The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-13
AT THE SEASIDE.
OUR CAPE MAY LETTER.
rhs "ssasOn" Well Under way-Me~ OF
Note who soJourn ON ths AsIand-H"P'
that are Over, and Hops 70 Oons'
From our o,On Correspondent.

From our otOn Correspondent.
CONGRESS HALL, CAPE JsLAnssD' ISns
Yesterday morning, a short despstcn wnlcn
rosbed over the wires from philadelphia caused
N',-le $50 resort to fetch
nv0yv soIonrner at this sea'si"-
every s.9V a.,,,e reI,ef as he read. It impaired
" raantons intelligence that at ten O'Clock
a. ,ho morning the hethermometer stood at 10 deg.
an the shade In the city. A glance at our In
strument recorded but IA deg, and the highest
point attained during the entire day was
7s deg II this fact was not SUFFICIENT cause for
a feeling OF relief, your correspondent is quite
Mt a loss to know what would De- What Win
only 10 deg OF neat. ana gentle, refreshing
breeze from the untainted sea, and numb7rless
hooks and corners wherein 10 niue hiniSei'
awav. one finds life quite enduraole mere
Tro GENIAL attractions OF cape Island have
dnlv Impressed that portion OF the world VINO
are I'm the habit OF trequentipg 1t. Although
that vague and indefinite idea represented oy
the words 1.-THE season." is not yet fully deve'
loped Cape Island is both populous and lively.
Congress Hal, the Columbia House, and the other
leading establishments, are better hlled than
they were at the corresponding period OF last
wear. while the cottages have their full compile
ment. Among the latest arrivals OF note.
found AT Congress Hall the Right Reverend
I. w. Beckwith, Episcopal Bishop of Georgia,
Hon A. f. Stevens member OF Congress from
New Hampshire, and Hon. I. w. Ferry, OF tue
same body from Michigan; ColoneI N.G Ordway,
the Sergeant at Arms OF the House OF Repre-
Bentatives; Senior p. Diez de Rivera, OF the span
ish Legations; Lieutenant Commander H' Y.
Taylor, u. s. N; and Charles Morgan, the new
York steamboat king; while at the Coluuiola
Hodse are ex.SpeaBer Galusha A. Grow, ana tne
Ron. Wayne MscVeigh, OF west OhesOer
These gentlemen, and the ladies OF their faml
1ina r,ix,a lNa
tion to which is added that quite as important
featurA the highest development OF fashion, py
hundreds OF persons of note In the soclai World
On Saturday evening fashion had full sway
Ap a swing 1t was the occasion OF tne nrsI
|" hop'' at the Columbia House. and was In every
thespect an entire success. The elegant olnlns-
room was crowded and the evening passed In
q thoroughly enjoyable manner. Mark Hassler
officIated as master of the ceremonies Hassler
la the musical parsonage of the whole Island,
having excellent bands stationed at Congress
Hall the Columbia House, and the new Ex-
cursioa House. On Saturday evening next, a
grand "hop'' is appointed to transpire at Con-
uress Hall, the arrangements for which, already
in progress, will tend to render 1t an event oi
great eclat. By that time there will doubtless
be twice as many people at the hotels
rs there now are, and every element
of success will be at hand. The elimination o.
the social epjoyments of the summer. however
Will be a grand carnival at the Excursion
House. Leading personages OF the Island In
GLIDING both temporary sojourners and perma'
nent residents, are seriously agitating the sub
1ect and II they once determine to enter into II
no expense or trouble will be lacking to render
IL the most attractive and brilliant affair in th'
histt ry of Cape Island.
But what are all these fieeting joys compared
10 the rare lu xury of the ocean itself? Indeed
when one looks on at the desperate endeavo
which fair women and brave men make tC
divert themselves with the mazes of the dance
lis not without a measure of astonishment
But perhaps the whole system Is excusabe on
the grounds that a safety valve OF some sort is
needed whereby the surplus activity and energy
impaired by the air and water of the ocean may
escape Be that as 1t may, there is room for all
and each one can select the advertisement
which suits him best. OMIKRoN,