New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-03
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
nrconn OF rNinrE CHARACTERISTICS.

hai. In
for the place maintains large ana Varied assortment o
,,,s There f. the early winter season and the late
winter scn4on the spring season. the summer season.
and the betwiNt and between seasons Whenever busi-
ness gets 80 bad that Atlantic city hotel keeper can
not stretch his conscience call II the best he has ever
known he calls IL the hetwiXt and between season.,
aud explains that there has TO lie a little falling on IN
patronage while the guests Of ono season are going away
and those OF the next coming IN. The Atlantic 'ly
hotcl-Kc ,per il fruitful OF explanations "a. oi eA-
Incidents. lie has q biz head and two Ideas ~ H. one
of them Is that Atlantic city - he greatest seaside resort
in the world and the other is that the seasonal CAP
is AN absolute failure 1t has Oecn scientifically demon
str,ied that the brain OF Atlantic CITY hotel man IL
ipcapble Of conceiyug the idea Of there being thou
sand and scvcntocn people aJorchcT at one time al the
rival resort down the coast
The sooson that Is on m Atlantic city now Is the sum
mcr season. aud the casual stranger aitor he ha' heeh
as.od around from one hotel clerk to another for an
b,r two in vain search tor accommodations. "a very
much oe To the conviction that the landlords tale of
the seasons height Is veracous II II becomes an! mo'e
a,titudnous camping ont on tho biilo"s VIII DC tue
only chance for the late conner IN some III 'e N'''
hostcries there is still room fof transient guests pu' nc
ordinary hotels the boarlInghOu~e' and the private
Residences of families who have city cousins are TOO I
for utterance.
Atlantic CITY consists chiefly " ardwlk ana hotels
with flne-in OF sand The boardwalk Fart OF II Is
feature unknown to any other summer resort II is an
institution made of rough planks peIched on pies ana
rms for Two or three miles along the beach front IN near
the vato that AT heh tide the waves run under and
,bo spi.,y epllshcs over IT, once In while
ob.p thcre IA an unusually heavy storm. the pillows
top I'm their loving embrace whole sections of the walk
and bear them out to The cross-sirecs OF the CIV
all run 10 the broad walk. Some Of them stop when they
reach il and some pass II or under 1t aud on INTO hs
infinite beyond of the Atlantic Where they 20 over,
,bero IL a valley iu the walk Where they under bin
ffIps 4fi-
ties the walk bend, and twists to suit the curve Of the
co, so that OF itself alone the structure is imhucd with
certain antaeouism 10 eipU But the great feature OF
the walk is not itself but what there l. ON H. Along the
land side runs continuous succession oi booths OF every
conceivable sort A pcauut ,hauty adoins photograph
,ll,rv cigar stores come old curiosity shops;
candy and soda water pens 20 hand In hand; stationery
and uespnpcrs are pcddlrd from the same she'd and AL
the spare spaces are taken mp with bnih honses ntoN
eating liquors not allowed 10 hr sod along the walk
nut everything else g. Cheap restaurants flourish aud
ticket scalpers and nowereirls sell and nrt under te
same hit ~ board awning cheap John penny catching
schemes W all sort icvo m the Wild lNu1uc" al aHo-
int freedom but ANYTHING ycrrne toward gambling Ia
kent on Three piers ut ont from Tho water slide oi the
walk prass hand concerts vocal qraiti's nnd other ~
fractions are constantly maintained on thes to counter
balance the attractions the other side o he Walk hn
prevent the Institution from becoming top heavy ON one
side bis roller skating rink nso stands on the water
sIe of the walk and IN some places The bonts have
crcpt over ~ the same lc iur lack Of room ON the other
nrine the ay the board wah is apt 10 be- hot ana un-
enipfnrahe nut a night II catches the STRAY hirrt"S
from nh directions and blossoms ont into srrne ~ insr
glory aud brliancy At the nrst symptoms oi the set
ting nf the cum Atlantic tiv people heen ~ r'nr ONT ~
theft houacs nkc heo cont ~ hive end from then until
10 prlo tine ha,d valh is twenty foot vide belt oi
wu,ine ha7inp humanity Win the dnrt insh NJ tho i'''
hrnrath srinhi~l viu wm!e "ars ne 'n't sFi a'"'.
u. hts ua,n ii,sln4 thu uhnt nrbns ~ whole rn4'h
pt up vah uladhs tn", thtii"s "h 80" ''" i'h '''
i,er,nod, rr,mepeda4 on the vht e'ofy =, enlns
iIth and tunf htnitt hud enttaui itnhr ahh mutton
matte pullurai AMI isnufhhl dtlnii and r'h h'hrl
aud brttthnri prhhth ahd liiitith iih"r'h a"h u'
Auauhc tit, hoard Walh plane as luy,lurs %. death
1he GLASS ia the Etonen ris rats pieams rs hfth as
la",, ,,, in W, land io,n nom tho roi'rir,
/, iust ~ home the dude counter jumper nom
tho cy. Toe -uiti--d week 1Ouug nth spending
lis years suNus, iu vacation tup Josto tie pompous
m11ounaire fclrc,-y. ANA yoIy likely hts VITA the
nouuaircs dauEhtor rish before the OLD man eyes
az all the miKtutcs ant c"ns omefauos American society
has sccn, the Atlantis city hoa' walk Ia inc c' zen
ing exceeds the most conslo"'i u j.. ui',,N 1n3,
aou-, from social pnlhi OF Wow, anu tNl-' @inPH W
cause nobody has stopped to think how anomalous " 49,
come day Ns. Mcllthly er IA her clh'.Alt CO. 'ne "l
flannel and lace Wiz suddenly rc1,Hr i9n, ,ur ,'E
,ouug girl In white muslin VINO walk, IA front oi urt N
,.c sam, VINO " trJ oi'ni to same lime tr
q Dude Who wrars Mrs Ncirlhycr. arm on hiswl re-
he b. tr.diug &. the man who duNr- the tee cart past
sir O'Drie'- city home incn tnc bnld walk vili Ice
il .n, more and il Wiz cc,.e TO be tnc bonanza /.
io the student ot human mature.
4 year or two ago m Atlantic CITY n'"Hpapcr man
hoard .nf rholY -utlh 81 tur board walk ASA" It'tp
IT, didnt kroy what " Ri,lo 4" meant but n sounded
pretty nicely. aud 40 lc-e thn eceh tl" Atlantic tity
rh Local rr.-- worked Hiao scadli, for 81, routh.
until all cap" ~ IN tncr ocr' were worn out hut
the Iubuc refused O. rcco-u/" il" new name ana uond
walk b remained aud has remained rNcf stuc"
one queer thing Hbult Aanuc 'p D., 3D., sabbath or
ic CITY can 1Nc Paris nnI 'hlra.p points " Ih' ~''""d
| commandment. lon can always tell when SUNDAY
coues Ia Atlantic Gus IL lo1 have trust Nmth' cicu-
rance on this suhct II wouldn't know SUNDAY n ~
soud meet 1t fac" To- iac" rue "o'ths ar 'ltn' h'
oilers are ns noisy aud th crowds big anil pro
lR',,u"u en- M i , ,; 1 t ,iy ,tt t" ie,
SUNDAY from amy other diN. Atpnuc CIV can stand
ganhs ahI sunIa, uc.c .cllpug -bpt draw, the limo
1T sunday skating I'm the evening some de,out Nrtho.
by hOlmg service zoe thr rink II Il nice cool place o
s m. and the music from ON" ~ the piers no1t' In
open Bui The few hundred going inside ar' not drop
i'm thc bucket 90 tho thousands thai DRIFT unhrcdug
ont side aud the laughter chat and music converts the
,h ,o..,,, ,ltt,te looking m at Inc omen aides n h
simple matter OF JUSTICE To "a, ina the piers dO
niyr the div. 1ueS have 4" sacred Written over the
rnucrrt ON their bulletin boards and The bands ray
rrg ious selections" Merry War;" falka and other
IN mterc.n. thing At Atlantic city In seuator
John ~. Galdn rs tcrrapin farm. Senator Gardner
il good man and weighs about tvo tons IN
Atlantic County estimation. lie Is now sewing his
third three wear I'm the state Senate, of which
he has once been president He lives IA bg house,
with two Mg barns, ON q big lot, with big salt
meadows lch nd H. away ont tow RI he Inlet where the
boats have harhor and tho fishermen headquarters.
he II know a through tie state asa torrapi farmer
although his nc business Il teal c'tatc ani Insurance
lido - ~ Ally know" bc sad the other day he led
the way hack FROM uouec t0sar fcno in eco ~
m, allow "w do 10 no with tbcse ter pm There's
no mouey IN H. nnd never supposed there would be
sn'icd he imcnis last Ia see n tcfrpu ooud hc
mla,d nrinly aud that's all 'hr reason have Tor
kooung the lhnrup hcFlt yoars yon can rnlse tor.
ripn that 10 worth ~ 90. Ia thre mon h, yon can
rise sprins rhickrn worth seventy hvo cents ~ yon
mnat ra.e samcth nF NV ndN.tc I, 10 ny cdrken-."
The "iaun" an tu,u urr - an acre ut 40 IN which