The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-26
THE DAILY NEWS.
IN THE SURF

v71077G y IN THE SURF
aRArH1Na AT LONG BRANCH,
tho Line-sWinnaing
for Life.
r correspondent Of the Boston Post gives
Mis- refreshing and picturesque description OF
4he pleasures aud humors Of bathing at Long
branch:
-tfSsa 4, SURF BATHING.
The psactical use Of all this magnitude and
1rrnfleur is to ruide up salt water INTO surl Ior
fSs erstiacahou Of the couple OF thousand
iorssi6 Who pay i've dollars day for closets
:apa apoor food ct the hotels; and, considering 1t
IN this hight, one must ackncwieage snss ng.n, %be
aes-bethne is the one attraction which Long
Branch has to present to the ordinary visitor,
And II ia we'll that this Is OF most excellent
0uslity. There ID one professional "bather
to each hotel, Q lank. brown feEow, WIN
roysl disdain for shoes and stockings. an IN
conviction that bathing clothes a are perisce c
oHly when they have no buttons. ae is Dais- os
legged TO the knee and bare-a-med to tne 81,
bow. the better to tread the moist sshu Tna ano
10 handle the dripping bathng suits. tnS
hather issues q daily bulletin, informing ns Al
.at What hours it will be proper and advisable to
fake the water. The time varies according 10
The tide, and includes the two hours before and
a5sar It's height, The bather is aiso the owner
sjE The line of shanties which dlsagures the
beach,. which he let's, with . suit OF bathing
Sl0thSs, 1t nifty cents, a. bath. Ihey are not
nakiHg 90 much money ss usual tins year, 1or
the ladies' do not ebathe as generally ss once
Was the case, and the male portion OF the vlsl-
tors prefer their company. Yet there seems,
10 \ spectator, to be no lack or merry rlote IS
Of both sexes in the surf during the hours
when Neptuue's deputy announces tnat sport
fscm a deep-set posi- on the beach to float.
some hundred feet out, are crowded on tne
,shocs and. and thewaves are full Of heads and
hats and upturned heelss ~:
I. a. GurEbathing ri the Branch !. Is q hand-to-s
shsndJ Jtissle with the wavesso There is NO gen
Ny sloping beach to descend. wbererne Tlppaes
and foam hfst lap the feet and then softy
.ESndssAnH the dress. The sand Is steep, and up
SHHHsp6e Irushes TO scatch you at the frst;
vsist-hieh i'm IT'S embrace, pull the ground
from underyour. feet, and perchance throw
,yud brone and stuck your precious head under.
:HsWare OF your costume; Those STURDY ssuits
OF blue flannel have O. weakness about the
bnttonlholes and watstbend that requires
TorStsSGYf vigilance. 1t is very suggestive
OF 9 loss and subsequent demand tor re-
imbursement' On the part or the briny per-
SON 81 f66, ,bath-h house. But yesterday It was
that .portly swell arraled .h'msen IN tnls
attire, flannel pfumply filed and glIt aooat .d
Gsify he sailed trom his pen, strode down the
beach and stepped in the edge OF the rol-
Iera. walking carefully out he ednfortunately
tnrned fer one glance at the summer house on
The bank above, where, amonH others, sne
sat. That glance was bis atei for penino MN
. s1RI ,oorr, eua
,,jugt, ,breakpg, into. team on its summit.S4t
Scaueht him reversed him, stuck, his head IN
thes ssSEd. !. pounded him down with its thunder.
ous 4Eik md LETT him sntspkled in the rush OF
fhef ort-ooing- -undertow, from which one arm
'xnHs sYiee emerged Ia TIME TO be grasped ana
kSSted and shot ont again on the sand 1y y9e
Companjon breaker which followed. The third
6nr the lar1e waves aeam to run in trIplets-
noushehin q Ssrgoas he half rose, beTtdered,
t6 zt.nkpeee, and his wreck was complete.
Buttons, cord and knots availed nothing: and
iiishey6fled. sandyend nsuseated with unWili'ng
draughts Of salt. water, he grasped with Dotn
hApds hts descending trousers and rushed, wen
SfknS SsahhS cuto6es, to his bath house, which he
hind aftAr mrprisin9 an elderly female IN her
A1iRphin9, and completed his toilette with the
SD of . pin of salt water, which the bather
kindly brought him for Reconsideration.
.ltAa Is q 4 6S TN .1nak .G il "a
hf46e sassty- line is the uueleus'o the bathing
srena Thosee creatures who wear hsts--be
XsS Sa4r1 m women never could tell cluster
s6G8 S6d Glfng to II with ! tehacity which ut. 1
~ fnc3pacifStes't 'thehn TOR Keeping ther, Ieet,
-aadaa evident faith in III. being t6e.r ondy only
crouch in that slight depth OF, water Close TO
the sbcre, ablte the sandds sdtting and gra. M
- ohuruipss eyaying and bobbmgs - tine
Svaoh nS SeAchspaqk breaker, tumbhng against
Sosoh otAar, h61t buried In sandat one mo,
nsnt LEFT high snddry the nest ana ,baV M,01so 70,
.0ossT tSelnvgfys Further out those prudent
nsleas vho never feel safe without one toe IN
4be sShd bold therope with both BANDS, and.
>,S1th o0unfeuancee expressive Of the RreatesE
Iilarity, leap tomeet each roller ss ie appfoscn-
Q, keeping thetr etrprectou1moutns above tne soo
Ecnerons Ses waves. Doubtless there is enjoy
snanf IN .this style OF sea-bethin4. There ts in
S1SIss fSusiiStn along the line Of the whole
xnI III 6i@fnnorss 81 Q big break. tumDles them
Sfo cGch ofherb arms, and bumps tnelr pom
n6tp,loeether end ieayes them seated ana Drip
p6IGhfc cacq9 embrace. And occa.ionauy enere
Em ACCIDENT The line WIN be thrown BY the
,osrelssi zo1er the kead Of some gentle
creeture. and when the foamng, rushing surf
IoVs beck ehe Wlli. BE- seen stretched on her
49, hands conyuliyely clutchinGa the rope
N6dd& fem0fsSleasls holds her by the throat
Nnae the vseething ssnd and water. and ieet
i1nodicslly lying IN the an. a DOZEN 9slp-
Hk0oP w. ~ saV oSS~~~S~ -
AefegtA t0repest tho adyenturs.
- SWIMMER.
81 m Il danSerous, the bather VII tell you. to
asij1 hsSoud the breakers or 90 60 out ot reach
1f{ha,NnA. There sre terrible taks OF strong
- exhsusted and srnkinx aaer i0DB contep.
- Wtfh the subtle and powerful u1dertoH
1lhjoaf 3 ever running off1he steep bank; In
VkieE 61se8 INA bathinR snit ~ ,eddeuty
Sad IoaG{ I'd the owner 6f thc eeta ntehmmt.
~ rco1i i8au6ucA !. of this ger preseut dancer,
1cSH - s. demanded In talpnB 3or the ne OF
~ f6nnaas Slts 1hichs fx,0ofiet2 4equhes.
Yoa nay mol ba drowned economically In your
own akfn. When there b . strong sea you can |
FoAtse something Of this undertow ut the edge |
o(R5e sHrfs = tikes small boys Of thSI legs and
SlRS0fy likely your own more sseady name
endvise unless you tre cautious and prepared |
for fk .But in Ordinary matters my experience
iis ~ thst the tssal power Of this undertog S is
SxA9kSfSted. Take straight swim out for the
horizon; ;'Iet the ocean buoy you up and toss
yuu about; never mind the undertows .and It
ypu md that Iou can't get back. keep calm and
t4oy value OF your fsnnet suit |
Il ghee nd his corps Of aszistapts
g 0Sdf6IAusfaff e1bftS Tor your rescue. tnat
lopeJ beyond the breakers is an
uSfma&n Spckto most who paddle and plunge
;4kAhT safs-Af Long Branch; and may they
nss8 fnow what they lose BY neglecting It.
There You ride on the great waves that are
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