Daily Republican., 1883-07-12
THE SEASIIOKE.
Cool and Delightful BreeZes-NOt a
l,reat Inliux Of Visitors.

of the REPUBLICAN.
ATLANTIC CITY, July 10, lSS3-it
has been difficult Tor us to realize tllat
in Wilming'On on you have OF late been
sweltering in the almost uubearable
heat; while inland the country has been
proaning under the pitll-SS sun, we
here, by the side Of the ocean, have been
at times sheltering ourselves on the lee.
side of the house to escape the too cool
wind which came off the sea How the
weary denizers of Philadelphia or
New York have hailed the change ar
AS they struck themeadows and camelI
sight of this place.
Yet, while the heat has been great
enough to drive any one from the cities,
the influx of visitors and guests las not
az yet been great. The most of 'he
hotels and boarding houses are now
opened, but none are full ,and the most,
until within few days, have had de-
serted look, and proprietors and ser-
wants have been loating around in ex-
pectancy of the arrivals which did not
come.
Within the last week, however,
things have assumed different appear
ance, and the streets begin to look live
ly: the piazzas are ornamented wi Ii
lively groups. walters and porters nave
disappeared from the chairs, and hote!
clerks begin to put on looks OF import
ance and impossible dignity. Now,
too, the din of the accordion man, the
small girls with the squeaking violin
and strilent triangle, the man with the
harp. and his friends with the fiddle
and flute, are all heard in the land.
Now the Italian child with the shell for
the pennies, the girl with the pin
cushions, the man with the EYEGLASSES,
are around and attentive; now the girls
lie in the sand, or lean against the
tombstones the reader need CON
meet no somhre thoughts with the
word, il only means the board which is
stuck in tile sand to make back Of the
seat which the beach atfords-while the
boys lie as much under the shade OF the
scarlet umbre' as AZ hey dare.
| Things are very Unconventional here
There i, delight full absence cf exces-
sive dressing and displays Of that SOFT
The people are at east at the end o. the
|island, where your correspondent abldts
l-uniet. gentle and polite, but evident
fly bent Oh taking all the good that the
sea and air can give them without
wasting much time or strength in dress
or equipagr. A..
For the enjoyment of a walk by the
ocean Atlantic City affords facilities
such as no other place that l know OF
gives, | have visited some dozen sea,
side resorts from Cape May to New,
| e
board walk" OF. Atlantic City-a
grand, evenly laid platform stretching
along the edge Of the beach for couple
IF miles.
At night this walk presents scent
which is worth going f,r to see. 1t IL
lit up by electric lights. The long
pier stretching ont into the ocean, wit!
its many culored lights, the little pavll'
ions over the waves, the booths with
their displays of wares, the crowds II
front of "Punrh and judy, the
throngs of promenaders passing though
um ln,tling each other, 1le pay OF
children and the chat and laugh o
older folk make u panorama Ike that o.
fairy land.
Ti,o,e who haze not visited the place
nave lirtle idea ot' the extent ana ap
rrarance of Atlantic City. The mali
: business street, extending some tWI
miles, with stores, some Of them large
and hands some, through its whole eX
tenr ;tne street railway with cars sue
, rerdlnu each other every few minutes
the water ana gas supply; the electro
light; the great hote!s the throngs O
| ,4,plp surprise one, who, for the frs
lime, looks upon them. The cellsu
t shows that there is a resident popula
, tion here of some seven or eight thou
T. sand people, while the summer visitor
swell the number to some thirty or LOT
ty thousand.
The churches now on Sunday, at leas
the one which your correspondent at
tends, the Presbyterian, of which Or
Alkman formerly of your city, ha
charge of for the summer, are filled
D for while the great mass OF visitors ar
e ON the beach on Sunday, there ar
II aIway, enough of those who keep u
their church going habits, and find the
delight in spending an hour o. Two !
pubiic worship. One would not be ia
wrong were he to assert that they e
II thc most of recreation out Of Sunua
II spent at the seaside.
Is Your correspondent has no persona
interest III the matter, for his home !
II a mile away from it, bur he can cord
ally recommend he Wilton, at til
II coruer of Pacific and Illinois streets,
Is IA quiet and pleasant home for one ma
N ing IA visit to this place. There are
number OF great hostelries FROM 20
I gress Hall to the Berkeley and Dennl
y where the sojourner can find more
less pleasan quarters \lsAIoh'