Worthy of Imitation.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 19 August 1890, Page 2

Worthy of Imitation.

Puhlic men are slow to niovo .'md cronpra^fy r^qnost a " precedent ' for nnv action they nuv talc°. Wp draw tlift flttenM'on of His WovMn vh u Mavov of (> oxt^n. f.lio Councillors of Hi* Bor-Minrh and tha Town Clerk to the noble action of tho Mayor of the Town of N^wmrt, in M'-mmn'-Vhiro, and ns baths nre wanted h^vo as mnnli tm thprp we r>v,iy them to art like wise. Thf Tow* of v o\v ort ha* provHor] sorno na^r bfith* nivl h's worslpp (Vrl not con.-vtlev tli° oovmony of formfil inauQjnraf on t^ liavo ho«»i wfl'l ami trnlv cair'e'l thvouprh unfil he lia r l himsfilf talcpn a h a T sr into the | n-nt-#v and nw;i n tlm fnl' 'ength of the lvith Atth lou^'t Ihe lur --p nmnlipv of ladies ' n 1 flf-nMpnnn wli'i werf present, nf fonr-e, luhold tlio flavor roap'enrlenf, in bis robes of

office While th^ speeches of dedi- j cation were bring ma !<>, however, he <lisnp|/«ared to iiso* forth again presenily in a different kind of g<>wn — to wit, that clinging sheet which is assumed in the Turkish bath. Casting this aside, and ruvea iug his manly proportions cased in a bathing suit, he dived in. A bodyguard of po icemen, without waiting to divest themseVes of so much as their helmets, Lumb ed in after him. Not to be outdone in patriotism, the Councillors and Town Clerk of this municipality of ''gallmt little Wales" popped out of unexpected doors, and a'ao betook themselves to the watery element in inch numbers, that the photographer who waa present to " fix" the novel ?cene required his largest paW to take all the dripping heads with which the bath was soon alive. Afler scrambling out wet ad drip' ping but laughing heartily to the cheers of the spectators, the bather? dressed, and probably fell to with all the more avidity upon the luncheon, over which they subsequently met in the Town Hall.