Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-08-24

tremitiea. You'd be surprised to see.
how many bow-legged women there
are in the world, to say nothing of
the pigeon-toed. It's very lucky for
good many Of them that their dress
es hide their lack of symmetry IN
this respect. is only fair to say
though, that the average man is not
thing of beauty in his bathing suit.
A great number of the prettiest
girls who enjoy the bathing hour
exceedingly never go near the water
They attire themselves in stunning
bathing suits, with their hair most
beautifully arranged, and parade up
and down the beach looking just too
lovely to be spoiled by the sad sea
waves. They never get a drop OF
water on them, and one has an al
most irresistible impulse to rush them
into the water and see the result.
Hundreds of persons enjoy lolllng ID
the warm sand, and this is para
disc for children, with their buckets
and shovels. Toddlers of six or eight
years are to be found bathing in the
ocean, and they seem to enjoy it as
much as the older ones. Several
persons have been drowned since we
have been here-either ventured out
too far or met with an accident in the
surf. Life guardsmen are always on
duty along the beach and in boats
lust beyond where the bathers con-
gregate. They haul out few per-
sons every day, and are constantly on
guard to watch for those who are in
danger.
Mr.. cambridge came very near
saving mans life the other day.
There was a commotion on the
beach, and the cry arose that man
was drowning. Mr.. cambridge at
once made up his mind to rescue him.
He threw off his coat and also
tried to take off his shoes so that he
could swim freely. Unfortunately
his shoe strings were tied in tight
knot, and before he could get them
united the life guards had ha uled the
man ashore. Mr.. Dandridge's inten-
tons were all right, however, and he
ought 10 have one of those Carnegie
medals for heroism.
A good many West Virginians are
in Atlantic City. At our hotel are
former Attorney General Thos. S Ri
ley and his charming wife, Of Wheel
ing, and others from Morgantown and
Fairmont. Col. Thomas B. Davis,
Congressman-elect from the second
West Virginia district, was in the city
for few days. He greeted his West
Virginia constituents most atfably,
and is greatly elated over his recent
victory. He says, though, that he
has fought his last political battle,
and will not be a candidate for re-
election. Judge John w. Mason and
Judge Frank Cox are among the
prominent West Virginians here.
The water used for drinking and
domestic purposes in Atlantic City is
drawn from artesian wells a dozen
miles or more away, on the mainland.
1t isn't particularly good, and is apt
to make one sick until one gets used
to it. A good many persons escape
this danger by avoiding water as a
beverage. 1t is a curious fact, though,
that with this vast cosmopolitan crowd
and the great number of popular
drinking places, there is comparative
little drunkenness. The crowd is
really very well behaved.
Atlantic City is built on sandy
island, separated from the mainland
by marshy swamps and connected with
it by causeways upon which are the
public roads and the railways. The
long, rolling waves come direct from
old ocean, and perhaps may travel
from Spain, for Spain is due east from
this point. When heavy eastern
storms prevail part of the city is
flooded. Each year, however, the
ocean seems to recede a little and
houses that were on the beach twenty
years ago are now a considerable dis
lance inland. The lighthouse was at
the waters edge when it was first
built, but is now quite little dis
lance away. The beams from the
lighthouse may be seen by mariners
twenty miley away. Some large
ships pass along this route to and from
New York, but usually they are two
far away to be interesting. Scores Of
yachts, however, sail from the inlet,
at the north erd of the city, and car
ry visitors several miles out to sea.
The excursionists 60 out very merry