Show A SEA SIDE DISENCHANTMENT A friend of mine who had accompanied accom-panied his wife to a French water ingplace has revealed to me secrets which are calculated to destroy the illusions appertaining to the nymphs that sport in French waves He went with his wife to buy a bathing dress in Paris There he discovered that beneath the tightfitting jersey which is now the lasionable dress for the water stays are worn and many other appliances to aid in fashioning a beauteous figure J remember going with a lady to bathe at one of these French watering water-ing places Ve both emerged from our respective machines Near me 1 saw a beauteous vision Her haii was flowing round her shoulders her eyes glistened her cheeks were bright with color and her dress lent beauty to a beautiful figure Soon a wave came I missed my friend Close by me was a haggard female her form was angular and scraggy I her nose was blue and her cheek I hollow a wisp of hair not longei than a rats tail was hanging from her head Where was the glorious vision that had stood by me A voce came from the chattering I teeth of the hag It was the vision II but 0 how changed 1 |