is want of ot sense n a i and women to walk the theis is ays in meager apparel and aili orthy the name name apparel is isrl P in rl H act blurs the grace and ce e V es esty y natives of the place would condemn this disgraceful cm j euld d quickly have its effect ii h mer guests V f god pd is a practical practical- st stimulus er teen seen seen than it inspires an e. e I g action achon to the w ord t the e I V V 1 j word to the action with this special observance observance ob ob- ob servance that you 0 oer o'er er step not ot the modesty of nature Truly yours your REV JOHN JOHI GREEN When the question of handling the suit bathing girl first came before the Taxpayers' Taxpayers association some doubt was wasas as to the possibility of regulating other peoples people's clothing and not a few took the side of the bathers who they said were just having a happy time without regard to Mrs l Grundy Where to Draw Line Who it was asked was competent to I decide dedde just how bow long a bathing suit ought to be be Was it improper because it stopped an inch above th the knee and proper because it came came one one in inch h. h below it Then what mysterious sanctity resided resided resided re re- re- re sided in the knee knees V Furthermore it was a asked ked why was it improper to wear a moderately short skirt in the sea when much shorter ones were worn upon the stage without any interference V A A. very strong point in defense of de de- de collete bathing costumes was that they were rarely as as as th those se worn by the most refined and well-bred well women women women wo wo- wo- wo men at dinner p parties partle and at the tho opera Low cut dr dresses are abs unnecessary sari sary at social functions whereas in the ocean they are aro both comfortable and convenient Can we asked I we expect one speaker that girls out for a dip shall behave I as if the they were were at a funeral I One man su ested sarcastically that an n appeal should be made to President Roosevelt as the fount of all wisdom rio interfere and regulate the size o or of bathing suits Appeal to Police All opposition to the reform movement movement move move- ment was was swept away chiefly on the gro ground nd that there was a place for everything everything everything every every- thing and that the place for startlingly abbreviated costumes costumes' was not the bathing bath ing beach though it might be the dinner din din- ner ncr party or the stage Thus the application application ap to the Police Commissioner came to be made V The Commissioner was deeply im impressed impressed im- im pressed with the seriousness of f the complaint but he be was uncertain what authority the police possessed as to the regulation of bathing suits V The Rockaway residents are now going go go- ing to ascertain just what the l law w al al- al lows If their plans are carried out no peek boo or bathing suits will ivill be permitted d. d The discreet policeman will note carefully carefully carefully care- care fully the len length th of every bathing suit and if in his judgment the ts skirts are too short he will order the wearer back to the bathhouse If he ho meets a bather in a dry bathing s suit it strolling far from the ocean he will say sav You are not a a. genuine enuine bather Back to the bathhouse Ho He will win watch carefully for holes boles and tears in in the bathing suits and when he ho notices any he will m order the wearer to put on on street costume without delay Somersaults and indecorous frolics in inthe inthe inthe the surf will wiIl not be permitted When the policeman perceives them he will approach as near to the water as possible possible possible ble and order the bathers to behave themselves He lIe will win suppress similar antics upon the beach His work will wiil involve the duty of seeing that the bather keeps under Water water wa Wa- ter and that when her bath is finished she ho returns promptly to the bathhouse |
