Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-03
FIRST EDITION.
Tho Seaside In September,
ATLANTIC cITYs ATrnAGTIoNs-THE FASHIONABLE
SEASON cLosED, But MANY ATTRACTIONS REMAIN.
Correspondence otMs Commercial.

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| Correspondence ofMe Commercial.
ATLANTIC Cry, Sept. 2
The fashionable season at this watering place
as at all others, has come to its close. 1t cul
minated in tho gathering OF the last hop OF
summer, at tho Sea View House last night
| There the cottage people" and the remaining
hotel guests met for final adeu until another
season pcrcliance.may bring them together in tile
broad avenues or upon the superb beach OF this
delightful simmer resort.
But although tho fashionable season has
closed, the pleasures of the natural season are
even more abundant than before. The crowds
have gono, but great ocean remains. Hasslers
orchestra and the other bands have "folded their
teuts like Arabs" and packed up their yone
and flutes like sensible mon, but the magnificent
bass OF the surf still murmurs through tho day.
and roars through tho night. The lights are
fewer and DINNER at the great hotels, but the
stars shine clearer and more Respondent through
the
CALM AIR OF THE SEPTEMBER
evening. All nature is at her noblest; it is as
II the year were standing Oh tip toe for little
while before the coming OF the inevitable sink
ing and decay which belong to later autumn.
Let no man think, either, that it IL too cold to
batho IN the Atlantic, now. The air itself il mild
and balmy, but the water warmer than tho air.
IL OF delicious GOODNESS; aftor that you feel that
yon are in summer sea and smiled upon by
summer sky. The exhilarating and invigoratlng
qualities OF the Sea bath arc never in fuller
iorce than just now.
but mans provident care has seon to it that
the waters OF tho ocean shall be tempered to the
siiorn lambs of society. For lnyads and those
OF delicate constitution who cannot bear the
shock of the surf, there are large and well
equipped bathing establishments, where one
"A -tII la fIluti, Al;
donce, filled however, not with water from the
Bfandywine, but with real
SALT WATER. FRESH FROM THE uEAvING MAIN.
Furthermore it can be regulated to that precise
degree OF temperature best suited to the taste
and health of the bather, from natural cooness
mp to as near the boiling point as human hesli
can bear.
AS for tho sailing, that WAS meyer better.
The blue waters OF the Inlet "smilo TO the blue
heavens above them bent, and the white wing
cd yachts float between the sapphire and the
azure, things of beauty that are Joys forever
Ii Ii possible to go out npon the ocean itself in
one of these fairy craft, bnt it is safer and
pleasanter to glide along between the low vcr-
dant shores that skirt the inlet. The breeze
sings in the sail, tic water ripples undor the
pier, laughter and Music rise from the deck.
Cleopatra's barge was more magnificent, but
the swarthy queen never carried lighter heart
than those that boat onboard these stsunch little
vessels that dip and skim along the wave, like
swallows.
THERE Is PLENTY OF SOCIETY
here too, Of the choicest kind. The cottage
residents remain. only few of them having
returned to Philadelphia or their city homes.
They are to be met on the beach, upon the
promenade, and in the drives Tho hotels are
far from empty either although OF course the
great rush has passed away and there il a
cordiallty and courtesy among their guests suli-
cient to make the stranger feel that lie is not
an alien, but that he has found Il host of new
friends.
With September peculiar feature of this
place becomes apparent. The excursions of
white people cease with the close Of August,
and then the
EXCURSIONS OF coLoRED SOCIETIES
begin. AS soon as the train has reached the
excursion house, they hurry to the er-side,
and procuring bathing dresses dash into the
surf. Their antics in the water, their merry
laughter, their delighted screams as the break
ers dash over them, are something to bo seen
and heard and ever after remembered. All the
white visitors of the place flock down to the
beach to see thcm, and the peculiarties Of II
sea-side resort are br ought out into the strong
est relief.
The Camden and Atlantic Railroad, by which
this City by the Soa has been made. and by
which it can readily be reached in two hours
from Phadelphla, Is a well organized and we'll
conducted enterprise. Every provision is made
for the comfort of travellers, and every official,
iTpii hir' Sliutherluiii tie necIetdiy anu lrehS-
urer down to the brakesmen, are polite and
knd. IL there are any
TIRED MEN AND WORKOUT WOMEN
in Wilmington, who have not yet taken a sum-
NOR vacation, or who are dssatiefed with their
experience and accommodations elsewhere, let
such come here for few days. The food, the
air, the bathing, the restful quiet, the sweet
days, ''so cool, calm, 30 bright" the sleepful
nights filled with the harmony of old oceans
myriad voices, will make most healing and help
full September sojourn in this City by the Sea.
And il any inquire whore they may find all this
and more, the answer is, sat Atlantic CITY,"
II. a. s.