The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-15
THE MARoArE SANDS.


In the first place is the bathing and being
bathed from those cumbrous machines
which are quite unknown in America. Sea
bathing is enormously popular during the
morning hours, and indeed the machines
are in demand the whole day long The
crowd which cumber the beach seems to
overflow into the sea and the ocean is alive
with bobbiug humanity from daybreak till
nightfall. There is no rope to cling to, &C
cording to the custom of Long Branch, but
the guard of paid bathers and watehmen in
boats is large and thoroughly efficient. The
sexes battle together here, in the fashion Of
the French and Americans bathing resorts
"a custom honored in the breach at
other English seaside haunts, There is no
attempt at a coquettish "get up +" for ocean
bathing and the crowds one elbows against
and gets hustled by rs one walks the sands
are mostly appareled in fifteen-shilling trou.
'ers for the men and analogous, cheap finery
tor the women. They are the Aries and
Arrietts of London, who have come down
to " Margit for eight shillings per head,
third-class return ticket from 'Olborn Via
duct. Immensely profitable to the railways,
these exuberant persons are not quite the
sort whom you and l relish for near com.
panionship; therefore let us leave them to
their donkey riding, their posing for
American likenesses ii. c., tin-types-
their laughing at the stale "wheezes OF
outdoor Niger minstrels, their patronage OF
the thousand and one petty vendors of the
beach, while you and 1 call fly i'm the
country hackney coach is called q fly, but
in London it never is-and we Will 90 for n
drive.
We are back in Mnrgate in time for the
night scene. 1t is one that Hogarth would
have lacked breadth to paint At either
end of the semi-circle of sands there is a
gigantic place of amusement (saye the
mark )-one geological garden, with sham
ruins, Rumbo, the largest elephant in the
world; Oscar, King of Sweden, the noted
lion, and further list of attractions of nj
most indefinite length; while at the other,
o really splendid establishment, called the
Marine Palace, there is the London music
hall entertainments so potent in its drawing
power to AIRY and 'Arriet. Loud bands OF
music blare at each other and electric lights
brazenly outstare the great round face OF
the silver harvest moon. On the octagonal
pier one is more jostled than on London
bridge. All up and down the sands there
are people. Black men bawl for pennies.
These British niger minstrels drop their
his, palpable anomaly. There are organ.
grinders by the score, each turning out n
different tune. There is an East Indian
fakir swallowing snakes, dispensing his at.
tendant into thin air, causing nervous
women to fall into Mysteries; there are
mountebanks stuck up on high-legged plat.
forms, beating cymbals, shouting to the
crowd to draw near there are wrestlers in
yiting the unlocking to come and see the
fair !" there are Punch and Judy shows
Aunt Sallys, perambulating German bands
shrimp sellers and oyster venders ready ant
eager to sell you one oyster with vinega
and pinch of salt for a penny. Eyeryhod,
is talking at once and talks loud. PRESENT.
we come upon n party who are singing in
resonant chorus. 1t is group surrounding
an itineront preacher. They have got holt
Of the Fisk Jubilee Singers hymn;
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Nobody knows but Jesus 70
cannot take part in any of the glarin(
diversions of this moonlit, crowded strand
but with n full heart and truthful con
science I can join these singers in theil
| hymn And Won reader 2-OLna T1o0u