Wooden Suits

Wooden Suits - or What I learned on the web today In Popular Science – May, 1930 The ladies were pictured all happy and flirty Posed on the beach, they thought they looked good In bathing suits made out of thins pieces of wood Fashioned of spruce The suits had a use They were said to help some swimmers float But the looks they’d attract When the wood warped and cracked I fear there’d be no antidote So without a doubt The fashion died out And I’d have to say for the good For when I’m at the shore My eyes would be sore If I’m constantly looking at wood