Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-08-18
Sensible MOdesty.

From letter in Albany Journal.
have been down to Long Branch
and seen circus worth going ten times
the distance to find, especially for man
who has looked about the city diligently
and in vain, novel truths to put into a
letter. The performers in this show
had no wonderful feats to do, being. in
deed, quite amateurish, and in some in
stances clumsy. The element of inter
est lay i'll the fact that they were chiefly
fashionable young men and women.
am writing about the bathers, of course
and there is q certain amount of new
ness in the subject, because the women
are numerously CARRIED this year in bath.
ing dresses viii h are q far remove from
the loose flannel envelopes formerly in
fashion. Not to be indecorOusly ex-
plicit. | may say that the skirts of these
girls costumes are abbreviated as this
description, that tight trousers extend
the covering to the knees, and that fine
stockings go thence TO the toes There
was fine time when such revelatory
rig was the rare exception, and conferred
on the Wearer the united gaze of the
beach. Now it is donned by the MAORI.
ty of the polite maidens who assume,
with truly American success, an air Of
complete Inconsistencies of themselves
SIN Europe, don't you know" said a
down the sand and into the water in GOV.
cred lighthouses on wheels so that
there's 10 exposure, but here"
A sweep of his hand, taking in the
whole scene on the beach, was his finish
OF the sentence The view comprised
the circus which / mentioned. A hun
dred or more of men and women, clad
as for the ring, were postured on the
beach, as truly for exhibition as though
they had not been nonchalantly chat
ting, and as many more were frolickiDg
in the water, turning somersaults into
the incoming breakers, swimming and
floating, playing tricks on each other,
and in various ways making the most re-
markable entertainment ever given
without money and without price. But
in this as in most sports the best at
tempts of amateurs are eclipsed by pro-
fnssional achievements. Two actresses
made their appearance in garb that the
most daring of the other women could
not even contemplate without ex-
pressing scOrn-or was some of it envy?
Mary Prescott came first wearing two
pairs of stockings-one the exact color
of her barred arms. and over these same
red socks, so that the impression given
at a glance was that her limbs were bare.
Then she in turn was Outdone by Etel-
ka Berry In no skirts at all, but encased
s8in-tight in a bodice, trunk and hose #
knitted stuff. She lay for an hour fiat
on the sand, and long before the end of
that time was the focus of hundreds of
staring eyes. Although admiration
might have been detected in some of
this gazing, the comments were wholly
unfavorable. The women were especi-
ally severe in their remarks, and so
loud that Borry could not have failed to
lear some of the condemnation.
81 declare" exclaimed 9 voice Just
back of me, II am ashamed to look at
her. ! don't think she ought to be al
lowed here"
turned to see the speaker and was
astounded, for she was a girl attired
gu te rs sparingly, except that a skirt
barely covered her hips. She was the
center ola group of fellows, palpably
the object of their curious visual atten-
ton, and n OF in the least disturbed by
her position or condition. And she was
the highly respectable and accomplished
daughter of Philadelphia First FAM
lly." Thus you will understand that,
however improper Berry may have
been, this critic was not to be censured.
Whatever is lin the circles offashion)
is right"