The Princeton union., 1893-07-13
BATHING IN THE MEDlTERRAN-.
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1Exhi1arating Use, Made Of ItD

5Exhilarattng Use, Made Of Its
Waters-In Natures Lavatory.
sc As summer approaches is there anything
which pictures itself to ones mind in more,
troseate colors: or in q more charming man
ner than bathing-sea bathing? asks the
Chicago Tribune. No doubt those who have
spent month at the shore and gleefully
INDUCED in all the rollicking sports, who
have immersed themselves @ in Americas
btriny waves, are longing for another plunge,
another gay time on the sands, and, per-
haps, too, another shot Of the Kodak at
some unsuspecting group, who blush In
unfeigned embarrassment when the picture
IS afterWard produced within the stately
walls OF the winter drawing rooms. But
those who have been fortunate enough ta
glide from ltaly's picturesque shores into
the warm blue waters of the Mediterranean
and float luxuriously in the salty seas among
g perfect school of happy bathers will never
forget 1t. Nevcr Venice, Naples, Capri,
Amalf! It makes ones eyes glisten at the
very thought of it. TO Italy's splendid title,
3 The Land of Poetry and Song might also
be added THE Land Of Baths were it not
that the second name to some fastidious
minds would detract from the beauty Of the
/. first .S
b, The ancient Romans, borrowing as they
uld all the Wort.lily imitabIe customs from
e the'f : Greek and Egyptian neighbors, found
the baths especially suited to their luxu-
nous tastes and carried them to y degree
of excellence which had ncl,Y, been ;.,dned,
making them not only .. immense oeneft
III a sanitary way, hut establishing them as
and talent as well rs TO-. ,nt roorer classes,
who also enjoyed The pl,i.v=t Of their own
compartments. e9alIpa Look al '.c paths Of Dio
modated no less lhtn l>.pvu PEOPLE at ono
time And those Of Car;.c,lie. :,t Kome:
Ge1fn Mnaf ruins m q still more Won
Dectlne science. Cold ElthS, tcpid baths
hot baths, oil baths, sun baths-every kind
a rest and recr ,ation statuary and paint
nnssu ingS lent a1 ooany beauty on al sides Music
the Pompeial baths. The frescoes are as
bright and beautiful rs il they were done
put put Yesterday. and the marble caryings
the. the burning mountain have softened in
color IA almost n to an ivory. One object Of
eztor and St IS aets fs Of the
which stands, as it stood then, in the CEN
tel T;l,s Of ,oe one ef the women's apartments.
fifteen or twenty feet in circumference and
in which it is easy to fancy some fair
den Of Naples there is another vase similar
TO this one. but much larger, which was
also found in these baths, and which now
ducks typical italian la 'oie ducks. perWheas Wh;eS
ro ras az a nsS rsn without ff5 eDssy psnyy
the slightest entertainment in return, bub
perhaps it is more especially the foreigners
Then the baths. of Nero Around the
l leading from pozzurli 70 Bss one one alishts tG
to a'fcavee cut i'll the side Of the mountain,
| wherein is spring heated to high TEN.
perature in it's subterranean channels By,
veins of voIcnnic life which abound neaf
| Fesuvius. This spot suited well the com,
fort-oying, Nero, who made it a favoritg
resort, and caused the rough stone couches
| to be placed there, which still remain
! One reads little of sea bathing in those
days Every Roman colony thought to con-
strufe Its baths R+ as it thought Of raising
| face to its natural advantages, and with
one accord cries as early as May: Let us
to- to the SEAL Not all the establishments
| are as convenient and as we'll constructed
as the Lido at Venice and those of Posilipo
at Naples, but they are all on the same
use of the public is provided with pa pa
yilion where people congregate to discuss
| the latest topics. or to deyour with eager
ears the latest gossip, while there is al:
only one. of those harassing "Organette''
OF portable pianos, which grind necessarily,
! :tld seem always to be playing santa
Lucia or BELLA Napoli'' and vary some
! times with the ''Trovatorc.'' @.' r
s served for ladies'; the other for gentlemen:
These "camerini arc the toughest kind OF
of braided straw and furnished with four
! rude chairs for the four persons each is
supposed to Then @ there are
| the use Of each room is one frame fifty Tor
30 cents, including the linen sheets the
price never varying whether there be one of
] four persons together. -" y5s.s @
Once in the water and prsstG change! all
room 6f the Son
does liberty exist, and the pretty little
signorinas, as well as the handsome. signor-
water nymphs, swim off with all the grace.
! and alacrity of a fish, never fearing, never
tiring, just as if they had been born to it.
| And there is no end to romance. Fancy a
fq a q Of pre 9feg rs
indulge in Jolly little luncheon. It doesn't
| one recalls that these young officers may,
never have dared address the young ladies.
land 10 or if they have had the good for
! full eye Of the omnipresent chaperone, then
we realize what it really means.
placid blue waters of sorrento; away down
under the high walls of rock where one may
float @ % and gaze up at the beau1ifnl villas and
| the wonderful Blue Grotto is free to all
who can swim there, here, whi:"1he hurried tray.
| less boatnen who shake their bends in ones
face and demand "la tariffa:' which never
fails to exceed the fee regularly established.
| Yes the sea is a blessing to the Italians
| open to all and appreciated as we'll by poor
! as by rich. Indeed one finds himself won
dering what would become Of the lower
classes. take the Ncapolitans for instance,
| if it We're not for this wise provision Of ma
| opposed to the use of water in winter on the
grounds that it means certain death by
cold, but in summer they fairly live in the
| sea. and the little street urchins frolic about
| and dive for the enries of the ''forestieri",
i without even the incumbrance of bathing
! costume. a.. 81 u f='Ss
! Purchasing Safety.
New York Weekly: Mr.. Oldtimer-I
think the pay Of legislators nowadays Is
! outrageously high.
| M Mr.. Nowadays--Nonsense man.: You
! don know when you are we'll off. I wish
] they were paid more IEL5