Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07

/ II e1HNS HoUOef Coz VIEW von~s n
| houses. 1t should be noted that the totai
| number of lighthouses and open pa'hihg
| places must exceed the number or Doards
| given above. for the reason that not
| few municipal corporations maintain
| several baths or wash-houses within their
| limits Liverpool and Manchester Tor
| instance have each nine establishments
| of one kind or another In report made
| TO the London School Board In 1880 the
number Of public swimming baths Is given
| as Al in 10 establishments. and % private
establishments with 81 baths are referred
| to.
MANCHESTER ESTABLISHMENTS.
Manchester maintains no public wash
houses 1t has large and fine open
air bath for boys in one OF its parks.
| The Whitworth Baths, which cost 1880
| $3.50 $50. and which were opened in July,
| 1890, were given to the city OF Manches-
ter by the heirs Of the late Sir Joseph
| Whitworth. They comprise two swim
] ming bath has a water area OF 50xzl feet,
Turkish baths. They were used by 6S,TJ
bathers in 1886 the receipts for the
year being 1921 G3,05D.
1.-The Cheetham Baths (Manchester)
| afford a good example OF the modern
| type OF British houses The build
ing, which was opened in April 1881,
cost $4,000 1868 1863. The first-class swim
| ming bath has a water era or 5Oxzi rect,
and the second-class bath one OF i0x2i
| feet. The latter Is surrounded by
| balcony for the accommodation or spec
tators on the occasion of swimming fetes.
The pavilion in which it is situated is
so arranged as to be capable of being
| used as gymnasium in the winter
| months The frst-class swimming bath
| Is so planned that 1t can be used by Wo-
men on such days as may be set apart
for that purpose and a special dressing
room has been provided for their accom-
| mediation. There are twenty tub paths
and three waiting-rooms, and these are
classified as women's and mems first and
second class There Is a commodious
| residence for the superintendent over the
ticket office and entrances to the baths,
| and in connections with this there is
handsome clock tower.
1.-The public hall on the ground hoor
is practically a separate building, de-
signed to be used for lectures. public
meetings, etc. The principal room has
clear floor area of 6ix42 feet, and there
is a gallery in addition. There are also
five retiring and cloak-rooms. with
iavatories attached, a refreshment-room
IL,
1.-THE most common type of public
bathing establishments In Great Britain,
is the swimming bath, with private rooms
in addition fitted with tubs and fixtures
10 afford hot or cold baths at the choice
of the bather. In London, most OF the
establishments have wash-houses at
tached In Glasgow, as We have seen,
all the establishments are combined
bath and wash-houses, while In certain
places, as In Manchester, public wash
houses have gone out or FASHION. In
| Great Britain the characteristic public
bath is Of monumental character, being
large. handsome and costly. The dis
| tinctiye features of the type have under
gone little change or development since
the Establishment of the ST. George
Baths. at Pier Head, in Liverpool, in 1923.
AS a rule, the first-class private baths
in British establishments contain
shower fixture in connection win the
tub: but shower bathrooms and the ar
rangement known as the rain bath on
the Continent and in this country are
comparatively rare"
CANDIDATE FOR REGISTER.
DIR. Carter Berkeley, of Staunton. Wen
known in Washington as messenger IN
the senate under the Cleveland admins
tration, and who went out OF once last
winter. will be a candidate before the
next Virginia Legislature for Register OIL
, the Land Office. DR.. Berkeley has al
WAYS been an active and loyal Democrat
and was a gallant Confederate olhcer,
: distinguishing himself at the battle OF
| Piedmont He will be strongly supported
by the ex-Confederates and many mem
: bers of the incoming Legislature
Inspector-General Il. C. Morton, OF the
, Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans
who is informed on the subject. reports
that the sentiment among ex-Confede-
rates in the State generally endorses the
, position taken by Grand-Commander
Cousins and Lee Camp, of Richmond, as
) to the proposed Grand Army or the Re-
. public encampment at Richmond In 1893
1 1--WE want" he says, Ito cultivate q
l friendly feeling between the Blue ana the
Gray, and are doing so. we don't want
to see any backward movement along
that line. But to have the ex-federal
) soldiers in Richmond, with their banners
5 and brag. would turn things back de-
cade. We are loyal to the United States
but also loyal TO our traditions, and we
don't want the loyalty of any Jealous
old Confed. impeached by the strains thai
2 might be put upon IL. We are hospita'
2 Bile people and we don't invite an occa'
sion in which everybody might not Jolr
!: earnestly in a hospitable welcome.
THE letter in the Dispatch recently VI
Judge George l.. Christian. In reply te
young Mr. Williams. of Richmond, de
fines the position of the ex-Confederate'
of Virginia 1t was timely and patrlotic
We thank him for it, and endorse 1t al
. our sentiments"
PERSONAL AND POSTAL.
!, Mr.. E. C. Bruffy. of the Atlanta Con
!, stitution one of the brightest newspape
men in the South, and native OF ROCK
n ingham county. Va. is in the city, stop
d ping at the Metropolitan.
e Mr. ]. c. l.. Harris. a well-known Ike
: publican statesman OF Raleigh. n. C., Il
n in the city on a political mission.
5 Among the fourth-class postmaster
commissioned Saturday were W. NJ. Tel
3 lar. Emporia, Va-a money-order Office
v william L. CorneiIson. Goggles Mil.
i c.; Edward Shorter. Darlington Heights
J. Va; James H. Bull. Davis Wharf va.
v Rosser c. Foster, Gays, Va; Herper
i III. Scott. Norman. Va; James H. Spikef
d Saumsville Va.-not money-order ofnces
l. Star-service changes have been mad
, In Virginia as follows:
Navy to Wiehle-From September
1897, increase service TO six times week