The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-19
NATATORIUM NOTES.

Several pairs OF gourds have been placed
in the pool by the management aud thew have
proved great boon TO the little misses fre.
| qneohog the bath in the afternoons Thev
are an Invaluable aid 10 learning to swim.
The seventy odd suits ordered arrived last
Wednesday morning and we're rapidly dis.
triouted to their various owoers.
Tue smallest little wee tot who has learned
10 swim In the natatorium 10 little [ oretta
Acksio. This little miss 10 barely s,x wears
ola sod hae 10 the past two days learned to
take several strokes She 10 entirely fearless
and will attempt aoy feat her father % peests
She does not look much bigger than q mio.
now iu the water.
TIE spsetators' gallery 10 now dravioe
large crowds. IL wss comfortably 6lled With
pleased ssdisscs oil the aftsrnooo yestsr
day.
Night ssseious at the aatatorium have como
to stay, svtdeatly. nooday svsoioR mark.
% the isrgest attendsece since the opening.
The house vss foil TO overaowipe. The
sPectators' gallery wee packed and pceseute ed
, . hsnoeome sppearancs, the smsrt and pret,v
costu mss being Of the ladiess spsciallv notice.
able. II 10 TO be regretted, however. that
there we're not suficieot seats to acco % mod ste
the audisoce. N least oue.fourth Of the
spectators we're compelled to stand. The
management promises, however, this shall not
occur again.
little over 100 ladies aod gentlemen
oathed koaday 10 The oatstorium OF
these, 10 went 10 that evening" and of these
70, 81 we're ladiss and 80 gentlemen.
Some beautiful and darioe feats of DIVING
we're witnessed last evening among both
ladies and geot!emeo. One lady repeatedly
dived hssdforemost from the spectators Gal.
ery into the bath below.
The demand for suits was cou,iouous And
uninterrupted aod early 10 the evening Il
became apparent that the supply would not
answer the demand. and before the evening
vas % W advanced mo more suits" was the
s'ersoyp ped reply TO both ladies and gentle.
meo Oo'y soout one.half Of those mskips
applications Tor suits we're accomm I'D s,ed-
| 'ns otoer halt went home sore and disappoiu,.
| Cd The maoagemeot feel they are not
to blame for this They expressed through
the columos Of this pspsr their INV ,llioo nsss
to wrap up large cum Of money iu bs;hino
suits, aud invited oil waotipe suits 70 vrite
or phone their order TO the Item Office or to
~. kniahFs stors or to J. K. Hardy. To
'n's oHer ooly II people responded. Tbey
we're promptly supplied With suits. Result
N isat 100 peools we're prevented from going
10 last evening for the want Of suit-foIlow. ".
ed oy much wailiug and gcsshinQ OF teeth.
This paper 10 instructed to make the ssme
oner sgsio to those Who want sui,s-vri,e or
pnone your orders into the three places
ABOVE mentioned between now aod Wedues.
DAY at p, M, and your suit will be here
for Friday night.
Those wSo have bathed since the cold water
was added are delighted with the tenpera.
lure The water new is barely tepid.
Nine orummers ssuntered down one even.
log last week and expressed themselves 40
oeing sstonished at the completeness and ele.
gancs OF the nstatorium. Said one al have
been 10 oa,atoriums all over the country and
l Know OF none superior to this, and this one
vastly superior to three.fourtbs Of the
Others"