l . ,5" > lit ' vol ‘ NUMBER 1.989. Entered at the Post Office at South Norwalk as secondment matter. SOUTH NORWAI .K. CONN.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1394. TWO CE also: sour Filll soon? rm comes nssnr cons ‘ snore nus arssrso. 3M and nuts-u Troubles ms to , vs noon the Can» of hislluosramo. ' lieu-s Departure from South Nerwaik ;' [cast Monday Earning. Henry Ochs, the beer bottler whose :rplacs of business is at 39 North Main . street. has been missing from there since ‘1 last Monday, and rumor has it that he :wlllhe missed for good. Yesterday af- 1 ternoonhis wife received a letter from - him,in which he, stated that he was . through with her. and that he would neversee her again. Mr. Oaks is C aleofluancially embarrassed. On Tues- " day a check for $125 went to protest at g “ one of the banks in South Norwalk. He owes many bills. principally to liquor dealers in New York city, who have 3 been supplying him with goods. Mr. chs started in the beer bottling "business here about two years ago, and payear ago was married. Last Sunday afteran and evening Mrs. Ochs cele- bramd the eighteenth anniversary of her. birthday at the home of Charles Stadler, in West Norwalk. and it is said that here is where the trouble began. Mr. Ochs. it is stated, became jealous of his wife on account of the attention so- . corded her by the men of the party, and when they arrived home. he had some I. words with her concerning the affair, and then beat her. On the following morning he purchased new clothing, a pdr of shoes and other articles. and with over e100, it is thought. in his pocket. be bid adieu to South Nor- walk. leaving a note for his assistant. Al-‘ bert. stating . that he felt the need of a week‘s vacation, and for him (Albert) to look carefully after the business until is return. This the man has found ewhat difficult, as when Mr. Ochs went away he took with him all his books, in which were the names of his customers. Why he did this is not fully known. It is thought Mr. Ochs did a good busi- been here. He kept four homes. and his iturnoute made as good an appearance a5 those of any of the business men in town. It is probable that domestic troubles had more to do with his departure than any- . thing else. run surname nurse. has. Cases or Dysntery. Although am, ' are stlu Sick. Norwalk physicians report that the dysentery epidemic is abating at that end of the town. although there are still a Marge number of cases. A prominent chiractitloner expresses considerable doubt «about the disease being due directly to theusecf the city water in its present low condition. He regards the atmos- pheric conditions,the over-eating of vege- tables and unripe fruit, and the lack of care in preparing and preserving food during the heated term. as the primary causes of the so-called epidemic. Severe bowel troubles prevail. he says, not only in sections of the town where the city waterof Norwalk is not used, but in all neighboring placrs. One of his most serious cases was in South Norwalk. and and be has patients in East Norwalk, Westport and Rowayton, where only well water is used. Some of the press reports regarding the “epidemic”sont out from Norwalk are amusingly cruel. and tend to militate against the town as a healthful com. munity. A Norwalk doctor received. the other day. a clipping from as im- setts paper. accompanied by a letter in which the writer expressed greatccncern for the safety of his daughter, who was visiting here. And well he might. for the clipping in question contained the startling “news" that there were 000 cannot dysentery in Norwalk. and that from twelve to fifteen deaths occurred filly. While this debilitating weather has much to do with the present great amount of sickness, particularly among the little ones, if people would exercise more care in eating and drinking. there would be less work for the doctors. OVBB SUNDAY BEST. .1 city sinner Makes a suggestion for the Outing Clubs to Consider. Theeditor of The humans has re- cslved from an out-of-towu friend the following letter.which,ir would seem. . mmsmggestlon worthy of consid- eration by the two flourishing outing eiuhsof Norwalk: "1 saw in Monday’s mu. notice of the organisation of _ aaswouting club.snd an idea 'comes handsome) Doyoanotthinktbsrs are very many ovsnhsated. tired-out city people who would gladly become non. . meet members of such a club for the saloons Mona! over-Sunday rest? ‘ would for one. "With reasonably unell L “denudation-resentment think it would be M‘shrn,t rem should ,. fl STOLEN GOODS RETURNED. contractua- Bates. of West Norwalk. Be. covers His Coat and Boots. The residence of Edward Bates, the well-known contractor of West Nor- waik. was broken into Tuesday night. and Mr. Batss’ bestoost and a pair of boots were stolen. As GobarJukett. an Hungarian who was employed by Mr. Bates. disappeared simultaneously with the articles, it was supposed he was the thief. Mr. Bates drove at once to Darien and had Grand JurorSamuel Silliman make out a war- rant for the fellcw’s arrest. J ukett lives in Stamford, and it was presumed be had gone directly to that city. so the writ was given to Deputy Sherifl Richard Bolster to serve. Yesterday afternoon. however. before the deputy sheriff had had an opportun. ity to serve the papers. Jukett returned to West Norwalk and turned the articles over to Mr. Bates. having been frightened into doing so by some of his fellow countrymen. Mr. Bates sent him to Stamford with instructions to see Sheriff Bolster and find out what he proposed to do in the matter. Jukett. it was learned, also took a valuable watch from another man, but as the time piece was returned no com- plaint was made. and he will not, in consequence. be prosecuted for this offense. overcome or consrsarnirrss. A South Norwalh flatter Arrested by Two New York Datactivea Messrs. Scanlon and Frank Esquelle. New York detectives. have been in South Norwalk since last Sunday. looking for Russell Hoyt.who. the officials surmised, was in some way implicated in the opera- tions of a gang of counterfeiters. Yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hoyt, who had been working at his trade of betting in Brooklyn. but was on his way to Bethe], g0t off the 4:32 train at South Norwalk. He was immediately taken in charge by the detectives, and searched. but nothing of a counterfeiting nature could be found on his person. The oilicers took him to New York with them, and he has not yet returned. It appears that a man with whom Mr. Hoyt is acquainted, and who is supposed to be the head of agang cf counterfeiters making $10 certificates, was arrested re- cently and over $700 worth of fraudu- lent money fouud in his possession. Mr. Hoyt is well-known here and his many friends will be fully convinced of his innocence. Sl'liUCK BY A MAIL CATCHER. Station Agent Hoyt. of Daflem'lnccked Ins-“hie to the Platform. Yesterday afternoon, as the 1:30 o’clock train from the west was approaching the Darisn depot. Station Agent 8. R. Hoyt stood on the platform waiting to throw the mail pouch into the car as it passed him. The mail clerk was leaning on the iron catcher, and just as Mr. Hoyt gave the pouch a toss, the clerk must have unthinkingiy turned it around. for the end of the arm struck Mr. lIcyt full in the left temple. knocking him to the platform in an insensible condition. The clerk on the train was one of the first to reach him, and he expressed deep regret over the unfortunate affair. Mr. Hoyt was assisted into the depot, and in a few minutes had revived sufficiently to go to Dr. (l. H. Noxcn's oflice over Town Clerk Bell’s store. The physician was obligedw take several stitches in Mr. Hoyt's forehead. Luckily the skull was not frilctured, and outside of a painful scalp wound he was cohort. and will probably be all right in a week or two. g... ; “MW“ In Honor of a Bahway Bells. Miss Daisy Scudder entertained a few friends at her home on West street. last night. in honor of her cousin. Miss Edna Callaway. of Rahway. N. J. The even- ing was pleasantly spent is dancing. playing games and engaging in other amusements. About 10:80 o’clock a bounteous collation was served. The guests left for their homes about mid— night. expressing themselves in very com~ pilmentary terms for Miss Scuddsr’s how pltallty. Among those present were Misses Jennie Rood, Eleanor Smith. Iss- belle Boschs. Susie Smith. Charlotte Boa- che. and Messrs. Ben Andrews. Charles swans. George Fitch. Victor Ferris. William Benedict, Leo Davis. William Beers and Hubert S. Mitchell. Presented With a Chair. The clerks and letter centers of the Nor-walk poshofllcs have presented Post- master Csrmi Hubbsll with so antique oak easy chair. upholstered in leather, .5 an expression of their rsgml for him as pmtmastsr during the past four years. There has always been the best of feeling between Ir. Hairball and the employee dream. and itiswtlhbsllngsof re- out that even Postmaster Melons sees him retire from the position he has held. infinbbsllmntbsothsr hand. whine: LITTLE ONES AT IlliTllll asst caravans asror is cur-v ‘ we in run sensuous. Annual Neale of the scholars»! Gnu Sunday School-Other Paelursfolists from up the Danbury load llwell the Throng at the Point. . A happy gathering of young people, with their friends and relatives. assembl- ed yesterday morning at the junction of Cross street and Belden avenue. at which point they boarded several trolley cars. chartered to convey them to Rules Paint. It was the occasion of the auntie! picnic of the Grace church Sunday school chil- dren. On their down trip the merry picnickers heralded their coming by the toot of tin horns and other discordant music on a variety of instruments, and the waving of small flags. Arriving at the Point the young people proceeded to have a jolly time, indulging in various sports and games incident to such occasions. Several athletic con- tests were held. the first being ll running race. Ira Ilockwood took first prize, an air-gun; A. Scefield. second prize. a pee- ket knife. The swimming contest was next in order. and proved a groat attrac- tion for the boys. Charles lermar cap- tured first prise. a jointed fishing rod; Rob Davis. second. baseball but. Then came the jumping contest in which R. Hendricks came in for first price. a barn- mock, and Ira Lockwood. second. a pee- ket knife. The athletic sports concluded with athree—legged race. which proved to be the most exciting and amusing event of the afternoon. it was. witnessed by a large number of people. In this race LeRoy Montgomery and I1. Gould carried away the laurels, finishing far ahead of a large number of competitors. Their prize was a baseball and bat. A ball game was thou played, two nines being selected from among the boys, under the umplring of G. R. Nash. By the time the game was con- cluded. the picnickers' appetites had assumed very large proportions. and they proceeded to put out of existence the bonntuous supply of good things pro- vided for them. E. A. “700de pro- vided a large bunch of banwanas. and each scholar had a generous dish of ice cream. Through the generosity of the rector, none of the little ones invent home without a ride on the merry-go-round. The picnic was the most successful and enjoyable one of the season. and was largely attended. It required half a dozen or more cars on the return trip to accommodate all. as a large number of the young people were unable to reach magnitude on the early trip. Upward of six hundred eircurslonisrs were also at the Point from Georgetown. Branchville. Cannons. and all along the line of the Danbury road. They arrived early. and it could be seen that they thoroughly en- joyed the day at the seashore. They went down on trolley cars from Nor- waik. Shortly afterwards the Broad River Sunday school arrived in carryalls. The City of Richmond brought an ex- cursion from New Haven. and several small sailing parties lauded all the Point during the afternoon. The new outing club had a large membership present at their cottage and the scene everywhere was one of festivity. The dinner tablesso charmingly located under the trees were none too numerous for the demands made upon them. and at noon the sight was an appetilting as well sea pretty one. The country folk re- turnsd to Norwalk shortly after live o'clock and boarded the 0 o'clock train at the Norwalk depot. A BONUS ODD FELLOW. no is Very Bitch and Carrie lie-r "I‘aklng In" Grand Master Dolmenw. There is a. bogus Odd Fellow about the state. and from all accounts) he has been quite successful in procuring financial aid and substantial assistance from the members of the order in Connecticut. He is a very slick young man and al- most succeeded to beguiling even so as. lute a person as Grand Master Denouw. This bogus Odd Fellow gloss his name as 8.13. Cross and says he is a member of Msnnlheim Lodge of Canton. 0. He dresses costly and talks gllbly and per- suasively. its is about thirtyolght years old. is of medium height. has light hair and blue eyes and weighs about 150 pounds. Yesterday Mr. De Ieeuw received word from Mannibelm Lodge of! Canton. 0., that no snob person as "E. 13. Cross" was ever a member of that lodgs. Simulta- neously with the Ohio msrsigs some up other one from Phreulx Lodge of New Britain warning members of the ledger against the more Mr. Cross.» with. it says. has been about the,- srale defrauding mem- bers. ' W Harwell Defeats rubbery. ThsflurwaIszskllswtiiil club want to who removal My!“ a... . l rms our roots. tisssant mantis About lorwalk I"... ,, rule and Wands. Mrs. Wahnermfail Annstrset.ls en- tertaining her nephew. Joseph J. Boehls. of Brooklyn. and Miss Martha L. Kruse. of Jersey City. for two weeks. They came up on the City of Albany. Satur- day. Evidently South Norwalk sir agrees with Mr. Boehle as he is sunburn- edslreadyandlookslikssncld sesdog. Miss Tilly. of Blue Rock. Arkansas. is a guest of Mt: Bertha Bnrohard. of Wil- son's Point. Miss Tilly is a room mate of Miss Bernhard at Luella Institute. Miss Elizabeth Phelps, of Bloomington. Ill.. is a guest of Mrs. J. B. Pond. at St. Paul's rectory. ....... . ‘ Miss Jessie Prick. of Burlington, Iowa. is a guest of Miss Clara Hill, West ave- nue. Miss Frick was one of the party who went abroad with Miss Bill under the chaperonage of Prof. Do Compigny and wife. Miss Delia E. 8t._John, of Norwich. formerly of South Network. is visiting her cousin, Maude E. Hoyt. on Rotors Hill. Winfield Moody.cditor of Scribner’s Book Buyer, has returned to his duties after a two weeks' vacation.a portion of which he spent in Norwalk. Mrs. William E. Patch, of Brooklyn, returned home this morning, after a visit with her sister. Mrs. George Norvell, 81 West street. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jennings. of Bostum are spflbg a few days with Mr. and Mrs. We Eartwick. South street. Miss M. DeliaWilcox, of Norwich. formerly of South Norwalk, is visiting her sister. Mrs. S. W. Hoyt,on Roton Hill. Arthur L. Benedict. of Bayview ave- nue, ls entertaining his brother. Rev. Frederick L. Benedict. of Warrensburg, N. Y. . Mrs. W.H. Murray and family. of High street. Norwaik. will leave tbwn tomor- row for a three months’ visit at Chicago. Miss Dolly Sterrwald, of Railroad place, returned last evening. from a wtek’s visit in Newark, N. J. Mrs. R. T. Cooper arrived in town. last evuing, to stay with her mother. Mrs. Alfred Platt. who is quite ill. I'lthrlolte and Hattie Grumman. of Nnrwslk. have returned from a three weeks' visit in Bldgelleld. William Baku. of West avenue, left South Norwalk today. to take up his residence in Bridgeport. Misses Florence and Grace Hsvlland, of Washington street. are spending two weeks on 1mg Island. Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Coolidge are heard- ing at the Roton Point Hotel. Mrs. Louise Uta and son,of New York. are guests of Isaac Bows- and wife, of Water street. Norwalk. The Misses Eva Green and Grace Baker are guests of Mrs. Louisa L. Weed. of Cliff street. Garry Carson. of South First street, has returned from a stay of several months In llleriden. Miss Minnie Goetchius, of Brooklyn, is the guest of Mrs. James H. Nash. Bay- view avenue. Charles Tenney, of Brooklyn, formerly of Norwnik. was in town yc iterday. Mrs. Charles Williams. of Harbor ave- nue. is a guest of James 0. Hunt. of Wilton. Mr. Williams joined her there today. Mrs. llenry Matheis and sons Leo and Allie. of High street. Norwalk, started this morning for Boston to visit relatives. fined for Asaaulslag his naught". John Gammon. who recently moved to Norwalk. and lives near the Norwalk Gas company's works. was before Justice Austin this morning. charged with as- saulting his daughter Maggie. The spec- ial outlet in the complaint was for an an ssult committed Sunday, with a portion of a carriage top bound on one side with iron. which. after being used to beat the girl. was thrown at her by the angry parent. inflicting a cut in her left temple. The justice found evidence to convict andlmpcasdailne of CI and costs and ”need Gammon to thirty days in jail. Chief Bradley took the man to jail. Cats I Schooner to Please. The schooner B. P. Che-apt Bath.Me.. mashed New London, yesterday after- noon, I wreck. Milled been in collision with the sound steamer Puritan.“ the Fall River line, user Faulkner‘s wand, and'iooksdaslhcufll slashed bssufa a cyclone. Captain My said the Chas was barred from New Mold to Norwalk islands with s destined of so- callop shells. Allstaftheltat. LiisrbsrtIJncnlmdnsrborsvu, who has harassioudyill with dyad- ortatu's CONVENTION. sscssrasr roars CALLS rus SESSION no cause. A Good Natures! Struggle over the Boise- tion of the Place for the Meeting last Year—Mutts Norwaik Likely to Walk of! with the Prise. Secretary John S. Jones. of Westport, called to order the eleventh annual con- ventionof the State Firsmen’s associa- tion in the Sterling Opera Hon”. Derby. at 2 o'clock yesterday‘afternoon. Prayer was offered by the Rev. W. H. Barton and Mayor O'Bullivan, in a very brief address. made the visitors welcome. Secretary Jones in his report states that during the past year there had been paid 02.696 to disabled firemen. $520 for the support of nine orphans of firemen and a special benefit of £200 to James Hanna. of Bristol. In addition to this a death benefit of 8550 had been paid. making a total of $5,700 in benefits paid during the year and a grand total of $36,337 paid out during the ten years existence of the association. The financial report follows: By membership and dues.... ,3 36.00 By advertising ...................... 94.00 0n hand last report ................... 18.00 Total .................................. 461.00 Paid to treasurer ....................... moo Totalnowonhand..................... 186.00 Treasurer S. C. Snagg. of Waterbury, made the following report: Receipts state account ............ .. . . .slumnz Receipts. association account... . . . . . .. 1,606.84 Total receipts ........................ ‘. .. 16.05am Expenditures. state account ........... 4,612.15 Expenditures. association account.... 172192 Total expenditures 4 mm Total receipts... . ... 16.06936 Total expenditures ..................... 4,786.07 Total balance July as. m. ............. 11273.59 Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President. William C. Smith. of New Haven; secretary,John S Jones. Westport, (ro-elected);treasur- er. Samuel C. Snagg. Waterbury, (rc- elected); vice presidents. Morris Myers Danbury; E. F. O'Brien. Hartford; F. W. Willey,Middletown; L. H. Greenberg. Norwich; Clarence E. Palmer, Bridge port; Luke F lynn. Willrmantic; John Wagner, Rockvllle; W. H. Dayton. Tor- ringlon, and W. 0. Wallace, Ansonia. There isa good~natured fight over the selection of the place of meeting for next year. Bridgeport wanted it, but Hart- ford seems to object to Bridgeport get- ting anything that the Capitol City can keep her from having. and so she has one tered the field. The delegates from up; per Connecticut are naturally with Hart- ford, and Bridgeport counts for support on her southerly neighbors. Soutthgr- walk is watching the struggle keenly and it would not be surprisingtoseeher walk off with the prize. while the two rival are fighting it out. TENNIS CLUB SOIREE. Many Out-of-‘l'own Guests Participate in the Dance at the Casino. The weekly dance of the Norwalk Lawn Tennis club was unusually enjoy- able last evening. there being a number of outof-town young ladies in atten- dance. The music for the occasion was furnished by Weidenbsmmer. and the club's casino was the scene of a very pretty and congenial ‘igatbering. The latest society dances were indulged in. and it was midnight when the gathering dispersed. Among the out-of-town guests were Miss Frances Holmes, of Philadelphia; Miss Tilly, of Blue Rock. Arkansas; Miss Jessie Prick. of Burling- ton, lows: Miss Elizabeth Phelps. of Bloomington. Ill.. and 'a party of Bridge- port socrsty people under the chaperon- mot Mrs. E. P. Lyon. (WOBiUHDZ of Miss Rosalie Waldo. Miss Clara Stock. lug. Miss Amy Stocking. Miss Nellie Ilyolhwell. and Messrs. (Joggeswell, Ed- ward Willstt. Gregory Bryan. Arthur Miller. Mortimer Comstock. Blair Am derson. Falrchild Wheeler. Frank Wal- do. and Shelton Stevenson. They re- turned home on the 1 o'clock train this morning. ‘l’ratn taro-sup Bradley. The train taking the second battalion to camp on the llth inst... will leave South Norwsik at his a. m. A passen- ger coach will he provided for each of the two military companies here. and a baggage car will be left at the depot the night before. so that it may be loaded early in the morning. Allbag- gagsahouldbson the car half an hour before the time the train leaves. so that the car may be attached to the train without delay. The colouei’s car. which takes the field and staff oflicersmlll start from Stamford. the train leaving thereat 7am. The field and staff oflieem at Stsmfordwlil takethslr car firewood the field and staff officers here will take thsuarat 7.15. The horn will all be taken from Bridgeport and will leave on the first mtiou of the train with thebag- gags can at “lilo. The neonduutlcn tak- ing the nouns. will have titers at 3 mm WGmesabnr-nwm new a the mom can at . commutatitm nss'ras course was Fifty-ulna canine-no norms-s ‘ rs ‘ allies of the 'I'own‘ Clark. Fifty-nine death certificates“! the month of July have been returned lei-he town clerk’s office. as follower" . . , , y. Y. M. D. “ July 1.0. C. Densehslml.N...... ‘ p . “ s—Msry arouses. m.....sr s , ' o-leargaret ILBaras. 8.13.. 5 . 1 6-401“: Korelski. W’p'k. .. . . s it 7~Abbie Onell.E. N.......... 1 h 1' 7-Clarence V. Althsr. S. N.. f 8 l—John P. Monaghan. S. N.. 1 1 . s—llllcn Noonan. N .......... 43 8—Harry E. Finch. E. N ...... I - lO—Chester A. Hartley. N ..... 62 ll 10 Ill-Bay Wyman. N ........... ' ’i‘ 26 ll—Eilen B.}Iealy.N,....... 5. I iii—James Madden, N ....... 43 11 B 13~Harriett A. Swalm. S. N..80 4 17 ii —Charlotte L. Wendreck. N.” I 38 iii-Morris R. Meeker. N ...... I I ‘i lib-Waiter L. Henderson. N..!l 10 5 li—Ellen Costello. N .......... 50 4 18 -Lucilla Pltzer. N .......... if 19 10-Adeiia C. Mead. S. N .63 'l 20—Wllllam K. Benedict.N.. . I 22 wn—l'annle J. Sanford. N..... .71 5 ’l m—Albert II. Harris. N ....... l 10 0 w~William M. Lawlor, N. . . . 8 23 ill—Joseph F. Mchlllan. N... 5 2 til—Kalle Mchruey. N. ....... ll , aJ-John Seymour. N ......... fr ill—Ann 8.. German. N ........ 1 2 4 ill—Julia 11.8thme 12 24 Zl—Bridgot Walsh. N ......... 70 21-4430 W. Magginn. N. ...... 2 ill—George A. Whitlock. N.. . . 3 an ill-John M. Murray. 8. N ..... 24 21—Arthur Fitzmanrice. S. N. 1 fl—Edwandl.N 4 a ll fi-Arthur A. Dunker. S. N.. s I ill—William B. Tremper. N..4il 6 II 25-CaminellaPalo. N... i ll 10 25cAhhi08fl1llh.8.N.........fll . fi—WillleT.Wall.N.......... 8 tb-lllen Mchn. N .......... it! ill-Florence Buckley. N ...... 2 6 ll 25—Mamle A. Clarkin.N...... 1 z} loonthel May King. ". N.. . .. 1 4 4 23—140qu Walsh. 5. N ....... .24 2B~Jane London. N 28 4 10 ltd—Elbert F. Bailwita. N ..... l 10 21 fi-Robert Valentine. E. N. . . ll 19 Zi—Ernest Sloan. N ........... 1 3 3 Zi—Kilile A. Cnllen.N......... l 3 Ell—aloha E. Flahertr. N..-"~17 1 16 Zia-Wilhelmina A. Miner. N.. S ‘2..." 20 Jane A. Connolly. N.. . ...53 3 7 Zill~anilo I’rendergast. N.. . . . i ll 4 IllL—Benjamin’i‘MerriamSN. 3 4 18 ill—Edward Fagan. N ........ 10 10 31~~Bridget McNerney. N ..... 69 31—Mary kl. Usterbanks. N...H ll Ell—Augusta Ambler. N. . . .... 85 Of the fllty-niue deaths forty-eight were caused by dysentery. cholera infan- tum. colitis and other complaints peculiar to the bowels. Six deaths resulted from bearttrouble. one from drowning, one from old age. one from apoplexy. one from spinal disease and one from In Grippe. ______w___~_____ LEARNING T0 SWIM. reopla Should lime-r Obligation to Become Proficient in this Art. Right in line with several suggestions recentlyprlnred in Tasmanian, is an articlelllthsjcurrent issue of Harper's Bazar on learning to swim: It is not too much to say that those who spend a great part of their time on the water ought to feel under an actual obligation to learn to swim. Not every one is strong enough to keep it up for a long distance. but many lives might be saved if people could keep themselves afloat for only a few minutes, until res- curcrs could reach them. Yachtsmcn. as a rule. are swimmers, but many of the women who accompany them are not. This places more responsibility upon the men. In case of accident. they must risk their lives in making exertions to savor». Sl,‘ who mlghtjlisl as well save them uws. .\ well-known authority on the rm jcct says that women can learn the artol‘ swimming much more easily than can men. If that be true. than there is still less excuse for them, al- though it should hehsaid on the other side. that they probably often do not have so many opportunities for learning. The so solicit has been made that swimming n a bathing suit and in one’s ordinary clothes aretwo entirely different things. and that the ability to do the former does not insure success in the lat- ter. It might be interesting forswoman to enter the water in her usual walking costume and see what she could do. but the idea is rather impracticable. and I do not imagine that we shall hear of many such or iments. Any arm of athletic sport ma be brought into discredit through its a use. Those of us who are sincerely interested in the furtherance and improvement of all out-door exercise see this frequently. and with much regret. Without men- tioning other instances. the single one of sea-bathing comes to mind at this time of r. granules has been aroused against it for different reasons. People who go into the water two or three times a day. staying there perhaps an hour at a time. are responsible for is condemnation on the score of health. A bath of half an hour or less generally not more than_ once a day. is the utmost. I believe. that any physician approves of. Even thatls toolong for the first time. and many batbers never feel so well if they remain in the water more than ten or fifteen “Rut?“ it eceuary t ga u, may seem one n say that abathing-sult is meant to be worn in the water. but some worsen do not appear totblnk so. To go directly from the batirhoussiuta the snrf.and return there some as the bath is the lshed.lsinfarbetterfsstethsatoprom« snadoapablic besenin sessions which is not intended for such d tolerated the
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