New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

ING-HoUR AT CAPE MAY-RACE PREJUDICE FILL
ALIyE--A LIFE OF GENUINE REST AND BECREA-
TON.
IFRoM A. OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF rRIBUNE.l
CAPE MAY, n. j., July est was only four
weeks that the hotel people and the owners of cot
tages here greeting visitors from the city with:
ave are very glad &c yon but would much rather
see warm weather." Less than four weeks ago the
ers of cottages becoming alarmed at the prospect OF
cold summer, and furnished houses which had looked
forward TO the honor OF rental of $500 $500 for the
season dropped their naughty heads and hawked
about the market. begging for 800. There seemed to
be but one hopeful sign iii the landlords sky and that
WAS the applications fast coming in from the patrons of
the old Congress Hall. The fire made enormous DIFF
ieronce with Cape May 1t has taken all this time for
the old frequener Of the place realize that the spen
did beach and the rolling surf were left untouched by
the flames No hotel suffered much Congress Hail.
famous resort for years especially for Baltimore and
Washington people. 1t is hard now to convince
these people that the solid brick hotel is better than
its predecessor altogether safe place in which TO pass
the summer, and kept most perfectly Its fresh brick
didn't please the taste OF the people accustomed to the
old hotel and they would not go back at even al
though they used to sit the piazza In days gone by
and boast that its situation the best the island
because OF the little bu giving it better drainage The
first signs of prosperous the applications
for from these frequenters OF former They
are here now, and Cape May presents it's oldtme APP
pearance Tho crowds have descended on the place to
that extent that the landlords Obliged ap
picants for rooms with Gan taken" Prospective profits
begin to loom up in places whore they were unknown
before. Day after day the surf is full bathers and
evening after evening the dining ore full of dan
Cape May however. has not yet recovered it burned
down greatness There are still great patches OF
lots between Congress Hall and the Stockton otc I'M
sold and apparently unstable at the ruling prices.
The speculative Jerseynan sees d fortune in
every foot of land ho happens to own, and he Will
not sell what he has for any rational In fact he
HES from an Offer ana nothing frghtens him than
an acceptance. IL he plot of ground worth
five thousand dollars, he wants ten thousand. The
woud-be purchaser naturally hestates about paying
any such cxtray asant thinks il next
day accepts the proposition. Then is that the Jersey
mans wond erful resources to light, and the ex-
pectant purchaser finds the desired object s eluding
him. The Jerseyman's wife now makes her appearance
and refuses to permit her husband sell that corner lot
Tor less than $4,000. Sometimes owner OF Cape
May real estate can be driven into corner and lot
wrung out OF him for unconscionable sum- but until
very lately those who have succeeded in doing this have
been few The interest and which corrode I'M
improved property, something else, have opened the
eyes OF many OF these propretors and real estate
now actually be bought In desirable localities. sim
the bare places remain
II may be laid down axiom that IL is nocesaarv
that there should be number OF large hotels to make
watering place successful. The hotels there are
the more people will resort to the place. The trouble
with Cape May that there only 6rstclass ho
accommodate
about l5OO people There are number OF hotels Of less
pretentions, and one, the new "Columba,r which
started out TO be an affair OF some magnitude and
portance but did not realize It's expectations because
its projectors permitted strip OF Land between the
house and the sea to be purchased by enterprisng
bathhouse keeper, and thon faced the hotel towards
side street instead Of toward tho Coagss there
are In great number where board for almost as
moderate prices AZ rule the New gland coast but
does not go to the TO live on back street
from tha nd a fl,xa,
are the crying need OF Cape Maymore hotels just az
good as Congress Hall and the stockton
Speaking Of the hotels. the on the Hebrews is
maintained here Last year Congress Hall was full of
the Semitic race, and the "lineal of Lord
Batmo could not bring themselves TO lodge under
roof with the Hebrews the great piazzas and
the best piece OF beach In tho world" given up TO
the Beaconshelds and Rothschlds. The proprietors
seemed to enjoy this state of affairs than did
the only people In the country who unable pro-
nOunce properly the of The city In which they hive
This year. therefore, Congress Ha is forbidden ground
TO Hebrews There has been proclamation OF their
exclusion. II has not been advertised There IA great
ability displayed, however, In convincing unwocone
guests that they Will not DO satisfied with the high prcee
and the worst Of Congress Hail. and they wander
over TO the Stockton. There Is infinitely more rivalry
between the guests OF the two Establishments than be-
tween the proprietors and those who live In the one
admit anything to those who paronlze tho other
The other day an estimable lady who making a call
al Congress Hall said
"Oh, dear you've a land breeze over here haven't
youl"
"Why, was the reply, you must be having precisely
the same kind of breeze at the Stockton"
mo- indeed" she responded vigorously famine ber
self; " we've been having breeze ull day long"
Cape May is an exceedingly quiet place and ali active
man is In danger OF becoming bored he does no. keep
his wits about him. The trouble that the natural ad
vantages are not thoroughly appreciated by the people
who here There is excellent sailing to be had
from the point, to which horse railroad and dummy
carry people, where good boats and safe CAPTAINS ke
one as many miles as Is desirable to sail up the Inlet
where may go inside as far as Atlantic Ctv
which Is struggling to be recognized as the Coney Island
OF Philadelphia. far out to ones stomach or
courage can stand There miles and miles OF walk
ing to be had on the hard white sands from sewes to
Cape May Point and then up along the low shores OF
walk on tie R0 There GS a as n ssn and
g although there are few crystals at the lower
n0nds and the commercial price o. which is strangely
eSoT the sounding name and infinitely above their
those delicious little love affairs which ono sometimes
almost much satisfaction as II he was one OF the
parties Perhaps TINS because all points of the beach
friendly sand heaps behind which cooling doves can at
tune their spirits TO the harmonious beatings Of the
Ing on here II would be gross injustice to Cape May
not to admit this but they apparently not many,
presve In View Of what il constantly Going On a Dp
t0ga and Long Branch and Newport and IN the delight
ui rainbles OF the mountain places have indeed seen
certain couples, chiefly from distant places 40 seaty
out from the piazza into the darkness and
those depaved young people had gone down the pav
.targasins It's bad place for mstchnsHng fe co.,
pie don't come here to get married they come here to
since the young people do not make love on the sands
Tor peesran WHY they do not utilize them
enough In the changing coors The sky and Water anS
peasura6ie excitemen. in the company Of tho tumbng
here are content with saunter the board walk which