Arizona silver belt., 1883-06-09
wADlNG IN THE SURF.

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ems enjoy sitting down upon the yell
low sand, taking off shoes and stock
ings and wading in the surf The pro-
pensity for wading which is deeply
planted in the female bosom is mex
plicable. Unless girl has the inhu-
enza or a bunion, she cannot resist the
temptation to paddle about in the salt
water, and get her clothing uncomfort-
ably wet. This is subject full Of
interest to the philosopher, from the
casting aside of the shoes and stock
ings to their resumption. 1t is fact
pretty generally known in male circles
that ladies prefer sitting on the ground
when pulling on and off their stock
ings to occupying chair or bench.
A person who had some doubts as to
this once made series of experiments
on beach where a lot of girls came
every day to wade. About an hour
\ lafare the arrival Of the nymphs he
had comfortable bench and some
camp chairs conveyed to this beach,
Then disguised as fisherman, he
watched the result. The girls came
down to the sand, wondered who was
kind enough to place the benches
there, sat upon them, confessed they
were just delightful and seemed per.
fectly and unrestrainedly happy. The
angler chuckled with glee. He had
disproved a mouldy theory. But his
satisfaction was short-hved. When
the wading time arrived, they Topped
from the beaches like flock of spar
rows, sat on the beach and tugged
away at shoes and stockings in the
old fashion.
On the following day the philoso-
pher, determined to give his expert
ment every chance, had. quantity of
empty oyster cans, broken bottles, and
rubbish of various kinds strewn along
the beach, and again took his rod and
basket and watched. The girls were
a little dismayed, but set to work in
dustriously and soon had clear space
on which they squatted, not taking
the least notice of the benches. The
philosopher put up his rod, and moved
sadly away. The habit is an incura-
BILE one. Eve must have sat her fair
form down in the garden mould of
Eden when adjusting her first gar
ment from the historic fig tree, and
left the habit as an inheritance to
daughters for all time.
Talking of fig leaves suggests the
curious contrast that wading in the
surf presents. Take a modest, prud-
ish little maiden, one who would
rather her skirt should get muddied
on street crossing on a winters day
sEsn the glance of man should rest
upon her ankles, and place her on the
sand by the surf. She is seated at
once, shoes and stockings are taken Of,
aud no matter how large a male au-
dience is present, out she goes. The
limpid water plays wooingly about her
ankles, and so cooling and refreshing
is it to feet, confined for hours in tight
shoes, that she pulls her skirts still
higher up until the fringe of that gar
ment, which corresponds to the cover.
ing that arrogant wives are said to
wear, is revealed; she sees no impro-
priety in the act, and even should she
give her garments still another boost,
and disclose a trife of the plump ana
tony that lies about the knee, her
face, is free from bushes, for she
knows not shame. And this is be.
cause the great kind sea, in all nature
the grandest, the most soothing, the
most enjoyable, fills her soul with
such exquisite pleasure, that she is
perforce natural, and her mind is far
above the grosser trifes of human
life. For some time after she leaves
the water this same feeling remains.
She will pull up her stockings with
delightful abandon, but then she is no
longer the child of the ocean, all the
earth comes back again, and she will
insist on her escort getting over
fence before her, and keeping his back
ts+Hea syAis-sAAee f. H ossT him, lest her
skirts should become disordered in the
passages. F. Exchange.
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