Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-27

mani Is her form any less decGrous than hlss
Has not the Creator given her more beauty
of o~utline? She needs all her strength and
the freedom of her body any time, but par
ticularly in the water. What man would
venture into the surf arrayed in an ulster or
dressing gown closely buttoneds If accident
forced him in no would expect to be drowned
The only office of a skirt i'll a bathing suit, |
besides being q concession to custom, is to |
weigh a woman down and make her look
ugly. 1t catches pounds of sand: it soaks up
water like a drorth-dried soil; it gets in her
way; it flies over her head when she is tunl- |
bled forward by a wave, and helps to prevent
her from rcgaining her feet before another
oyertakes her. Altogether, it is an affection,
and | am wondering what high moral pur-
pose is served in compelling her to wear it.
This world is far astray in many things, but
in nothing does it reach such wicked heights
of folly us in woman's dress: aye, even her
bathing dress. In speaking of it l have no
hope OF making any impression on a time
hardened custom. l merely mention it to
ease my mind.
Seaside resorts are not all alike. Once in
awhile one finds one. after its own kind, and
not constructed entirely on the established
plan. ! ran down to Brielle, N. j., the other
day, having heard that it was Il place where
you had both the sea and the country-a rare
and radiant combination. And such | found
It. Green fields are all about it to the south,
west and north, and on the east the sea. The
click of the reaper, the kline in pasture, the
scent of new mown hay, and a picturesque
orchard close to the wayside give it the true
flavor of the country, while the sea, the sea,
"the deep heaving sea" hath its own endless
/ Joys ever at hand. Where is Brielle? I didn't
know myself until recently, because it is only
four years old, and as yet not much of a
horn-blowing infant. 1t lies twelve miles be-
low Long Branch, between Manasquan and
Point Pleasant, both of which are in sight.
1t isn't a village. 1t Is a resort, pure, simple,
and sweet, with none of the unpleasant
adjuncts of q place where other things beside
recreation are going on. Its history is similar
to that of larger and older places. An asso-
citation, seeing the beauty of the location, and
having faith in its future development,
bought the ground and erected the lovely
hotel Carteret, with its great broad veran.
dahs, wide halls, and big, airy sleeping rooms.
They also built several pretty cottages, which
are furnished. and ready to be stepped into.
l inspected one belonging to Mrs. Fuller, wifi
Of Dir. Fnller, ex-lieutenant governor of Utah,
now proprietor of the Health Food company,
In this city. 1t had good sized, well lighted
rooms, famed night and day with sea breezes.
Who couldn' find summer glorious i'll such a
cottage by the sen? Many who live per-
manently in the country might take useful
hints from the furnishing of those SUMMED
dwellings. They have light wood floors,
esheilacked, " and an art square in the center.
The furniture is light hardwood, the wood
work IL light wood; the walls are in cream
color, rough finish, soft and pretty to the eye.
The windows have ornamental coiored glass
above them. Shades and no curtains are the
rule. The whole effect is sweet and sunshiny.
Nothing stnffy or oppressive in the way OF
furniture is tolerated. Thu light and air car
he let III at will, and it would be a mercy te
humanity II they had ssleasy access to al
houses. / never could understand why SC
many ladies cover up their windows an6
make their homes like caverns.
What il charming thing it would be for a
party of ~congenial friends-say two; or ever
three, small fninilies-to rent one of thest
pretty cottages and summer together in /
natural, healthf,ll fashion, untrammeled b,
too much wardrobel There is the hotel Car
teret, at whose table they could eat and hav,
exquisite fare, food beautifully cooked anc
daintily served, and be waited on by neatly
dressed, good looking and thoroughly trained
English girls. thought of the wearied PEG
pie OF the stage who come'back to New Yorl
and dump down in dull rooms, for which tbey
pay as much money as would rent u cottag.
by the sea. What do these cottages rent for
Three hundred or $50 for tho season, whicl
is from May 1 until October, if tho tenan
desires to stay that. long. / thought, too, 6
the teachers, the writers, the artists, the hun
dreds of refined women, to whom a sumnie
in such a place would be u boon. l though
of them and sighed.
I0-..x - 49,
Point Pleasant on the south and Manasuua,
-"'Squan" the country folk call it--on th
north. Two rivers also help to make its land
scape picturesque, the Manasquan ard tn
Glimmer Glass-rIivers by courtesy, for the,
are really arms of the sea or Sheets OF sal
winter separated from their mother ocean b.
a ridge of sand and u hit of swamp. The,
make lovely hel,ting territory, and produc
no end Of crabs.
They Eave'a good substitute for wardrobe
at this hotel, and one that might be adopte
> by housekeepers quite frequently. A snioot
board about II foot and n half wide is stood II
. on end a yard and u half from one corner. !
shelf is placed Mt the bottom, and a slopin
board of top. The top board is fun OF ward
robe hooks on the inside. Across this in
provised clothes closet u curtain is run on
wire rod, and loi even u fashionable bell
could hang away a gootly stock of gowns an
keep them free from dust. Many u house
keeper, wha longs for an extra wardrobe an
cannot afford to buy one could constructive
a ono as this with her hands and find
good. am convinced that simplicity i
furniture, as in everything else, is the tru
way. l hate to see 1t woman owned by he
fnrniture--a slave to it. would rather owl
the furniture, and / want no more of tina
than / can decently get on with.
Alralong the Jersey shore one finds grour
OF children who belong somewhere about
: but spend all their daylight time by the sea
/ have noticed that these little sea urchins ar
generally thin-legged and scsawny. The
: play around in a s~piritless way, though the
consider it great enjoyment. They are no
breezy, buoyant children; but they are wis
when it comes to questions of porpoiSes, fs
and other watery subjects. They will tel
you that when the porpoises are seen near til
/, shore 1t is Assign that Fthe blue fish are up
that crabs shed their shells once o month; tina
, when one porpoise is shot the others rush a
him and Very soon eat him up. They ar
posted as to ships and winds, and adore til
fishermen who go out iii boats and return saf
5 and sound, but they have d eoslte.lit6 FOR tn
. people who "hathe in cloti, 81 IT, y bath
without clothes, and as Ili,uy /. .ieS Il day a
. the fancy seizss them. Ia a!i probability the,
dabble in the water SO much that they keel
themselves thin. G. G