Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-08


ing in the sand at the beach, making
as it pleased his notion, the like
nesses Of prominent people, or SYM
bolical figures of fancy. Patting
together a mound of moist sand, he
makes a few passes with mis- hands
and his old knife and as if by some
magic the outline of a face appears,
few more strokes and you readily
recognize the face of Lincoln or
Garfield. He makes without model
Teddy with his perpetual smile, and
Taft as large as life. One of his
favorite figures is entitled "Cast Up
BY the Sea- woman Of life size
lying drowned upon the beach
while with one hand she clasps her
dead babe to her bosom. The La
dy of Fashion" is up-to-dato, and
true to life. MAY and December"
is an allegory; in a chair sits man
with bald head, and long locks and
beard and on his knee is a child
of four or five years of age. For
this amusement the sight seer losses
his some coin.
| Our company of six went to the
Long Beach bath house to prepare
for an ocean swim, but found it diff
fcult to identify one another in our
new costumes. When you are in
bathing attire it is bit embarrassing
to meet acquaintance and be intro
duced to strangers. The ocean is
pacific" only in name. Great swells
come rolling in and roll you out on
the sand, one great wave follows
another, and you scarcely recover
| from one shock until another is upon
You. In the shallow water the waves
have great force but further out you
rise upon the crest Of the wave and
then go down in the great trough.
There is no danger but what you
get opportunity to taste its brine. The
ocean is about an even temperature
summer and winter. When the at
mosphere is hot like August the
water seems very cold. but in Jan
uary when the air is cooler I pre-
sumo the extremes would be less
noticeable and a winter swim be-
comes delight.
The Long Beach pier runs out a
quarter of a mile into the deep water.
Many people come to fish from the
pier some with bare hooks and
others with bait The only fish be-
ing caught were ''glints" some six
or seven inches long. If you want
3o-pounders you must go deep sea
fishing, hire a boat and go out sew
ers,l miles and catch them readily.
South Of Long Be- CHI along the
Islands, some thirty miles out from
land. The Island is about 60 miles
around and contains some $4,000
acres of barren, desolate hills and
rock, and apparently without soil.
For years this delightful trip re-
curing about three hours has been
part tourists travel. Formerly the
island was claimed by private par
ties who forbade the landing of 9TH
er than their own boats. Then
charge of $3.50 was regular fare,
but a recent decision Of the U. S.
supreme court made it possible for
any and all ships to land at the
port of Avalon Now that other
vessels share in the tourist trade
the rate has fallen to 800, SO and
| rs cents round trip according to the
size of the vessel. The "Nellie" a
| 25 cent round trip vessel was crowd
ed to the rail- The passengers were
jolly lot and they sang as the bill
lows billed and the swells swelled.
Nellie had the advantage Of our
| vessel a few miles in thu start, but
we soon overlook her, and were in
port several miles ahead.
Avalon is the town where all YES
sells land and the business part IS
made up of eating houses and souve-
mir stores. Much Of the residence
portion is made up of tents arranged
in street fashion.
AS the steamer draws up to the
pier babble Of voices cry out from
the little boats below: "Say, Mister.
throw a piece of money into the
water" When this is done three or
four spring into the water and in
moment all Chamber back, into their
boats and sing out a gain, mister
I doubted if they really got the money
until I observed that one always
took it from his mouth and laying
it upon the seat of the boat sang
out again, "Say, Mister"