The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-10-30
A Bath in Salt Lake.

One Of the editors ofthe Chicago Posi- describes
a bath in Salt Lake. lie says:
There were no houses within gunshOt. and the
apathy which prevails at tue city concerning all
sorts Of healthy sport had its compcnsations in
this case, for it allowed us full opportunity for
indulging in " bufi-bathing "-Nature's own
sort, which the watering places have suppressed
hitherto, but are now ashamed of their convcn-
tionalities at last, allowing to " come in :" again.
But Salt Lake cares naught for watering place
regulations, and we were soon, an puTlS nature,
neck deep in the salty waves, kicking and splash
ing, somersaulting and eavorting, as happy as
clans Tor school bOys) in high water.
Neck deep! liz is an arbitrary expression, and
may mean five feet or twenty-five, for one cannot
go beyond that depth, unless handicapped. The
dense fluid buoys him up, so that, after reaching
the depth of his shoulders, he may walk as he
fuses to keep down rs persistently as an apple on
Hallowmas Fen or u Chicago scalper under the
Bankrupt Act. Buoyancy-you will never know
the meaning of the word until You 90 to Salt
Lake and battle, You feel as if you had discov-
cred a new element, superior for the time to
earth, air, or water. You feel like cutting up all
manner of antics. You strike out to swim in tile
usual way, and your back parts rear up like the
roof of the Tabernacle anon your feet are kick
ing in the air. and you flop to save your head
from an expected ducking. Lying on your back,
you may float like n porpoise then YOU try some
wv e-.a " IOes t'Nt
hilarity at the result.
&" Halloo! how do you feel now ?" i ask my
fellow batber.
30, buoyish," is the reply.
The sensation is akin to that described in slang
as I" salubrious," though it has none of the mud
died quality of the tippler's salubriousness. You
merely feel a little delicious uncertainty as to
whether you are n Chicago traveller or n big AIR
bladder and you delight yourself with the reiec-
tion that, after all there il often not much differ
ence between the two. The temperature is just
right, and the effects seem cxhilarating, rather
than weakening. By-and-by you get surieitcd
with novelty and 60 ashore. Then you get your
first reminder of the exceeding sadness of the
water-frst except some little gulps on first
plunging in, which most likely taught you to
keep Your mouth shut To all further influx from
the element around you. Under the drying influ-
ence Of the sun, if you should stand in his rays
for n moment, you will soon be encrusted with n
white mass of pure salt-a sort of veneercd Lots
wife. A friend told me that he once solved the
Sambo problem by fetching an African brother
out and giving him n hath in this water. The
fellow was soon enameled white enough. But
that was in the days when nigritude was n draw
back the albesccnt process would be unnecessary
nowadays. But we did not test this popularity
Of the lake bathing. Less than the usual appli-
cation of towels served to make US dry and glow
ing, and we realized no p~rickling sensation such
as some visitors here have described, nor did we
feel any need of n fresh water rinsing. On the
whole, IL was one Of the best things Imaginable
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