REFRESH AND BATH AT THR
BEACH
1905
In 1905 women at the beach
wore dark wool bathing suits , with puffed sleeves and
fancy collars, stockings
and shoes, hats. Men wore shorts and shirts that covered them
from elbows to the
knees. Somehow in 1903 it was reported “ladies bathing suits
are
more picturesque than ever
and we are glad to say there were none of questionable style.
At the ocean end of
Baltimore Avenue, E. S. Hill established bath houses and rented the
latest bathing attire.
He also furnished salt water hot tubs, clean towels and roller
chairs for the boardwalk.
As time went by, beach
attire shrunk to a point where one could actually swim with
them on. Soon outfits
that scandalized the Victorian attitudes appeared and the
Rehoboth Town
Commissioners declared it illegal for any person to bathe in the
ocean
unless covered from elbow
to knees, and of material not to appear vulgar when wet.
More bathers ventured
farther into the sea breakers in the less cumbersome swim suits, so
for safety rope lifelines
were run out past the breakers at the front of the Casino and Hills
baths.
Never was the ocean more
majestic, sunsets and sunrise more beautiful, and bathing
more refreshing
Abstract: Michael
Morgan's Sussex Journal, Delaware Coast Press, July 18, 2018
By Harrison H.
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