The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-26

half Z milo from ahoRs, like two people In
q boat. The pretty mics talked In tina.
large assuring voice with q real sense anC
eIOqusncs which made the ocean sale 70
mAnce. .,
There Is plenty Of everything but self
reliance" she said, land that nobody car
get without daring for Il. The body re-
quires education more than the head. a
we'll. bred woman who can swim out here,
far at sea, can hold her own with hel
husband after she gets him. HusbAndI
leave their wives because their wives viii
not 20 along with them. Man 10 an exeE'
eisine animal; after buAinsss hia world q
and ought to be the open air. But hia
vile never learned 70 walk, and what lit
tie she once walked she will not do q year
after maErisgs. Not 3 single physical ex'
ercise does an American woman require
after marriage. Consequently" said the
pretty miss, with the most natural frank
nes1, "a woman OF active body can. II she
wants 10, lead away those bereRVed hus-
bands, Johnny" remarked the lady, ex.
ecuting q dive which was like q duek'a 60.
Ing down for . weed, teach your d4ngh'
ters to walk, to ride and 70 swim. They
can see iuSE where their husbands 60"
"ThsIe'A no fear about me now y said l;
this peculiar conversation 10 too healthy
for apprehension"
"We will 20 toward the beach," she
said; "tor we shall be tired before we get
there. Do you, know why husbands do
not court their wives more2 Because their
wives cit down on them. show me Q vile
who walks around the park with her hus-
band and talks frankly with him like any
other man, aud I'll show you 3 couple
still counting. Swimming 10 Woman'a
greatest luxury II she only knew II, but
she 10 not dressed In q style either to walk
or sWim, She sits down at home, talking
drsss, and secusing him Of neglect, while
1t Is the high.heeled shoe and tight stays
and AelhShness Of ease Whichls coming be-
tween them. He 10 ssldSh, too, but he can
not give up his nature for what she 10 WoT.
shipping at, Go up TO the hotel OF even.
ings, and what are they talking about?
Dress, appearances and spending money,
! hear 1t over and over every night, and !
don't wonder the huSbanes are playing
poker or pool, or propping up the bar.
Few oil the ladies' touch the piano; those
who can sing do not do Il, Because / can
swim out here beyond the ropes they
think ! am queer. Now l know some Of
the same neglscting husbands, because
they have swan with me, and In every
case their wives could kindle them 10
glowing love again II they were not help
less, II Is ATdar that bsgsts the ardent
glance, One husband told me yesterday
that he took his wife to Europe, and al
she wanted TO look at was the shop win.
"Whu do you think about the bathing
robes-or, rather, the short skirts2"
Absolutely sensible. Why should q
woman bare her arm, which she does not
need to do, never occupying 1t, and sew
up her feet at the swimming hour, when
abe wants them TO kick With? You take
those fity women ON the beach aud watch
them 40 they are costumed. Candor, equal.
lily and unconscious play and health sur.
the girls in stockings. Woman
wants less dress every way, and more
She had better dress like the
pages a. court than wear long skirts over
French heels. She means to invite atten.
ton 10 her feet by those heels, bat che
wears Tree bathing drsSa Tor an honest
reason.