Ladies Under Water

In Belgium, molí and vvomen, grotepquf ly eind, bathu togethur as if wator woro their uutura! cluiiieut. At Bladenburg you will soe the bridegroom come forti) fmiu his baignoir, leading his brida by tbe haud, steadying her amid the surf. Tbe fatlier dips his daughtors, and tbe most modest demoisclUt in the World, froin a neighboring machine, giadly avuil themselves if his polito ger vicee. Sumetimes a hannless acquuintancoship is slruok up üioüiig the waves, to b perfeoted ol dry land, as ocghsíoii may offer. At the bathe of Pfeiffer, youtig ü'.on and maideas, bid men and ehiWreu, sit in the htuilin wattrs promiscuously, while tnbles of wond, bearing a newspaper or a cup of eoffüo, ore geutly flua!ed to thom, aloug the surfaoe, at their cali. Al Dieppe, the weather beatón buthor, wiih h8 uoarsa blue shirt and eun-burnt ha, waits patiently for tbe lady itsuiiig from hor marine eham ber, fanciiully clud, aud oiton woariEg evou hor neoklace aud riug.s, Ho listeiss, witli hie bucket in hand, while she tells him liow the soa-water is to be thrown.; VVith ono it ia the houd, with uncituer ihe ai'ui, cticst, or ntipu o{ Úw neck, thut is iirst to be profused ; and another stands likc a rock, wbile pi.il ufter puil i dushed upa tho suiall of lier back. ïheu, if whe ís young, tbe bather gives her a lesson ou su'iiiiming, and bids hor rely oa tlie naotiou of hor anns, aud leavo her feet entirjy to his diieetiou, whilo bo guidas tbam alter tbo seniblaoeo of a fi;og.