Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-21
RATH HOUSES OPEN
WITH LADIES FIRST
Twenty-three Public Pools Be-
oin Summer Season-City to
Give Swimming Lessons.

WITH all courtesy It was ladies first
-s.n the twenty-three public bath-houses
n,sd their pools and threw open the
s.o,s this morning. beginning another
mmnier season.
small boys stood on the outside and
..y,sd their sisters. But the boys Will
,,a into their own tomorrow and every
,,nsr day in the week except Thursdays,
=, which day the girls own the pools.
csretakers scrubbed and secured the
,,rks from Saturday to the wee hours
,,,s morning, expecting a great rush.
rhsn cool wave came floating into
,,tn Girls and women this morning
5rpsd few times into the green pools,
,5rrled into their clothes and hustled
Name for hot tea while the boys stood
an the curbstones and jeered.
how will break ice for a swim.
fobn symons, caretaker of the bath
,,ase at sth and Green streets, turned the
,,.,er into the pool at 5 o'clock this morn
u. The pool holds $4,000 gallons of
..s,er and It takes two hours and half
% aii It.
AZ z o'clock Symons took his place at
M 'front.' door, supported by policeman.
sssre was n crowd on the sidewalk, but
4, was made up mostly of boys, who came
!, scoff and explain that 1t was too cool
nv way for bathing.
lIred-foolting woman, with child at
t,r side nodded to Symons hurriedly, as
she started for the pool.
aHello little girl" replied Symons,
seaking to the child.
armsno girl. My name Is Jack" re-
,lsd the child, and he looked down with
nsrist at the dress he was wearing.
oIIush, Jackp said the mother in un
d,rtones. Just say you are little girl
thls morning"
lack hushed and was the only son of
Neptune among many mermaids. It might
NJ added that he was n discontented son.
lack Is years old. His mother is a
widow, and where she goes he goes
along.
symons passed the young man to the
pool with huge wink to the policeman.
The caretaker held that he had broken a
rule in good cause.
ONE OF A TYPE.
There is a little girl named Mary, who
ilves in a court back of the bath house. |
ehe Is a water nymph. She would live |
m the pool If given the opportunity. There |
IL rule that half an hour In the water |
q long enough for any one. The Board of |
recreation did not consider Mary when 1t |
made such a ruling. Mary left the pool |
when the first swimmers. were turned out
half hour later she was back. Her
feet were muddy and she had unbraided
her hair
MARY, this will never do" warned Mrs.
Elizabeth Kessler, the matron. You are
just as bad as you were last year."
Honest Mrs. Kesler. / didn't think
YOU would know me with my hair down.
Gee, but you have great memory. May
90 in for just a minute|
Mrs Kessler made no reply. Mary TOOK
dlence for consent, washed the mud
rom feet and ankles under a hydrant,
ind once more was teaching the over
and and crawl strokes to admiring girls
md women.
Don't have much trouble with the
irls" said Symons, but some OF these
iae kids about here are holy terrors'
Inc has to keep an eye on them all the
me. spend the day jumping from the
iont door to the pool and then back
gain. They don't mean real harm, but a
iretaker does not feel at peace when he
ears some kid blowing bubbles while
sing held under the water by few of
q friends.
MANY USE POOLS.
How many people in my pool last sea-
mr. and Symons gave the figures IN