New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-06

Fran that time until about In the aIternoo ~,
| neople came in crowds One Of the ofncers y, va
prospect Park and Coney Island n"n
| said that they were running 'uA -
nm hour of nine cars each' NJ" Ts.
o., hronybt about ono hundred persons no
Manhattan Beach Railway Ind three trainS a" "os
Zach carving abont 500 persons, and there were
,,onv h,ats At the iron pier in addition TO the
five steamers that stop there regularly, there WIZ
snecial Fourth of July excursion boats from broee
mort Conn. Freehold N. j.. and other places. ~
was estimated at o'clock that there were near
60 OOO people on the island. and Ine W"
islanders were confident that by oco'n
there would he ut least 100000 visltors. D".
about 2 O'Clock the wind became colo III"
the sky overcast, and the arrivals by inc tra'"'
were not 80 numerous During the early houiS VI
the dav there were numbers Of bathers and merry
cries and comic antics drew great CROWDS 10 'io
waters edge; but by 3 o'clock the sra was
90 rough and tho wind cold that almost all oe
serted the water.
The wind grew stronger and the exposed Pi"@%t'
OF some Of the hotels were speedily oeser.e"'
"Wbvp said Mr.. Cable tho wind blew the
ladies' hats over the rail- their HAIR all over 'hci,
faces the salt and pepper In their eyes. the mustard
oil over the tables and for the table cloths WHY
IL took one man at each table TO hold them down. 80
Ibod IN cou them all down stairs aud strip the
tables The same annoyance was felt nj the other
houses but not so seriously. -.
About 3 o'clock there was n slight shower, phi
the pleasure did not heed the warning ahG
treated il lightly. Half an hour later the Tsln isb
IN torrents aud then the beach indeed presented
lndcrous sight Hundreds II NOT thousahds VI tnI
visitors were at long distances from the hoiels ana
The way they scampered toward sheIioi'
wading through puddles above theH ahkiess'
sometimes tumbling over IN the heaVY wei sanu,
occasionally having hat. or bonnet or PaiaSoI, VI
other light article carried Of bv the wlnd me1
swearing women scolding, children screaming. ana
all wet the skin. was very comica'. ~ was ~
scene not easy TO forget. The fortunate man ana
women who happened to be IN the hotels ana on
the balconies, and consequently nniar sns. ~
enIoyed IL immensely and laughed heartily over me
msforiunes of the wa!eT-logged ana DtuaggIed
people who had been caught in the rain
Al the Manhattan Beach Hotel me pina paye"
for about two hours. not paving the slightest az
teutiOn to the storm, and two or ihfee hdbuIe1
music lovers sat under raised nmDfel las on ehposf"
seats in front IF the music stand enjoying the co-
cert TO the end Then they made an eHort 10 grC
shelter al the hotels but il was useless; there was no
standIug-rOo even on the balconies, ana Ihcy nau
10 continue the use Of the friendly umbrella ne
clerk of the hotel sand they given dinner to abont
twelve Thousand people. and II tho storm had hot
come ne had no doubt they would have Ied tw'h't
thousand. The crowd lie SAID, was haIdIf is SItdt
on the beach ~ last year, but TINT OF conIsc was
OWING to the severe storm occurring so early III the
day. u.
those at the Manhattan The dinlng-rooms were
filled. the WATERS were busy. aud everybody was
happy until the rain came. Incb ne mans,
balconies, and rooms were CROWDED Almost 10
suifOcatiOn, and il question whether u was
better TO sit still and pc spire in the crowd or go
outside ia the rain and get wet.
At West Brighton there WAS the most fun and ex-
element Here Is where the boys and girls 90 10
have good time. Here, for half an hour
after the rain began, confusion IclgneG SUI
preme Young ladies with their skirts over
their heads to their D0nnets, ana
bright parasols up, thoroughly wet through. ran
through tho falling rain, anxious 10 gam SheiIer
and diiapidatcd straw hats and a soaked ana
wretched appearance generally, ran after them and
tried 10 offer consolation. which was very uncra-
ciOusly received At length all managed 10 get
under u roof Then thew slowly gained their equa-
nmIty and peace Tcigned again. few courageous
ones tried 10 that IL was OILY shower and WOuH
soon pass over, but a greater NUMBER We're rs ul-
comfort able a. possible and were only anxious 10
get home. The depots were soon as badly crowded
rs the hotels.
In the waitnR-rooms there were some funny
scenes. One man VINO had made himself c0nsplcu-
Gus along the beach was pnt in o most ridiculous
plight. He had brown halr, blue eyes and PAIR Oh
black Dundreary whiskefs. was dressed ~ Wnlte
flannel suit, aud q straw hat with Diue I'D
bon. The rain took the color out OF the rODoli,
winch stained the rim OF his hat and the dye out OF
his whiSIer5, which ran III streaks down rs Whlte
coat He evidently realized his absurd appearance
aud would have gladly hidden HIM
self any here but there WAC no opportunity
and he had To stand up and be laughed NJ. young
woman was neatly dressed in light cpors, with "a
jaunty straw hat trimmed with white ribbons.
white feather. and bnnch of artificial lowers ID
the centre OF which was n big red rose. The water
took the red out of the rose, running the hal ana
feather and there was enough OF the color leit 10
make two straight s,Teaks down her face which She
could not rub of. She was evidently much DIS
tressed and 70 the credit al the crowd should he
SAID, that more sympathiZed with her than laughed
at her misfortune.
In coming home on the cars and on the boat from
Manhattan Beach, though both Were crowded 20
their utmost capacity, there was an absence OF
roughuess and iacivilty that was very noticeable