WOMEN'S FORUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 252, 24 October 1932, Page 9

WOMEN'S FORUM.

BEACH COMFORT. Since bathing of any kind became ■popular —and no week-ends are now considered complete "without, it—a whole new wardrobe has been devised, beginning with a bathing dress and ending perhaps with a beach bag. The bathing dress seems to meet more than bathing occasions, and" people follow fashions of less clothes with all the avidity that they formerly followed fashions of more. It is of course sometimes forgotten that clothes are a rather • kind invention to some of us, but these things arre, after all,, merely a convention which it is pleasant to change from time to'time. The beach bag, as its name suggests, is capacious, and must not merely hold a handkerchief, keys., and make-up case. It mvst also not be too expensive, since it may have to serve rough purposes. Some of the prettiest beach bags are made of tent material. They are a rather long shape, as this is more convenient than diving into very deep depths, and they have pockets along the sides, into which small and separate articles may be put. Some are made entirely of linen, and •if these are worked it must be verv neatly done, or those who merely practise fa'.ncy work had better desist from this amusement. For only a few shillings very good beach bags may be bought which would take, in addition to the usual things, a small towel and even a bathing dress. Some are made of bright patent leather, and these also are not at all costly, and have a certain stiffness which is convenient when things are to be found. Books, needlework, games even, are often conveyed thus to the beach, and a bag which will collect the majority of them comfortably makes beach life much easier to the head of the family.