Our natures change as summer swings up over the horizon. None of us are Iand-lubbers. We all take to the water, be it ocean or lake. We, all are' aquaticminded. The beach wardrobe is of paramount importance. Designers like Schiaparelli and Mary Nowitzky bend their inspiration to the making of beguiling and practical costumes for wear in the water and by its edge.
Tt is amusing, and I think reassuring, to note that now, when non-sports clothes tend determinedly to impracticality, real sports clothes are better planned for their purposes than over before. This is especially true in the matter of bathing suits. One piece suits, beautifully designed and made, a intended primarily for the real sportswoman, Such suits in Amer fea now follow the one-piece suits of continental resorts in not hiding behind false skirts. They are frankly one piece and are meant purely for swimming. This is obvious result of having ensembles for lounging before and after the swim. When you do take to the water, you wear a truly practical garment which permits of complete freedom of motion.
I.have seen such suits made of incredibly soft wool jersey, silky in texture, in pastel "shades, made double throughout and so that no seams show, The cutting and workmanship of a suit of this type must be exquisite, One of the best I ye! is a great success.
designed in Paris, executed in a heavy black wool material, Around its waist is a fold, simulate ing a belt, stitched, with a tailored nickel buckle on cither side. Ite utter simplicity and the ts lines are superb.
Mary Nowiteky is the author of two amusing novelties which will enliven your hours on the beach. The first is an ensemble consisting of a mat pillow, towels, suit, hat and clogs. The mat is straw, lined with green and rose terry cloth. It is round with big scallops and in the centre has a pillow attached of black oilcloth and terry cloth. This boasts a zipper across the centre, and when you open it you find it contains coloured bath towels. The bathing suit is a rose wool jersey, the little hat, scalloped like a mat, has a straw crown, green and 1080 terry brim and is bound with the oil-cloth, The clogs also match. The Nowitzky cork ball is an amazing invention, 14 inches in diameter.
You may play with it like a medicine ball on the beach, and float it out to the raft. Little metal buttons on cither side release springs, so that it divides itself in two, revealing in the centre an unbreakable thermos pitcher and four, cork interior that throwing the bal cannot break, but serves to shake them. The advantages are obvious,
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