New-York tribune., 1880-06-21

York and the beaches at COney Island Rock
away and at Long Branch were thrOngcd.
The cOnvenlenCes for entertaining the guests
Mt these places have been increased. AT
Brighton Beach some college students have
taken situations as walters at the table dhOte.
THRONGS AT THE BEACHES.
,ONEY ISLANDS FIRST GREAT SUNDAY OF THE SEA
soN-sCENEs AT MA>HA1TAN AND The hRlGH-
TON-pLUNGING IN TIE SURF.
Yesterday was gala day for COney Island Inc
air in the city was hot aud slnG. and drove mul-
titudes to the beaches Tie trains and boats were
crowded even as early noon, aud the usual COM
ical scenes witnessed Men and women came
pontiug IN their cagcrncSS not 10 be too late, and
made the customary remarks about the heat ana
things i'm general when the gates shut IN their
faces.
At the island the close air of the city ex-
changed tor deliciOusly invigoratng sea breeze
The afternoon trains carried crowds 10 Manhattan
and Brighton Beaches, and soon the scenes enacted
at the ;ght of the season last Summer were re-
peated. it was estimated that 10000 persons Wis
tied Manhattan BE- sch during the day, and the
humber If peOplc who came to the island could not
have been much less than 10000. At Manhattan
Beach there was dcuse crowd all day. The seats
on the sand around the bathing pavilion were all
occupied, ana during the afternoon aud evening con-
certs bytlmoreS Band 1t almost imPoSsl Die lor
one re make his way among the listeners In front
of the hotel. The crowd was composed Of the
better classes of people, who seemed to take keen
delight IN the music ana in the ever-shiftnS pano-
rama before them. The visitors were divided into
three casscs-thOse who came solely for the purpose
of hearing the concerts, and who secuted front
seats and held them resOlutely until the last num-
Der was played those who manifested lazy kind
10 iud fo
them and lastly those who forever prone
nading up and down the verandas ill search OF ac-
guMntances and familiar faces
This task of finding friend in a crowd at Coney
Island is no easy One as hundreds found to their
disappointment yesterday. The concerts were very
ENJOYABLE and the Several numbers draw out hearty
applause. Levy was at his best, and wound bis
merry horn the old familiar themes tn The de-
light OF all. AT the bathing pavilion 1T was stated
that about 5000 people had been in he water. In
the middle of the afternoon the tide was at the
food, and the temptation to take refreshing
plunge in the cold wafer was almost IrreslStlbie
The breakers came tumbling III on the sand, throw
ing the spr;g high in the air ani causing frequent
pancs among the timid women in the water. 1t
waSIOvai sport, and the spectators seemed TO enjoy
it nearly much as the bathers themselves. The
frOlIc child was as ubiquitous us ever on tie
sand, and filled his little Da ard his fathers shoes
with dry sand in a most impartial aud cXaSpcrating
manner.
Alter sunset the breeze died ont and it was un-
comfortably hot the hotel vrrandas. As the heat
increased the lahors of the oarkrepcrs grew more
arduous. Nen it was dark, ni;mY of those III the
hotel haStencd 70 the seats IN the sand, and the
young lovers held high carnival i'll the moonlight
and the " whispering sea- The more Sedate busied
themsel yes in c0mDacemtv punching innumerabe
holes IN the sand aud in watching the e5bmg tide
The scene i'll the evening was a beautiful one.
The light of the hotel and the calcium lights at Va
riOus nS helped TO brighten a picture hat was
naturally bright on account OF the moon. Tie view
of the cOutrasted well with the thTOngS of peO-
pie who We're continually moving about the hotel
and along the promenadEs: Among the re-
fsHt Gos s sea at bS 14S a1atn B@e P"a
Agostni sSfii judge Shea, E s BoNcn, jgdEs 8. L.
ard a. B q Stockweii. F. Bartlett, W. s. Siaifr +.
Vincent. Alfred Rowell. George Law, il, and W. +.
Armstrong, of New-York L-C Chasn' Ge9rge +.
Il. j. Iavt and wife. of ST. Louis j. Van lDTae-
gen. OF Chicago W.. IL. StoIt, OF StIttville, and
George Fl. Fish and wife. of BroOklvn.
Mr. Harris, the chief clerk OF the Brighton Beach
Hotel, sad Yesterday that there was jnSt twice a.
many people at the hotel rs there were on the same
day III 1879 Saturday nigh; the IllSh was so great
that cots We're put I'D in the parlOrS and dlnlug-
rooms Saturday evening the table d'hotc re-
some time ago q Dlrtmonth College student
representing number of his matrS went 20 Mr |
BreslIn and succeeded in making an arrangement
by which those whom he represented were engaged |
as WATERS at the table dA0te Consequently nine |
or ten Of the cOleglans arrived AT the hO:ci week
serve the New;YOrk 7th Regiment on
the following day, aud they pay a |
decarc compliment to the capacIty of the soldiers
for consuming TatIOns For some reason three Oi |
the mum Ier, after having served the 1;h Regiment,
concluded that they would return to the hills of |
New-l I'm ,SIlre, and the remaining five SIX be- |
gan their work Saturday ming. Others are ex- |
peeted to-day. and before long there will pTbbably
be twenty-five or thirty Og them minIstrrirg |
to the wants OF the }rigntous bOardcrs. The |
young ncn can easily be distinguished BY their |
youthful faces their pOlitene,S and their evident |
desire to do their work we'll. They receive r}9 Il |
month and their board and lodging. and VIII there
fore start back to college abou the middle Of Sep
tember with nearly 800, enrugh To pay tor years
tuition III the academic department.
All the afternoon and evening the erOundN around |
the band-sand AT Brighton Beach almost un-
comfortably crowded. Every char in the vcrtuda
was occupied, and the scene WAS most picturesque.
The afternoon concert progTamme by Adolf
Neuendof's band included The Heavens are
by Beethoven, Meyerbeer, MOzart and strauss.
Among the guests at the Brighton Beach
aStsl SHae are Judge and Il Do " ard fd
family, Albert Bierstadt, the artist; ex-senator =
Conover X. l. johnson and wife. Harvey Spel
venson General Patrick Fox, Edward Lcavitt and
wife, Fl. Y. Leavrtt and wife. C0lnael Josepl H.
Tucker and A. Il; Flower and wiz, all OF New
Kenyon % and Miss S Stella Renv"9 # f; BfcokyM;
Oakland, California J. w. SIagruder of Washing
ton; Congressman Hooker. of Mississippi: Colonel
Thomas Ochiltree, of Texas; I. W. Gibla. f To-
inGtou, of Rochester. G. H. Beaham, d. Z. VERDI
eno and family. Henry G. Logan and family and b.
Z. Tenard, of San FranciscO; B. K. SanbOrn and
Thomas SanbOrn. of England. and H. Il. PIerson
and wife of Albany.
There were about 5000 bathers at Briehtoh
Beach. At West Brighton Beach there was scarcely
room for all the people. Many sought the cool
on the rOu pier. from which there was q
good view both of the beaches and the ocean,
CROWDS AT ROCKAWAY.
/ RESORT GROWING IN PorULAE F,voR-ENJoY-
ING THE BATHING-AN EXCEEDINGLY HIGH
SURF