The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-14
SUMMER RESORTS.
CAPE MAY.


A Poor Season--Probsble Collapse Of Some Of
the Tgotels--How visitors Spend the Day
The Beach, Tho Bnthin. and the Music-
What Sort Of Felix's We Are--RsilraHd Mo-
nopoly IajuIing the Town-f,npe May TO
Fight Ia the Jersey Legislature.
CAPE May July IL, 1871.
There Is 'weary, weary waitlng'' here for guests
10 come but stu the cry Is that they are not COM
ing. Learned disQuisltOns are OF frequent occur
renee 70 account for
THE ABSENCE OF VISITORS
and speculative theories this subject give rise to
equally speculative corollaries, which involve IN
their conclusions the closing up of half the hotels
IN the place and the migration OF host of enter
prising traders The truth ia that hotels are
onefOurth full and tnat' they seem not likely TO be
fuller. At this time last year tnerc was scarcely
vacant room IN any of the hotels or cottages, and
this so buoyed up the residents here with
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
for this year that each house WAS supplied with a
full complement OF help very early in the season.
thus necessltatIng considerable outlay OF money,
with profit The result is that proprletors Of es
tablishments growl 1ercely among each other and
swear devoutly at the general public. Great anx-
iety is manifested among this class to get
THE PATRONAGE OF NEW YORK.
for the Cape They like Philadephlans and Penn
sylvanians generally well enough, but New Workers
their beau ideal Of watering place visitor. and
they hate New 1erseyites It Is popular fancy here
that when New Jersey FOLK come to Cane May they
bring Y large share Of edibles with them, and as
they drink nothing but Ice water knowing, as they
do the component parts fthe State lightnng-tnere
can be way Of spending the stamps, except, per-
haps for cigars, which, Is charged. they purchase
in grocery stores for "two for five cents.' New
Workers. however, do not much congregate here
Nm .la T,at
pleasant one, the hotels are well kept, aud as for
the beach,
GLORIOUS is THE WORD
But the charms Of the Cape lack the great essen.
iial for enjoyment ut watering piace-namely, the
presence OF the people-and dulness paes every
scene after while.
We are at the Cape all sensible, stald. rather
bright presence, here and there. OF blooming girl
end pretty child. In the morning VIC break fast,
OF course, aud then there Is not much seen OF US
till about eleven O'Clock, when the beach gets
crowded with bathers; then, af.cr dinner, We lie
away into groups, either in the hotel parlors or
the p'azzas and talk, and have the authority at
ONE OF THE OLDEST INHABITANTS
of the place for saying that nine,entns Of the con-
propre;ors want 10 break up this custom nt all
naznrdsr and they deserve credit Tor discrimination
when they LOOK forward with an ANXIOUS eye 70 New
FORK to do 1t. Along Ri avenue that runs from
Congress Hall parallel with the beach are number
male members lounge around the hotels at times
and whose LADIES pay nying visits to the same on
tins season. though not "a joy ,orever,o yet The
greatest Joy Cape May has known since last year.
However a few days after the yachtsmen ana their
friends nad left We all collapsed into our wonted
inertncss and began again tho
WEARY, WEARY WAITING"
which goes on still. Al the Stockton. CONGRESS Hall
and the Columbia bands OF music. as II realizing the
fact that gayety Il at discount begin to play very
early In the morning to cheer MS up bit iii bathing
time, ana then, after dinner begin again and dis.
course sweet music till the WEAKNESS becomes
sicepnese and the lights 60 out about ten O'Clock
ngRs. We are great nc
APpIAUDiNG THE MUSICIANS,
ana anJhng IN s Inc shape 81 SOLO sTch as the
Prayer "The Heart Bowed Down." and a few other
commentaries which are great iavorltes here Just
now, are received with loud and lODg-conifnued
applause. the Ocean House has no band. but Con.
gress Hail, Just opposite, saves SO much money
the Ocean, when Is worth WDile being avalied M
as the goes. Yet there Is quite family party
at The ocean house, and they get along, perhaps,
TO the tact OF the pIopretors, Mr.. Lysett, old
Washington stepographcr, and Colonel sawyer the
from death by ine threatened shooIing on our SIDE
OF Generals Lee and Winder's sons, VINO were held
as hostages
There Is
oyg SERIOUS NATTER,
though, that wish 70 ailuGe TO. On the Fourth OF
July Il party In New York chartered steamer and
came dawn here u see the regatta. But when they
arrived they we're not allowed by The railroad COM
paues TO land, rs these companies control the
Hharves. The result was that they mad to 60 home
again, suffering from the annoyance ana without
spending single dollar IN Cane May. This was
THE REVENGE TIE RAILROAD COMPANIES HAD
on them for their not having patr0nized the cars
in their trip TO Cape May. Ii il said that the rail-
read companies VIII do oil they can to prevent
line OF steamboats, running between New York and
Cape May. The residents here and some influential
persons IL New York are working hard TO defeat
The railroad monopolists IN this matter, and are
hopeful that the New Jersey Legislature WIN he lair
enough not
TO INJCRE THE PLACE
by denying ita wharf for steamboat Ian ding. In
dependent OF the inducement to summer excur-
sonsis To visit CAPE May by sea, there is the other
important consideration that II the steamboats,
were running the produce OF Cape May county
might go direct 10 the New York markets. and not
be confined to Philadelphia, rs at present Win or
lose Cape May means fight the battle with all its