, 1876-06-25
How the Season Opens at
This Famous Resort.
The Seaside Hotets.-.Desolate
Appearances OF the Dining.
Rooms.
Pilgrims to the Exposition-shrine--
Seeking the Cool Sea-Breeze.
Scenes About the Island-..Sea-GroTe.-"
The Beach. Drive.

.1, 80. Ill ,,+
warmer days a month since, one could not
unless clad in the heaviest Of winter-wrappings;
mud ov.n tj,en tho kpo,, steai,u wind from off
"'o 'su ..1e'' .t4e n w. "' .;ss.
shofe pf1cRca 1Ae lace Ike aFFo"s pointcu VIZ
young iceberss. a melower air succeeded in
the Inter part Of May, and at this time the
temnerature Il simply perfect. At high noon,
,.ba, +ha sun crnr'.hrs tho miami cit,es
W." .ns o"a - 49, .of,,rs'
anu orlVe5 all peop4e lnto '4e 5c!oSc
OF their houses, there IS mere
only that mild rcfn1ecnce which can be seen,
hut mt unn1eosant1v fc1t. The RAYS Of light
.as.s,s.a:, -. n,a,,,,.r hrt.azs ~ fre+ ct;rs
u!e .eiape'e0 ~ Ioo,An5 49, t 80 t",
Tue long grass On tne aa"ns tfontlas lne oeae].
The few inmates OF tic hotels wander up and
down the wide ycrandahs, OF stroll along the
n,er mornings and afternoons. unoonrcsscd by
M .., .1:.1t..ts<, -, ~ f,r,.sa,;tfos +h,+
heue, anu untes1fE.ea ~ r .ne 1.,"n ~'s a.
com c %itn the croWas- ING islanu ~ ~ ~ 1"e
Ph1!adelpa'ans allectlonalely term cape -Aa}-as
probably just now al lis pfett1cst.
x,,a TIL. TIE SEASON sS..oa,., ,a cal, 10
have commenced before the day OF nre.craekcss
pie besi packing their trunks Us early as the
middle OF jung, nna announce eohunen1.ai}} .1} 70
their friends that In few days M IL. they WI os y;
Off on their summer tour. But the worid OF
society Is le1Surely Woflu, anu there az SO
many arrangements to oe MADE, SO many toinss
to be thought OF, so many mooisses 70 oe coft-
suited by the ladies, that the departure Is gener
ally deferred until me midsummer
month has 1nily SCI IN. lnen comes
the rush at the seasidc-hotcls, the clumor
OF hundreds OF papas 1or tue very oest soo1ns'
the skurrying Of walters up anu Gown tne eo.- .
rltors, tue rustic OF dresses IN the paFlolsf the
numerous groups OF loungcrs on tue peaeh, anu
the scarcely less numerous groups VI nlcsts
bathers III the SURF. Almost IN oay tAe
Island is transformed from anll collecllon OF
cottages anu hotels Into ousiiine ana p'clns-
esYns Gnl9thy. ,y 4to+ +,o eoo.o, ,r;,, ho q
tls highly probaple thal tne sGason VIII .b ~
mseH Vt ,hn Emo iassr ~ +b wnr,d ~.
usual everybody IN Inc 1asnonaDle "orlo TX
poets OF course TO sec oa,..o,..
and to tS asee" ~ It means to stay IN that city at
orally will start on the summer tour % any earlier
tnan tneE are n 10 o., si th"t
IN Inc ntner manu-, ~ Is qu.ee u; .1lat he
yond ths aesolutc time rcq1lrGa 70 eeI an 'qea sa
OF me Exhnltloa, since, .. ~ p.arsS an lug
country, there Is none more daSaSrseaose aptans
the summer tnan thas saae fni.auelpn e., a.,
aa'an1ase % snaa thS ,+ en'13oan sew MnSe' stsv AZ
lake-oEeeze, pul, y til tIcs hr,s'%2 s.Is
| IN town, must slsu!aea ano ,.; nsoa =. ~
heat of the most intense hho. ,.,.nas 1t nas
to tne Exposition might takc up elear @ m
/ Philadelphia on the early trains, returning IN
thc evening. hnt ms aea' tnoasn WY ta,t nteS ~
theory, Will not DC lolloweo % any gfeatE E3Ien5'
1de ol TWO hours ana nan IN .h..a- u lanIuasa-
train, through country desolate OF esels tnlns @
ous seS, os ~ to f. onc
erous quantltesEls no1 ea4Su.aseu ;tntion ~ ~
! for the amenities OF hlgn elVl1zatlon'
~ tne e3eott,ons @ o. III
nla4 ~ @1o A~AAoN '@A~
] lnT labor ol slShi.scelhs' , .r,,, In ,,..r,r-
! LIS cxpesteu tnat tnG eapt WI 70 pau pau -
lied thus season better than ever BEFORE and' IN
consequence ~ nn,n. p r,oxa
are being made styt by f. Pesnansat gepalasion
There Is : grand 1nrotshlnss-op Of oIa %a5e, ana
buslrS OF new ihe uoLcn VI no.e notsls .a.s nass
peen engased 1oI mont1 IN 1ep'
Hasa mas ocem ntteu up ~, ond now n,,fs
its best foot forward, with the sGn. }ts
selous satlslaGsn M is1t a. th ' atotton ther. ara
dnty TO 1ne puoc a. .n ~ III ,a rn,,cn5
aiso ,.an1 i ~ ,s'aa,.anc ~ tho n1,r" nthrr
y,nnea oy 5e ou hare TAKEN nlscel % of whic
cnan5en 5, nisJ ;, ~, ,rrspntor 1e;rh+ than
M NOW W. ~ asiA ~, ~ asa-3rove
g III, - - sI - II rans+ noniar 1ea
lns ofvG W. " o'S " Lao 1iuss ;o frort ~
lures ot III ine ~ arelt ' a1rar u wtl
Souslcss 49, nus ~ hoa1 ran1o"ed
@ pe 1ene9eu ,t ~ y n coI Wrstbrr. STEAMERS
i an ta, u - thora Al short dsfnnce
WI ia.u Pa7sIaS1'H isa1;n,s' ho+.le Tha IA
rum ~ ent ,s isaI,S ~ S~o;1roadIe,ot 1rA,ch
= f..1to1 ~ +in eorsho-p nnd ~ thn town
Is ~ .,s - tn,a !.a,-a1as fnr fransfar
eouapeinus peoh1s H. ~ s5 tans GG;n,anv cnnnot
70 tne hottis" ane ~ 1;o.o1;4p ~ i T. rov
hoWese " aceuseu =. .. l7ati+ ,aea, ~ [r.v h.
loi1InE Wy eApiess hnaI1a,i3 ssnI3 - odd;+i,r
Tween inc APE ano ni''os1pn"A 49, @>''AA'A'AA
! 10 tuese 4Aclaslss,
EAeoNstos sas 4n1a aio NIL, ,,o+-o,-
are 70 DC put on Us olten as peop'e Sn' pol1'"
lze them. .o,. .,..a ,o,+
Ihe hfst OF tnese eAculslons eooA psaee aas1
thursday, When parsS o. ne"sPapi *.
correspondents, 1ncauuuhE 1nans. ~ <as s
fsm.n,ns or%er' "'e, roue Hsgt it,t,o, non ~
fhiladelpnla' " spscla., PaaI TIE
tne eccss ol aae sn ~; a-a nu;, ,9;,,cs and
ero"a numoereu apouE loV anu Ms,a f"st,in-, n1
d1nc4 " Tue notes III tIe ap!to.su 4IIu ~ ~.
tue West-1efsey ta11roao - .f.Iu1 1 ~ s'.e az
fennsylvania toaa, anu s'ses y! tne ~ ] ~
the rank ot IN Important au1la1f. =" Sou9ss ..H..
1t Is 1ecder OF Fhlauelpua Ano u ~ -.
CONSTRUCTED that the tfaycIeI eahnoa H. aMa5
from tue Capc ey ianu, sxcePt Linuen u. ia, ti.n-
self III the clutchcs OF ION sGota, hsom ,*hnrt
ne Wal scarce!y escape ~ any oatec<1on "14No0S
patiug sogu toutu son'
have spoken aoout
THE BE4ca-oh1sE n,
from tne Cape TO oca.utose; II WIN W sne a w
uiar thtng thts season ior tnc you1leE saass =,
the ephemerai population 20 paif-ou to"atus aa!
evening and aF1Fe Gown 10 1nc Ituve. - q ~ ~
hours tlde alon5 the snore, VIII Iae o." III
tinuaitY Whispering romane1c ta1ns9 " lns1t tHat
willing ears, anu w1th' pcFnaps, saua.s ~.
OF moon thrown IN rs an auueu .s;., t,.a.s