The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-28
Advice on Ra,hina.

AS the season is already inaugurated for
sea bathing, the following advice from the
pen of Max Adeleter will be found inter-
esting to our readers
Persons who visit the seashore this sum-
mer will enjoy themselves agreat deal more
if they will heed the following suggestions
to bathers Ii you get too far away from
the shore and find yourself sinking, it will
be prudent to write off your last words on
piece of paper, and then tie the document
to q stone and throw it ashore. This was
Benjamin Franklin's habit every time he
was drowncd-and look what great man
he got to be ! Unless you are staying at
very fashionable hotel, it will not be neces-
sary to enter the water attired in dress-coat
and white kids and if you are not very
anxious about staying in certain length Of
time, do not take your watch in with you.
Persons liable to take cold from damp feet
will find gum shoes serviceable during the
bath and if the ocean is as dusty as it is
sometimes in the theatre, linen buster
will be nice to have along to protect your
suit. If you are small man, never try to
battle q fat woman who weighs more than
three hundred pounds. There is popular
impression that such beings float; but
we knew one who was knocked
over on a man by the breakers
with such force that he was NASH
ed out so flat that he could be slipped
under a closed door without scraping. If
there are any indications of freshet in the
ocean, it will be better not to go in at all
but under no circumstances try to produce
low tide by sucking up the water with
! syringe. The hotel-keepers do not like it.
Never battle while you are at dinner; but
it will be well, if you intend to try SWIM
ming over to Europe, to take little lunch
along in a Theoretically sealed sardine box.
This is recommended by the faculty, and
they always do it themselves when they
make the trip. If the water is very cold,
the wisest plan is to dress yourself warmly;
but if you get heated never throw off your
bathing clothes suddenly, especially if there
arc ladies in the vicinity. Persons have
been arrested for this at Atlantic City,
even when there was nobody about but
a dilapidated old maid two miles dis
tant with a spyglass. 1t will be pru-
dent to take u bar of soap in to battle
with you, so that if the undertow carries
you out you can wash yourself ashore.
While the breakers are dashing you about,
be careful not to butt your head into the
stomach of the same man more than four
times. Carelessness of this kind on the
part of the Plantagenet family was remote
ly the cause of the English Wars of the
Roses. Diving for the Atlantic cable, so
as to read the dispatches, is strictly forbid
den at all the watering-paces. If crab
sezes you by the toe, do not scream and
give shock to the sensitive nerves Of the
animal, for some member of the Woman's
Branch of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals may be near, and
you will be Immediately arrested II any
part Of your clothing becomes detached, it
will be well enough to wade out until as
sistance arrives. AT mile or two from
the shore, you will find the water quite
deep enough to hide your nakedness.