The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-12

At this season OF the year the noun
tains are ow-capped, and when the
suns slanting rays spread over their
immaculate ,crests they sparkle and
glsten as II they were covered with
rich jewels and seem to be crowned
inonarchs standing sentinel over the
sleeping lake and white valley below.
The lake has reCeded from the city
proper about twenty miles. one of
the most delightful features of a visit
TO this region of the great Salt Lake
Is bath IN the lake. One of the
finest and most imposing pavilions in
the world, which is said to have cost
n half million dollars, has been
erected on tho beautiful site known
as Salt Air. owing to the air being
so rhickly inpregnated with salt that
1t is visible at times to the naked eye
II has received it's name.
EASY SWIMMING.
Crowded trains run 10 and from the
| lake AZ frequent intervals during tn"
summer months. Everybody can swim
in Salt Lake. People float around in
| the water like Corks. I'm tact, 1t is
so heavy that ii is impossible to sink.
No suicides are committed here via
th2 drowning route. The water is a
prompt and potent tonic and invigor-
! ant of the body and mind and Is said
! To work miracles on him or her whose
| tendencies are to bald-headedncss. \
| first bath is always as good as a cir
| Gus. the bather being his or fer own
| trick mule. If you're in shallow wat
| er and cnicavor to sit down you slide
| out from under yourself with a speed
| and grace that suggests hidden aero
| batic qualities. If YOU are floating and
attempt to regain Il standing posture
| your arc as apt to land on your head
| as on your feet
| Very few persons ever dive in this
| water more than once. At first il is
| tempting. but not so much so aflCr
| YOU emerge with your eyes filled wi7h
| salt burning at rate that threatens
| total blindness. wh'c you reach for "a
| portion of your bathing suit to wipe
| and sOothe the burning members, lnd
| only add to your misery by auSmauting
| the salt deposit. It's tcr''b,, pre-
| diCament-way out i'm the water blind
| as a bat. totally unable to reach your
| bathhOusc, not a dry garment any
| whore To be had-salt, nothing but salt
| with the aggravatng presence of
| thousands of fellow bathers who, it
seems. could possibly offer IA disabled
| friend some assistance. some relief
| but who are powerlcss, as their bathing
| costumes and fingers are just as salty
| as your own. and, being accustomed
| to such scenes, they merely stand by
and laugh and make provoking suggcs-
| tiOns. But the old-tmers know Il rem
| edy for this afiliCtiOn, and it isn't a
! patent one. either. 1t is free and sim
! pie knowledge easily enough acquired
If you but have the opportunity. be-
| fore your knowledge of your skill as a
diver impels YOU to demonstrate youi
ability to fellow bathers and lockers.
| on. 1t consists first of getting yOul
| eyes saturated with salt water. and
at the critical moment-just as you arc
about to go blind and the unsympa.
thetic crowd is laughing loudest al
your sufterings and apparent helpless
ness-eXercise a little presence of mind
bear the pain herOically, place the in
deX finger of each hand well back int,
the mouth. and suck them with all tn,
skill ACQUIRED in infancy until the So
luton on them is thoroughly weak
ened and removed: don't swallow tn,
solution, but dispose of it in the mos
natural and convenient way. and then
with the fingers thus clcansed goug,
the eyes industriuusly and triumph
| antly into the corners, and you will fine
that the result is almost as satisfac,
tory as il would have been had yol
| had towel and fresh-water bath.