Beach Ball

Beach BallCome summer and the majority of Americans toss off winter's traces and head unerringly for the cool and casual attractions of ocean, lake or pool.The summer outing is a delightful ritual that has held sway here since turn-of-the-century swains, decked out in boaters, ice-cream pants, nature-defying celluloid collars, and mandolins, went down to the sea in style with their Gibson girls.The season and the place have remained the same but, happily, modern mores and technology have turned...