SEASIDE SATHING COSTUMES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 9

SEASIDE SATHING COSTUMES.

Sir,—Your correspondent- must I?Xn, been ono oi the shock modesty order with short-sighted vision ami a U'i'scS operating in the vicinity of the Imir Datiws, mid has in a spiteful mood endeavoured to raise a storm in a teacup. lie may certainly he correct when referring to tno regulation siao of nch-to-knee costume, but will bo kindiv tell '-is Lyall Bay sea-lovers what objection can be -eon in iSio innocent portion of our anatomy, namely, half-way from the hip to tho knee.- Every year wo wm to have a Jiip Van Winkle appear ami give us this old stale chestnut of scanty garb and' nudcness, etc., etc. It Ins morals arc shocked .because ho sees a bit of knee, wo of Lyall Jlav think lie had better stay away anil study drapers' corset advertisements. will look after our own affairs on the beaeii, and nlso have every confidence ill our City Council attendant, who watches the interests .of tlw genera! public. The costume mainly in evidence yesterday was the "Canadian," whirl) consists of thigh and waist trunks, together with jersey, Your readers can judge for themselves whether tins is sufficient to meet th» requirouents and the susceptibilities of visiters to tho seaside. —I am, etc., ; NATURE'S GARB.

ICE-BREAKERS FOR CANADA; 4 TO KEEP OPEN THE ST. LAWRENCE. Tenders have been invited by the Canadian Government for the construction of the second largest ice-breaker 111 the world. This is intended for use in the Lower St. Lawrence, in' accordance with rccoinnininlatinns made-" bv Professor Barnes, of Jl'Cill University, who, at the request of the Marine Departiiient, Ottawa, has carried out a number of experiments with a. view to the navigation of the river during tho winter season. There ;irc. ho has found, portions of the St. ' Lawrencc permanently open, in particular ' the long stretch from Dorvel Island to the foot of tho Lachimo Rapids. It is hero that the ieo, known as "frazil," is formed m great Quantities and deposited under tise surface. Besides this, there is also formed bottom anchor ice, which grows like weeds in summer, but unlike tho living pinnt, thrives by night.

.The contact of this ico with the "fra inl 1 ' variety results in immense inn dams which aro as impervious to the dow oi water as so much rock, t-rofessor Barnes is convinced that by tho use of powerful ice-breakers of Russian typo the formation of these two kinds of ice can be prevented durum the months of December and January as well as part of February, a.nd that the river will-then assist to keep 'itscH open to navigation all f!m war round. In fact, last winter the Government steamer Montcalm made two trips between Quebec and Seven Islands almost as iiuic'dy as in summer, and without mishap. v Professor Barnes, who, hv the 'way invented the micro-thermometer to detect the presence of ice, is of opinion, that if there had been no southern outlots for the traffic of the Canadian West winter navigation would have hern .'.m accomplished fact loin; affo. "From mv own point of view,'' he stated in a renort to the authorities, "I bavo lie hesitation in saying that a reasonable expenditure in markinc the channels and providing anclioraites in ease of snowstorms would result in '!•„> sale passage of ships duriim the present, close season." The cost of the new ice-breaker is estimated at almnt fISO.000. mid it is esported that the contra et will be secured by the Montreal branch of Messrs. Vickers, Limited.

TO DRAIN THE ZUIDER ZEE. « OLD DUTCH I'IiOJKCT I!KVIVKD." The old project of drainin;; a portion, at least, of the Zuider Zee is evidently about to be realised, remarked the "Manchester Guardian" a few weeks aj;o. It has been under discussion since IS'!!, and was the snbiect of numerous Parliamentary and technical inf]uiries. The most important of tin; technical iiif|uiri<'s was I hat, carried mil a moiiler ol a century ago, under the allspices of the Ziiider Ko-.> Association, hy Ihe engineer l,e!y, who proved !sv 2l'JB borings thai 'at 10-ist threeouartess of the soil to he gained would lie well adapted to agriculture. After that another Parliamentary Committee was appointed to examine tile question, and in l!)0l R. I.eiy, having become Minister <u the Waterslaat (Public Works), introdueiv! a Bill for the drainage of the Wiorinseii Sea and tho south-western polders. But the Cabinet of which lie was a member had to resign, and once morn tho project was deferred until M. Loly onco mo-ro bocauio Minister in the 'present Cabinet, which was formed on August 29 last. The Speech from tho Throno on September 10 announced a Bill for carrviiiu out M. Leiy's cherished plan. Jt is expected to win by the draining operations no lower than 000.000 acres of iortde land, which will support a population of 200,000 persons, including' ■10,000 farmers and SO,OOO traders' artisans, etc. As the present Zuidor Aw hshencs maintain, in none too prosperous condition, only 0107 fishermen and their lamilies, with some 8000 hoals, the gain will bo enormous. In far!, whih* ilio present income from the Jishenos amounts to about .CUHUK.W, the same area, when drained, is expected to yield not, less than .C 0.000.000 per fumnm. Tho cost of the operation, including compensation' io tho fishermen, 13 estimated at over £10,000,000, which, however,'will be spread over tho entire period of execution of the schcmo, which is expected to be terminated to.Ba.mra. "