New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31

ments are so located that to get from the dressing
lv"h 10 the water is only matter of going down 4
niShc Oh three or four steps The provisions fo,
''' paeiihg are even carried far that
'"ue". pather can spend all of her hour
IN perfect seclusion splashing about with the
SAINT ABANDON that she would display in
ner httle tin batll-tub in her own home
Inc sea bottom about the Leghorn establishments
80 'ou sandy, but rocky, aud advantage is taken of
'iii' ROCKY bottom in the building of the establish
ien's' The best of them are built on stone piers
"hicn extend long way out into the sea and
OH mere and there, according as the sea bot
IN permits. The tops of the piers are covered
WIN u perfectly smooth cement which is kent re-
,"''A"oiy ciean The piers do not rise high ont of
the water Indeed. they are so low that in rough
"si.her the waves break over their more exposed
| p''ciS' Inc dressingrooms arranged along
o ues OIL the piers, and classified to meet the
oi'iercho aquatic powers of the bathers. Swimmers
go 10 one part of pier, and those who cannot swim
stay nearer to the Shore The charge for the use of a
dressng-room is one frame an hour, and if two or
more persons use the same room they pay no moro
| than frame an hour for all If n room ;s talon NV
uhe month the cost per bath is even less The batbers
",usS aoout as unbecomngly they do in America
| i"o ""oer OF the Mediterranean Is considered TO
DC very good for bathing 1t wonderfully salt and
ana IL Is few degrees warmer than ocean
"n'oi. Due people accustomed to bathing in the
| thp
| ocean beaches. Here the waves are very choppv
In rough weather they come upon the batter from,
all directions, except from the shore and he has 70
DC very quick in the management of his month If no
| attempts TO hold conversation with his
| ichow-pathers. 1t is anything but pleasant
10 swallow bucketful of the Med;-
| 'eiraheah water, even pIassfuI
o, L" sait mackerel juice is very mild and palata-
ole drink III comparison with it, noticed that few
tbprs e.,
.ori that the reason of it that generally there
~ wholesome dread of the dogishes saw one of
'hese dogiishes few days ago caught near the
SHORE ana he was certainly an ugly fellow His
mourn was terrible to look upon and readily gave
credchce to the opinion of the man who harpooned
num- He'd make such hole in a fellow that n
81 would be puzzled to patch it upu
they told me at Leghorn that several peopIe had
iost their lives by reason of doqiishes
ATTRACTIONS OF THE LEGHoRN PIERS
only small portion of the stone piers is given I'M
10 dresslhg-rooms. The establishments have other
functions beside that of furnishing bathing facil
ites. They have each a restaurant a cafe. n large
ballroom, beer gallery, and areas covered with
awnings where people may sit and take the sea air
me restaurants are good and the prices are mod
crate fine lunch is given for 2la francs.
Just 4S cents, including wine There will he soun
dish OF meat garnshed with vegetables and n good
supply OF frut and cheese. Or, if one prefers 20
order by the card he can get an enormous quantity
OF excellent food for 7J cents or n dollar The
prices of such articles as are supplied by the cafe
are delightfully."- reasonable. cup of black coffee
with drop OF brandy in it, or without the brandy
II one likes II better costs o5 confines or : oon+s
an ice cream costs 80 confines or g snts: n glass
2t peer s 20 centmes, brandy and settler with ice
Entrance to the establishments is free to all re-
spectacle people except on nights when grand con
eer,s ana balls are given. On such nights the man
in orta IN, loot,
people away TO charge a small admission fee-ahout
10 cents head believe. The result of the free adj
MISSION - that the establishments become the resort
OF all the fashionable people of the city and 10 see
me social life OF the place one goes to the piers
ionahlc to dine upon the street by the seashore and
great many handsome turnouts are TO he
seen People who do not carriages hire com.
i%rtaoe niue open carriages from the hack-stands.
hese cost about one franc and a half an hour
and II person is mean enough he can hire for ever
less ms year the Leghorn hackmcn are in a very
sofr9wIni n2od because 2 great deal of their work
as been , th|sn r from them by the new hQrsecar
as near as they can get TO the English tramway AZ
anoat y 3sioch IA the evening the people begin 60
congregnte at the est. lisllments and from that
hour till midnight the piers crowded with iolIv
weli-diessed people of dozen different nationali-
ties. A person may hear great many different lan-
guagcs spoken at one OF these establishments of an
evening, Italian ms matter of course, and then
very likely others.
THE ENGIIsH-sPEAKING COLONY
There is II very large Englsli-speG1ng colony nj
Legorn, so large that il has u society of its own ia
say nothing OF is two churches, of the Church
oi England, and the other Scotch Presbyterian
Any night in the week, excepting Sunday numer-
representatives of this colony are to be found nj
one of the establishments, and If wants To hear
little quiet inoiiensive gossip he should by all
means hitch his chair up toward their corner Tho
colony is not so large but that the members
keep pretty well posted in regard TO every
thing concerning it, and il seems To be a
rule of the colony established by usage that what
one member of the colony knows should be made
common liropertY. lam bound to say, however that
the cooniss are so emincnty respectable the gossip
does not have very plquant flavor. For real un-
adulteratcd scandal one must go TO the English
speaking people of Florence. An English-spca king
person who has spent year in Florence provided
of course, that she has improved her opportunities
Is most accomplished scandal-mongcr. If there is
IL weak spot III lazy pedigree, her character her
reputation, her domestic relations or even her ward
robe, twcnty-four hours is long enough for her TO
remain in Florence.
WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN"
There is great commotlon i'll the Engsh-speak-
ing colony at Leghon when of Americas nu-
The young ladies' call the officers % candles" They
mean, suppose, to convey the idea that they serve
TO light up the social gloom that sometimes falls
over the colony. Perhaps too they have in mind
that these same officers terrible heart breakers
ana that they 20 from port to port leaving the
yoor young ladies who have come in contact
with their flames sadly singed IN respect to their
affections If this is what they when they
call the officers candles" they sould harden their
hearts and not make moths of themselves. | am
sorry to say that they not always wise enough
to do this. When the ship comes in the coonists
who do not themselves entertain" look to those
who have large houses and large means to give re-
ceptions, balls and garden parties and they are
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