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

Several pairs Of goucds haze been placed
in the pool o. the management aud they bave
proved great boon to the little misses ere-
q1eo.iog the bath in ,ae afternoons They
are an invaluable aid in learning to swim.
The seventy odd suits ordered arrived las,
Wednesday morning and we're rapidly dis
tributed to their various owDers.
The smallest little wee tot who has learned
to swim in the natatorium is little Loretta
McKein THIS little miss is barely slx years
old aud has 10 the past two days learned to
take several strokes She is entirely fearless,
aud will attempt any feat ber father snggests
She does not look much bigger than a min
now in the v :er.
The spectators gallery is now drawing
large crowds. I. wss comfortably filed With
q pleased aadisace sll the afternoon yesfsr.
day.
Night sessions at the Iatatorium have cone
to stay, evidently. Monday evening mark.
ed the largest attendance since the opening
The bouse was snll to overhowTng. The
spectators gallery was packed and presented
q handsome appearance, the smart and pretty
costu mes being Of the ladiees specially notice
able. 1t Is to be regretted, however, that
there were not sufficient seats to accommodate
the audience, at least one.fonrth of the
spectators were compelled to stand. The
msnageuaeut promises, however, this shall not
occur again.
A little over 100 ladies aud gentlemen
bathed Monday in the oatatorium OF
these, 10 wen! in that evening aud of these
20, 81 we're ladies and 49 gentlemen
Some beautiful and dariog feats of diving
we're witnessed last evening among both
ladies aud gentlemen. One lady repea ,edly
dived beadforenost from the spectators gal
ery ioto the bath below.
The demand for suits was continuous and
uninterrupted aod early 10 the evening it
became apparent that the supply would not
answer the demand, and before the eveoipg
was ha If advanced 'sno more suits'' was the
ssereotyped reply to both LADIES' aud gentle
meo. Only about one.haf of those making
applications for suits we're accommodated
the other half went home sore and dieappoint-
ed The management feel they are not
to blame for this They expressed through
the columns of this paper their unvilliugness
to wrap up large cum of money in bathing
suite, aod invited sll waiting suits TO write
or pho their order to the Item Office or to
J. ". Knigh,'s store OF to- E. Hardy. To
this offer ooly II people responded. They
we're promptly supplied with suits. Result
at leass 100 peoole were prevented from going
in last evening for the want of suit--follow-
ed By much wailiug and gnashing Of teeth
Tbis paper is instructed to make the same
offer sgaiu to those who want su,s-wri,e or
phone your orders into the three places
obo ad hat
day at o. NJ, and your suit will be here
for Friday night.
Those who have bathed since the cold wa,e.
was added are delighted With the teare5a.
ture. The water now s barely ,epid
Nine oramrners ssuntered down one evea-
log last week and expressed themselves rs
2aing ss:onished at the completeness and eie.
gancs Of the rststorian. Said one 81 have
been in pa'storiuna ell over the country sud
knew Of none superior to this, and this one
10 vastly superior to three-fourtns OF the
Others"