The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-23
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When, shr rs.snts rtsea en
In the Rgh, oil iR ois'o"S'
Occasionally It occurs TO NE than Ia ,,he
- no b;,,ow, several biliows in fscf. bu.
ia NO electric in ms treatment: ootne W
tho ,a,hcrs I'd drown. For siaifilnS Oh TUG
snorn Z roIra many that sho'hd never So
in. so coaai number who sh"u'a j., ue.eI We
a,,nved ia come ont. We OF Inc NfsI hu"
s,nr,, In ne n,ucn. II isn't quite tue
,h;n,- YOU know. Too heavy s"eiis !or
tho .urf. ,ou see. 4 fellow can't carry nus
eyeglasses and care into the breakers aou
without them we'd be lost. Inc iau'ts
world do il more ii Worth-or the otnef
man. MoschowitZ made bath'ng'ufes>tS.
Ru, they won't. They'll make woman into
a muslin pncpatherium snd her hu>o'a
bankrupt, but they wont make heF na,u-
ing dress. Suppose this IS because Oh 'ne
;mnossimhty Of putting thirty yards OF
Drepadine iuto one.
yUep don't blame Others for not bath
any. Individually. I bad rather see bato'n'
than sea tra,he. Being in The updertoW has
no charms tor me; I'd as lief be un0crhanh-
cd nc updertofd. a COMMON batb-fuo an.
ewers yerv well tor me. and soap does tht
work thoroughly enough without tue aid OF
sand There's no great fun IN getting wei
ALI over unless one needs washing. 1
made practice OF sea bathing t6nk ia
have an Ipdja.rubher suit made ana take an
umbrella in with me. Water, as tDe o!u
Frencbman remarked, has so tasted oil sinners
since the food!
Aun,6s OF water, do not believe in IL as
:. motor. | orc. moved Appietoh,' ooS.
when he sat bowling under my Windo" ''
R,vtrdalc q, night. nigh upon mie, WIN
, -comparat,>cly smell dippeItIl OF not "u'e.
tut that | cDmorWc can be run Fo'n nt',
10 phii1deIphia say, by no other iioHl"S
I,owcr. | will not believe I'll see II uone-
ard then III say it's sprllu'l'sm.
Ept,er than bathing | like to SIT on thfs
,,.o"h and look out u pon the s"a and talk oil
Tie Uua,taiuaole-th Uuattanable Win
big U. ..,;o, ,ovos
while il fascinatrs me. Gazlng out from thN
shore far as human vision tan reich, you
,,,n onlv see far enough to know that thcie
i something b., onn, and OF that oeyoru
won can only crrj c'ure unless you 'ahc tee
word of others for il. Atd the olhefs' si'-
ting on the beach with you ana look'nS .ea-
ward can see no farther than YOU un'ees
tbay bappcn TO have Il pocket telescope along,
and even that - out enable them TO sec what
icu,t going on or through an umbrella. III
the sea would orly be still Tor minute or
Two! If IL would only come up to tue
beach lust one, and told its haDds, and Tor
one brief instant hush its sal monotone,
the complaint, OF dissatisfied soul.
II il would Tut "let the old cat dle
once-as We used TO say at school when we
took turns at swinging under trce-then 1t
does seem to ne thai ], too, could 80 away
and resi-.
But no; las, thing at night the wall of the
wave. is in m, etrS, and when | wake in the
morning still their sonbing i audible, and L
know that al! night long they have been Toss
ing aud tumblng hhe one in pain, knowlnS
no sleep, finding no rest.
Far out 81 here The horiZon-"t The sapphire.
spanyled marriage ring of the land -
stretches, all seems peaceful enough; from
there YOU hear no sound. ard there ynu see
no motion, and YOU tb,nk that on the shore
Mrs. Browning mist have sat, and tar away
from the shore she must have looked, when
she wrote:
"And smiled to think Gods greatness
Flowc hruut d.our Incompetence,
HouLd our Icst c,sncsa Ills reht
But alas. YOU know-if you know much OF
apythins-that sill the same tumutuous
throbbi.g is the c, that only The dim dl>.
lance hides it, only the intervening space
smo, hers the wall: that the heart OF Ocean Is
never still, and that It's wild pulse. beats are
felt and heard on every shore.
Last evening we sat on the beach and piled
I'D mounds Of saudi these The monuments,
we said, OF a pleasant meeting. And tins
morning went and looked for the mounds;
10, they were gone. Are we not, all Of IL,
ali life through, mouud.buiIdrrS Of this SORT
more or les: What is there we can build
nh l..I
Tribune supplement will not last forever. II
the flames get not bold of it some young
woman will wear it for IA pannier, and so
shall its las, end he worse than the first. As
regards leaving something for posterlty 10
look upon, don't know that 1t matters
much whether write in the morning or pile
I'D sand 10 the evening; for il look IN the
Tribune Tor " hat have written (neXt morn.
in.) il IS not there, and il | look on The beach
for nv sand-cairn 1t Is vanished.
Do You not love TO see the foam come in :
It doesn't seem to care whether school keeps
or not; there's u joyousness about it which
/ would like to make mine. Look, il has It's
little fling. sparkes in the sunlight for mo.
men,, and is gone. None care that il is gone,
perhaps, hut what cares the foam: Were
choice yours, would you not say with the
poet
I'D rather he The glad, bright, leaping foam
Than the snn, III si,tgs sta Q let me live
TJl love, and Hush, anu thrill, or let he Gle :"
Really the temptation to 90 on with this
sort OF thing is very strong, but my moral
force is euuai to the occasion. 1t Is expected
that one shall do little tine writing when
he's by the sad SeI-waves, but it is possible
to run the thing into the water-water too
deep for utterance. Let Us get back TO sound
ings.
After thinking Mr.. smiths smile about
the ocean beng the bridegroom and the
beach the bride all over, Ppe concluded that
Ii is correct IN the main, and that Mr.. Smith
did pretty well, taking into account his linn
tied knowledge Tor at the period OF life
when this slmhe bad birth the bard was I'm.
married. But it Is all Il mistake about The
SEA rushing up 10 deck the tuwOy brow Of his
bride with snelis--at least, that Is not the
order OF the day, or DIght, ut Long Branch.
If you trust TO inc for IL, he runs up snd hits
her over the heed with chunk of cord-wOod,
"a dead dog, or som thing else equally plei-
SAINT and fragrant Nor does she seem TO ex-
pect any better treatment ut his hands, nor
ever does she go hall way 10 receive his
taroIs. Sill she stands, and never stirS peg
to get out of the way, good, patient type OF
woman that Sic is, tut she doesn't step
eagerly forward to take beltiuS.
1t is source OF much regret 10 the general
puhhc that ladies refuse 10 lie persuaded
down TO 1.-THE beach more frequently. But the
widows Say the salt air SpOlis their Grape, the
srls don't want The cr,mp taken ont OF their
Bair, and m+rrled women- well, / suppose
it's no fau TO spoon cound with their own
hus oands, and they'd not 60 With any one
else, OF couiSe.