New-York tribune., 1911-01-02
FORTY co IN BATHING
At BRIGHTON BEACH
FroIiC in Ice Filled Water,
While Crowd of Spectators
Looks on Shivering.
SEVERAL WOMEN IN PARTY
Loll About in Sand with the Mer-
curry at 22- Magistrate
Tighe Takes His Daily
Winter Dip.


weather to don their bathing suits an'
indulge in the first sea bath of the new
wear. The water was particularly re
freshing. and several women among TIT
crowd seemed to enjoy the experience
no less keenly than the men. They lolleC
upon the sandy beach. dashed each othel
with water and indulged in trick diving
on the boardwalk large crowC
watched their antics with interest
Reads like a story in summer, doesn'
t. when the first reports of the summer
rush TO the resort by the sea begin tC
appear? You would almost expect tc
hear that twelve persons were overcome
by the intense heat and that every one
made a rush for the chutes and the
scenic railways. as the only spots ir
which to keep cool. BY taking a new
grip on your overheated imagination II
would be quite possible to expect TO reat
of the suffering swarms from the
crowded tenements, who were allowed tc
spend the night on the wind swept
beach as they gasped for a breath OF
cool air
All this might be. and yet it is not
The bathing of the Forty Immortals al
ready described took place yesterday
January !, with the mercury in the bulb
| lowering around the twenty-five degrees
mark and we'll defined icicIes hanging
from the caves of the bleak pavilions
| and amusement resorts. And they en-
| joyed it. every mothers son and daugh-
ter of them. They say so themselves.
| A few minutes before the frostbitter
| face of the sun appeared over the edge
of the Atlantic, seemingly tinglng the
surface of the icy water with veneer
Of warmth, but in reality making II
colder by comparison. two men saun-
! tered down TO the Parkway Baths al
| the end of the Ocean Boulevard. They
wandered into the office and paid down
their money emitting them TO bathing
suit apiece, a towel and the freedom
of a bathroom.
Warm Up with Medicine Ball.
Within few minutes they reappeared
clad in bathing suits and sweaters, and
ran down TO the beach. While they
were tossing a medicine ball about and
getting up a thorough perspration
| peek into their envelopes deposited with
the clerk proved that they were Harry
| Paulsen, president Of the Wallabout
Market Association. in Brooklyn. and
Christopher Sageman, another officer in
that organization.
After they had tired of their exercise
with the big ball Paulsen and Sageman
cast yearning glances at the water
| Paulsen was the first to peel OF his
sweater and make a dash for the ocean $
green depths He splashed his way In
| for about twenty feet and then took a
header. When he emerged. sparkling
with moisture, he waved his hand To
Sageman and invited him in. The
waters fine" he shouted, and Sagemar
needed no second urging.
The two men wallowed in the trough
of the waves. allowed themselves 10 b'
tossed up on the beach by big rollers anf
spent some time in floating OF theii
backs. After they had satisfied theii
craving for the fish exercise they ran uT
the beach to the old breakwater wall anc
toasted themselves in the suns beams
Ia ch expressed fear lest he should bt
sunburned.
Before Paulsen and Sageman had left
the beach the Snow birds, club OF fve
members. consisting Of George b. Aus
ten. of No. 1890 ocean avenue, Flatbush
| his two daughters, Gwendolen and Hazel;
! f. V. Rose, OF Macon street, and Henry
Thomas. of No. 34l Rugby Road, Flat
hush. appeared OH the boardwalk.
The two young women were enthusias'
tic I'm anticipation Of the morning plunge
They made race OF il to the bathhousf
and showed up on the beach at the san.t
ooncnt. Their sateen bathing suit'
were becomingly cut and both sporte6
brilliantly hued bathing caps. Their RI
yalrv i'm the water led them to swim t'
the spot where the float is moored in the
e,,rouer months, and then they raced II
to the beach.
Crowd Looks on Shiverlns.
Soon the bathers were the cynosure o'
severaI thousand pairs Of eyes, the own
orc NJ which were standing ten deep on
.ba boardwalk. huddled In heavy over
Coats and furs. Beyond showing slight
traces of annoyances at the fact that
tboir bathing attracted so much atten-
,.or tho bathers continued their evolu-
tions in the water.
The regulars and the "Arctics,'
ccmposed OF persons who live near Coney
Leland the wear round, added their mem
bersbip TO the throng in the ocean. The
only things lacking were the sun-kissed
life guard and the tent chairs.
While these things were going on at
Brighton Beach, James 6. Tighe the
Rrooklvn magistrate, was taking his Gus
tcmsrv morning dip in the congealed
waters of Sheepshead Bay. The magis-
trate wore besides his bathing suit. a
bored look. which plainly showed the
distaste he felt because several mem
hers of the rowing club gathered on the
dock 10 see him dive OFF Magistrate
Tigbe bathes the year round in the bay
and would rather do it than eat his
breakfast. and he is man who likes
his rolls and coffee in the morning.
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