New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-09
SUNDAY RECREATION.
ONE OF COMFY ISLANDS GREAT DAYS.

ONE OF COMFY ISLANDS GREAT DAYS.
THE HOTELS AND BEACHES CRowDED-A NUISANCE
AT THE CONCERT sIANps-EFFECrs OF THE
WEATHER.
Life at Concy Island presents few striking
changes In its tenor In this respect 1t closely
resembles its great of attraction, the ocean'
There are surface rpples and waves, caused by the
vagaries of the weather and other circumstances.
There are the diurnal flow and ebb in the tide OF
transient visitors, while great mass OF guests re-
mains unmoyed. But in general one day at the
beach is q fair type of all the resi-. Sprlng anu
neap tides in the Atlantic however; ana so on
Sunday Coney Island usually ENJOYS an extra liow'
n spring tide of visitors. The bright skies and glow
ing heat of yesterday forced this tide toa higher
mark than IT had previously attained IN this year.
1t was tield-day for The island. ;, .
Where in the world do all the people come
from e. exclaimed bewlldercd stranger, as he
watched the trains and boats discharge their lu-
mense cargoes of humanity.
Eyervwhere" responded bystander, and the
answer was not far from the literal truth. From
the East End to West Brighton and on TO Nortons
the beach was throngcd with a multitude that rep
resented every grade and class of American society,
and even of society in lands beyond the sea. New;
York gave representatives from Murray iilil ana
from Baxter-st., and the foreign population OF TINS
city made it's presence manifest on every hand. Ibe
mass of visitors, of PURSE came late IN the day
At IL a. NJ when a TRIBUNE reporter wehntd Els
way to the religious services at Manhattan Beach,
the various hotels, promenadeS and the strand
seemed almost entirely deserted. large conerega-
ton however. was assembled on the hotel veranda:
The solemn words of the Episcopal liturgy, so well
attuned TO high-arched naves end dImly lighted
TRANSCRIPTS sounded strangely enough there amid the
constant hustle and confusion OF waterng,place
life, where every surrounding savored only of
worldly pleasure and temporal good. But the nj
teen hundred persons on the veranda listened at
tentively and revcrcntly to the service, ana made
the responses Us devoutly If within cathedral
walls, while the hoarse voice OF the snri now ana
then joined in with deep aUen Inc services
were conducted 10y the Rev. DIR. A. +. Ihwing, OF
this city, who preached a sermon on the missionary
work of the Protestant Episcopal Church, remark
ing by way of introduction that perhaps Coney
Island stood much III need Of missionary enOrt as
any place in the land.
BY 8 O'Clock the beach was thronged as densely
as Broadway SATURDAY. afternoon after the
matinees. At the music stands vast audiences had
gathered to hear the concerts. At the Manhattan
Beach Hotel the programme was a very attractive
one, and Levy and SIgnOT RahayOlO wed with each
other for popular favor. Both were loudly ap-
plauded. There were many complaints made by the
women of the prevalent custom of smoking at the
concerts. Cigars were emitting their fumes III all
parts of the audiences and the breeze only served
10 carry the smoke into the eyes and nostrls OF
everyone about the stands.
Probably the most marked feature in the ap
pearauce of the thr0ngs at the hotels and on the
beach was the prevalence among the women of dark
and heavy clothing. The recent cool weather ana
its present changeaole character have driven back
TO the wardrobe the light. airy muslins that earlier
in the every where seen. Their place Is
taken now by clothing OF an almost wintry appear
ance. shawls, circulars and other wraps beng IN
great demand. The summer heat has, however, 10y
means passed away, and yesterday the sun sh0ne
with oppressive warmth upon the beach and un-
shaded walks, while within the buildings the air
was delightfully."- cool. The following temperatures
were REGISTERED yesterday III the shade: 10 a. H..
600; - NJ, 72l2o 3 p. m, "a; p. m, 7O0
fine surf was running, and several thousand persons
INDUCED in the luxury of saltwater bath. The
observatory and the ocean pier were also very
largely patronlZed
The following names were registered among the
latest arrivals at the hotels:
Hotel Br1ghton-L c. Chase, Boston John II Kump
Duke Centre. Penn; George H. Thompson and wife,
Mid0letown. y. Y; sydney g. Fisher, Philadelphia;
William Hutchinson, Norwich. Conn; ;: {. Curtis
LAFAYETTE, Ind; d. Rhode ana wife, Charleston :. c;
G. s. Foweli Camden, y. j.; Fremont Updegran, Will
Transport. Penn; John \. Livingston, New-IOrk.
Manhattan Beach HOtei-Thomas Miles, Andrew
b. Wells and wire, Philadelphia; A. A. Palmer. Frauk-
lin, Penn. George \. Burr, Florence, Mass. q. ". Mil
lard and WIFE POughkeepsie, y. Y. TbeO n. Johnson.
Portsm Outh, Ohio; OnVcr Stokes, William Hutchin-
son. Chicago A. II. Barber and wife, Akron, Ohio; A.
Breed Lynn Mass; +. Z. Clark. Baltimore.
Oriental H0fel-W. c. Murdoch, Washington, ID. c.; W.
&. Hall England; A. :. Gilmore. W. c. Budd, San
Francisco. Cal. John +. Dwight, st. Louis II. Cal
lagher, Rochester, y. Y. j. A. del Vale and family,
Orange n. j.; f. Henriques and family, J. d; Prohst
and wife William Couch and wife, III. I. P1ndeIer aud
wife, A q. Culver, NcW-NOrk.