Comments on: Bathing Machines http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Barrett http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1051353 Jim Barrett Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:11:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1051353 From the bathing-machine came a din As of jollification within; It was heard far and wide And the incoming tide Had a definite flavor of gin. -Edward Gorey Once the machine had been pushed into the water, a woman could enter the water through doors on the seaward side, the body of the machine and the open doors forming a screen shielding her from the view of those on the beach. From the bathing-machine came a din
As of jollification within;
It was heard far and wide
And the incoming tide
Had a definite flavor of gin.

-Edward Gorey

Once the machine had been pushed into the water, a woman could enter the water through doors on the seaward side, the body of the machine and the open doors forming a screen shielding her from the view of those on the beach.

]]> By: Sofar http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1048823 Sofar Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:58:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1048823 @SW: No one knew how to swim, bathing and wading was about all people could do in the water. And the girls preferred to do it in private. @SW: No one knew how to swim, bathing and wading was about all people could do in the water. And the girls preferred to do it in private.

]]> By: Sofar http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1048815 Sofar Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:57:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1048815 The concept of going to the beach and wading or swimming was new at the time. Something that a lot of people glaze over is that these are not the social norms for the past in general, but the Victorian period in particular. We got a lot more modest in the Victorian period than we were in centuries past, the pendulum of social modesty and permissiveness swings back and forth. The concept of going to the beach and wading or swimming was new at the time. Something that a lot of people glaze over is that these are not the social norms for the past in general, but the Victorian period in particular. We got a lot more modest in the Victorian period than we were in centuries past, the pendulum of social modesty and permissiveness swings back and forth.

]]> By: Terry http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1047795 Terry Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:48:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1047795 Social norms from the past seem absurd. I'm sure future humans will look at our norms and think they're absurd too. Social norms from the past seem absurd. I'm sure future humans will look at our norms and think they're absurd too.

]]> By: Persephone http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1047779 Persephone Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:44:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1047779 "these caravans of propriety, of social mores too foreign for our contemporary eyes," Huh? Haven't this writer heard of the separate beaches for Muslim men and women and seen some of the Muslim bathing outfits for women? "these caravans of propriety, of social mores too foreign for our contemporary eyes,"

Huh? Haven't this writer heard of the separate beaches for Muslim men and women and seen some of the Muslim bathing outfits for women?

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1047442 Christophe Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1047442 I think I prefer the crowded topless French beaches ;) I think I prefer the crowded topless French beaches ;)

]]> By: sw http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/01/bathing-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-1047248 sw Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:28:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19172#comment-1047248 wait, so women couldn't swim but had to wade in the dark inside of one of these contraptions? wait, so women couldn't swim but had to wade in the dark inside of one of these contraptions?

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