The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-16
ATLANTIC CITY.


To every who has ever dwet beside the
at times, by whatever fair inland scenes sur
rounded homesick longing for the mighty waves the
emerald, foam capped breakers the thunderous music
So il came TO me, to carry for brief visit TO this
haunt Of former days from the delectable mountains
under whose shadow had taken up my summer abode
II has but day for the sojourn does not come
back the better satisfied take up the life Of yesterday
and go on with it tomorrow from having had the de-
sire of ones heart in the golden to-dayY
Atlantic City has the Philadephian character thor
oughly impressed upon it has Newport that of New
York or swampscott the Bostonlan sign and seal
Meeting here almost every you have known in
the Quaker City and seeing the thronged condition Of
every hotel and cottage you begin think that Pha
dephia must be deserted city, and that its nhabi-
tants have transferred themselves to their ia
vorite seaside resort Il is at less than two hours dis
lance from the city, and business fit down to
their families after banking hours over, spending
the farewell moments Of the 'lgoden" afternoon and
long, delightful evening by the sea BY ten in the
morning they are back in the city, Office counting
room nvigorated by the salt breezes and, it may be,
by an inspriting wreste with the just as the
level sunrise flashed across them.
THE HOTELS COTTAGES
are almost numberess stretching from the railroad,
where it comes down Atlantic avenue, almost to the
entire two miles from the lighthouse to tho Sea View
House This house marks the southern limits of the
summer city and is the point to which the daily
sion trains are rum the house having been built with
special purpose meet the wants CT the excursonists
These great excursion trains of the especial
features of this watering place. From early in June to
the end of September Sundays excepted there is no
morning on which, going down soon after nine O'Clock
TO the Sea View House, you will not witness the arrival
of from twenty thirty cars, crowded with people who
give but that single holiday 10 the delights of the
In rain or sunshine they come, for every day Of
the is engaged long in advance, and there
opportunity for transferring projected excursion TO
some other date. There always some of them who
pour into the great dancing hall TO find their pleasure
there but you find the greater number in the surf
wandering up and down the beach, rejoicing in the
breath of the salt breezes and watching with fascinated
eyes the mighty waves, line upon line lifting them
selves into a solid emerald wall to break in foam
Later in the day you come upon groups of them
gathered with lunch baskets under some rustic arbor
in the shelter Of the stunted pines. At Ave O'Clock in
the afternoon all hurryng back TO their tran and
watching the heavy steps and hred iaces one hopes
they will carry away enough of JOY for memory to
nger to repay them for the WEAKNESS OF the days
journey.
Another thing peculiar to Atlantic City is the large
number of houses kept by 'Frends" and intended for
the accommodation Of members of that quiet fraternity;
but year by they sought out more and more by
families DESTROYS of escaping tho hustle Of life in the
great hotels and the sound of dancing floating up
to their rooms in the still hours when they want TO
sleep So the number of these "Friends' houses" in
creases with every summer and TO be secured in
them must be sought for long IN advance Especially is
this the with the Chaltonte the largest of them,
which has laid its own private railway TO the bath
houses fEom the hotel and keeps its little car running
between them all day There arc two other such rail-
ways the place from the United States, the other
from the Chester County House Since the hotels were
built the shore has been so greatly changed by the
action OF the that these railways have become
necessity for invalids and elderly people
Just above the ordinary high water mark is laid
raised, firmly built board walk, extending along the
beach for the entire two miles that front the town.
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peciay, is gay with bright faces and varied costumes
crowded in close succession. The hotels and cottages
all full and there cannot be less than 10 600 people
in the summer city. The great hotels, the United
States, the Surf and Congress Hail. usual, vie with
each other in the amusemens offered to their guests,
but this season. at least the last named carries of tho
PALM for in addition to the attractions offered by the
propretors it has little circle of talented guests who
generously adding to the pleasure OF their fellow
sojourners by the by their exquisite music, espe-
cialy their Sunday evening
''sERvIcEs SONG"
These under the direction of Mrs Professor Everest
of Philadelphia whose lovely soprano voceit is now
an 'open secret'-w soon be heard in our concert
rooms the delight of music lovers. She has the in
valuable assistance of Miss Sch0mberg 'he belle of
Philadelphia she is often called rcgnant in right
of her BIRTH her beauty and accomplishments and Of
Mr. Caufman, baritone singer with voice OF exquisite
timbre and they admirably aided and sustained
by the band
grows in favor here the broad graveled avenues and
ten mile stretch of beach Offering such inducements to
it, And not day goes by without having numerous
parties made up for sailing, for ashing or for "crab
bng up the inlet There is certainly far less OF dress
and display and less interest taken in the chops" ut tho
great hotels than at any other watering place Amer
lea In this, in other matters, Atlantic City keeps
up its peculiarly Philadelphia character. On Sundays
you find the churches full The Methodists the Caho-
lies, the Epscopalans, the Friends, the Presbycrans
have each erected large and commodous places of wor
ship in all of which there regular services through
out the season. The Children's Hospital, admirably
situated very the beach, is the pct charity OF the
place. well it may be- for the good it is dong to tho
poor little children sent there from poverty stricken
city homes There is talk OF enlargng it, and it grows
greatly public favor that there VIII probably be
difficulty in raising the funds needed for increasing its
capacities for saving life and restoring health TO the
suffering little ones.
There is another Atlantic city where those who
dwell here all the year round have their abiding places.
1t lies back from the railroad away from the beach,
sheltered by the pines, and there hundreds Of sum-
visitors here who never even suspect its existence
Just what life may be there in the winter it is easy
to imagine-comiortabe after dormouse sort of
fashion, probably. But in summerl even the lovely
ferns gathered rustc school house. shut in by
the woods, not compensation sufficient to atone
for the hosts OF hungry mosquitoes who chanted
and dined or Of US. We 'stayed not the order Of
our going' but fed before them, going back to tho
beach where we would love to linger-but farewels
must be said, however reluctantly Only, for one 1
hope the apocayptic dreamer mistaken in his
imagery when he said 'There shall be no more scar
over IN the beyond
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