The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-18


her sbrosher>in law Mr. Rockwell. OF Morrisania
Win her daughter MoIlie, she has now gone to sar-
atega. She win be Joined b5 her two sons a. Sara
tosa. ard intends 20 remsln there for some time
Ms. Gcrheld is In excellent health.
CHILDREN delight in this place. and much atten-
ton is paid to their welfare The menu for them
is as Carefully plepsred as that Of the grown pep
pie They disport themselves in the surf with their
parents or nurses. and without danger, aud n any
Of them are good swimmers, The motion seeming
TO come natural to them after few lessons from
the very efficient swimming master.-Old Point
Comfort Letter.
AT Coney Island. Rockaway aud Asbury Park
are hundreds of women who can not swim and
who actually 60 In the water with their hair
erimped and their faces painted and powdered.
They attire themselves in respendent bathing COS
Tunes some OF them being OF fne broadcloth,
lined with silk. with embroidered stockings, aud
real lace RULES about the neck and sleeves. and
dainty embroidered handkerchief stuck in the
belt. 10 be near at hand in case such an awful
thing as drop of water should get on her care
fully gotien-up face. She walks gingerly into the
water and stands in one spot. holding on to the
rope, and then she walks out again, and at lunch
con she tells every one she had 'such delightful
battle. The water was so lovely" etc.
served that the guests there have only commenced
to battle. The water is still very cold, having a
temperature OF sixty-three degrees. Every one
bsthes at Long Branch, the morning being the
most fashionable hour. Ladies at the different
hotels meet In the corridors at stated h our and
60 In body to the bathing house. If one is read
to 60 into the water before the rest she sits calmly
down on bucket turned upside down, or some
other equally as comfortable seat and waits until
her Drawer sisters tbrave through numbers) emerge
from their bathing-houses, all OF them going into
the water at one time. The bathing houses are
situated in long corridors and are very private.
AwHIrE sUIPHuR WAY letter says: "Oh. here
we at the dear old White again, There's no
place ike it,' This was the joyous lsu Ching and
emphatic exclamation OF bouncing Blue Grass
belle as she jumped from bus containing the lat
est arrivals. The opinion OF the Kentucky girl
which was an outburst Of womanly enthusiasm,
is generally. If not unanimously shared by all the
lady visitors here Of recent years. Nature. ably
aided by att. has done everything to equip the
place with beauty. means OF enjoyment aad every
indueement OF scenery and comfort TO attract the
tourist or the pleasure seeker. few days ago the
thermometer jumped into the nIDenes. ana every
day since they trooping in from all the cardi-
nal divisions Of Uncle SANS grea. country"
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Old Point Com
fort, Va, says: "Old Point is one of the most
crowded of the many large aad we'll known water
ing places. Despite the hotel being never closed
ard remaining open all the year round to visitors
II is always more or less full which is not sur
piisirg thing when we consider the beauty of the
situation, the invigoraiing climate and delightful
surfbathing, for it is safe 10 battle here all sea-
Sons Nothing surpass the hotel aeconmoda-
li0rE. The dining paw ion seats eleven hundred
people, ana the ballroom. also pavilion, adj oins
it, btiredvided from it only by large square win
dows. These rooms are built upon the very
waters edge. aid the snimated, brilliant throng
that constantly fills them impressss one with the
elegsnee and refinement of the class that patron
ICES the place"