River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
At ATLANTIC BEACH.

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In the first Mace. LITTLE while before
the bathing borr a connie of sturdy
rounlr mon havino very much the an
,aarsncf of ssiiors come ,,.vrr To t6n
lratnr.e edo, viii q l;,.L, s,,rf boot Tbev
arc atf,an9 IN Close ftt;nc, e,yip,nin.r
sn;ts Vii f,ro -f.e, Iag,s mi arms AZ
tor nlac;na q Ifr. pr..-arver or two in the
boat thcv nut if into the water until they
ore aIouf knee deem. when. iumnincs in.
+her mt IN fhcir o.rs and ,.,r,.f,,Iiv keen
;noth. Io a. to,-,r,,- .,e breakers mil 81
90, ,-i,r,,ro,,s st,ol,.. mill m. iittle
cocLyf,. sI,.ll IF 81 cr.,fr is..,,dderI,- I,ftcd
nm an tb. crest of - wave. aud rs s,dder-
~ disa1,1sa,s behind II The waves are
- LipI and the boat SO buovant t.at that
sometimes an but IA f W inches If the
bottom can 81 seen IA il Goes over II
breaker These men ere called the
slifs- o5,ard y .,,,I.,,a st,tinnaa az fro
,rort ;,fc,.-.Is .,icr,, IN h,thin,, ,,rounds
rgo.o i. ..f.Ior, ~. MI 9tIan, os
~, s t,ttIa or IL .,,,iar,.,c. ~, tbis
beech which +. rb,t MAXI. the surf
slanaerous But once and a wbIIc some
venturre0rncsvim o,ts q little fatioucd
When out too far and signaling boat
climbs in for = few minute, rest. The
lifc-ou,rd are also very obIioipo in assist
inc iadc bttbcr. y.ao i,e timid They are
a',o serviceable in Lerpin" pcrtecf or ter
amono the bathpr- and nrevepting the
possiGllifv of ladics beng insulted while
IN water by anv ofthe rough element,
which. though notably scarce here al
WAYS forces itself in where there are
crowd, The boats beinoout the ba Tiers
bes,in 10 annoar from the bath houses. THY
erenertII, came down th,. beach in mr.
fies anil j motley LODI. ino. .i5ht they are
There i tie orav-hcaded old father with
A corporation which shows the effect OF
good living, winch is generally set of to
the best advantage bv d bathing suit
which would be a comfortable tit for his
son. whose weight is about q hundred
pounds lsss. The mother. fair. fat and
forty. .Eo looks. I'm her flannel robe and
Immense. straw hat If not f,irer. muca
f4tfaI and moro lik, 6ffy Then there
arr the dauubters. arravcd in more or
less coquettish SUITS, with skirts thereto
Of greater or less length, the older the
dcm0iselle the Longer the skirts General
iv There Is almost invariably "A Young
sfor ar t,eo who are frroueptlv attIred IN
a .n,t IT u,lercIatbiu,, md ,ranaral
sir ~ ..n,h..rrass,nant ,7Gry.Ilas the whole
nart,, .xc.nt fba,o YOUNGSTERS who arc
ir,ariafIv tbe frst ~ roach tbe water
aua the last ia enter it
50 the oroup gaes down 10 the beach !:
fhev wet their toes. look 81 each other,
.,iaie ! Iirtle while and saw it IS $50 awful
ooId Then look ut the neople g. no are
,.atch;rel then, and fecling that they are
,ain,r l,urbad ri ION hands (al but the
children. and the head Of the family
taLinee the lead they rush in. vet their
heads, and get a thorough 4ucking. In
moment they emerge. splutter and
snlsttcr little. one of t'le girls or the
mother gets knocked o. or by nWave that
She aid not sec. tin. otl,ers la1ah at her:
Ia, i,,ins in and in a Jew moments ev
zrers tnmLlino around and jumping over
+Ee brelltrs. AS much at home ss though
they were in their ttive element.
THIS fun is INDUCED i'm for "a few min
utes, aheR the maternal heart iecls for
har Youngest, who ire ENJOYING jhemscl.
YES immensely plsy inu in the sand on
the beach. and iii ect~ p4ter tt,niil,0s
10 90 and bring them INTO the water
The ubedient and weU-discipined nus
band does not advance any opinion
which he may have that they are en-
loving themselves as much as possible
m water up 10 their knees But he
oacs for that child at once SEXES him
md haars hin, into the water The
ob;ib shr;ol-s and L;cL. and i
F...f,,,,,o,i -. o,,. NJ bis rs snd
~; ,,,,t, ,,.;,I..t o,,ar
II a,.,,,,r'n', 49, ia. 80 sr55en,
i. - and ronns. boseti,l has taken
m ahont a mint of Salt water an. firmly
l.sIisyss himself drownino. The parents
;,,o,o-aIle hoveveT and NOT rntiI
H. lutlc fellow has been tboroutihIv
scsrod a,,d drcked is he allowed 10 re-
s,,na his inf,nt,la oanboIs mon the