The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-07
Winter BY the Sea.

unknown, except us summer resurt. /
For few months in summer thousands
thronged its beach and dispored in its
surf, but with the coming of autumn
they vanished, leaving the town to sleep
in quiet through the long months of win
ter. Wise heads, however, saw that there
were a mildness of climate, and equa-
bility of temperature and recuperative
properties in the sea air, which would
some day attract us many visitors in win
ter as in summer, An enterprising hotel
J proprietor kept his house open for one
winter as an experiment. People came
few at first, but all experienced decided
benefit, and the number increased from
year to year, until its reputation as
great winter sanitarium is now firmly
established. Last season six or eight
J hotels were filled with winter guests, and
this winter others have joined the .
pioneers, and there will be ample accom- !
modations for thousands of visitors.
Many conditions combine to make the |
, place great winter health resort. Its
favorable location ON the southern shores
of New Jersey at point, it is said, nearer
l than any other section of this coast to
f the Gulf Stream, secures for it mild
| ness of climate unsurpassed on the North
=, Atlantic. Behind the town is vast
o waste of sand, which absorbs the atmos-
phereic moisture, and aids largely in dry
n ing and purifying the air There is no
l. body of fresh water within fifty miles
d breczes tempered by the oceans warm
A currents, bring to land the health of the
- sea, while the land winds are robbed of
: their dampness in their course over the
- sands. These influences tone down the
lS severity of winter to degree that is re-
st markable when the thermometric obser-
It, vations of Atlantic City are compared
af with those of points of the same latitude
,.o farther inland. The medical fraternity
=. bear overpowing testimony to the efficacy
w of the climate in pulmonary and kim
IL bred diseases, and their restored patients
are willing witnesses to the same fact
oct Apart from those consideration the city
- itself presents number of desirable fea-
~ lures. 1t is a well-govcrned, handsomely
as built, and attractive city of some eight
on thousand permanent residents. All the
at accessories of city life are at hand. There
tile are miles of handsome avenues, street
of railway, stores of every description
churches, and an excellent market, sup
~ piled with all the bounties of the land
GOV The hotels originally built for summer
on use, have been reconstructed and retitted
with the appliances necessary for com
fort in winter Open fires supplement the
us, heat of stoves and radiators, while they
AK add charm of cheerfulness to theil
APP bright surroundings. The houses arr
; of built in full view of the sea, and glass
lies enclosed porticos afford both prospec
ia and a promenade for the invalid TOT
" week to face the eager air.
III Ones enjoyment of our out-of-door ex
My ercise is perfect. The bright, bracing all
rm- charged with the freshness of the sea, /
The a constant temptation to walks, sails, o
calf drives. For the pedestrian handsom
,auo board walk along the whole ocean iron
affords fine field for exercise A splend
ed beach drive of ten miles, and SUI
emf prising variety Of vehicles of all descriT
80, tions, offer fine facilities for driving
while the inlet is famous as well for it
III sailing as for its fishing. There is no nee
'tes' of idleness, if one cares to be active.
test. No epidemic disease has ever preyaile
the at Atlantic City. The sanitary measure
yot- are in the hands of board of hcaltl
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