Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-30

were children, nowl IL is pretty to see
children dancc.n
Her opposite ncighbors at table prieve
her, because they are. as she saws. 80 com.
mon" Their French tongues wag too
freely--their French laughter is too merry
Above all, their dress inprovorsr are too
large The meat at dinner is too tough.
The tea Mt breakfast is too weak The whole
world, in short, Is out of Joint. She ap-
proves the scenery som times, but her high
est praise is to pronounce IL 'quite Swiss
as IL the only hope for poor little Savoie
was that it should resemble Switzerland.
Am wasting too much space over herr II
were Howells or Jane, | would put her
into novel As IL is, ! console myself fo.
some hours Of wcarin'ss by introducing her
To you In my litter
have had nothing to do with the bathing
establishment at Brides. From an external
point OF view it seems to I've n very good
one There are baths simple, Russian baths.
vapor baths, douchcs, and the fat peOpl
who come here to bc turned into sylphs
soak in them day after day. think / see
the too solid flesh of them already melting
~ LOOK at them morning after morning.
lhey bathe, they drink the waters, they
take incredibly long walks; in short, they
undergo system of training SO vigorous
that am inclined To think as soon as they
get away and resume their usual habits Of
living the too solid flesh will come back
again.
Is Brides, then, of no use as health resort1
On the contrary, j have the highest esteem
for it. | believe its waters have great
tonic power Your physician will usually
ndvise you to supplement them with the
salt baths at Sallns, where the water, he
will tell you, 'rsdhc water Of the sea quite
entirely, and altogether fortifying"
Brides is surely the smallest watering
place extant. There is nothing here but
The Source, the hotels, and the doctors.
when first came there was precisely one
shop-a combination of grocer's and bakery.
Later on a sort Of summer house was put
up. where laces are for SALE and on tt way
to The Source some people from Mouticrs
have set up their transient tent, and offer
you guide books and stationery and those
familiar Swiss trifeS of which you buy 50
many on a first visit to Switzerland, and
are never tempted to purchase afterwards
\ ou go to Moutiers-the nearest place of
any size--for everything Your food is
brought from there, your medicines must
be sent for to Monitors. Won 90 tber. for n
n,,er of ,,ips or , button boot
.,,vta, 20 - ai.,,, -,
f' "''
""''' "i' ah''hocn l a""eu' suppose
one must sehu 10 M"utlerS r
But one never is poisoned here,
madame was the serious answer
thought. naturally. Won co,Jld cot evcrv.
thing Mt Monitors and heiu,, storyaJ fo, ~,
p,,,.i;a, ,',e.,,. ,,, .,,,..,' ~
fNF ''' '"''o ''i 'iiS '"o
'"so "eoA VI 'un''
NO III all MoutierS there was not an
English newspaper, or even an English
book.
at is not asked for. madame. - said the
sbon keaner "We have fo, E,,,li.I, hooLs
ord ro,s,,no,0 ma, tho dor,o,, p,,t-,,,,
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~, 7,' W., m 'nu ,,,. 'io'o.
ue' ne' ,'ie' coni'i'ence |" 'aNe Inc lines of
London
And, truly, on the morning of July 3 The
pa,ahcr, a,a S''"o nee, ,'eh SNOW even hefe'