New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-13
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
ECCENTRICITIEs OF THE TlMlD
SURF BATHER.
AZ INSTANCE WHERE c1RCUMsTANT1AL EVIDENCE
WAS uNREIABLE-NEW STYLE N
FLORAL DECORATIONS.

FLORAL pD'ORAIlONS.
There is one quality in which the average
woman bather is wofully deficient TeiH"IN'u "
l,ri,al bachelor. land that is common sense. Sh'
- .,,tor rocLleeslv yenturesome or rdicuOusy
timid The former type will plunge gayly throush
Tho braakers on the toughest days, GAZING upon
the more cautious male swimmer To lol'oN' WIZ
must for very manhool's sake accompany Ho'' Il
or,v 70 he on hand 10 rescue her IN case OF A'e"
She will keep him out at the buoy or ho'I ana
ne not daring to leave her. will remain until th'r-
oughlv chilled and miserable. for it Is WeI-hho"h
&C., ,ba, women can stay in the water much longer
than men.
These intrepid water nymphs are bad enough
but the timil hather Is even worse. out OF sheer
humanity as she is nounderins helpessly near yo"'
Won incautiously give her hand After 'Hal lht'e
ie no escape for you: she clings on 10 you Ike
grim death and refuses to go beyond the breah,
whore q is comparatively smooth. As each I'M
morse wave rolls toward her she starts Tor '"e
shore only to get caught in the tremendous Ioi'e
of the surf a. ii dashes into foam. when mus
Won both off your legs and rolls you N rul'"'ouS
misery on the sand. while You struggle 10 !O"i
feet only to be caught in the ohSiaus"' Vi ~ ''0
cessor. ,.,
- bearing aftervard that the unerateiul woman
has said that you kept her in the thick OF 'he
breakers where she was almost drowned
NO deliver me from women bathers. say l.
like the dear creatures nicely sO"Heu O'' ''''0 -
~, after nv various experiences l always steer
clear Of them in the water ,-.,,... .,,o
81 saved a womau's life while was oaIhIs ''e
other dav." said one OF his auditors Ana no"
do you suppose did d., IT.? ors, sneaker seeing that
SOS TS 6y simply telling her to stand upihe va
cor dii rGt come Up her armplts, Out SiIc w.
Snprdering about sEreking for help ana k'Cho
Nc mn her heels at great rate verify Dyhelt SI'
,rerid have bcen drowned, for she went OUT "
Ill IN
Sar ace blanched with terror. save me she cTlea
~ I cot near her and as | caught heI, by neI
S,a.s sha hunR her about me ana "IIuIS CiuIIe
IN mo But you should nave seen hei IA. - 49,
" IN NV .r frantic embrace. / said encOuragneN:
II is nuite safe Mrs. -; II you viii ON! ~
vonr feet on the ground you VIII ma that the
water isn't up 10 your neck ,, 49,, .,,i,i,,r,,,rp
"af,er few plunges she regained her equillp luii
and then seeing laughter in my eyes-a ,Ilous. !
,ried nv best 10 look serious-she tuIeu IIoI M
"a aaded toward the shore without a worn ol
thanks Nay more. the ungrate1ul Titd INA az
narfecflv furious with me, and actually talkSd E
nv ungentlemanly conduct. Pretty haTd, th'HA'
Considering | saved her life' ,ho
''Well"' here interpOlated young woman WIZ
had been listening to their GfluSisins 81 ,ndrrfne
Il saw pair of ninnies in bathing TINS IhoirlS
who were not women. They were great DIG sLe
men hui never saw women BEHAVE NOR IN ~,
iousiv II seems that Mr.. y. stepffu sduucii'!
into depression and thought ne Tt' NJ R who
his depth So reaching out, ne cauehI MI r. "nI
US ,,iacidv bathing near him. by the neck, anu
gave him an involuntary duck!ns' lht dStei 4, e.,
Up sDutterng and very angry ana thIilhi.s !, -
Ven bfmsolf M and sOused him thoroughly, M
a becoming Wildly frightened. again puI1TH ~ go =
Inder Who also stepped into the hole: IheN pom
Went down gasping and II IL had pot Deeh ior an
cher woman and myself who pulled them OUT my
might have been drowned TOT neither Vi '"''
could swim"