Liberate attempt is tobe. made "to It is interesting to sce that a de-
Fevive the glories of Bath, It is a lovely old city, perhaps the only one in England which shows evidence of hearing been intentionally and very finely planned. But for many years it has had the reputation of being Gwith parts of Cheltenham) the last Fesort of a brand of Early Victorian Old ladies elsewhere extinct, The Abbey always gives one the impression of being full of pincushions and antimacassars. "Next week, however, the Duchess of Kent will be present for a grand reopening of the Assembly Rooms. During the evening, the minuet will be danced by 40 couples Greased to represent great personages of the 18th century. Whether anyone now drinks the waters at Bath I don't know, though doctors have told me that at Bath, Leamington and Harrogate are mineral waters "ay beneficent as any to be found on the Continent, only in our mad English way we must always be running after foreign inventions. According legend Bath waters were discovered by an carly British King named Bladud, who was cured of his rosy "by bathing in them. 'Then came the Romans, remains of whose baths are still tobe seen; and than Bean Nash. 'The rings in' the walls of the baths to which 18th century bathers held, with floating trays before them carrying their handkerchiefs and snuff-boxes, are still there, "Tyas a glolous sight to behold the stading With gentlemen up to their wrote a contemporary poet, But the mixed bathing of those days was decidedly voluminous in costume,
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