, 1874-09-27

mopNhE their crimson faces and oting for j
lodge somewhere where breezes blew fresh from
an 1cebc1gs crest, TIL we made up our minds
that the scientific a1iom is quite coutrovertible.
that heat is a positive and cold only 4 relative
term for what iB terrific heat to the English
eeneaton is no heat at all according to the AIne,-
can idea.
We reached the torn. which lies uror tie
coast Of Kent between 70 and 50 miles from
London. just as tho SUI had wrapped itself in
opalesccnt clouds, while the eastern sea was
growing pale and gray in the 1lrs: SHADOW OF tho
| sweet English twilight.
Our first quest was for lodgings Of course. A
| pilgrim and stranger in an English town al
vayb goes about-with eyes blind to ovcry other
apartments to IL" for the thorough English,
nan seldom ye1es himself with country hotels.
with boarding infclicitics. but sets u,
temporary vine -and-5S-tEee in lodgings. This
fashion Of living in lodgi gings is available for Il
! person who iarries but night in tonn, rs we'll
as for one who makes longer stay; so that
traveller seldom tinds hamlet 80 secluded that
signs arc not plentiful Of invitation to lodsess.
LIVING IN LODGINGS.
to an economical tourist has some advantage
over living as boarGer, and some disadvantage.
The advantage is, that one can live more chcaplv.
buying only just such food. in just such Quanti-
ties. as is desired; tue disadvantage, that QUO
thus lives isolated from the social life uf tho
community, and so fails to absorb the influences,
eocia artistic literary, and national, Of tho lifo
about one.
We thought there could be no lack Of lodgings
in Broadstaire for the most striking features Of
tho town 10 US, as NC drove in 4 ny DOM toward
the Parade, the Bsl91ayla Of the toun,--was the
multiplicity OF shouy brick houses, looking, with
their brackets aud moldings Of dark stone. like
stately but rather ovcrcgcssed women,-which,
with Tidc-open windows, people loiling upon
wiudow-elils and loungiug upon balconies, had
! The undeuiable look OF IodSins-hou=cs. But NO
found that the heat which had caused London to
boil over upon all the other sea-coast towns had
1F - IA 11rfs
| MAS Only
II DIST OF MANY INQUIRIES, -
OF much driving to and fro in our hired 1y, and
running up an alarming Indebtedness to our
end THO bedrooms in the most fashionable block
in the town, whcre We established ourselves. For
! these rooms, simply but prettily fcrnished,
| with our food cooked and served. TO
! us, We Pay -four ,g:77n g%neas and , haf a
I week for 'htchen-work, three shillinss for the
] washing CT table and bed linen, aud whatever we
please besides Us tips to the servants who wait
| upon us. We find that, to live comfortably as
ne desire to ilve, to have as good. meat fish,
fruit. and vegetables, the English 1narke;
a1orls {and that is nofully less than our Chica-
/ 70 markets fur,lish), VIC supply our tabls--for
two ladies' and two children-at an oul]ay OF 80
| 81. week. At = rough calf ulation, therefore,
our expenses at = fashionable English Watering
| PLACE week are about $50 in A1nencan currency
| for our party aud the reader can compare for
himself these rates with those OF our American
| su1nnaer-resorts- OF course. this does not in-
clule wines nor elaborate pastries and desserts,
! FITCH as the American epicure demands aud finds
| at hotels, but sucu moderate fare as suits those
1Ao have better uses for their money than to eat
! it al.
! From our windows VIC have 4 full view Of
tha Sands" 1u America We naue that same
| territory ''bcach = but, on the kcntish coast,
the earth's slope to the is not as with US, BY
T. shelving, pcbby shore, but bt broad strip OF
nothing hit yellow sand, stretching cut to the
| rea from the foot Of
| TIE WHITE CLIFFS
| tina: caye England its name Of Albion. IhcEo
white cliffs di-appoint at first All American won't
cd to Natures magnitude aud ms iesty OF haudl-
work at ho1ac for they, q. least on the kcntsh
coast aIa OF height Inferior to the Pictured
Rocks OF Superior, or even tho bold bluns OF
! the Mississippi, go that they. seen quite u1l-
worthy CT their pla:o IL history aud souE5. Bus,
| upou second thoughts, Ole remembered that
these cl.ak-clffs do not hold their plsce in bis
J tory and poetry By reason OF their size and ho
| feels tho old romance return and hover about
| them in lis fancy, Is he remembers that these
| white landmarks lurcd the Roman narT1ora on to
do their work in the founding OF nation that
| has made 30 much of the worlds history and
poetry. Down through the soft chalk OF the
| Gun is cat circular tunnel in which are built
! the stone stairs which a.e :he only means OF
| communication between the shore aud tic world
at the ton Of the cliffs
and hard yellow PactoIiau sands and stretch~
ing for full quarter Of nlc to meet the b1ue,
! lappiug waves Of the GermaH Ocean. his shore
! is the laiIyipg point st lon TIDE ct
ALL THE LIFE or TIE ToWS.-
! the cav ceut1e toward which conytrSes all sao
| warmth and sparkle Of tile social lfe ot the
| nuc:uaring population. People come to eae sea-
side for tue sake of the seq here in b1oaas,airs
! and tba. they intend to devote thcmselves to an
| intimate, e4en though ephcmeral. acquaintance
With it, il evident by the peIslE:ence with WHICH
! which Ibev hang upon its skirts. When the tide
! ia low. tie oarrnw streets Of the town are de-
| customer; few sentimental Or equity ,Edlv'd-
1,aIs saunter L=t!csslx about the Parade upon
| the ton of the cliI, aud look over the railing
upon the sands beneath the tiny Goa.-carts and
CARRIAGES are motson.ess IN tie shsdow o!
the high buildings for want Of patronage; :;
the wide-open windows Of tho tail lodging
houses arc void of the many half
| length figures that ornament them at hiSh TIDE ::
| the balconies are empty; and altogether the
Town seems fallen into sudden somnolencS. M
The Parade runs along the brow Of tho cllG,
and hero, at hiSh tide, is transferred al tue
| animation of the town; but, when the beach
proves wide enough, and the 6e@ ie.Eeass 1s'r
| enough, the whole torn
| sEEKs THE sASEs.
| Here papa comes to read Lis paper lying full
| fenrth upon the watm sand, Under .he shelter
Of IA umbrella. drawing little. oT means OF tue
Times Sanad upon the s!tal en;1a currents r,sa o'
\
| over 10 the dolce far ncute of a suuouer-Tsca-
| tioa: There Mamma comes With her eewlnG,
and other nazn1naa gather With her, TIL the COM
Danv seems broken into sewing societies or con.-
| 1nittees On the public morals: Here cons
lobby. Charley, Tou1ay, Dick, each With
wooden spade and sauduy-painted buckets, to 80
| through each day with the herculean laoors Of
| the dav before, ,-vell-digglng and castie-butld-
tho sofs sand nsf5 too e6nt an nuTbe be
| shore. dressed and nndzesscd,-some drawing on
| bottles Of milk, and some on their own thumbs,
! arc as plentiful rs cherries in July. Here also
comes Mics Ga1afelia Guehington, to Haunt and
1lFt With the young swells who como from their
din in the SEE With dropping mustaches and
lank locks but With no bziny dilution Of their
admiration Of the p-c.ty bellies OF bFondsta17s.
| It's
| PICTURESQUE SCENE
! at }or tide, this upon which We look down from
/ our windows, but not at all such es retu1uds ua
OF tho glitter Of life, tho glory Of costume, and
| the sreetness of beauty. at our oun Watering
! rIaces. Tho eea-coast kentish towns do not
| blossom out, even during their brief "Eeason,
into such tropical lu1urance OF style and fashion
IS IT brighton, Scarborough, and Folkcstone.
People come here to throw OF care, oven tne
| cara for arncarauces; to breathe the salt air