New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-15

luxury which those who can obtain the oppor-
tunity seldom neglect. especially after few ex-
perences I'm It's waters. A bath In the salt lake
means something more than dip. for In its warm
clear and peaceful waters in which YOU float like
cork. you may remain almost indefinitely with Inn
punity. No exertion is needed 10 maintain warmth
to keep ahoat. and those who choose to noat
lazily in the peucid waters by the hour may do 20
without physical dctriment. Besides. there II
feeling OF luxurious in the fact that make
your entrance into the water from the finest bath
ing pavilion in the country, having over six nun
Dire lighthouses. and costing over $4,000.
Like most OF the great enterprises here, the big
bathing institution Is backed by the Mormon
Church The Rio Grande and Western Railroad
carries the people TO 1t across miles OF SAND ana
sage brush but the great Moorish pavilion. with
It's go lighthouses Its dancing floor covering nearly
an acre. it's 800 electric lights, standing nearly
mile out I'm the lake. is Mormon. or at least the
work OF sundry wealthy saints. who probably work
for the Church IN this stroke of business enter
prise.
The experiences Of a bath in the Great Salt Lake
are unique and TO be forgotten. You walk
down to the water from your bathroom over steps
from the lower side of which hang tiny stalacties
They look at first like iccles, but on examination
you find them OF pure white salt. formed from the
salt water which drips upon the steps from the
costumes of the bathers as they retire from the
waters. Arriving at the bottom Of the steps. II
you have been properly informed as 10 methods
you quietly continue your way into the crystal
water through which you see the cleaning sand
O., ,ha ho,,or, rbara {. M nlungIne here no tax
a. INV o0''o"'' ~ ." ~ f % AZ,
ing OF headers into The approaching breakers Inc
man who * accustomed 10 that sort of thing must
-, ~. -. 60 .ho ,.a,ar which cant aims
Vnase M 800 sol, Ind other minerals burns
,ns ,n % hennsth The sirface Thai is one
,bir, ,Iat th9. 'tenGerfoof" mas TO learn and he
n.S ~, g, Lis ost e. he ga moi enlght by
-, h.,ob.,',i t,iana hefn,e no on ers the water
'Vi'', 3, ~ a'ni,'s 20 ~. fathroom a man
-ts me Nllt't va sOl'ie 49, ne, o,d etonned
at the door OF bathroom aoouS Mi ,b &C., tu
ol Peopls lau liz "a u.on,an svIientv suSferjne
Chd' se Vi iIieus' wa a y, ma .,rons and crles n2
me mos inte"Se aso'iS ~ ~. We, bsr frierds
pam "ee an 'lusn ot .e iarr,a, They snoLe
ana hot seem pa W ~ a CD ~ ch3i u},G
soothliisIy 10 hel, az ohe "o".S " -
burned finger, assuring her that thoueh II was
pretty rocky she WOud soon COME dtouhu al
right go
But when The method OF hahdllhB one sen III
this dense water is learned the experiences OF the
bath novel and delightful Inose VINO nave
back upon the water and hoat like corks roll ABOUT
on the surface as they WOud on d pI Vi saiiu' VI
swim enormous distances, II they can manage 10
keep their feet beneath the surface. Inc anlcs
which the experienced Dathers perform are atus
| ing. while those .whlch the average loot
nVoluntaflly performs are equdiIS 50 paw d
haIfdoZen or more OF poth sexes ioil heise'.es
! into a tandem, lying upon thelr p'chs ~ tne
| water, the feet OF the nrst placed oenedth the
arms Of the second, whose feet IN turn supported
| The shoulders OF the thlrd ana so on 10 the emu
| of the line: Each one was USING ms dInls AS
paddles and so TINS STRING or ann, h ~
shtieKs d Ma "d dS on snobnr ocnasjon a