The Philosophy Of A Pretty Woman In Salt Water

"The bathing boúr is tlie only liour at the sea sido lor those still conscious of youth. There is drtving hour also, but t is not the same. A.nj old cripplecan drive.11 At these rcmarks the pretty miss dived and gfaook one blue toe and its acconipanyinr flipper above the waves, and struck out tbr theooean direct. Ii'sucli ure the sentlmentg," thooghl I, "here roes tor yon ; for it is better tobe drowned Ihan Xo miss the batliing hour." We swain beyoud thestakes and lines, and the bottom had given wiiy beneath us. "KeejlVfiureyeaon miñe," said Che pretty miss. still strikinj; out like a waterdog. "People who ean keepcheerfulcan'tsink." Atsuredly it never aeemed so easy to "in in deep witter. Stic was A rr;i eyeu srlrl, a Hule iivrki.d. but with plenty of color, and her voice in particular arti" latid so (listiiul :n..i manful like that it made tlu1 wliole ocenn subinissive. Raid I : "1 nevcr tricd, but with you I think 1 tould cross the Wltole pond." "That'a wlmt everybody says," she exclaimed, laughlng. "I suppose because I'in not af raid I assure other cowards. Now I learned to swim from a man, and that gave me conlidence. Man oau teach wouiun to swim, and a woman who knpws can teach man, but 1 liever was able to make a swimintr ol 'any woman. I learqed af a swimining school. I saw that the teacher was in love with me, and that was -dinc encouragement, as one victory gives conndence and leads to another, I finally beat him iwtasming. Thetl I had DO more respect for him - and lie drowned himselt." "Giacious lieavens !" said I, swallowing half a pint of sea water and {roinj; down. When I came up again sbe was lyinj; on lier back with both feet halt' out of the water m&king lOTí to the angels above. "Did In dnnvii at sea ?" I ventured to say. ¦' No, drowned of drink, though be liad a weakness lor it before. He must have been silly to fall in love with me Instead of swimining." llcrc I also lunicil over on tny back and dW tluM-lixitlu wlntvly, thr.Tifhttnll-, ing overhead, and we both ceued i make any exertion and llnated tliere, talklng, half a niilc trom Bltore, like two people in a bOat. The pretty miss talked in that larjje aisurtng voice with a real sense and eloquence wbich made, the ocean satr romance. "There is plenty of evefythlng but selfreliance," sbc said, 'and that nobody can get without daring for it. The body reiiires educatlon more iban the hcad. Any ucll liicd woman who can swim out herc, far at sea, can hold her own with her husland alter she gets him. Jlusbands leave thelr wivi s liceause their wives will not go along with them. Man is an exercisiiif; animal ; after Imsiness his world is and OUgM to be the open air. But his wife ncver learned to walk, and what little she once walked .sim will not io a year after marriage. Not a single physical exercise does an American woman acquire after marriage. Consequently," said the pretty miss, with the most natural frankneH.s, "a woraan of active body eau, il' she wants to, lead away those bereaved husbands. ,Iohnny," remarked the lady, exeeutnijr a dive which was more likeaduck's going down for a week, "teach your daughtera to walk, to riilc, and to swim. Then the}' can see jus! where their husbands go." "l'liere's no fear about me now," said I; " tbis peculiar couversation is too licalthy tor apprehension." "We will go loward the beaeli," she said; "tor we shail be tired before we get there. Do you know why lmsbands do not court their wives more f Because their wives sit dowu on thetn. Show me a wifc who walk around the park with herhusband and talks frankly with him, üke any other man. and Pil show yon a oouple still courting. Swimming is woman's grealest lnxury if she only knew it, but she is not dressed in a style either to walk or swim. She sits down at home, talking dress, and accusiug him of neglect, while it is the high-heelcd shoc and tight stays and selflshness of ease which is coming bftween them. He is sclfish tpo, but he cannot give up his nature what she is w orhippinjr t Go up yonder to ihe hotel of evenlngs, and what are they talking about f Dress, aipearance and spending money. I liear it over and OVereyery night, and I don't wonder the husbanda are pjaying poker or pool, or propping ii[) the bar. Few of the ladiea touch the piano; those who can singdonot do ii. Beoauae Iran swiin out hero hoyond the ropes they perhaps think I am queer. Now I know sume (il these same lieglccted husbands. beeause they have swam with me, and In everyease their wives could kindie them to glo inj: love again iftliey wcre not so helpless. It is ardor thut begets the ardent glauco, ÖDe busband tokl me yeslerday that he took his wife to Ettrope and all she wanted to look at was the shop wiudows." ¦What do you think about the batbing robes- or rathe i lic Bliort sklrtef" "AbSOltttely sensible. Why should a woniaii ban: her arm, which s'he does not need t do, npTerqacupIng '¦ and mm up Üerieetat thè swYmmfiig hour when she wants them to kick with ? You take those fifty women on the beach and walcb t li.in as they are coslumcd. Candor, equttlity and ,i,nis play and liealth gurroond the fflrl'8 Stocktng. Hiñan wants Feu dress evervway, and more nature. She had bclter(lress like tbc imeés at couri than wear lmi" skins over Kreiich heelt. SI leani to Invite attcuUonjto her fo't by those heel, but she wcars a fice bathiug dress lor an honest reasoo.