Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-28
New York Journal.

Now Is the season for sea- bathing
and visit to Long Branch, Newport OF
Cenev Island, will show ON these warm,
sultry days, thousands of people enjoy
ing a dip in the salty surf. Men and
boys have not variety of ways OF
swimming and bathing, like women,
probably because they are not afraid,
and soon learn to plunge boldly in, and
then they make more of a business of
the pastime than women. A y0uynaiier
Just back from Long Branch observed
that the guests there have only COM
menced to battle. The water ia still
very cold, having q temperature of 63
degrees. Everyone battles at Long
Branch, the morning being the most
fashionable hour. Ladies at the differ
ent hotels meet in the corridors at a
stated hour and 60 in a body to the
bathing house. II one is afraid to 20
into the water before the rest, she sits
calmly down on bucket turned upside
down, or some other equally a. CON-
Portable seat, and waits until her brave
sisters (braye through numbers) emerge
from their bathing houses, all of them
going into the water at the same time.
The bathing houses are situated in long
corridors and are very private.
The reporter was informed that most
ladies don their bathing-suits before
leaving their Rooms in the hotel, having
a chance there to sew on a button or a
ribbon that may have become displaced,
and then it is so much more comfort
able than the small bathing houses.
Over the bathing dress they put walk
g-dress, and carry their underclothing
and dry slippers and stockings done up
in Turkish towel by a shawl-strap.
Many of them carry gossamer water
proofs. which they wear from the bath
ing house to the beach, and then drop
suddenly on the sand, the patient maid
following and calmly picking il mp.
Then she awaits the pleasure Of her mis-
trees stay in the water, and when mi
ladi comes out, she 10 quickly wrapped
again in the gosSamer and hurried of
to her clearinghouse.
The girl who can swim we'll enjoys
her bathing greatly. She does not seem
to mind having her hair wet, and runs
quickly with plunge into she water,
and swims boldly out where tho surf is
not SO strong. She wears light bathing
suit of serge or half flannel and cotton,
made in simple fashion, with little
trimming and short sleeves. Her hair
she twists lightly on the top of her head
and sometimes wears an oilskin cap,
but more generally not anything on
her head.
A fashion which seems peculiar to
Newport and Long Braxch girls is that
OF wearing bracelets and embroidered
stockings while bathing. Every woman
wears stockings either of dark blue OF
black. and has pair of sandals to wear
to and from the beach. Broad English
belts of scarlet or white, with neck
erchiefs OF the same, make q pretty ad-
dition to bathing suit and are much
worn.
In both of the watering places men,
toned above, and also at Coney Island,
ROckaway and Asbury Park, are hun
drsds of women who cannot swim, and
Who actually 60 in the water with their
hair crimped and their faces painted
and powdered. They attire themselves
in Respondent bathing costumes, some
of them being of fine broadcloth lined
with silk, with embroidered stockings
and real lace rufi1es about the neck and
sleeves and dainty embroidered hand.
kerchlef stuck in the belt, to be near al
AoAA0 "a o0cO S0OA al awful tuluk al q
drop OF water should get ON her care.
fully-gotten mp face. She walks gin.
gerry into the water and stands in one
spot holding on TO the rope, and then
she walks out again, and at luncheon
she tells every one she had "such de-
liehtful battle. The water was &C
lovely"
The girls who are learning to swim
are among the most interesting "a
watch, Some kind teacher brings them
ont INFO water up to their necks and
then tells them to get into the motion, y
while the teacher holds the pupil by two
fingers under the chin. The poor pupil
gets along nicely for about two seconds
and then suddenly remembers that she
10 not on terra firma, and Immediately
goes down and il mp again struggling
and Rasping and hysterical, screaming
she 70 drowned. she knows she Il, and
wants to get out," etc. Many wise girls
get no further than the sands and sit in
picturesque groups with perhaps one
toe in the water, building sand houses
like the children or playing with sea
weed and shells.
The fat women, Who dress in ridicu-
lous bathing dressses and laugh and
throw water at each other, give amuse
ment oftsntimes 10 Q whole beach full
Of people. The larger they are the mort
good natured they seem to be, and they
dock and dive in the water like big chill
dren.
Newport girls are most fastidioui
about their bathing costumes. and ge'
new Ones every two weeks, a. the sail
water soon takes the color out. NAM
Of them wear long tan m0usquetair'
gloves.
A Missouri farmer recently plowe<
mp . little black jug, out of which, when
unoorkea, ran forty-seven snakes o.
different species, varying in length frou
four 10 seven inches. The incident !