Show FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION i by julia Boll bottomley omley F 0 A 7 T JW 07 ua BATHING FRO FROCKS AND SWIMMING SUITS bathing suits faults of this years design inel include ude many new departures from accepted styles of other years they are ampler in length and width of skirt many of them have sleeves that partially cover the upper arm and considerable needlework Is involved in their making there are princess models that look like riding coats and there are arc full skirts with pantalets that reach some inches below the knees most novel of all is a model amodel made of silk with a very full skirt sewed together across the bottom with two openings to io thrust the feet through this serves the purpose oi of bloomers and skirt one ot of the best of the new designs la Is shown in the illustration it is of black taffeta trimmed with narrow white braid the skirt is cut in four gores narrow at the top and pointed at the bottom the waist cut with kimono sleeves opens over a white silk vest revers reach to the waist line and there is a small flaring collar at the back these and the sleeves which are slit silt up the top odthe of tho arm are outlined with two r rows 0 ws of the narrow white braid black and white silk in wide stripes make the close clos fitting cap with wings of plain black and black and white are combined in the stockings and slippers altogether this is a model that is attractive and practical short knickerbockers are N R A T A N V vp LAST WORD IN SUMMER BLOUSES an elegant blouse of linen hand embroidered broi brol dered and an equally smart but less costly model in volle voile are among the latest offerings in summer styles ench each of them presents atlease one new ealure worth consideration and either at f them m may ay be easily made at home Hand handkerchief hief linen in tho the natural linen color was used for the be blosso at the left of the th e picture with a heavier linen in a medium shade of blue and embroidery in white black and blue floss appearing peiring ap in the decoration this blouse has an open throat and a wide sailor bailor collar with rounded corner piped with blue down each ilde of the front pre are simulated button ables made of the blue linen and the design in the fashionable mode of long stitches Is worked about these buttonholes oblong buttons are covered at the top with the natural linen and the remainder with the blue tho the same model Is shown in salmon color and retails for something over ten dollars 1 it Is style a tyla and hand embroidery blatch enables this linen blouse to bell ell tor for a price tour four times that ot badalaty beda laty blouse of voile shown W it the voile blouse is in ibe worn under the skirt broad stripes in many color combinations bi serve theVe the designer signer of smart bathing suits to the be best st purpose wide skirts are cut with stripes running diagonally about the figure and the waists with perpendicular stripes usually a fitted girdle of silk in a plain color Is shaped into a pointed belt that joins waist and skirt and a little vest of the plain silk is introduced at the front bloomers and stockings match the vest and girdle in color and it la Is the custom to make tho the hat or cap of the same plain material there is a distinction between a regular swimming suit and the bathing frock swimming suits are closer fetting and are made of wool jersey or fiber silk tor for the girl who takes her swimming seriously no frivol frivolities ittes of decoration add even a little extra weight to it and it Is not expected that the wearer will promenade about the beach in it tho the princess bathing suits are very trim and shapely plain materials with collar pockets and borders in striped or plaid or checked fabrics make them very sightly affairs the bloomers reach below the knees and the skirts are almost as long silk poplin and taffeta head the list of silks but there are several other fabrics in silk or wool that have helped to make this seasons offerings in bathing suits the best within the memory of the fashion writer fashionable chartreuse color and this peculiar green looks unusually well with white linen in a binding on all the frills in thia blouse all the seams are hemstitched hemstitcher hem stitched with thread in the color bulor of the blouse the back portion extends over the shoulders to form a short yoke it at the front and the front pieces are bulled onto this yoke in a hemstitcher hemstitched hem hern stitched seam the long sleeves are shaped into cuffs ending in a frill by rows of hem stitching there is a high crushed collar of the volle voile edged with a scant frill and fastened across the front with a narrow narrow stock of black satin there are frills graduated in width at each side of the front white linen strips are used tor for bindings this model is a happy choice for a slender figuro figure and one of a very few that have been designed with a high collar |