Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-05
Atlantic City In Mid-Winter.
A HAVEN OF REST.

Recent Letter in n. Y. Home Journal.
A mid-winter respite of few weeks
from the distractions of social life or
the cares of business has come to be, in
this eager, pushing life of modern times
almost necessity If We will not or
cannot stake it easy" on the way, We
must halt and make special business
of resting, and this method is perhaps
more in accordance with the American
temperament
Doubtless no pleassnter place can be
found within easy reach for the enjoy
ment of this mid winter respite than
Atlantic City, so generously has it
been endowed By nature, and So hap
pity has man combined In this favored
spot all the comforts, oonveuiences and
,uIuries of life. Atlantic City, which
now numbers some seven thousand in
habitalts, is situated on An island
bounded on the south aud east by the
ocean, and on tho other sides by an arm
OF the sea. Its main exposure 10 south
eru, and the welcome rays of the winter
sun bathe It In 9 food of soft and mel
low light. The surrounding waters are
open during the year, and only In the
coldest snaps does ice form on the inlet.
Tho winds ~ we'll A. the waves favor
this fortunate spot. From the north,
northwest, and southwest the winds
travel for miles over arid and porous
sands on which snow never lies, aud
become dried and warmed in their pass
age. The southern and eastern winds
come in from the sea laden with the
heated vapor of the Guif Stream, to
tone down the temperature to 4 de
lightful degree. We are told by meteor
ologists that the Gulf Stream, in con
sequence of its proximity to the coast,
affects the temperature more powerful
ly here than at any other part of the
Atlantic coast. just opposite Atlantic
City the stream sweeps In landward to
within forty five miles of tho shore, and
the heated waters of the tropics serve
As natural radiator, temperlug the
harshness of this northern latitude
With all these advantages of site it l,
not surprising that the thermometer
conducts itself with charming proprlsty
at Atlantic City. As winters 90, it
rarely drops below thirty-two degrees,
and trustworthy observations show that
= fair average for its MONDAY reading
in mid winter is forty-6ve or fifty de-
grees The average rainfall Is COM
paratively light, and the record of fair
days is = smiling contrast to the gloomy
showing Of inland cities or less favored
points on the coast.
Atlantic City is city In fact as we'll
A. In name, a regular, all the year
round. completely equipped city, laid
out in straight avenues, without stint
as to width, paved, bordersd with tress,
and adorned with handsome hotels and
artistic villas. Electric lights, . line
Of street cars, and occasionally the blue
uniform of a policeman, attest its ma
tured municipality. The avenues and
the beautiful beach afford excellent
drives, and the visitor has q wide field
for choice among tne large assortment,
of vehicles tLat await bis.
Of hotels there is an unlimited sun.
ply. There are rich apartments for
the wealthy, comfortable quarters for
the independent, humble lodgings for
the poor. Many Of the first class ho
tells remain open throughout the year.
With this view they are adapted to use
as winter homes, and are as comforts
BILE in mid-winter as they are agreeable
IN the heat OF the dog days They are
heated By steam, and made costly At
tractive BY open CRATES. Several Of
them, notably the Brighton, Sea Side,
Waverly, Berkeley and Victoria. have
been thoroughly reftted slnoe the close
Of the summer season. Many of them
have bath-housss, where one can ir-
dulge the luxury of . ralt-watsr bath
and well-arranged suu-parlors, where
invalids or others may bask in the bright
sunlight without encountering the out
'r air. These parlors are glass iuclos-
ed porticos, affording excellent in door
promenades. The tables of the hotel,
are admirably maintained as easy ac-
feasibility to all markets places the "fat
of the land" within the grasp of the ho-
tel proprietors.
In matters of health, Atlantic CITY
has an enviable record. No epidemic
has ever had the har6ihood to attack its