. Bell's picturesque guide to American watering places . RAUCHERS HOTEL AND PAVILION. WEST END. As we stroll along wc notice several small buildings for bathing pur-poses, and stands devoted to the sale of fruit, milk, lemonade, cakes, etc.,and notice on our right a neat little buildinji: known as. SMITHS HOTEL. Here will be found good bathing conveniences, and adjoining this is a neatstructure called the Windsor (Laprovosts), well managed, with neatly fur-nished rooms for the accommodation of a large number of guests, at moderatecharges. We are now getting to our journeys end, and as we pass


. Bell's picturesque guide to American watering places . RAUCHERS HOTEL AND PAVILION. WEST END. As we stroll along wc notice several small buildings for bathing pur-poses, and stands devoted to the sale of fruit, milk, lemonade, cakes, etc.,and notice on our right a neat little buildinji: known as. SMITHS HOTEL. Here will be found good bathing conveniences, and adjoining this is a neatstructure called the Windsor (Laprovosts), well managed, with neatly fur-nished rooms for the accommodation of a large number of guests, at moderatecharges. We are now getting to our journeys end, and as we pass wenotice a fond mother giving her little ones a bath regardless of appearances,She has in her innocence adjusted her clothing the same as the little ones,and with her bare feet seems to enjoy the novelty of a sea-side foot bath asmuch as the little lambs whom she in her poverty is trying to entertain. Alittle further on we come across a gay party of revelers. I recognize themas being New York printers with their wives. One poor fellow, evidentlywith a weak back, is haAing himself sand-papered by his better-half by theaid of the pure sand, which she rubs in most vigorously, in spite of thelaughter of the crowd. Their friends in the water seem to enjoy the will ask him why he goes thro


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