The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-31
SEA BATHS m ITALY.
USE MADE OF rtH BLUE wArERs or
THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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es-interestins Features.
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erraneah anu noAs .uAurio"siy In 1he
'aity sea among perfect school OF hap
py bathers will never forget it. Never.
Venice, Naples, Capri, Amalfi It makes
one's, eyes glisteh at the very Thought Of
L. To Italy,s ~ lendid title "Tbe Land
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al "Tbe and N pathss srsra n ~ H..
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oa'h', Vopiu pa'ns, no.
os,ns, oii pa.u', sun oa'ns-eVery KIM
VI oa'n' why SIMPLY 70 WISH ene piacs
mae ies. anu ieoi ea'ion' S.a'uary anu
pinenss ieh. peauey On aii siues' music
e"s,n neo. oiaIois anu poe's eneeres',,eu
nAe oeau'S IN siie reln IL, Wills oi
'he ronipeiisii oa'ns. Inc irescoes art
a. o'isn' anu oeSs'iui as they we,'
uone ooe p'eruay, ana tne marble
Sisihss anu paVenen's winch escapes
sne NY ~ III ou.nins ,nouh.aih haV'
'o m seneu ~ eotor a,i,ose 10 an ivory.
+ Aneh Tue oS."s OF nero AROUND Tine
eoast On .lie charhlihg picturesque roae
'eiulns iIoni fozzuoh 10 baise ON
a,isn.s ironi inc little carozzeiia ant
ciaihoers up 70 q cave cut IN the side o
.he mountain wherein Is spring heate'
10 hlgh temperature IN It's suoterra
mean chanhels ny VEINS OF volcanic III
wmch aoonna near Vesuvlus' Ihis spo
sultea Wei the comfort loving Nero
VINO made IL taVorlte resort ant
caused the rougn stone couches 10 b.
l placed there, winch stlil remain.
j ohe reads llttle OF sea bathing In thos
Gays. Every Roman colony thought t.
construct lts paths as II Thought OF rails
ing It's temples. But now all Italy turn
It's race TO lts natural advantages, AM
with one accord cries as early as May
Let US 10 the scar Not all the estab
lishments are as convenient and as wei
constructed as the LIDO at Venice an
those OF Posihpo Mt Naples, but they ar
all on the same general plan. Ever
place open 20 the use OF the pubic is pre-
Vided ~ pavilion where people con
gresatc discuss the latest topics, or t
deVodf with eager ears the latest GOSSIP
a WINE there - always music, from morn
ing I'LL night II only one OF those harass
ing organdttes' or portable pianos
which grind necessarily and seem a
ways to be playing Santa Lucia" o
bella Napoh' and vary sometimes wit
the "Irovatdre."
on either SIDE OF the pavilion are til
'calnerinl' pr dressing rooms-one sid
o reserved Tor ladles, the other Tor gentle
men. these "camerlnf' are the rougi
est KIND OF i1ttie wooden boxes, carpete
v with q mat OF braided straw and ful
e nished with four rude chairs for I'll
Tour persons each Is supposed to accom-
modate: linen There are the steps ieat
n ing 10 the W Rter. Inc Zee for the use
n each room ~ one franc inty (or 80 cents
; including the linen sheets, the pric
never varying whether there be one
Q four persons together.
Once IN IL o water and presto! chang
q all the reserved etiquette OF the Italia
!. drawing room vanishes. Then and the
IS only does liberty exist, and the prett
Ie little signorlnas, as we'll as the handson
u slgnoras, In the very simplest kind
bathing costume, generally dark BIZ
!, with a little white braid, TRANSFORMS
,r INTO yeritable water nymphs, swim Q
=. win al the grace and alacrlty OF ms
le never fearing, never firing, just as
lie they had been born to 1t. And there
81 no end to romance. Fancy a boat fl
~ 'a OF Handsome young officers towing ira
Ne OF pretty, bright eyed girls to some quie
'dl picturesque spot, where all indulge In
v jolly little luncheon. 1t doesn't seem
AZ very much, does it' And yet one recal
I'll that these same young ofi1cers may new
Isl have dared address the young ladies'
8 land, or II they have had the good &c
id tune to do 30 1t was only under t
lo watchfui eye OF the omnipresent chape
ID on, then We realize what 1t really mean
~, iheh tneF aFe the quleter places, IL
at the placid piue waters OF sorrento, avn
ry DOWN una pr the hlsh walls OF roc
lie whefe one may noae anu gaze up at