The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-15
Sunday AT THE SEASH0RE.
1gE mULTTTUDES AT LONG BRiNCH, CO
NEY Island, AND ROCkIW1r.

NH. IN the Crent New Jersey Resort md
h., the rien.urc.seekcr-D id Therc-The
rr.,aI Immense Gathering of New York
.r. and Others ON the Nearer Beaches.
"All aloard!
An official with n gilt emp band on the paddle
- n the CRYSTAL Wave has cried 1t out. n
.Alstle is shrioking with forty-horse power.
',I the man in tho ticket Office for the Long
n,anch boat Is making frantic efforts to induce
"a excited fat men. who are each two feet
,,oad. 10 pass In at n two-foot passageway ono
,esr the other instead Of shoulder to shoulder.
~plepty Of time. gentlemen" says tho ticket
ALTAR putting the logic OF the thing In tone OF
,laIntiyo DIES pair. il you will 20 in singly but
ia CRYSTAL Wave cannot wait for you two to ppss
Arough that passage ut once"
I, IL hot weather and II Ia no change from
ne close heat OF the city to he under the avn
,,cs Of the Crystal Wave as long as she lies fast
!, rier 8. The Saturday afternoon fugitives
,rom the grcat metropolitan oven sit and sigh
and fan themselves lnnguidy. Tho boat IL
r,c,ty well packed. brisk business agitates
,ba bar below. and tall. sweating goblets
q, claret md lemonade. with clicking lee and
snowy straws. pass upward in uninterrupted
nroression. round bodied. renssurinR Ger
man with an umbrella. fvo evening papers.
end an oycrcoat spread over his knees. tells
,,e,,v American woman. who is droopingly sip
,i,e something under which black stewardess
calmly holds tray. that she will get a breath
~ wind" very soon now She smiles and says
she hopes she may. and she has been
diving for it, Meanwhile the two fat
men before the ticket office have shrcwdly
veercd about and gone in endwisc. as
nwcrc. the gang plank has gone aboard. the
shlstling Bcdlam has ceased. the boats haw-
GERS have tumblod into the water with Il splash
the wheels are shaking up a fine foam. and n
row Of cnvious faces along the edge OF the pier
is slowly slipping ustern. The Crystal Wave
.lidcs out into the stream turns her sharp nose
toward Staten Island. and then comes the
bree7r. The German says "Hav M the
awnings nutter and flap. and one Of his
evening papers sails over the guard. la Belle
Americane Strengthens herself. sniirs. and
instantly calls for her shawl. Costly young
fellows with patent-eather pumps. embroidered
sacks. and far-happing trousers, cast about to
ind out what is agreeable. and to make thcm-
selves agreeable to what is agreeable when they
have found It. Every body holds tight ON to his
hat and all the cigars burn ny on one side;
The iden oil high prices has come from Long
Branch. and affects the service on bonrd the
Crystal Wave. Notwithstanding that the boat
gets no nearer 20 the luxurious watering place
than Sandy'Hook. The instant the wharf drops
out Of sight nickels leap into dimes and dimes
become quarter dollars; There is n boothlack
on board the Crystal Wave who regards
price. accepts ten with profound gloom, and
knows not what nickel II. Last saturday Il
sharp mercantile eye. permitted his boots to b,
polished in irreproachable fashion by this
YOUNG artisan. and then dropped him nicke
Tor MS pains. or course he did notrscape.
WHAT'S This p said tlts Nputl. look inc
calmly and curiously ut the coin.
The man with the mercantile eye buttoned
trnlly and slowly his trousers pocket.
That" said he, " is five cents"
Yer don't say" pursued the youth; what's
It's all youIl get. sir" said the mercantile.
eyed man with the severest sort Of brrvity.
lie turned to 20. but he WINS too bate, The
smearng brush Of the boothlack of the Crysta
Wave darted out like an electric flash on IL,
mission Of vengeance, and took the polish u
an entire boot. only, said the triumphan
youth. black one boot for five cents" and with
that last bitter sting he departed.
About m hourUf ride YOU have on board tn,
Crystal Wave before she runs prcttiy up to tn,
low southern New Jersey Railroad ears ar,
already drawn up and waiting for you. with M
eager locomotive painting and iz,ing Mt the end
You transfer yourself AMI in an instant away
YOU 90. with the ocean rolling almost up to your
Wheels on the loft AMI II smooth river with
pretty trimmings full OF nesting cottages or
your right The salt breeZe IN rot taken out nj
your noalrils through coming III Of til" Crystn
Wave. Through the open window YOU snuf Il
gratefully as you 20. and YOU turn your fac,
from II and from the blue Ocean with it, inter
minlble wool white fringe. only TO contemplate
the shining meadows. the cnttle. and the ru-tici
wandering knee deep In fields of grain Just out
aide the other window
The ViyAcious little "chLg chugs " from anea,
make you think that even the locomotive know
what u pretty place Long Branch Is. and Il
saler To- get there. You run over a strip Of san,
60 near TO III. "dge thai YOU fear long surf viii
come IN ana sweep the train away back in tn
landscape among the minimizing cutie whicl
stand and lazily swish their tails But the trail
goes too quick. or else there is no surf loul
enough. and In another minute you are r0ckin.
right and left with the speed aud flying through
country OF cool. brown cottages, witt
broad-covered pazzas. and people sittiui
THEREON. red road sweeps into view. AM
shining equpages. drawn some by two horse
and some by four horses, and driven invariHb
by coachmen with handsome legs. 90 rollini
over II. You say Long Branch. and in anothc
minute indeed long whistle from the locomo
tive comes down to yOu. there Is n Jolt a slack n
ing. and you draw up amid Babel
Iona Branch Is full You look back and Sc
cais. The avenue Is n maze Of vehicles. FIT
long stages stand backed up TO the platform an'
point their open doors ut your hospitality
lou hear cried out the name OF every hote
ut Long Branch. In five minutes the fifty stage
are rolling down Ocean avenue. The rOad 4
nled with carriages and equcstrans Hotel
and cottages are all open. and people sit OF
every plaza listening TO the roll OF the surf an,
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