The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-09-14
FROM OVER THE SEA.
ssssid. Experiences la England.

back, and other popular continental resort
can be visited at a similarly moderate tariff
The beauties Of his own county can be sect
at a nominal expense, aud hundreds ar
daily speeding away TO the heather clad hill
OF the north; hundreds more TO the verdan
pastures and fragrant orchards Of Deyonshir'
anG the West, whilst crowds innumerabl,
are focking to the sandy beaches Of Margate
Ramsgate, Hastings, Bower, Brighton, and
other favorite seaside haunts Of the metro
polHan holiday-maker. A visit TO any Of
these places entails an expenditure Of less
than two dollars for travelling, and the rail
journey Is only q matter Of two or three
hours.
A few days at the seaside Is q form of hol.
iday patronlzed more largely than any Of the
others. Far from tho noise and hustle OF
city life, one is able to give himself up to
full enjoyment of life Oh the seashore, and
enter into the various amusements which
are provided for him by local enterprise.
BATHING MACHINES.
OF these amusements bathing is one of
the most healthy and pleasant that can be
imagined, and one of the first sights to greet
the eye of the visitor is a long row of huge
boxes on wheels, which are dIgnifed by the
name Of bathing machines The pleasures
OF bathing In some of these seaside resorts
exist more In Imagination than reality. Peo-
pie 60 Into oil sorts Of places, clean and I'M.
clean; the town drainage often has Its outlet
only few yards from low water mark, but
the bathers rush into IL with the greatest rel
ish; II Is called sea-water, and that is
enough.
I.have sat
ON THE BEACH AT DOVER
after severe storm, when the shallow water
at low tide has been nothing but churned
mud and sand but people went into this
mud bath and came out with their mouths
full Of grit, grinning as If they liked it.
Some of them take pride in venturing out
in rough weather. Helpless women with
ropes around their waists are tossed about
anyhow by the force Of the waves on cold,
windy days, they emerge from their ma.
chimes with chattering teeth and shivering
limbs, as IL on their way TO execution, yet
they will declare that II abr aces" them.
now THEY DO 1T.
There Ia u considerable difference In the
various styles of bathing. Most Of the men
jump in, dip boldly, strike out to swim and
make for boat lying in deep water, from
which TO take a dive. Women bathers are
located In another detachment of machines,
and have q style which is peculiarly their
own. They are generally seen in couples,
lowering themselves gently into the water
by means or rope, then stand and SILVER,
look at one another and giggle; one dips her
head, and the other gets her friend to splash
her little. Then both go out Q little way
and begin to hop up and down opposite one
another, clinging to the rope and yelping.
They climb into the machine, and the pleas
ures Of Imagination delude them into the
fancy that they have really enjoyed them
selves.
So far as costume Is concerned the English
bather Is q long way behind his more sensible
continental neighbon. Poor Artemus Ward
was somewhat offended q: what he called
the scandalous costume Of the Greek
slave" but the male portion of English bath.
ers hardly adopt more. The women for the
most part are clothed In q loose blue sack,
which 10 calculated TO sink them If they try
to swim. and expose them somewhat I'M
gracefully should they attempt to float.
Here and there may be seen an expert and
daring swimming girl, clad in an appropriate
continental bathing suit with divided skirt,
but she Is summed by her more modest (?)
country-women, who elevate their hands in
holy horror as she goes floating gracefully
along; these very same individuals, however,
do not hesitate TO battle with the machine
man sitting amongst them on the wheel of
his vehicle, and will even demand his assis-
lance to help dip them when the water is
rough-much TO the delight of q derisive
crowd Of ioungers on the sands.
"KEMPsurLL" GOES BOATING.
D.. Boating Is, next to bathing, the most pop
ulsr pastime on the seacoast, and all day
long parties of twos and threes 60 launching
forth on the billowy seas In search Of health
and recreation. Accompanied by Frank
Yorwarth, one of the quickest hands on the
London press, your correspondent ventured
out on the treacherous ocean the other after
noon with result hardly so satisfactory as
wished for. Having found friendly cur
rent, which greatly assisted our efforts to get
away from land, we had the pleasure of soon
leaving oil rival boats far In the rear. Our
return to shore, however, was hardly SO ex-
pedItious, and when hardly half way home
my companion was unfortunate enough TO
lose his oar whilst performing the nautical
feat OF scratching crab" This made our
position somewhat unpleasant, Is we were
E still long way from land, with pretty
strong tide carrying us out TO sea again. We
had no desire to figure prominently In u
newspaper report as TO the horrible fate Of
two excursionists carried out 10 sea, and sig
nailed wildly TO attract the attention of peo-
pie on the distant sands.
In . little while DE bad the satisfaction of
seeing boat put of from the shore, and
were soon able TO distinguish the honest,
weather. beaten faces of the two hardy ma.
riners who were rapidly pulling toward us.
As the boat approached nearer and nearer
deafening cheer arose from our vessel, and
we prepared TO receive them cordially.
"Weii, young fellows, do you want to 60
ashoreP" inquired the leader Of the rescue
party. We replied that such was our wish,
and explained the awkward position In which
we we're placed.
"We'll row you back for twenty shillingsl"
This offer came upon US as q surprise. We
are ever ready TO admire pluck and heroism,
and would vote any amount of medals TO
those who risk their lives for the sake of
their fellow men but we had no sympathy
with the sordid motives implied In the above
offer. We refused II.
After short pause-"Weil, say ffteenw
aWe'll drown frstm We had no intention Of
drowning Just then, but rs the affair had
resolved itself into strictly commercial
transaction, we meant TO put on a bold front
and get bargain.
The terms were finally reduced to five