The New York herald., 1866-07-22
our CAPE NAY CORRESPONDENCE.
CAPH MAY, July 10, 1855.

our CAPE NAY CORRESPONDENCE.
cArz MAY, July 10. 1896
AMUsExRNrs THE BLAND
Since my arrival here several sympathxing friends
have diurnaly announced that shis s the hottest daN
Of the season" That consolatory expression having
become rather hackneyed. not to say of doubtful
strength have reached the charitab conclusion thae
hose hottest days Of the season. Of frequent recur-
renee this favored island However that may be, q
is very certain that In this second week Of July between
the hours Of nine A. n and three NJ, We have been
blessed with due proportion OF the solar influence
And about the hour OF meridian siesta 80 natural
and necessary that the porches Of our hotels bore
strange similarity 70 the streets Of Cuban town. To
do aught else than sleep doze was almost physical
impossibily, and the afternoon sea breeze was well
coined ~ much as II had been thousand miles In
land Tho truth Is that We live on that breeze and
on the expectation thereof for the latter part Of the
enjoyment must sufnce during the major poe-
tion Of the day. intend to put due stress the
mer heats, 30 that II my querulousness leads 70
testy remarks they may be attributed to the righful
But really there nothing soothe the lrass-
bity Of one's disposition when minor annoyances
superadded to the Oppressive temperature To think
that hotel keepers have not advanced far enough il
their notions OF civilization 10 furnish with gas light
In our apartments is not ducifyng reflection. Theu
at Of the very best hotels in the place. we have such
execrable repasts wish they would call "a spade .
SPADE" and dignity their Hoodoo compounds with
refined Gallo msnomers
But although everything here IL so second rate except
the bathing, as have had occasion to mention befsrs
we are still far enough advanced in the vices Of
watering place to afford very far- just going
to say espectabe-statstics for the benefit Of his
Mephistophean Majesty The genuine American water
ing place has remarkable advantage which dstin.
guishes it from watering places all the world This
distinctive feature consists in the absence of town
village adjacent to the hotel On close investigation
1t will be found that those resorts injured by the
proximity Of little settlements have soon deterio,
| rated and become scenes OF vulgar disspaioR
| Take Saratoga, for instance now the favoris
summer resort of gamblers and their camp followers
and the other hand look at Long Branch more than
| mile away from any village becoming almost an enyt-
ron of New York and the periodical yeggatura OF ~
respectable citizens l fear, however, that we a. the
and the sQid character OF our regular visitors has been
the only preservatve against an earlier fall Watering
places in all countresn England and Germany, we'll
as here-have their heydays and gories declines and
downfals And If the abodes Of dssoute persons-ths
here at their present rate the days of Cape May,
respectable institution are most assurediy numberes
These dens are Of various characters ana publicly os
and for young erI to visit the seaside for the as
farcical s rs the conduct of q gamestsr who would
20 TO Wiesbaden TO cure himself OF Ibis habit II tho
hundred and a free and Independent voter: :
s1sss sS prevent
o hor patrons and do good turn for themselves There
is complaint enough OF the hotels the village and the
people, but what have to say OF magnificent star,
light nights will fully compensate for the previOdS
charges We have very little OF the moon lately
she has boen too ardy for 9sbut In her place we have
0noyed magnificent planetary scenes Jupiter has
cast his beam the waters almost % brightly land Just
! as clearly, satellite Saturn and Venus the
fixed stars and the Milky Way have been Just as bril-
liant as q northern heaven and crystal atmosphere
could make them. On the lawn In front or CongresA
winch he to
hbit the rings OF Saturn and toe moons Of Jove 10 the
| appreciators OF celestial besuty.
dane We have also q few sublunary enjoyments Amsng
these latter the promenade the beach Is not the least
delightfol Almost Immediately after dinner all ths
visitors troop down in crowds to sands and for near
two miles the knots Of pedestrians dot the shore ike
tides and drive the whole length OF The beach,
the inlet This amusement al fco, as the Italians say
s Frequently kept up until long past the third watch o.
the night and stray passenger may sometimes be VIII
to little moonlight scenes at which the presence d
third party is generally considered to be de trcp
The great event Of the Capc May season has finally
come TO pass, eliminating hopes have duly taks
place. II have been genius who invented the word
hotel entertainment II would be Inappropriate TO cal
It ball; II Is certainly not party and equally unas
| serving OF being denomnaed a soree; II Is just
hop and nothing more II is a concourse Of the nos
| Icy multitude OF hotel guests who array them.
selves costume, ana Bometlmes ID NJ
species OF costume at ALL and congegate with the nten
| ton of dancing l say advsedly, with the intention
Of dancingr because the number OF wall flowers Is wo
fully great and to be charitable, will attribute this
fact TO the OF acquaintance among the pre-
sent 1t Is, however, 70 be regretted that some Of Ne
apparently graceful lookerson did not participate both
for the sake Of the example which they might s6srd
and TO avoid the imputaon OF cxecrabie awkwardness
which the affair must justly incur In the hfst place,
the dressing was 80 inappropriate aud ridiculous a.
throw buriesque air over the entire scene The place
and the temperature may justify person IN dispensing
with the strict standard of dress costume, but 10
gentlemen without gloves vigorously claspsg the white
kidded hands OF their psrtners aud Young America II
shooting Jacket clasplng Mss Columbia In elegant
silk robe IT, say least amcntable for the charactes
of the budding generation Then the present style Of
dancing struck forcby before being ths
i model OF ungracefuness. In fact, being unreleved
l by the beauties Of dress, Its abnegatioa Of all
/ the rules which should govern tho psetsy
/ OF tho motion and its relapse into = mere
locomotioran rectinear and diagonal courses become
paipably evident 10 was really gratifying to iovU q
the piquan 20 listen TO the spirited criticisms OF hs
wall howersn and sometimes IL would be well fos The
tasteless and graceless choppers TO hear the most
charitable of those opinions Notwithstanding these de-
fect3 the Juveniles seemed to be In miniature eyxum
OF their and the asthmatic attitudes Of the parc
did not interfere with the zest OF their encyment
These hops given at the principal hotels generally form
tho great zodaca elimination OF the season. The
bcr OF permanent residents will gradually increase
until the end OF the month and the crowds OF transea
visitors who flock down TO the Island at the end OF each
week will make this nearly equal TO the great
year after the enthusiastically spoken of by Al
the BoniGaccs OF the land.