The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-14
seaside acknowledgements for
the Ladies'

Pr--s Gse R0uad Tobie-
Beauty when viewed BY the Sea-s6oIe
,l1I,SvZ se-sTns more bss utiful than elss-
where. Whether i Be owing 70 the
purify Of the atrnosphere, which I'M
r.rts 4 charI1of FRESHNESS and e. asftcIty
both 70 the object and the vision; 70
the IDEAS Of space and grandeur which
4 interpolation OF thsrocson always
.engeuders, aud which, perhaps, e1s
pand the appreciatiye faculties; or 10
that mental rePose which comes with q
respite from LIES cares, and causes all
things 10 be seen throagh roster me-
dium-whether such ksenneSs OF APP
probation springs from one or all Of
these incentives, there are few VINO
have not experienced its reality, and
who have not in their minds treasury
of illustration. BY the sea-shore each
pleasant object, animate or tnAntnAte,
assumes n new and strange attraction.
Not the natural scenery a!one-though
for that matter there never YET was an
.'uEIyD coast, save TO the eye OF q wary
mariner-but CHI rches, houses, bridges,
the yeTy horses that dray your carriage
if thew could have the least Preten-
sion, under ordinary circumstances, 10
good looks-Are invested by the briny
sea zirsEitb an enhanced measure Il
novel halo, OF comeliness. II this as
sertion be questioned, We sppsa! TO a test
which, for the majority of mankind,
will be more conclusive: il 3 beautiful
woman is not admitted 70 be more love-
ly by the ses-sElore than elsewhere, our
theory IS baseIess, and may be counted
AS fiimsy and fantsstical as poeL's
dream. We do not, however, in the
least, apprehend an adverse Judgment;
were such an one publicly proposed
we have not the least fear but that ten
thousand eager voices, which have
lately been modulAted to the tender
accents Of filtration on many mooulit
beach from SahAnt TO HatteFas, would
come 70 the rescue, and, like that pos
terity invoked in Byron, would "thun-
der Sayn" And well they might; for
the foam OF the sea, mother Of Venus
Aphrodits, ought by every rule, in its
sound and contact, to beget the dehcl-
Gus Vaccinations of love; and how Is this
practically to be effected save by aug
nenting the charms Of the creatures
who inspire it?
We own TO feeling the spell of hutter-
ing skirts, and pretty ankles, and n.y.
ing tresses, and flashing eyes, more
profoundly by the sea-among the sand
and shells and pebbles and briny weeds
up cast by its everlasting labor-than
by mountain or valley, in the woods or
on the plains. To own such a feeling is
truly easier than to explain it; but per
haps, apart from the fanciful reasons
already limited at, there may be some
occult sympathy between the eternal
energy, tue restless movement, the i'm
perishable vitality OF the Ocean ., and the
iuexplicable provision which preserves
our race from extinction. Be this as it
may, our charity for seaside filtration
Il large. We are persuaded that pO-
tentiaI, il unseen, agency imPels young
men and maidens to such frivolous
exercises in places where the salty
waves come tumbling in from the
main, which affects them in a less de-
gree elsewhere. loneliness which may
be manfulIy detied at Saratoga. be-
comes perfectly Irresistible Al Long
Branch. 1t is not for US to censure, but
rather to gracefully bend to the edicts
Of nature. AS conservers of public
morals, the best we can do is to warn
those who would keep whole hearts, to
pass their holidays in the interior; TO
caution them as they value their peace,
to keep their feet from 1.-THE sweet sea,
mother of loves and hours" for she has
been from the first seducer of men,
as bold sailors bear witness who know
her best and are ner greatest slaves.
Our experience may be exceptional and
our observation may be at fault, but If
"old ocean" is ever :" a gray and melan
choly waste" it must be, in our judg-
ment, when no petticoat can by any
possibility get near it.