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Show Really Clever Bathing Caps MS V. f- i - IT is interesting to note that bathing caps, designed along entirely new-lines, new-lines, are taking the place of simpler caps of rubberized cloth made all exactly ex-actly alike and without any reference to becomingness. The new caps are of silk and many of them intended to be worn over close-fitting rubber caps which provide the real protection to the hair. A pretty and strikingly original model is pictured here, made of taffeta taf-feta silk, which is about as satisfactory satisfac-tory as any material to be had for bathing caps and suits. Women understand un-derstand now- that getting down to actual swimming and managing to look well when emerging from the water wa-ter are two entirely compatible things. But the cap and the suit worn are matter that demands serious attention. atten-tion. People who have leisure and money re going la for athletics, more and more. A town without at least one swimming pool for women is about, as much behind the times as a house without a bath tub. No woman should miss the benefits and pleasures of the simplest and pleasantest of summei sports; and one does not need to belong be-long to the leisure class to enjoy the water. It happens that water is a commodity possessed by every community. com-munity. The cap illustrated is made of a piece of silk folded over and stitched in one seam. It is made to fit snugly about the head and finished with a narrow hem. Two tabs of silk are tacked on at the sides by way of mak ing the cap becoming. There Is a great variety in caps and suits to choose from this year. The fabrics are Inexpensive, and any one with the average knowledge of sewlnt can make them. JULIA BOTTOM LEY, |
