SEASIDE SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 14

SEASIDE SPORTS.

Women, determined to acquire the fashionable toast-and-water figure, are taking up water sports as part of their holiday training, says an English fashion writer. It is rumoured that the new season's fashions are more slender than ever, and every woman knows that half an inch in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world between a frock and a failure. That is why they dally no longer by sarf-edge or breakwater, but take a header in the waves, followed by a brisk massage, a few exercises and a sharp walk before lunch. Bathing suits are no longer coquettish. They are fashioned on the lines of the woman costume, and consist of a close-fitting jumper over short knickers, belted, and soberly coloured. This year, strange craft are brought down to the water's edge, by fair bathers who devote their morning dip to strenuous water sports. Chariot races are run in specially constructed tubs made of cork, while the non-collapsible canvas yachts create great fun. Water-polo is played on horseback, the steeds consisting of the bather's broncho —a large-sized mild-looking "animal," blown out. like a pair of water-wings. After the sports it is quite pathetic to see the get-thin brigade hurry away, less they should be tempted to indulge in the comforting cup-of-coffee-and-a-bnn that is hall the joy of a seasids bathe.