Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-14
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HOW THE DAYS Fly AT CAPE MAy-TIIE BATHING
the HOPS FIIGrATIoNS.

HOW THE DAYS Fly AT CAFE MAy-THE BArluNG--
the HOPS FiIErATIoNs.
Spera Coyrfsl ohdeare u Udiig Commercial
CAFE MAY CITY, july 9Th. 1870.
How tie days fly. iou scarcely know week
Is past until your ill il presented And all 20
pleasantly Here yon meet faces which seem to
be relaxed from care lou can enjoy yourself
in any way you Ike. Some, of course, make it
seem duty incumbent ON them to do some
thing every day, and at meal time to eat through
the entire hill of fare, because they are paying
high prices at the hotels but the majority seem
to be intent OH enjoying themselves and making
no fixed programmes. If a person comes here
with the intention Of staying just so long, and
having every moment of that time pre-engaged
he II almost sure to not enjoy himself thorough
". on must allow the mind to relax itself
There is always plenty to engage the attention
and keep the time employed. The great fault
with American pleasure seekers is that they en-
deaNor TO visit every place and enjoy every
amusement IN certain length of time. A rool
example is embodied in the reply gentleman
made to a friend who injured what he was going
to do the next days. " have no fixed pro-
granime. intend to do nothing and | know
how to do it. II feel like strolling. bathing. or
reading I'll do it, He was after repose, and
was sure tu ind ii.
What motley crowd one behods on tile beach
| every day.
You see here the true swell and the imitation
iou can hardly realize that tile wet and draggled
| mass of human beings are the same iinclv-dren-
| scd ladies and gentlemen who promenade our
streets in the afternoon, and wrl in the may
dance in the evening There used to be some
| attention paid 10 the dresses of bathers, but
now You see the careless abandon of those who
| do not seem TO care for anything but the fun Of
TIE BATHING Some dresses are torn and ragged
| hut the hathers sport as gay as ever.
When evening comes then the promcnadcrs
commence. Filtration Walk, Beach Avenue.
| Washington and Lafayette streets are the min
clpal places tn go to see the beauty and fashion
| Each has its different favoTites. Just AZ Won
| are inclined you select your walk If Won are
| romantic, and feel like writing poetry. YOU take
| Beach Avenue and listen to old Ocean, as he
mnlmurs a low tone, while lie rolls necessarily
| along the shore. Or, if you feel like talliint,
| about the poets, or some kindred subject. Won
| walk along Lafayette street, with its sweet mn
| sic, beautiful flowers, and shady path Wash
lngton street is full of business, while Filtration,
| Walk explains itself.
| The first hop the season was given on the
| Fourth ut the stockton Hotel, under the dircc-
ton Of Charles H. Dodworth. They give anoth-
/ er Thursday evenings aud then regular by two or
| three every week. Congress Hall gives three
| every week. commencing on Saturday evening.
| under the direction of Simon and Mark lIassler
| The Columbia also gives two OF three every week
| What beauty, fashion and wealth are gathered
| there can only be estimated by those who fire.
quent them. SEASIDE