The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-07-31
Behavior ut Watering Places.

If traveller were to visit al American wa
tering place at the height Of the season, VIC fear
that he would conceive poor idea of our
polteness generally. Hc would find SO many
people putting on airs, so many rendering them
selves absurd with prctension, SO many exhibiting
mere vulgar love Of display, that lie would
infalIibIy become disguised, and overlooking the
really well bred, would pronounce us all set Of
conceited puppies
Foremost at such places he would fud the
would be exclusives, who fancy they are proving
their gentility by violating all the ordinary cour-
tesies and customs of life. To be singular, they
think, is to be aristocratic, and so they stultliy
themselves by appearing in sunbonncts at
church. coming down to dinner in dishabllIe,
and attending a hop in morning costume. Or
he would see such persons affecting to b. dis
gusted with everything they eat and rronounclng
excellent accommodations "absolutely wretch.
ed." Have people any business away from
home with such ridiculous airs Watering
places are essentially democratic, and have bcep
SO considered ever since Beau Nash ruled at
Bath. The general comfort demands that all
should 10 affabl= especially as an acquaintance,
formed at such resorts, is understood, among
really well bred persons, not to involve an init
macy in town, unless by mutual consent
Next in prominence are the gossips and tale
bearers These are always busyng themselves
about other pco c's affairs, retailing small SIAN
ders, wnking inuendocS, manufacturing false
hoods They pry among servants and children,
poison the Ayment Of their listeners, and
sedulou>ly aim at setting everybody by their
ears. N..xL conc the wi gar prctrnders, who,
by d;nt of extravaganza and show, hope to be
regarded as people Of consideration. Then there
are the empty faShionabes, who follow sIavlshy
what they fancy the latest Mode, and deridc all
who dEr from them in dress, manner, Or style
Of acting. They will laugh cruelty to her face
ut ali innocent girl, who dances more eaboratcy
than they have been taught to, forgetting that
at the court Of st. james, their polkas and
schottish&s would be considered insufferaby
low. 1t is the mark Of radically base and
vulgar heart to find matter for rdcule in every
thin" except ice or crime. No class Of per-
SONS is really less we'll bred than those pretend.
erS TO fashion.
But the ladies are not the on y offenders. 1t
is a common thing, in g'ing to watering place,
to see men rush into the cars monopozing all
the best seats Or they are seen snatchiug the
choicer viands, at a steamboat dinner, from un.
der the very eyes Of the ladies for whom they
were intended. Or they dive rccklcssly past
NAY, almost ovcr-nursc> and children walking
on the beach. Or they keep invads awake at
night, and offend the ears of ladies, Ly their
bacchanalian shouts and songs. Or they puff
their cigar smoke in the faces Of women. Or
they suffer an unprotected female almost to
s;;.rv" at table, by bribiug the walters to bring
every thing t" them. Or they gormandize like
g'utorS. to the intiuite disgust Of all persons
S bcaS.!v than themselves.
P"orl, 1T watering places should remember
that there is no pnbIic resort where their fobeS
are more easily detected, for every one has lei
sure to observe his nvighbor. T" be natural,
atfabIe and courteous, is, therefore, the only safe
plan. Generally, when people put Oh airs, they
deceive nobody but themselves, and instead Of
exhibiting their Importance they only betray
their Stiffness and vulgarity.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.