New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-10
TIE SURF.

suoRR-MAius TRANSFORMED TO MERMAIDs-
ETpgcrs or Tub BRINE on ROUGE, CHEEK
POWDER AND cRINPgD HAIR-rHE PLUNGE INTO
TIE sUgF-THE OCEAN FOR wAsH-BowJ AND
TIE WED FOR DRYER.
In this hot weather with the thermometer at
100 ia the shade and an to keep down in
the SUM- natural shat storl endeayor 10 acquire 81 in
,ginarg coones8 By plong thoughts cooling themes
IL s perhaps wei known that while the douZens OF en
perao tropical nds ce teir Inferno 40 ne hottest 'n
most sphnroas regions tho aphdeTs aud Nova IemSan'
.y ,l u,paoroniums among eternal icobcrgs and bone
breal n fosio wha, citizen Of this metropolis duTifg so
rcsept cheated trn would choose 'or his Sumner resi-
deace the apandes icy conceit q dei We move about
nd sweltr aaT and Iesc toss about on cn oOue- y
night yet mad u Therefore 1oky TOT Us tlAt We
lave The luxury Of soabahiag for cooling ahG soothing
TesorL
Ice cream answer for pleasant Internal relief tempo
rotlv and gd mint jGlcp 70 be snoezod at when yon
r both hot and rv but an hour the with tRe bg
breakers bursting oycr yoIr bead IN caancts OF RAM serves
10 pe oat portion 4 the uncomfortable hot roasting MO-
day IN which Nv. having once uiedi can res't
qlero arc places here ths iihcy can DC es
loved by Workers small outiy Of expense but TIC
cheapest and best fra bodily experience go is Oh
t,iued At Coney Islaud Health Commission
s occasonod tho Indication Of unhealthy sqaa when
they threatened 20 deprive OF , our most luxurious aus
ancient beach BY placing there sr ntlne Headquarters
10 wonie. sI Commissioners were largely pleased when
they placed upon Staten Ilnicr4 their hankess but
Necessary burden cfrpdemic STA and let Is ohr ia'oo
beach Of Coney iss.
Notwithstanding the rowdyn for which his locality was
At ana time notorou but uhoh has sonsbs diminished OF
late years. there many old Kakebockers who have VS.
tied this shore nom their elrl' b1yhood aud who stu cont
tnuc TO sock s smooth wet sands as the Sumner stce
decpens into the shte glow and gter OF midSnnner
hour by railroad or two hosgs by sail vii carry sou olt
II Tie heat and dust u the cry TIE eoones the freshness
and the nevorgue hreelcs 4 Concy Island. which COZ
,,ip. number of hotels al them excellent in their
and ali Of them possessing e valuable coneontants Of clans
and sca-batbing.
The best route Lc shortest Is that by boat you
can take o Mansion which leaves the North River side
Of the city at several points daily and under The impetus
of her powerful paddlewLcos reach tie wharf at Coney
Island In one hour walk % quarter n mile between
.andhs a. white as snow and Lah covered with tall rank
a.s "a required to reach the SURF whose Gu but not unmn
sca thunder heard upou ring at the smooth inner bg
Midway a. tho Pavilion Hotel with cool. airy dining
hail. mostly crowded with guests and hero the sanmit,en
waflor refresh himself 20 bis hearts content ard to his
pockets capacity from Eve hts worth u ground nuts TO
elan dinner and a clagot saugagee
Clams we believe are the recognized staEle OF Coney
Island Long ard ln may boast OF their hay crops
the, grow hemp amazingly in ssour and make nEimcgs
faster than picks Ia Conn ccu WHILE 10 some states
Of tho South cotton s kar bat Coney Island has her
CLAIMS and lobster and tbs rep,ot vii yield to none
eulr drner at hotels may Resemble In measure
The .akey diversity which consisted Of pork and beans f
breakfast and beans aad pork r dinners bat u l. snscep'
Of even greater VARIETY Limohowde baked clams roasted
clans fried clans cl,frers, aEd clns ere 70" Of
the ways which these '' lous p'aes are teadersu ~
pslate Of tue shore seeker.
b, mid day tho bath houses where they hire bathing suits
are crowded with app canis many Of whom are aaes oA
leave yoar vauabes with The keeper snatch pair Of ba
lean retire elegant apartment htted up
lu1urousy With rough pine bench and bucket CT SAT-
water and moments II you spry YOU ere trans
,,med nom iolerabe looking wcdressed young Han Into
sAamllng bareiooiod soosenscked uoniescript IN con
parison with which Sandwich Island rasgluin Is Broad
vav swell But your natural 'indy is lost When you witness
te ladies emerge from their bathing closets in Their bathing
costumes The nlnrnaton # surprising 10 your cas- rs
astonishing In theirs
Fancy gaudIlg puBel parc1ue dcnudcd OF us eilcr
ind then rolled IN mgi cal You have some idea OF toe
sppearapee Of tho ladies' They enter tho bathhouse IN al
o glory Of ounces crnOliaes paroli and waerf us tney
ammo on, Of N Ike beggar maids with their coarse
clths eagng their limbs aud their tlo heads nane
ideous IN slouchr, broad biInmei hat. when would ooes
un urnup the Of Peiagonian peasant They run
fat and kwardy the beach IL order conceal their M
r.,lDe., in ths waves and Won follow them M the bgr
boA IN whose glorious lGxpry oye hing else Is lost
The aming breakers up IN irregular bursts and THEN
nocr can be experienced III ugbcriess AftoT The hri
uur. The batcr rocne the strand ana take the
waves 10 cool SIT pos about bis feet ord thighs or lie
can plunge In waist deep and his chance Of being rolled
over and again BY The "he capped headers as they FOL
/ in frOm midoeeah
Tho ladies look esea less handsome when they emerge from
the sea and You don't Ike falling In love with OF then.
Tho checks nnd eyebrows Of some Of them were well painted
and oknoe before they entered the sea AID they came out
wonderfully transformed. Biloxi eyebrows turn blonde and
rosy cheeks aggai AID pale but tue freshness q te 3eeau
a, the same time engs t. them and tho glory Of lsah and
besa, Is oeeam in thor eyes. Certainy nearly ill Of
swimmers and hthers return 10 1D" homes esher and
brighter and rerhaP. better FIN ier contact with the
r6oas hi uttered ryrery wish IL naion liz, o. shells sne
/ its neyer-osssng rosi
There Is stu slight elsHout Of crime and ordysn % e'
oan IL Trip TO this pleasant baeh PieApockets are iohe
6. accraing innocent people VI insulting tie" wives O.
and procuring rumpus wherein they mar ste
eelv but fine character OF the place has greatly change
If ie and Il still our popular resort Of this Kind