| Show Bathing In the Lake Through the courtesy of D E Burley I general passenger agent of the Union Pacific Pa-cific a specialtrain was run to Garfleld Beach yesterday afternoon yestrday aternoon About sixty five of the fve Pennsylvanias Golden Gate excursionists ex-cursionists were aboard together with a number of distinguished people who embraced em-braced the opportunity to see the famous waters of the Great Salt lake It was 0 little after 2 oclock when the special consisting of three coaches and a baggage car hauled out For six miles the train made good time the track along this portion of the road having been relaid with heavier rails A gap or several miles I west of El Dorado was in bad shape and the passengers felt their joints every time the train struck the joints in the rails This passed the train slid sld into Garfield on a smooth rail I was not the intention of the party to indulge in t bath the belief prevailing that the water was too cold But on arriving at the beach the man who cares for bath ing suits told the crowd care a man from Philadelphia had broke the ice yester day and that this same man said the water was warmer than it was Atlantic City in the middle of June A counsel of war was held and Freight Agent Browns bluechecked suit was accepted ac-cepted as an anemone of spring Baron Sommerhoff of the firm of Woeresboffor Co New York and W Watson jr who are in this city in their special caralso felt of the water and pronounced it good though tile baron when it came to the strip backed down disdaining to pass muster under thegrand stand This was a great disappointment to the ladies of tho party who were greatly taken with the barons fine greaty A grand rush was made for the costume Toom and thirteen suits were let out to as many bathers Browns fine form was adorned in a sorrelred suit that caught him up skimp and the auburn hairs of the Rio Grande floated fantastically on the bosom of the unruffled unrufed sea while the grand stand spectators opened their mouths and shot their glasses to catch a g llmpse at thepassing whale Mr Watson Wat son who is a member of the New York stock exchange is an athlete and as lithe as a sea serpent E E Walker the Bur lington new man is as chubby as a cat fish though not a horny when adorned in i one of the Garfield loosefits He fel into the pickle on all fours and scrambled around like a crab in the shal low l waters afraid t get his clothes wet Cohn Studds the tourist wet tourst agent had curves on his legs that would make a fortune for a base ball pitcherif thoy could be thrown They made the hit of the day THE HERALD reporter was not seaworthy and did not venture In beyond his depth but kept tho old hulk going at a pace that stranded the ocean steamers when it came to skinning on the sand bars After twenty minutes of salt sea bath ing the party returned to the bath rooms There was no fresh water In the showers and many of the bathers came out with their ears full of salt which they kept picking out a grain at a time all the way to the city All enjoyed the bath immensely and the hardihood of stealing I march on the season added a zest to tho sport Strange aa it may seem the water was not chilly and the air warmer than it frequently is in Juno Tho lake was per fectly calm all the fecty al warm sunshine of yes terday went to warm the surface water In the deep places the water was intensely cold but about the grand stand tho tem perature was not at all frigid registering Ui by the thermometer Miss Brigham the chaperon of the party was kept very busy in preventing the young ladies of the party from casting shy glauces at the bathers Mrs George H Blauchard wife of Rail Rai way Pool Commissioner Blanchard was among the excursionists and enjoyed the trip greatly |
