Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-12-06
AT FAR ROCKAWAY.
A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT FOE
VERY LITTLE MONEY.
Going Awaiting with the Chiidren-A
Lot Of Healthy Boys and Girls-Csaoe-
Ing and Shark Harpooning-Fish-
Ing and Shooting.
Elizabeth B. Clusters letter.

Elizabeth B. Custer's letter.
Rockaway beach is something after the
same order as Coney island. The rabbls 90
there and the crowd is often Objectionable;
but Far Rockaway, short distance further
on. is very different II take; only q little
over an hour on the Long Island railro.i to
reach there, and the fare going and coming
is 30 ceats For cents the inlet Is crossed
in q sailooat and for % cent, you can have
. bathing dress and bath house. 1t is a
great deal OF fun for 81
the day / arrived, before my wraps were
removed. the children Of the house ran to
see il I would 60 bathing with them As
We won't down the lawn to the water / found
two treats, instead Of ons, for We sailed over
the inlet to the bar. know tn women
arc dreadfully sat upon because they uss So
many adjectives, bu: when that further
shore meets the eye, with the wide. smooth
beach and the waves rolling in with such q
surf as only the best swimmers can breast,
the English language must Be- aired After
all tho CALCULATIONS, with suca a scene be-
fore oae, words seem very tame 10 express
delight
When Wa came out OF the bath hou Q we
found waiting for Us crowd CT children
I q
sight to see them dance over the sand and
run fsariessly cut into the breaker. The
boy of our household took me out to 90
through the usull recreation Of those who
do not swim After jumping repeatedly as
the incoming waves reached me, and rising
TO the very crest, l lost my breath. Of
course, a. people do who are unaccu,tomsd TO
the violence OF the tlrf, and returned to the
tba for No Sol-
dlarSn
SURF BATHING.
found such pretty creature staui!n5
just where the little ingoing ripple ran over
her feet, and not even fold OF her white
flannel dress was the least bit wet Her
friends came out of the water 20 Eer 10 ask
jseringly: Are your fses wet yet' Bat
when she told me no jibss would get her
further out undertook 20 DO her CONSIDER
told her that I was a coward, too. aud
that there was no necessity for
her 10 brighten herself to death in order to
try for q good time. 1 belonged always to
that long line Of stra hated females who
bobbed up and down on the same rope
every day and still had "a beautiful TINA
Men might come and women might GO and
fling sneer ut those who Imagined they
were having good tims" in that idi-
otto position, but the fact remained that We
did have fun and came on. OF the water a.
freshsnet and happy as If We belonged 10
tho>o who do and care" As for ne, felt
after each bath 20 revivified and so rich
felt as II had q bank account OK my own,
and it seemed to me it would b a pleasure
to loan money. finished up my little con-
SOLITARY talk by telling her that TO lie en- the
sand aud have the waves that had spent
their force roll over you was q delight that
NJ wearing youself out over breakers could
give.
The children, ranging from babies 10 boys
Of -. are oil children here except one girl,
who, unfortunately, is a pronounced beauty
at L. IL seems such blessing for girl TO
come into beauty AMI bear its burden and
requirements later on in life after she has
been able to get in some froiicsing. l am
delighted to be among such lot Of brown.
freckloi. hsalthy boys and girls as these.
One OF the circle coming down from the
city rather latsr than the rest, found her
self many shades too fair, as il Is the thing
to he sunburned In order to catch up with
the rest in their layers of tan she threw
herself down upon the lawn in the sun and
remained there all day. She could not
quite reconcile herself to disiguring her
nose. SO that feature was heavily powdered.
At the emil OF the day il looked like an
in the makeup OF features,
set on in white enamel, and there was moth
ing to be done but to lie ont the next day
until she was completely -done brown"
The large boy of cur household has not in
tentionally spared hi, eye-liis. but it shows
how wide open his eyes are all day, for the
lids are quite fair in tho midst Of hi. dark
skin and the effect is very peculiar.
A Eastwood CANOE.
What a royal tins he hast A ba swood
canoe, perfec: in shape and finish. cane
from Canada one day and l was asked at
ones TO 60 out with him. OF course, l was
afraid l always am But then / have
been told that one more wink with one eye
lash than the other is followed BY q capsiz.
That seems t. be the only definition ever
had Of q canoe Still l accepted, for IL was
night and tho water in the inie: was per-
fectiy smooth. Iobediently put myself in
one end, while ths boy knelt at the other to
manage the ons paddle The water was
covered With small boats at anchor. the 0ie
light in each rehectin; to sails ami
making shadows below. We followed a
skiff for a time which hal in il a great ksa.-
light which the fisherman was using while ne
lacked ees. Everything was So still;
even the paddle made no mora sound than
tina: of a gondolier, and il seemed impossible
that this could be the active sheet of watsr
where the boats scui by continuously dur
ing the day.
Tho next day. further on down at the
mouth Of the slip the boys took the canoe
into the surf TO harpooa sharks 1t sounded
rather startling TO me until | found they
were not of che man-eatiag kind. They
rsnlly speared one, bat It male OF with the
homemade hsrpoon and gave a chance 70
the irrepressibls small sister. vino had no.
been allowed TO 60, to say: IF you will
fasten hairpin on 60 toothpick what can
yoa expectT
could not but be amused at the things
the ga throws on shore down here. Ths
mouth Of the inlet is some distance from u.,
but it Is at that poin: tho collection is com-
plete. Some one said l, was pity Robin
son Crusoe should not have been wrecked in
30 convenient a spot Besides every kind
Of jar and can, and cooking utensil, ship
wrecked dolls lie ont On the sand doing
: Paul and Virginia" and nine rubter balls
testified TO nine broken hearts in the breasts
Of little boys who had thrown their treas
ures cut too far. Whatever has becn lost
all along that Long isisni coast the sea
gives up there: but it is far enough away
not 10 disturb the bathers.
Along with the boating and bathing We
have fishing and snipe shooting. and. on
hore. tennis and horseback riding When
.ho tide is low We drive over 70 the bar,
'a-ther down at the outlet, and the sound OF
horses' boots on the firm. smooth beach re-
.alls the shore ct Galveston where the she'll,
re ground 10 powder. The salt spray blow
nC in our faces Ia a health bath of ITSELF
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