The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-07-19
Advice on Bathing.

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! gurated for sea bathing, the follow
ing advice from the pen Of Max
Adelter will be found interesting
to our readers.
Persons who visit the seashore
this summer will enjoy themselves
a great deal more if they will heed
the following suggestions to bath
ers Ifyou get too far away from
the shore and fnd yourself sinking,
it will be prudent to write off your
last words on a piece Of paper, and
then tie the document to a stone
and throw it ashore. This was
Benjamin Franklin's habit every
time he was drowned-and look
what great man be got to be I!
| Unless you are staying at very
fashionable hotel, it will not be
necessary to euter the water at
tired in a 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
Gnd gum shoes scrviceablc dur;n e
the bath; and ifthe ocean is as dus
ty as it is sometimes in tho theatre;
a linen duster will be uice to have
along to protect your suit. If you
are a small man, never try to bathc
a 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 q man
by the breakers with such force
that he was mashed out SO fat
that he could be slipped under q
closed door without scraping. If
thero are any indications Of q
frc$hct in the ocean, it will be bet
ter not to 80 in at all; but under
no circumstances try to produce
low tide by sucking up the water
with 4 syringe. The hotel-keepers
do not like it. Never bathe while You
are at dinner; but it will be we'll if
you intend to try swimming over
to Europe, to take a little lunch
along in hermetically sealed sar-
dine 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 wisestplan is to dress your
self very warmly ; but if you get
heated never throw off your b.
sning clothes suddenly especially
if there are ladies in the vicinity.
Persons have been arrested for
this at Atlantic City; eten when
there was nobody about but q
dilapldated old maid two miles
distant with a spyglass. It will
be prudent to take bar of soap in
to ba,he with you, so that it the
undcrtow carries you out you can
wash yourself ashore. While the
breakers are dashing you about,
be careful not to butt your head
in the stomach of the same man
more than four times. Careless
ness Of this kind on the part of the
Plantagenet family was remotely
the cause of the English War OF
Roses. Diving for the Atlantic
cable, so as to read the dispatches,
is strictly forbidden at all the
watering places. IF a crab eeizes
you by the toe, do not scream and
give shock 10 the sensitive
nerves of the animal, for some
member Of the Womsn's Branch
Of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals may be near,
and you will be Immediately ar
rested. If any part of your cloth
ing becomes detached, it will be well
enough to wade ont until assist
ance arrives. At a milo CT two
from the shore, yop will find the
water quite deep enough to hide
your nakedness.