The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-07-25
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. The Long Branch correspondent Of
tie Cincinnati GG-s'ts writes con-
esrDing = bathing scene which he
witnessed ST tha. fashionable water
ing place aDG summer resort on the
flh cf July
( The 4th oi July brought the largest
number OF visitors and eHcursionizls
ever along shore in the memory OF
the Oldeet inhRbitant. From the best
I data conclude that ~. .OfU meu, wo-
men and children came here ou that
l day, and by fsr the majority to enjoy
| the ocean bath. Innocent sport at
the bathing grounds was much en-
I joyed. From the arrival of the first
| train, about . o'clock, till q short
time before the last train returned, 5
/ 2. NJ, the teach, amply provided
with ropes and stakes for safety to
/ bathers, was literally lined with big
and little people, nearly all of whom
/ had tried or were trying the water. 1t
was the most orderly and yet, in
part, the most grOtesque sight prob
ably ever witnessed even here. Reg
ulsr bathing suits soon gave out /;
then came An illustration of mans
ingenuity under severe pressure. Un-
dergaTments and old Overgarments
were brought into requsitiOn, and
such q c6mical crowd of earnest peO-
pie / nevL- ssW before. My pen ut
tsrly refuses 10 do duty cOmmensu-
rate with the occasion besides, /
| have laid it down several times even
now, several days after the event,
and laughed most heartily. Just i'm
agIne the human forms, from tall to
short, from fat to lean, from old to
young, handsome in all the symms-
try of beauty, and which no impTO-
vised i'll fitting suit could hide, to the
mediocre and hOmely, equally well
developed and enhanced. Then the
blue suits, red, white, striped, tinted,
russet, loose fitting, tight fitting, and
non-fitting, long, short, medium, and
all worn according to Individual
idiosyncrssies.
The etiquette Of the bath absolute
! ly demands that no one shall notice,
| by word, gesture, or in any manner
! then and there, anything unusual
that may happen, and this was scrup-
ulOusly observed. Those who came
out watched those who were in, and
those In usually had enough to do to
watch the breakers rs they came
| tumbling and rolling all around and
often over them. Quiet laughing IS
permissible, but nothing bOisterOus OF
any kind, OF laugh or exclamation, is
deemed proper, and this, among 9TH
or reasons, to enable the watchful
guardians OF the bathing grounds to
! hear the first sound OF fear or distress,
and promptly tender their assistance.
Standing in q crowd of ladies and
gentlemen, who, like myself, had
Just come out of the bath redressed
and in order, the ladies would ask
"DId we look like that in the water ~
pointing to some more than usually
''at sea" while pumping, rolling,
tumbling, ad libitum, in the ever
shifting surf. "Certainly you did"
would be the answer, when such q
smothering of laughter and bushes
would follow as to illustrate in q new
way the old Scotch lines "Wud some
power the giftie gle u.s." etc. The en-
tire scene In and out OF the briny wa
ter was decidedly anti-dyspeptic.
Moving among the crowds almost the
whole day, i saw no improper con-
duct OF any kind and not q drunken
man. Many brought their lunch,
and by noon the scene was suggestive
of q mammoth picnic. The whole
was an honor to our country, and
several foreigners 80 expressed them
selves to me.