The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-20
AT THE SEASIDE.
our Atlantic CITY Lsttsr-An ENViaole
Refuge fren the Hsas-InCrsssinR Pop
u,nr,Iv OF she Resort PAsLimss by Day
npd bx N,whs-HOtsI Changes, etc.

RefuUa frenn the Heas-Incre@sinR POP-
Onr,Iv Of .ne Resort -PAsLtmss by Day |
asd by NiEhS-HOtsl Changes, ETC.
PtoYs our OSRn Correspondent.
SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
July 20, 1868.
The size OF the trains which arrived ~
this place on Saturday afternoon ~uoao9 r,o
abundant proof OF the fact that ANan''o oy
not only holds its own in the appreeiauoV" '"s
heat-oporessel people OF Philadelphla, ouC tna'
it is making steady strides in popularity The
two o'clock express train eonsisteS of fourteen
cars. while the later train was made up Of
TWENTY-FIVE, each train requiring two locomo'
1iyes to drag it through the sandy wastes OF
Jersey. All told there were two thousand people
on board exclusive of children OF diminutive
size. Before this immense arrival, all the lead
ing hotels were we'll filed up, and when the
two thousand travel stained and suD.porched
men and women we're scattered according to
iheir proclyties in taste and purse, the strag-
Cling village by the sea was as populous as any
thorough hater of solitude could DESIRE
1f,ny one person among these two thousand
I.a ao.rse 70 regret the transfer from Philadel
mia. hot. darE, and bustliug, to Atlantic City,
eool. refreshing, and rejuvepatlng, the cause
eomulaint can be assigned only to dlsoruereo
diee.tiop or a chronic state Of dissatisfaction
with things terrestrial in general. The contrast
between Philadelphia at two by the clock and
Atlantic City at four, was startling. On Friday
the good people Of the former could breathe the
breath OF life without experiencing the sensation
which Dante has conceived to be the very acme
of torture. But Saturday with the mercury a.
% deg was q veritable dog-dsy, suggestive
hydrophoba and gradual disintegration oil the
human system. From the torture OF this oppres'
siye heat two thousand enviable creatures es-
caped TO a locality where "A deg. was the highest
record of Fahrenheit at any time during the
day. And yesterday was but copy OF
Saturday, with q delightful ocean breeze,
and surf that has not been and
could not we'll be surpassed. In such surf
the bathing could not be otherwise than de-
liehtful. A rough-and-tumble combat with the
breakers under such circumstances was the
Consummation of earthly joys-in truth, a
seeming entrance upon those of higher order.
On Saturday evening, when the ocean was no
longer attractive, save to a fe sojourners at its
shore who have listened to its whisperings and
obeyed its behests at the hour when China is in
the full glare of the MONDAY sun, there were
other attractions for the throngs OF happy
peopls without any other thought than that OF
killing time At the United Sta.es Hotel a
Promenade Cor cert and Hop was In progress,
and served to attract a large and brilliant COM
psny. The dancing, like the bathing was good
but from O different reason. 1t was entered
into with all the eagerness and earnestness
which is impaired to the most sothful by the
invlgoration OF salt water and ocean breezes.
Simon Hassler, whose band is on permanent
duty at this establishment, conduc ted the musi-
cal part OF The exercises, and found the
wrenching of melody from strings and trum
pets much easier task than it would have
been in the pent-vp orchestra OF the Walnut
Street Theatre.
At the Surf House there was likewise hoE
of the most enjoyable sort. The musical genius
of this establishment is Carl Sentz, whose ac
1nowledged ability as one OF the very frs
professors of the art divine is a suficien
guarantee of its high aud classical character
Mr.. Seutz ie located here with an efficient band
for the season, and his efforts, which are re-
peated every evening for several hours, are
appreciated at their true standard. On Satur
day evening next, the successful experimen
of last evening at the United States Hotel, {
grand dress ball, will be repeated at the Sur
House, under Mr.. sentz's management, and viii
doubles be equally successful. The Surf Hous
is now in the second N month of its new manage
ment Mr.. r. r. Thompson, Its present head
is not stranger to the freQuenters of the sea
side. For fourteen years he was identified will
Congress Hall, at Cape Island, and during th
entire period of the war was in charge OF the Ne
tropolitan Hotel, at Washington. With this lonl
and varied experience he certainly should hsv
acquired, in all its details, the art of "keepng
hotel" and the soiourners at the Surf Hous
have no cause to think that he has neglected
his opportunities.
TarrJng in this delightful temperature, au'
yielding 10 the drowsy influence of this sea
breeze would be an envisble way in which T.
pass the summer. Happy is he who can do il
put no such happiness is in store for your re
Erettul correspondent, oMIKRoN.