Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-09-07
S.u,nr c,r,.In The Surf.

w ulkG uEh oSCdtAoO"'
umbia, took the n. Y. and brook!yn u
sewing girls on a sec' "a e1cuiS,Un %
down TO Rockaway. At the sew
oral landings eighteen hundred mus
T s. 81 IraSs.s oot over the gang plank
tneo-a pn the Gallant officers could gath
or oTiT breath to protest. Lunch OF
cbowder and sandwiches and then
bathing. Each sewing girl was ush-
cred into a dressing room and fur
pished with a costume such as the
sea cannot spoil-though the sequel
showed that an able surf could ta-e
many liberties with it-a costume
consisting of a flannel sack and a
pair of flannel trousers. Theoretic-
ally the trousers and sack meet,
and in point of fact they meet If the
sewing girl is quiet. The tro1se 5.
all stop at the knees and the iacl-
cts at the elbows. In this simple
but attractive costume the sewing
girls emerging from the dres, ng
rooms, went glancing down over
the white sands, and, shrieking al
together, put one foot into the wa
ter. The surf was very strong and
high, but there were numbers of
valiant young men already in and
waiting to show the sewing girls
how to breast 1t. The girls got in
only gradually. They caught hold
eff the life lines and were forced
out as others came and pushed be-
hind them. But once thorou ghi !
wet, they steadily thrust cOmpunci-
ions aside and went in bathin j..
1t was an inspiring sight, and all
Rockaway came down to the shore
to see. Every eye at Rockaway
was upon the sewing girls, and tie
sewing girls, tumbled by surf and
twisted by undertow, filled thai
manifold eve as it probably h; Q
never been filled before. The glrl'
had their own manner of bathing
which is probably that prevailing
among women as rule. Being
wet and bold they went out unhesi
tatingIy until they were up to then
knees, when they sat down, keep
! ing fast hold of their life-ropes
Looking seawaad and seeing no sur
approaching, gradually they fell t.
talking and laughing, when all of
sudden surf came right up, with
out approaching at all, and droppe'
down on their heads. Ceased at one
all talk and laughter and the sewin!
girls themselves for a brief instan
disappeared, but Immediately tn
water spread out and they came in
to view again, each one of tie 1,SO
IN different position. There was
flash of white foot there, and hei
was a whole specimen undergoln
violent and involuntary gymnastic
surrounded meanwhile with thia
; halo of clam shells and sand. Wit
every surf that swept over the Sc
ing girls yesterday + me mischi'
was done, and half a dozen out
the 1900 at least experienced tt
awful knowledge that their gowI
we're being unbuttoned OF that the
sacks were going up too far, viii
they were peing rolled around
u hundred times, and couldn't for ii
life of them tell which was bac
t and which front. Another vexatlc
Il which the young ladies bad to CO
tend with was the singular veXatI,
of having young men fred at the
1t was a favoriVe scheme of the
a latter TO plant themselves in fro
: of numerous bunch Observing CIR
some twenty yards distant, and the
: wait for a surf. The surf won
! come and drive young man, "E.
stone from some taut catapu
let loose" straight into the bun'
of sewing girls which ne had sci
ed, and il the young fellow V
moderately skillful ne could upS
every one, after which, of course,
was his duty, as it was his pleasul
to get them all right side up aga
But these things were only trifes
| the sewing girls, who had as mu
, fun as can be crowded into one da
N. Y. World.