Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1895 — “Jack and Jennie.” Sea Bathers. [ARTICLE]

“Jack and Jennie.” Sea Bathers.

All the life guards at Atlantic City and in fact everybody who frequents the beach during the bathing hours are on familiar speaking terms with “Jack” and “Jennie,” the most corpulent, the wittiest, the jolliest and the most persistent surf bathers along the coast. They are man and wife. Jack can easily tip the scales at 300 pounds, while his better half is only a shade lighter. They have been coming down to Atlantic City for the past ten years, and wherever people make merry Jack and Jennie can be seen occupying a prominent position and having more fun than anybody else. Rain or .shine, hot or cold, the well-matched pair can be seen in the surf a couple of hours every day from the first of June until the first of September. The couple are prime favorites with the young people, and if Jack wants to take a pretty girl out in the surf for a frolic he meets no opposition from the affable Jennle. Both of them can swim fairiy~weff,T)ut their forte seems to be in floating. Jack was always a good hand at floating, but it took a couple of season’s hard work to teach Jennie the graceful art. Even to this day when she attempts it Jack always stands by ready to lend a helping hand in case feminine nature should assert itself and Jennie.lose confidence. —Philadelphia Record. - •