The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-16
Watering Place Sports. Bard
Legged Bellies.

fashionable Belle, with naked arms aho
legs. summing herself on the sand at
watering place, as is the style LOT
sand bath
Your correspondent. whose expert
ence of the seashore was somewhat ilml
ted. he having seldom peeped over tue
mountains behind which he was tenderl!
nurtured. was greatly shocked to see I
bauobty blonde beauty in all the glory o
: sand bath. without stockings on he
dainty feet. the rounded calf aud olm-
pied knee glittering in the sun IN tue
splepdor of their whlteness. ana DER raw
ishing trssses mingling with the sands O.
the ~seasbore. About her delicate ano
unblushiag extrenlities were grouped II
Arcadian poses and Adamic costumes
rotund and ruddy stock broker and q
scented beau of the salons, while a geniaI
railroad president toyed with her stream
ing hair. Her unconsciousness OF any
thing startling in the situation was re-
Observation-Disclosures Day.
The Wilmington Rerte,o gives the fol
lowing account of rows at Smithville since
it has become a fashionable resort
.'On Wednesday night a cutting affray
took place at the ball room at the AGA.
DENY in Smithville. A man named
Grubbs. was cut i'll the thigh and alb
domen bv a colored man. We under
stand that Mr.. Grubbs subsequently shot
his assailant."
"A white man, one of the excursion
lists now at Smithviile, SO far forgot him
self on Wednesday night as to offer an
indignity to a lady at Smithville, by en-
b.acing her in the ballroom at the AGA
DENY. The fellow must have been drunk
or was natural born idiot. We are pleas
ed to know that a gentleman, a friend OF
the lady, Immediately punished the fell
low for his i%mpudent and high handed
action. We trust, ere this. he has found
out that our ladies will be protected
from such insults. The man was carried
before Justice A. W. Reiger on yester-
day. who gave him the extent Of the law
bv making him pay 3 fine of $50 and the
COSTS
The Augusta Georgia. Euening Nems
has a correspondent from Morehead City
who processes to nave discovered why
the girls love sea-bathing. He says
"AH the young men at Morebead do
not 20 into battle. They don bathing
suits and stroll on the sands. A few 90
in the water, but the most of them dc
not. Nearly all the ladies battle except
those of lead pencil proportions. In
times past it was the custom for men to
brave the breakers, while the ladies
made themselves comfortable OF the
beach and admired the graceful move
ments Of their gentlemen friends in the
surf. At that time it was somewhat diff
fcult to distinguish the male from the
female bather. except that the latter
made herself known by giving vent to
loud shrieks every time a monster wave
came rolling in her direction. The edict
of society then ordered baggy trousers
FOR bathing suits for the females. tighl
at the ankles, long skirts reaching below
the knees and an easy fitting waist. As
time wore on both the skirt and trousers
became shorter, until they are shown In
their present abbreviated form. As the
opportunity offered for displaying the fe-
male shape, bathing became more popu-
lar. A woman who would step into the
surf at Morehead to day in one of the
old time suits, looking like a Turk or
Zouave, would be more CONSPICUOUS on
account of her assumed modesty than she
VINO displays herself in the conventional
robes. 1t is no sight to see la
dies parade the peach for a couple of
hours exhibiting themselves who would
become greatly agi;ated at other times if
contrary winds were to disturb the hang
their skirts.
S-a bathing has been made a fine art.
and the maidens at the shore rival each
other in their make up. A suit of dark
blue flannel, with pattalettes reaching to
the knees, and a skirt ending at the same
place, are the main points Of the costume. |
Then long stockins of either red, garnet.
olive or dark green. On the head is
generally worn a red silk hankerchisf, to
conceal the oil-skin cap. The stockings
tightly, and discloses all the ANGULAR
ties of the lower extremeties. Plump. |
we'll shaped maidens seem to enjoy this
new suit, but, as heretofore remarked.
tain girls either do not battle or else run
in and out OF the water SO quickly as to
oe almost unnoticed. The regularity of
outline and the general appearance of the
parts incased IN some of the stockin.
lead to the belief that art has been call
to the assistance of nature.
In a ballet dancer it would be declar-
that she padded but of course
such a charge could not be made against
Lady bathers at the shore. The skirt
and trousers having been ~curtaiied, the
latest kink is to take the sleeves out of
the suit. A well known belle at More
head has a low cut corsage and a sleeve
jacket. She is quite CONSPICUOUS.
and ner appearance is watched for bv
young men. One of the greatest
Of the season at Morehead was
hat of a we'll known society lady who
lad a bathing suit made of silk. with
stockings to match. 1t . ed we'll in the
room before the glass, but when
t became wet, too much attention was
to her, and she sought her
bath room."
I'm printing the above, we give warn
ng to the Railroaders to put on extra
rains. Hotel men owe US So