The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-11

summer campaigns Of coquetry and Irritation are OF
| 30 costly and reckless character that they fire.
quently lead to the embarrassment and ruin Of IA
| miles. But these consequences are not the only
| ones which flow from the ambitious riyalries of d
watering place. Fathers and husbands who are
prevented by business from accompanying the
ladies' Of their families on their summer trips have
often bitter reason regret that both in parse and in
person they have not exercised strfcter check
the motives which suggest these excursions and the
fancied wants to which they give rise- Il is not
necessary for me To be more SPECIFIC upon these
points, The experience of all who have been in the
habit Of visiting our fashionable watering places,
will enable them at once to seize my meaning.
In the application OF these observations however,
let me not be mistaken. am not describing Sharon
as It is, but as it is likely in the course ola lew years
TO be.
The celebrity which the waters have lately attained
and the crowds which they are attracting from all
parts OF the Unon must soon alter the social charac
ter OF the place. As have already told You, efforts
are belng made TO break up it's homogeneous ele-
most agreeable feature that has hitherto distinguished
IT, that Of the community Of interests and sympathes
which should unite all classes of nvalids. The good
Of the older visters has been steadily opposed
to these attempts, but it will soon be oysrborne bv
the flood Of vanity and folly which the rapid growth
and reputation Of the place will let loose upon it. In
the meanwhile, it Is the duty Of all who love these
rural haunts for the tranquil and heafhful enjoy
ments which they afford, to assist in stemming this
invasion Of notions and habits which are only con-
sstent with the artificial life Of large cities and
WHICH, IN Tue emu, muN WHOLLY ucutrQlNe the SAM
tary objects which are supposed to attract people In
such places
The demand for accommodation at the different
hotels, has lately been so nnprecedentedsy great,
that their proprietors are already making arrange
ments to provide against the disappointment to
which many have been subjected this season. Tho
Pavilion which makes up over three hundred beds,
has been compelled to send away CROWDS Of appli.
cants. 1t has been the same ut the Eidridgc, the
Union, the American, and the Spring houses. The
proprietors Of the Pavilion viii clear SO 900 by the
profits OF this short season, and every cent of this
they wisely purpose laying out on local i'm
prcvements The carpenters are already busy
preparing the wood work Of new addition to
their already large establishment, which will ac-
commodate one hundred more boardcrs. They have
also commenced improving the approaches
TO the Springs, which were exceedingly inconveni-
ent in damp weather. Were the propretors Of the
other houses to mite with them in dcfrayiug the ex
penses of these alterations, the natural beauties Of
the place might be enhanced tenfod and the comfort
Of the visers greatly promoted. The Spring House,
which, next to the Pavilion, occupies the best site
in the place, being, as its name indicates, imme-
diaely contiguous to the waters is TO be torn down
this fall and larger and more imposing building is
10 he erected on the spot One convenience it will
have, which will give it great advantage over the
other houses, and that is the introduction OF the
unnecessary for invads TO leave the house in damp
weather. AS it is, it is one Of the most comfortable
houses in the place, the table being excellent, the
sleeping accommodations good the charges mo-
derate, and the company quiet and transformations.
For persons in delicate health il il the most desira
bic abode in the village.
At this house there is German physician stay
ing whose conscientious reverence for the curative
powers Of the waters renders him amusingly sensi-
tive TO any departure on the part of those about him
from the strict regimen prescribed. Presiding at
movements Of those who are seated at it. Some IN
happy gourmand, tempted by an appetizing dish
10 infringe the rules lsid down for his guidance.
stealthily draws it near to him in the vain hope Of
nco%r
the first coveted morsel to his lips when loud and
energetic exclamation from our Teutonic monitor
compels him, horror stricken to drop it, and draws
upon him the observation and merriment Of the
company The effect Of this sanitary censorship
is exceedingly beneficial, as many would do
themselves serious mischief were they suffered
to give way to their appetites. The waters are in
themselves 80 difficult OF digestion to weak stomachs
that food must be very lightly partaken Of and that
only Of the simplest and most wholesome kind.
There are but few amusements here beyond those
which the beauties OF the surrounding scenery
afford. The usual weekly hops on the Friday night
at the Pavilion have been discontinued, owing to the
severe illness of one OF the inmates. The Tuesday
reunions at the Eldndge House assemble some few
good dancers but these attempts on the part OF the
young people TO popuarize their fayortc amusement
seem to me, in general to be failures here owing to
the causes upon which have already dilated in the
commencement OF this letter. The fast young men
these matters to themselves, the general feeling
amongst the old frcquenters Of the place being
to discourage everything which may tend to give It
acharacter for dissipation like that Of Saratoga and
regular country inn and therefore beyond the pre-
cincts Of fashionable cognzance, the best dance of
the season took place the other night. went there
from the same love Of seeing people enjoying them
German guingeftes. gay throng OF village beaus
and village maids was assembled there, and right
merrily did they enjoy themselves. Some few visit
ers from the fashionable houses ventnred in, like
myself, from curiosity; but their presence happily
had not the effect of damping the aror OF the dan
GERS. Several Of the prottiest girls that have seen
since have been here, figured in the sets. l would
chronicle their names for YOU, after the fashion Of
certain city contemporary who patronises small cee-
brtes were not restrained by apprehensions of the
rdicule Of my snobbish acquainfances of the Pa
am, therefore, reluctantly compelled TO contest my
self with the aristoeratic poets description
The company was mized--thc phrase quote is
As much as saying they're beneath your police
A very dandiiied and foregnlooking parsonage,
who calls himself ''tbe Yankee card WRITER is ut
present mystifying the sentimental girls Of my &C
guaintance here with the inconsistency of his occu-
patton and his looks. Some will have il that he is
French Marquis in disguise. e
At the Pavilion there is an unhappy millionaire,
who has attained the respectable age Of fifty in his
place are making dead set. The sensi;veness to
which these attentions give rise his part is exceed
ingly amusing. He SHES everything in the shane of
petticoat even though harmlessly suspended on q
cioihes IiHe. NJ tDe conspiracy ~ geDtraI against
his peace he WILL however, have to surrender in the
end.
must now concludc, as i have exhausted both nv
lamp and my budget of gossip. Istart tomorrow for
Mount Prospect, Cherry Valley, and other places Of
interest in the neigbborhood. will probably give
you few ''pencngs by the way" ScRrrAToR-
CAPE MAY.
CAPE MAY, August 9, 1856.
4nsustments Of the Seasos--7ne accident on Board
the Deia,care- Popular Preachers Putting Naes-
paper Correspondents, &C., &c.
The season here bids fair TO last until the first of
September, or near thereto. Hundreds are at any
rate, arriving daily, and those who the island
do not seem disposed, as general thing, TO leave
On Wednesday evening there was grand hop"
OF the Mount Vernon; on Thursday an elegant party