National Republican., 1881-07-20
CAPE MAY WAVES.
MIDSUMMER AT THE SEASIDE,
How the People Are Enjoying Themselves at the
Cape-splendid Singing by Miss Eva Mills
0peratic Gossip-Personal Matters
Letter from Miss Corcoran.
Special Correspondence of THE Rnpupr1oAS.

Special Correspondence OF THE REPUBLICAN,.
CAPE MAY, July 17.-It is Sunday after
noon, and / sit here by the sad ca waves" to
send youa few lines. You don't know the pleas
ure there Is in being freed from the dust Of the hot
city nnd dropping down by the seaside where you
can look from your hotel window out upon the
boundless, fathomless deep. The very thought Of
the ocean has n cooling influence, and as, accord
ing TO Colonel Sellers, we ARE creatures principally
ofimagination, there is no reason why the appear
ance of the vast expanse of water that am now
gazing nt should not have an influence in
lessening the temperature Of the body upon
the same principle that his lighted
candle In cylinder stove was supposed TO impart
imaginary culorlc. We have not been blessed
with nice weather since l have been here, and
this Is the first clear day since Thursday. Cape
May Is the Mecca to which lots Of Washingtonans
make pgrlmages year after year. 1t is to our To-
cality what Saratoga Is to New England. One sees
the same people year after year, and, although
their appearance changes time rolls on, yet their
satisfaction Is the same. There is
NESIoR sHAw FOR INSTANCE.
won't pretend to say how many years he has
been coming TO Congress Hall, but he is MS familiar
IN the rotunda of this hotel he is In the lobby of
Wllard's. Mrs. Shaw isaso here, as is Mrs. George
w. Adams wife of the rotund president of the Ercn.
ing Star like Cape May on account ofits excellent
surf bathing. There is not the undertow here that
II louuu nv Long bfnuCn, ana consequently tne
bathing is much safer. To-day is of course n day
for crowds, because Philadclphiuns run away
on Saturday night, como down here Sunday,
get plunge in the salt water, and go back In
yigorated for another weeks toll. The morning
train Ia. day brought down an immense number,
and all seem to think II their duty to crowd rs
much enjoyment into one day rs possible, even II
that day be the Sabbath, or course everybody
bothes, and during the prescribed hours the beach
a m animated I Itvou N
young man, and wanted to be absolutely certain
that the object of my affections actually possessed
the beautifully rounded and symetrical form that
her appearance indicated when she was got up for
the parlor would try and induce her to go to
some watering place where there was good surf
bathing. Then would slip down to that seaside
resort all by myself some fine day aud gaze upon
her. Not as she went into. but MS she came out of
the water. Many an apparently rounded beauty
comes from
THE EMBRACES OF OLD OCEAN
limp and lean an object of pity not of admiration.
But 1t is perfectly delightful 10 see a girl who
knows that her flesh Is her own, and that the
tighter her bathing suit clngs to her the more ad
miratlon will her exquisite figure excite. dispor
herself In the water. She ducks and dives and
swims, and her ripping laughter is heard as she
splNshcs some timid creature who is afraid to ven.
ture into very deep water. But there, this surf
bathing business has been done over and ovei
| again and by much ADLER pens than mine. | dc
like the water however, aud think If / had beer
boy would have got many n thrRshing for going
| In swimming without my mothers permission. A,
was not born boy had to wait until was
! full-grown woman before | could enjoy the lux.
ury of breasting the ocean and kicking back the
waves as l swun. We had very pleasant enter
| tainment here on Friday night, being the produo
| tion of comic opera called
GLOVES srRATAGEM,"
| by n quartettc company, three of which are well
known in Washington viz: Miss Eva Mills Mrs
Fuirln NIB and Mr.. Hcrndon Morsel. The fourti
member OF the company was Mr.. Henry Bragan
The librctto and music of the opera are, under
| stand, the work of Professor Fairamb. aud bott
are highly crediiable. The music is bright and
| sparkling and this is u neat little plot which
affords an opportunity for some nice acting. III,
entire party sung well, and were loudly upplauded
Miss Mills received positive ovation. She sans
| in excellent voice and acted with grace and spirit
| had not heard Mr. Morscl for about two years
and was much pleased with his singing. Mrs
| Fairlnmb, or Marion Lambert, as she is billed, ha
improved in voice since l last heard her
and sustained her role most satisfac
torlly The same may be said O.
| Mr. Bragan, who, II will be remembered, sang IN
opera in Washington some two years or more ago
This evening Miss Mills will sing, and am told
the party give n concert tomorrow night and
matinee of" Loves StTOtHgem" on Tuesday Pro
fessor Fairlamb leads the orchestra ana is the
director of tho party. lie naturally feels pride il
Mr.. Morsell, who is his old pupil, and who Ger
tainly does credit to the foundations laid by
Professor +. 1 have not been round much, bu
among the Washington people whom have scci
are Mr.. and Mrs. Wash. NailOr who are at tn
Wyoming; Lieutenant Bache and Assistant Surgeon
Green, U. s. NJ who have cottages here; Mrs. ClarI
V. Young, Mrs. johnson, Miss Jones, Mrs. l.. A
Mace, and Mr., aud Mrs. John b. Scott Hon
Simon Cameron IS here, as is also Hon. Frank /
Gowen, ex.president ofthe Reading Railroad