The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-12
SUNDAY RESORTS.


The Beach at ROCkaways
The respectable middle-aged pater Jdretitas who.
like the ancient mariner that had been placed
the witness stand to testify in delicate case have
''arrived at the years OF discretion" remember
when Newport was not so accessible as 1t is to-day.
watering place for the Gothamtes of thirty or forty
years ago. and 1t Is certain that IS beath-impart-
ing bodyinvigorating place there is resort all
the Atlantic coast that surpasses the 'sea-res0und
ing' beach which Brgadier General George P. Norris
poet laureate to the fashionable world OF his day.
1.-THE upper ten thousand or his associate in tho
Mirror OF quarter OF a-century ago and OF literary
hebdomedal OF o decade or two later, Nathaniel p.
Willis nicknamed the aspiring arstocrat OF past
generations Is was 1.-The lads and lasses" who
times. when a gentleman considered himself "psss-
ing rich' on an income OF two or three thousand
dollars, and accepted the region round about
Bowling Green as quite good enough for his
generation. AMI the bellies Of that day.
when the Battery was the pride Of New
are the grandm0thers of his, and the graybeards.
who have become fOssilized merchants, brokers and
bankers. were they who
- whied the hours away
Upon the beach at Rockaway.
And, despite the changes which mark the genera
tons within the memory Of hundreds Of New York
ers; despite the wonderful growth Of this splendid
metropolis; despite the wealth which has been
By . magnet, there IL 10 human perception
and recollection no change In the mono
even ,U IN tic osimest houn they gather and COMB
throwing up their snowy crests Ike white plumed
extending sands IL "LOng Islands sea girt coest in
ever advancing, ever retreating array.
We insist there u no finer place for sea bathing,
than the magnificent beach Of RocIawsy. Il il in
many respects superior to Newport. A few hundred
the sands Immediately beyond TIDE water reach and
10 the erection OF attractive summer cottages aud
h3te!4 would be al u. to mako kookswN
York did not number third Of Its present populs-
a. it IA Rockaway Is not without tts patrons
These are Of the citizens OF the order
people VINO prefer quiet 70 noise the su6stantas TO
But, Notwithstanding their wise preference, Il would
De well II Weather classes having the preeminencs
Of the metropolis always In view, were to counte-
seashore resorts TO those whose interests are not
with the growth and present and future consequence
Of the metropolis OF the Western World.
Within the past five years the avenues Of approach
70 Rockaway have been multiplied, and the time
greatly shortened in going to or returning from It.
By railway horse and dummy, vOyager to the shore
can % taken to Carnarsie in about one and half
hours from the foot OF Broadway, Eastern District
from Carnarsie two steamboats, constantly ply u the
docks Ct the Seaside Hotel and the Hanson and
In consequence Of the ''back wardness of the sea-
son" the seaside" which u the largest and most
popular establishments has not been 80 crowded with
permanent b0arders as It was at this time last sum-
mer The proprietors Of the various hotels. how
ever, anticipate full engagements before tho
close OF the season, and therefore 40
vet despair OF remunerating themselves their
trouble. The temporary custom since the opening
OF the bathing houses has been MISUNDERSTANDING
OF both sexes and Of all ages, avang themselves OF
them every reasonably warm day. Yesterday.
although the water was not In temperature quite up
to the mark for those whose constitutions are de-
bllllated, the magnificent beach was populated with
very orderly people who enjoyed the luxury Of "a
dash In the surf" and struggle with the tide ad-
vanoing wave"
We do not exactly sigh for the 'g0Od old times Of
Adam and Eve" as the song has It, but we do long
for return Of the tide, which ebbing fell of to New
port and cape May SO that dear old ROckaway will
be what II once was-the sanctOrium of New York,