The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-13
OUT OF TOWN.
Life On the Beach, In the Forest and In
ws. the Cloud Lands.
kstohes Of Gharactsr-Pxrain q Fashion IN
Drsw and Undrem and scsnss snA lnoi-
dmts Of Summer Holiday Resofm
CAPE NAY.

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| Tendencies or Sos Water Bafhins-Flora
| MsEMuassy EelipseA ~ Bridget O'Dowd-
| couaso Life and tho Pleasures Of Hos
Visaiity.
me season u now at It's height. ana hotel Keepers
re happy. Congress Hail. the STOCKTON Columbia
md Ocean House are doing rushing business. ana
ne butterflies Of fashion are supremacy blessed III
plenty OF company or their own particular onoioe.
xne Cane never appeared 70 better advantage. ana
|she scene on Lafayette avenue and Washington !
reet during the later part Of the afternoon indeeo
b oAnrming one. Elegant establishments that VIII
compare favoraby with anything to De seen Ct Long
|Bs~uoh or Saratoga ana, better STILL suoh charming
{Patladeluhia beauties to grace themi believe It
has been generally admitted that the Lady reprssen
|tstaxss OF the Quaker Clty-New FORK. OF COURSE
|excepted-hsve surpassed their sisters OF oyher
mites In point or beauty and grace at ell the water
Ing places ths summer What, then, must De the
pnect OF 80 much beauty az this place, which ID en-
physically Pnlladelnhta watering placer Some
kenus has recently introduced at this place ''sAis
~ bathing carr 1t consists Of WIRE cage on four
wheels and is run out into the ocean when full Of
49,
e above WATER and 1t is said to be quite an acqusi
ton to the place Ihave seen any one use II a.
ret most people prefer to take the risk for the sake
bf unlimited room, and don't know but they are
the most sensible ALL for there ID no place In
America where the bathing Is attended with rs IT.
tie danger a. at Cape May, and none but the most
careless and venturesome people ever meet with
accident
THE GRAND AFFAIR OF THE SEASON
D<nNal nsnAn
day evening last Hundreds Of people came down
from town to attend IT, and to say 1t was success
Will be but to repeat what has been on every 0ne's
ps for the past twenty-four hours. The decorations
were superb having been furnished and distributed
by p, E. Abel, OF DayenpOrt's Chestnut Street Thea
Ire. The affalr lasted till two O'Clock A. NJ, and
may be sal to have been, with one exception-the
yacht club ba-the affair OF the season at Cape May
this year. There have to be sure, been many -fetss
balls and celebrations but none to equal the two
afatrs above alluded TO.
One OF the pleasantest modes OF living at Cape
Nay find TO be cottage iife gentleman with his
family can always feel that while he is one Of the
pleasure seekers and can mingie among others at
his convenience or leisure yet there Is always re-
treat open thai win relieve him of the society and
mode OF living is coming more anu more into favor
every year, and we number some Of the pref
Among the prettest are those Of MI. McCreary Of
Phi ladelphia; Ferdinand Featherston, Mrs. Fittings
ana NJ. Hall stanton. Stanton's cottage seems, by
general consent, to be admitted tine leading cot
tago the island. 1t Is the headquarters or nirth
Stanton is successful politician Of Phiiadeiohia;
1.-The has any further aspirations IN that line ne very
IN ana poll
Indeed do not see how any one would have the
assurance 10 alnde TO this subject In the presence
IN the science oil Hospitality anu this leads me to say
oprrAr INV
~ science In which every manis not 1ntended 70
excel. the world Is full OF men who, possessed of
friends, even with their tables grooming with iuxu-
Jies and their wine cellar everst0cKed with the very
dnest brands, yet Ial In their efforts 10 master s
science. Wayr Simply because they do not know
how to "taix a dinner Here lies the success. Let
the ART or conversation. you will arse more than
SATISFIED with your entertainment. Stanton not only
Mns a. nue. aa put you 20
feast OF reason aud dow OF soul with which ne re-.
gales you, and 1t Is this that has given him the
leadership At Cape May.
THE BATHING.
If Cape May had no other attractions, Its bathing
class watering place. sIon q BEACH lam free
to say 1t Is unsurpassed anywhere hard level aud
safe, 1t offers attractions TO the "sea-nymphs" aud
their escorts that no other place can ASSUME 70
pete with, ana | know OF no happier sisnt Than TO
see &C one time three thousand people thi.s that
dspOrting themselves In the surf NJ oae une.
some strange and romantic scenes occur OF these
(onaish PhIIadephian make himself agreeable to o
he.pcr IN the bake.shop OF the STOCKTON, under inc
ss wss ap bsre BaDS IS
distinctions. We are all on the same footing IN the
scssno pun insended-ana Mss Scfiinsey requens
" comes out second best on the score OF beauty and
snaps9ess when airing ner crafs Dese BdSes
It's peculiar ideas with regard to sea bathing.
Notice II YOU please the sweet ana tenaer soiiS,ude
for the first time into the breakers; the haf-
fearful and nalf-rusting appeal OF sweet blue
ma = "a 10 ftCutt 30
any, rurtner the esnbiton Of psrisot 9n IN S
protecting power as grand old breaker bears her
tTembngiy happy SILVER OF deliQht are Ill pleas
ant TO the observer. Not so with the New York
once and beckon their admirers on, until the uader-
tow makes It very lively for oil concerned. For my
and pleasure or the Philadelphia beauty TO the ven.
turing spirit OF my fsfr New York sister Is so
Waves 20 that @ Hs
bathing 10 male blpeds ana 80 mote 1t be forever
The musical part Of our existence ct Cape May has
been materially varcgated OF late BY the acquisition
OF choice hand organ ana noble Italian torttres
s Of invads q s ' such CHOICE
d,1as as the following complete MS reperfo,r6:-
PEREZ ssrs :. music s.s. IN , e. air.
lam ann n is i iai.sn i poor fsisn Soy
fancy IL must he something fearful TO be ground
to death by one of these Instruments OF torture but
n "a a pleasure Compared 10 that other norttbre
death which Is brought about BY what Is populariy
known Us
"BUzZTNG.u
would respectfully request rhe privilege OF alter
fn0 line or two OF once popular poem by supst1.
timing the following
Tel me- 70 winged winds that round my pathway rom,
there blessed spot whsrs politicians bus no
Where oIcehoders candidates and wouldbs patriots
Destroy ones chi dixie innocence.
BY this 'buzxns" political fsverr
why don't they 40 to Atlantic City, There is a
hotel kept by politicians for pclitcishs Or TO Long
Branch and buzz Gran: or murphy, or anybUdy
whose business 1t IA TO DO buzzed us r0uHh on An
amateur .'buzzeeu to be attacked ny these land.
sharks with the nope OF being interviewed" It's
200 tIn," altogether.
LONG an ANCH.