The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-29

full foreign style, and | began to study the
changes that time had made in ar
pearance OF an artist whose operate W. !
umphs are without equal in the hlstory "
the lyric stage. He was roughly dresseu'
his ha1r disorder ed, his mustache scraggy,
ana ms skin almost purple from the nesIo
and the labor of eating. Across one cneeh
was a long scar, said to be the honorapie
marx OF a sabre received in O patuie "a =
freedom. He finished his dinner anu leI.
the room, n only q few people Presens
knew That not many years ago tnls NE "a
the greatest tenor singer in the worIu, Ine
recipient of a hundred perfumed notes a
DAY and one of the most plcturesque
figures inithe glitter of New York Bohemia.
Only a few Italians and myself were aMare
that the purple, short-necked macaronl
eater was Campanini, who is now slnGlns
very badly down in the open ar at Man-
haitian Beach.-Chicdqo NetUS.
An Engineer in Pettieoats. =
Many pairs of eyes have opened very
WIDE in amazement at the slgne ol d
black eyed and bright faced young woman
IN the engine room of the steamer OcSan
City, which plies on Great Egg HarDor
Bay, between Long Port, Ocean City ana
Somers Point, N. j., and when passenn
gers see the ease and familiarity VIII
which she handles the wheels and levers
OF the engine they hold their breatn ior d
few seconds to see what stranger unlh9
ear happen, But nothing alarming cues
happen. The young lady is Mrs. Nora
Buck, n she makes as efficient an as
s1stant to her husband, the engineer Of
the Ocean City, as any man who could
be put in her place. She is skilled in the
management of the machinery, ana pre-.
sides over the engine room with per1eco
confidence and complacency.
Mrs. Buck is a granddaughter OF CON-
modore Layelette, and the daughter OF
the founder of Lavelette City, N. j. Upon
the water she is always at home, ana can
handle an oar or sail a yacht ike an Elk
pert. She is nineteen years old, and q
perfect picture of health, weighing ABOUT
one hundred and thirty pounds. her
hair and eyes are black, n her ram
O'Shanter hat, cambria dress and big
checked apron are q pleasant slgnt 10 uhe
people who ~patronize the Ocean Cluy.
Aside from the novelty of her position IN
the engine room, her bright face ana
pleasant manners have made her q great
favorite with people who visit Atlantic
City and other neighboring places along
the shore.-Philadetphid Record.
Are Bathing Costumes Immodest?
There is a vast amount of immodesty
on the beach here md in Ocean Grove;
Most of it is of an unconscious kind and
is shown by young girls. 1t is an every
day occurrence for girls of from twelve to
sixteen years of age to pick up tnelr
skirts. fasten them by rolling them
around their waists, pull off their shoes
and stockings, and paddle around in the
surf, in the presence of thousands OF spec
tators. Scarcely one of them would do
this in their own home, but they do not
hesitate on the beach.
AT Atlantic City the bellies who 8 year
ago were seen p~ronlenading the beach in
dark colored and heavy bathing suits,
with skirts reaching below their knees,
can be found on the sand or in the surf
any morning this summer attired in bath
ing costumes of light blue or more CANDY
colors, with skirts more decollete, both
far above and below, than ever before
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