, 1876-10-01

A letter from Trouvlle, on the Norman coast,
to the New York IFor'd, says: "The constant
and abiding enjoyment Mt Trouyille is the bath
ing. The Long Branch or Newport bathcr would
probably be surprised at the French method
The Transformation Of the acknowledgement
young lady who anywhere goes down to the
deep into hetlrag,gl;ng, dropping, half-lrowned,
shfvering Venus Anadyomene who comes up out
Of it, is sufficiently painful, but the French
women avoid it in measure BY adopting light
er costume, armlcss, to say the least ank1elcss,
and in some cases also necNess. The men are
not essentially different in their apparel from
the American bathers. 1t tue bathing hour the
houses are wheeled down to the water's edge
filed With men, women. and children. One sees
every kind Of bather,-the most amusing per-
haps is the fashionable young lady from Paris,
attred in the most careful manner, even to
locSet and bracelet. She descends to the water
wrapped in large Turkish feignoir and fol-
lowed by her maid Every conFcntionallty OF
the lady y-bather is carried out,-the shrek as
tile tide touches her feet, the terror at waves
few inches high, which bring al her masculine
friends running to help her in the water. and
finally the graceful retreat to the bath-house
through the large, and admirng, and critical
crowd that lines the shore. The hired bathers
{gnides baignenrs) have much harder work here
than in America, although the surf is not SO
high, for they often are obliged to carry the
lazy Parisians in their arms to and from the
water. The grounds are carefully ropcd of
into three parts,-oue for the gentlemen who
choos" to hathe in what we call strunks;'
one for ladies and gentlemen together,
aud Que sacred to tile bona deu, from
which the men are vanished. The crowd OF
spectators is always much iargec than the num-
Der Of bathers, and they seem to regard the
scene in the light Of a spectacular piece at the
Varieties or the Vaudeville. It is sight which,
to put it mildly, resembles very closely the cir
Gus. One Of the most prominent among the
ha1hers We have noticed Is an estimahle lady OF
some 30 pounds weight, who displays herself
daily in SMALL air-tight canoe. The costume
is OF light blue fannelt compromise between
the azure of the sky and water,-a costume en-
i,ently appropriate to the ethereal creature.
small slippery fish called e>quille. At low tide,
on the edge Of the beach the fishermen and
women from the town set to work to dig with
small spades. The sand is very soft, and the
work is easy, except the catching Of the fish,
which are very lively. This sport, il sport It
may be called, has become very popular. Young
ladies' engage in it without shoes or stockings,
and with basket hung over their shoulder
They jostle side By side with the charming fisher
women, and seem to enjoy it immensely. AS a
means Of spelling dresses it is probably un-
which the fish are found is muddy ,and soft, and
sticky. Perhaps In few years the fashion may
be imported to the fats OF Pleasure Bay The
ecqulie is not to be found there, but the soft
clam is, and, although it is not so vivacious and
gamy as the ecquiLe, it might prove diversion
Tor the fox-huntcrs on the New jersey farms; or
the enthusiastic supporters Of polo"