New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-17

sbe recentv swam sixty feet at COney Island IN the
surf with her hands and feet tied, ana sls can n ~
mile easily She won race Tor q goId neuai az
the Raftery hath when ak years old. The Keepers
of the Gouverneur-st. bath. Miss Kate penneio u
her sister try to keer up Spill , o. nert SWIM
mers MANY of them have been gwen swimming
lessons by the Misses Bennett, VINO arc eApr ,n,
in swimming Those not able 10 pay "io s'0"
The idea that tho free baths are used entirely by
the poorest class is an error Many women Wcll-to
do In dress and appearance go 70 tne oal 10 s ~ -.
ar take lessons of the keepers. The latter intend 10
have some trials between their expert pupils curing
the season. when prizes will be gwen 10 tne VIZ
ners COINS will also he placed on the p0l.oll VI
The bath for the girls to dive for. Miss Benne,..'
who has had long experience III the swnnInlne-oatn,
saws that the percentage OF women VINO c''h 800 S
has increased greatly In the last few years. some
learn easily by watching others but most Oh tne,l'
need a teacher to give them confidence anu ~ uo
rect their faults. In the middle OF the DAY leto %
usually plenty of room tor BEGINNERS 10 Plii..i;,
but il, the evening the bath is filled by q wrilning
plungng and shouting crowd, mostly WoIAins
glris and there is no good chance for noVices'
ANNIVERSARY OF A TEMPERANCE ORDER
The opening services in the celebration OF the
thlrtieth anniversary of the tonn ilng OF the luo
pendent Order of Good Tcmplars IN America WI
held at the Fleet Street Methodist Epscopal
Church. III Brooklyn, last evening" ". % VrIi
Homes g. W. c. T. of the State OF New-luk,
presided. In his opening remarks ne S SAIL una, nd
there are 25 600 Good Iemplars i'll Newly ork' ana
that in the world at large there are 0Ooo iouges.
The ,nssion of the order was to save the vast army
of drunkards who are rapldiy gnins oU or vas n
time when temperance people ought 20 IeJo i ~
was now. The victories won during tne pdSI ScHI
have been great, but the Dattie against 'no hquoi
Thc next Sneaker. W G. Steele, chaplain of the
House of Refuge III New-lork, sad; Mhen l
was in London several years ago. visited the
CRYSTAL Palace and found 1t filled with twenty
thousand Good Templars. Inc oruer mas no"
girdled the world with its lodges. summon com
lie
scientist tells the physician 10 break his spirit Dot
lies, since the deadly stun travels on feet OF IRE
through vein and artery until 1t has poisoned lle
whole system. Every hing that lnterIeres WIN
the good of all should be put down. HE sllkeh
banner OF Prohibition must wave over every STATE
house III the land before the dreadful curse can DE
driven out There are one hundred thousand tenn
perance voters in this State. They Will be heard AT
the ballot box when another STATE election takes
The Rev. Dr. b. D. Peck, of New-York, formerly
p W. C. +. of Rhode Island, spoke i'll substance rs
follows 1--WE have been called people OF one idea.
we are people pie S to one 1t iaea e ep idea
TO save the dTunkards and convert men 10 Hou.
Men of one idea have moved the world, John W IVES,
ley laid slavery vas W We Tn Oh an
detestabe old fanatic, who ought
to be put down. That detestabe old man sun
worked on. and Wiberforce was at length con-
yinced that Wesley was right, and became himself
4 man of one idea He died when the bells were
ringing out the anniversary OF American lhdepen-
deuce, and. As Macaulcy says, Hc NtHt up W
with The broken letters of q million people i'll his
hands Let us, then continue to be men Of
one idea. The despotlsm of run Is
the cause of Irelands woe to-day.
For the ten years preceding 1879 Ireland spent,
according TO Mr.. Doyle. $65,OOOOOO annually lor
iiduOr This Is eleven millions III excess OF All puI
dens placed upon her people by the landlords Not
long ago a petition signed by 10000 women was
presented to the United States Senate asking !oI
protection against the rum traffic: senator
warned the Commute of Finance tobe careful now
hoy tod mn 1
with the liquor traffic since 1t was the man source
of the ccuntry's revenue When Mt. Olauslohe
was waited upon recently by deputation of brew
ers relative to bill which threatened to interfere
with their interests they advanced the same argu-
ment of revenue. Mr.. Gladstone said III reply, Inc
ouestIOn of revenue must stand III the way OF
reform II the Maine law is Il failure, then nope
we NAV soon have a failure III this state. Iowa,
Indiana Kansas and Maine have already spoken,
and. by Gods help New-York will speak also -.
This evening an Order meeting Will be held AT
Grand Union Hall at Court and Statc-sts., Brook
iyn. The exercises will consist of music ana read
ings by members of the organization ana an address
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