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LL the shores of all the
oceans are bathing
places, but there are cer
tain beaches which have
been chosen, some by
the favored few and more
by the merry multitudes,
for sporting in the surf.
These resorts have been
dedicated to the bath and they have at
tained a fame which makes them places
of interest the world around.
There are the
great French re
sorts, where in
summer you may
see the peo
ple whom in win
ter you note dri
ving in Bois or
drinking in the
cafes. Theirs
seems almost a
burlesque of bath
ing, for they ap
pear in as vivid
a blaze of color
and in as elabo
rately construct
ed costumes, and
they are as much
swayed by the
rules of fashion
here as in the
boxi'B of the opera
In Paris. The
French women
make the ocean
a stage and a theater, where they i
dress and decorate themselves for pur
poses of exhibition.
In England there is no carnival of
costume. The liriton takes his dip
In the surf seriously, as he takes all
his pastimes and sports. He is still
afflicted with the old-fashioned four
wheele.d bathing coach, and men and
women bathe in separate groups, ex
cept that the prejudice against mixed
bathing has been forgotten somewhat
at such places as "merry Margate,"
"rollicking liamsgate" and "breezy
Broadstairs." But in general, the
man who might try to spy upon the
woman's beach would find himself as
much taboo as was the peeper who
tried to spy upon Godiva.
The Mediterranean coast is a long
succession of bathing beaches, and for
centuries sirens have left the imprints
of their sandals upon its sands.
The most perfect motor road in all
England runs from London to the
famous sea resort, Brighton, and that
road, though 52 miles of Surrey and
Sussex, is at least one real achieve
ment which must be credited to
George IV. It was tne prince hailed
as the most perfect gentleman in Eu
rope who made fashionable Brighton.
Once upon a time he made the
first visit to his uncle, the duke of
Cumberland, at his Brighton resi
dence, and there he caught a glimpse
of a pretty young actress sunning her
self on the sands. Straightway he
became ena.tiored of the place, and
literally commanded a city to spring
up by the sea.
It is over the road that he built that
motor meets run from the capital to
the famous old Ship tavern on the
wide sea front esplanade. He built,
as his plaything palace, at frightful
recklessness of cost, the pavilion,
which is the most interesting struc
ture in the city, and it is in the beau
tiful dome of the building that con
certs, heard by 3,000 at a time, are
still held.
Hailed as "the queen of the north,"
and as the "English Iliviera," with all
the usual attractions of a fashionable
resort, Scarborough has also a de
lightful blending of history, romance
and legend. Many of the stately
homes of England are in the neighbor
hood whose owners have played a
prominent part in the history of the
nation. The ancient castle is a promi
nent landmark far up and down the
coast and the town has two handsome
bays.
Most carnival-like of all the bathing
places in the world are the French
and the Belgian resorts. There are
villages, huge clusters of huts and
tents and strange-looking straw hives
on the sands. From these three troop
the daintily dressed women and the
grotesquely attired men. They bathe
together in water that more often
than not barely wets their knees. For
the women are here to be admired
and the men have come to ilirt and to
ogle. Yes, it is like a carnival. It 1B
a whirlpool of froth and fashion, a
kaleidoscope of life And gaiety. This
place where the people go into the
sea tethered with ropes to dabble
placidly in water of saucer-like shal
lowness is a carnival of uproar and
extravagance.
It would seem that Trouvllle was
discovered about 1830 by two marine
painters. Rambling along the Nor
man coast in search of subjects, they
chanced one day upon an humble fish
ing village at the mouth of the
Toucques, where the rugged faces
and the quaint costumes of the in
habitants made excellent spoil for the
brush Forthwith they sought shelter
at the MIIO Inn and spread their can*
VMM prey, in the salon for KM
some Parisians noticed the new name,
Trouvllle They also met It In un
article by Dumas When hot weather
caine they sought It out.
I nder the empire, 20 years later,
fashion nt its seal u|on the place.
Dieppe had been started by the duch
ess de li« rry and was abs< :„.,j f,y the
sects of the Faubourg Si ii..ruialn
and ihe Faubourg St. Honoro. Its
shore was trod by the feet of the
Forty Immortals, who then only be
longed to the Orleans party, and by
deposed statesmen. The imperial
court had abandoned Dieppe and gone
to Biarritz, but that was too far from
Paris for the lesser officials and the
busy men of the party to follow. And
Trouvllle offered a bathing place with
in six hours of Paris. So it came
about that villas were built and a
square foot of sand soon cost as much
as a square foot of building ground
in Paris itself. Very soon it was the
favorite resort of the inonde and the
demi-monde.
The real life of Trouvllle, of course,
is closed to the merely passing visitor,
just as is the case at Cowes and at
Newport. The passing caller has not
the entree to the salons and the vil
las. But he may see that the people
change their toilets every hour, he
may walk the promenade and the
beach, firm and smooth, which slopes
so slowly into the sea that the bather
must wade far to get into water to
his neck, even at liign tide, and he
may visit the Casino, so close to the
sea that the great tide of 1876 almost
swept It away.
Dieppe shows a seascape that is
called "inexpressibly grand." The vis
itor seats himself upon the terrace
and looks seaward over a glorious
and far-stretching expanse. Some
times it is as calm as a mirror. But
the tide never creeps in. It brings
waves and foam with it. Often it is
turbulent. Sometimes it comes in as
a raging plain that lifts Itself at last
mountain high and thunderously
dashes itself upon the shore and flings
its salt showers over the spectators.
It is splendid for the eye and it
gives vigor to the body.
Napoleon played with Josephine,
pushing her into the water, and hiding
her bathing slippers, to the amuse
ment of the boatmen and the onlook
ing staff, in their bathing expeditions
in 1808 from Bayonne to Biarritz, that
| bright little corner of France, nest
ling at the foot of the Pyrenees, over
looking the Bay of Biscay and ad
joining the Basqne provinces of Spain.
There are memories here of the
Empress Eugenie also. On the slope
and overhanging the great rocks at
the head of the bay are the ruins of
the bathing villa, where she and
Louis Napoleon spent many happy
hours. It was sold, then enlarged and
burned in 1903. There are many his
torical memories here. Gladstone
spent weeks here each year. Many
battles were fought in the vicinity in
the Wellington campaigns and the
Spanish provinces adjacent are full of
reminiscences of Loyola and Xavier.
Ostend—to the initiated that meaus
the most beautiful strand to be con
ceived, as smooth as a billiard table
and stretching away many a league.
It means also in the summer months
a most diverting spectacle, where
dandies mince and flirt even with the
I waves, where bathing, dancing, ga
| ming and music occupy the fashion
j able world, and where the vast
throngs present a gay and cheerful
miscellany of faces and costumes.
This most important seaside town
on the continent of Europe has its
palatial villas, including the summer
| residence of the king; its sports, polo,
I golf, tennis, racing, its great annual
"bataille do flvurs," its promenades,
, and around all its beach, a paradise
j for children, and its bath houses, so
great a novelty for Americans. Above
j all, it has its kursall, the center of
| all the gaieties of the season, which
gives the visitor who sees it for tho
I first time a most confused Impression
I of marbles and mosaics, brass, copper
and gilding, rich hangings, palms and
mirrors. The dike or "digue" which is
built along the beach is u three mile
promenade, and at night the spectacle
seen upon it Justifies the sayltiK that
Ostend Is "the maddest, merriest" city
In Europe.
Every country has its seashore re-
Korts, some of theiu «s famous as
Biarritz and Brighton. Bray, !u
County Wlcklow, Is the hrightou of
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1910.
Ireland. Perhaps Portrush in the
Emerald isle is even more popular.
England has Yarmouth and a score
of big beaches, aside from those which
have been named. There are good
beaches in Wales and a;ong the Clyde
in Scotland. Spain has San Sebas
tain across the border from Biarritz.
On the Bay of Biscay, also, in Arca
chon, nestling among the pines, 40
miles from Bordeaux.
Other and not so "advanced" coun
tries have also their summer exodus
to the shore. Tunis, for instance, has
a number of popular resorts. What
Brighton is to the Englishman, and
what Dieppe is to the Frenchman,
that Rades is to the Tunisian. La
Marsa is said to resemble Trouville.
Bathing is an indulgence that Is
proper at any hour of the day. Those
who bathe don no special dress, but
enter the water exactly as they were
at the moment they decided to bathe.
Then they stretch out on the sands to
dry. At these Tunisian watering
places such amusements as tennis,
shrimping and cafe concerts, as well
as sand castle building by the chil
dren", are well known.
Finally America, not forgetting the
Philippines. The list to a very long
one. Palm Beach, where in February
the "water's fine," and, indeed, the
whole Florida coast. The resorts in
California, the gulf coast beaches, the
almost endless succession of bathing
places on the Atlantic coast. What
a list there is of them. Narragansett
Pier, which has become the polo head
quarters of the nation; Asbury Park,
with its Founder Bradley and its an
nual baby parade reviewed by Titania
and her court, and Atlantic City, with
its board walk, its famous piers, and
a bathing hour that begins one might
think at dawn and lasts till dark.
Miles of firm white sand, shelving to
the boundless ocean and washed by
the eternal surf —no wonder that those
who come from the interior to see
the sea for the first time have no trou
ble understanding its fascinations.
WHEN BEARS BREAK IN
They Swipe the Butter and Coffee and
Smash Things Just for
Fun.
"Bear fur has been BO low in price
the last few years that I have not
tried to catch them if they would let
my camps along and keep out of mis
chief," writes a New Brunswick trap
per in Fur News. "But they quite
often break into the camps and then
I have to kill them whether the fur is
good or not.
"If they do get in a camp butter and
coffee seem to be their first choice,
but they generally smash everything
that will break and what they don't
oat they will destroy, and if they once
learn to break Into a camp the only
way to stop them is the trap or gun."
Tile Is Most Sanitary.
Of all the materials used in bath
rooms and kitchens for walls, floors
and even for ceilings, the only perfect
one is the tile. The rest are merely
makeshifts made necessary on account
of expense usually.
The tile is absolutely smooth and
non-absorbent; in consequence it is
very easily cleaned with soap and
water.
A core or sanitary base should be
used where the walls and floor join
to prevent the accumulation of dust
which may become a breeding ground
for germs. Door and window trims of
tile may also be used.
While tile may be obtained in prac
tically all colors, there is no color
that gives the idea of cleanliness as
pure white does. As people realize
the advantages of tiling !r. both the
kitchen and bathroom it is coming
into more und more general use. and
the economizing Is done on something
ofse. One of tl»e great advantages of
tile In the kitchen I* that being vitrf>
lied, even hot grease cannot be ab
■ orbed, but Is wiped off its easily us
oft of a plate.
POLITICIAN OWES MILLIONS
$950,000 is unsecured; that the defendant has no ready money with which to
meet the payments due and that certain creditors are threatening to sell his
collaterals and enter suits.
James M. Guffey arose to nation wide prominence in the summer of 1908,
when William Jennings Bryan, who had been his admired friend, repudiated
him and tried to dispossess him of the Democratic control of Pennsylvania.
As a result of Colonel Guffey's opposition to Bryan at the Denver convention
in 1908, a number of the Pennsylvania delegates belonging to his faction were
excluded from the convention and Colonel Guffey himself was succeeded as na
tional committeeman by Kerr of Pennsylvania, but Kerr died within a few
months and Guffey regained his former place.
Colonel Guffey, who Is 65 years old, has been an active Democratio
leader in Pennsylvania for over 20 years. He has also built up two great for
tunes. In 1&83, when he had amassed wealth amounting to millions as an oil
producer, he "went broke" with a score of other Pennsylvania millionaires fol
lowing the depression in oil securities. As it seemed there was little chance
of recuperating his fortunes in the oil fields, Colonel Guffey changed his base
of operation to Pittsburg, his business to the production of natural gas, and in
a half-dozen years his wealth again was in its old repositories.
As a member of the national committee he has been a forceful figure and
he was a strong probability for the successorship to Chairman J. K. Jones
after the latter's retirement. He has long been credited with the ambition to
become a member of the United States senate.
PREACHER VICTIM OF FIRE
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Magee college, Londonderry, and at New college. University of Edinburgh. He
was ordained to the ministry in 1884, and occupied pulpits in Belfast, Toronto
and Chicago. For many years he was active as an editor of Presbyterian pub
lications and at one time was high chief ranger for Ireland of the Independent
Order of Foresters. He has been prominent also In Masonic circles. His wife
formerly was Miss Sara A. Cooper of Philadelphia. They have been married
20 years.
As a minister Mr. McCaughan not only possessed unusual talents for
preaching the Gospel, but he had great strength and breadth in dealing with
human affairs. Ho was greatly interested in industrial problems, and had
the respect and confidence of the laboring men of Chicago. Before coming to
this country he was instrumental in settling a great strike in the shipbuilding
yards in Belfast.
Ho was a noted lecturer before he entered the ministry and participated
in a number of political campaigns in England. He is wonderfully gifted with
the power of expression and the ability to sway a crowd to his way of
thinking.
MRS. VANDERBILT TO FLY
who has made flights with her husband, and of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., also experieuced. Clifford B. Harmon will re-enter the ballooning field.
He is to try for the international cup in the races from St. Louis and has
purchased Captain Baldwin's balloon In New York for the purpose. He has
piloted this same balloon before and with it established two American records,
for height and duration, in a flight in October, 1909.
A series of "aeroplane matinees" under the auspices of the Aero club of
America have been held on the aviation field at Garden City. Prizes were
offered for flights of varied character. The first part of the program was a
series of exhibition flights. Captain Baldwin and Mr. Harmon made ascents at
the same time, the one turning to the left and the other following the two-mile
course to the right*.
INVENTOR QUITS COMPANY
C
venttve genius made up his mind to retire entirely as active head of the firm
which had been created from his brain and which through many years of
hard work on his part has become one of the big corporations of the world.
Mr. Westinghouse is a member of the board of directors whose terms expire
lu 1912, and hi- will remain as a director until that time.
Among the many (mentions that are credited to the master mind of Mr.
Westinghouse, besides the alt brake, are a device for replacing derailed steam
ears, \arious pneumatic devices for twitching and signaling a complete sys
tem for controlling natural gas und conveying it lor long dlsttlncea, adaptations
ior ileum devices and similar creations. Mr. Westlnghuxse was rucently
• ■looted president of the Amerlcfi" Society of Mechanical Cngineurr.
Col. James M. Guffey, oil magnate and national
Democratic committeeman for Pennsylvania,
whose affairs were recently placed In the hands of
a receiver because it was said that he owed a
vast sum which he had not the ready money to
liquidate, will pay off his indebtedness in full and
then still have some $8,000,000 balance left, ac
cording to John S. Willard, receiver for the poli
tician. Schedules of the colonel's finances show
that his assets are something more than $15,000,-
000, while liabilities amount to about $7,000,000.
The receiver for Colonel Guffey's properties was
appointed by Judge Joseph M. Swearingen, of
Pittsburg, upon a bill in equity filed by J. H.
Galey.
The bill filed alleges that Colonel Guffey's
indebtedness is about $6,700,-000, of which about
Kev. William John McCaughan, formerly pas
tor of the Third Presbyterian church of Chi
cago, and his wife, were victims of a fire which
swept the Kelvin hotel in Belfast, Ireland. Rev.
Mr. McCaughan resigned his charge in Chicago
three years ago to accept a pastorate of a church
In Belfast. The fire spread so rapidly that guests
and employees were cut off from escape. Three
employees were burned to death and many of the
guests were injured, perhaps fatally. The Mc-
Caughans occupied rooms on an upper floor of the
hotel and when the fire started, tried to escape
by a stairway. They were hemmed in by the
flames, were severely burned and at last Jumped
from a window.
Rev. Mr. McCaughan was born in Moycraig,
Ballycastle, Ireland, in 1859, and was educated at
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has purchased ot.e of
the "smallest, prettiest and speediest" French
monoplaneß designed specially for women, and it
is expected that she will soon be prominent
among the feminine aviators. Three of the ma
chines have been shipped to this country, with
three French women to demonstrate them, and
American women who long to experience the
thrills of an aeroplane flight will soon have an
opportunity to gratify their desire. The aero
planes weigh only ISO pounds each and are
equipped with 12-horse power engines. One will
goto the aviation Mlneola, L. I. All wom
en who desire to learn the art of flying will be
given instruction.
It is understood that two of the machines will
become the property of Mrs. Clifford B. Harmon,
George Westinghouse, who resigns the presi
dency of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufac
turing company, having, he pays, virtually been
"frozen out" by his business associates, has been
recognized as one of the country's greatest in
ventors since 1868, when he patented his air
brake, now universally used on railroads. He has
made many other Inventions of great value. Mr.
Westinghouse was born In Schoharie county, New
York, in 1846. He is a member of the French Le
gion of Honor and holds decorations from Italy
and Belgium.
it was not until after the reorganization of the
company some years ago, when it went into the
hands of a receiver, that Mr. Westinghouse first
noticed that he was taking a secondary place in
the business of the company—not voluntarily. The
DIDN'T LIKE DARK COLORS.
Johns—l heard you tell that inan to
never darken your door again. Try
ing to marry your daughter?
Thomas —No; he's a painter and he
painted my l'ront door ebony instead
of oak.
RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS
"I had eczema on my hands for tea
years. I had three good doctors but
none of them did any good. I then
used one box of Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before I had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
Ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time I had
used the third bottle, I was entirely
well. To any one who has any skin
or blood disease I would honestly ad
vise them to fool with nothing else,
but get Cuticura and get well. My
hands have never given me the least
bit of trouble up to now.
"My daughter's hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema.
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti
cura. She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks they were entirely cured. I
nave used Cuticura for other members
of my family and it always proved suc
cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falln, Speera
Ferry, Va., Oct 19, 1909."
It Was the Other Way.
"Mr. Jones," said the senior partner
in the wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him In
the private office, "you have been
with us for the past ten years."
"Yes. sir."
"And you ought to know the rules
of the house. One of them is that no
man of ours shall take a side line."
"But I have none, sir."
"But you have lately got married."
"Yes; but can you call that a side
line, Mr. Jones?"
"Technically, it may not be."
"You needn't fear that having a
wife is going to bring me in off a trfp
any sooner."
"Oh, I don't. It Is the fear that
having a wife at home you'll want to
stay out on the road altogether!"
119 Years Old When He Died.
Paddy Blake, who was born at Bal
lygireen, parish of Kilnasoolagh, Coun
ty Clare, Ireland, 119 years ago. has
died In the Corofin Union hospital.
Paddy had a clear memory of events
that happened a hundred years ago
and was one of those w f ho went to see
Daniel O'Connell passing through Pun
ratty Pike on his way to Ennis for
the great election of 1828.
Playing the Market.
"Curbroke never pays for his meat
until a month afterward."
"So I hear. Prices in the meantime
go up, and he feels as though he'd
made something."—Puck.
If a fireman antagonizes you tell
him togo to blazes.
| A COOL 1
PROPOSITION I
And a Si»re One.
The Body Does Not Feel Heat
Unpleasantly if it has
Proper Food—
Grape-Nuts
People can live in a temperature
which feels from ten to twenty degrees
cooler than their neighbors enjoy, by
regulating the diet.
The plan is to avoid meat entirely for
breakfast; use a goodly allowance of
fruit, either fresh or cooked. Then fol
low with a saucer containing about four
heaping teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts,
treated with a little rich cream. Add to
this about two slices of crisp toast with
a meager amount of butter, and one
cup of well-made Postum,
Isy this selection of food the bodily
energy is preserved, while the hot, car
bonaceous foods have been left out.
The result Is a very marked difference
lu the temperature of the body, and
to this comfortable condition Is added
the certainty of ease and perfect diges
tion, for the food being partially pre
digested is quickly assimilated by tho
digestive machinery.
Experience and experiment in food,
iind its application to the humau body
has brought out these facts. They
can be made use of and add materially
to the comfort of the user.
Head the little book, "The itoad to
VVellvllle," In pkgs. "There's a Reason."