Daily Republican., 1885-07-16


venus in the newitehlng 9uise ef|
tho Sea and tho Dainty larb OIL
the BOARDWALK, Accompanied by
all her Sisters.
The Press, Philsdeiphia, July llth, 1885.
CAPE MAY, July 10-At Cape May
beauty is like poverty and beauties like
the poor-ye have them always with
you. 1t 10 long stretch from seventy.
five years ago till now, but Cape May has
bridged the chasm with an increasing
succession OF beauty. The bellies of the
oldeu time might not recognize their
successors Of the present, but the latter
are the direct descendants of the former
and as honestly deserve as did the fa-
nous old beauties the right handed
down from suE Emer to summer without
a break, of defending against all corners
Cape Mays claim of supremacy as the
resort of lovely women.
Every body goes to see the trains come
In at Cape May, and the effect of the
aggregation upon the casual traveller
alighting from the cars (not with his
eyes full OF cinders and his clothes full
Of dust Is in years gone by) is very
demorAlixing. The shock Of cold surf
bath is nothing TO 1t. 1t Is beauty,
beauty all around, bat nary q beauty
for him. After few trips TO the Cape
the casual stranger generally can stand
the strain OF arrival with more equani-
nifty. He finds that ali the beauty ie
not inspecting him, after all, and gen.
orally, If he's any sort Of man. he
manages to have drop of beauty all
for himself in the ocean of it that
surges around the station.
BEwITCHING CAPE MAY BEAUTIES.
Whether 1t is that Cape May air devel
ops beauty or tha. the beauty of the coun'
try has taken upon itself to develop Capt
May, nobody knows. but certain 1t /,
that the worshipper Of the ugly can find
no sanctuary for his incense Offering at
the Cape. Beauty, attired In clinging
white flannel, walks along the beach
under big red sunshades; beauty, in
bewitching black, with red ribbons and
straw bonnets, goes shopping around
the town; beauty,i In costumes above the
waist chiefly of lace-black lace some
timee-drives up and down Beach ave.
nue. In fancy dogcarts ;beauty,in dreams
of dresses, throngs the hotel ball. rooms
two or three nights every week, watch
ing the dancing and occasionally, very
occasionally, dancing itself.
Beauty also bathes. So do men and
every body else at Cape May. Bathing
at Cape May is as delicious az eating a
good dinner anywhere else The
beach is as broad as the preacher 4
estimate of the road Bob Ingersoll Ia
travelling as level as the head of the
office holder who is on both sides of the
fence about the time the Administration
changes, and 10 firm and easy and
warm that lying on it and watching the
sky and the waves liz like going to
paradise by the parlor-car route.
The surf at Cape May is like the surf
at no other place in the world-worst
luck for the other places. Plunging II
it Ia the perfection of seaside en- joyment
1t has all of the bracing stimulus of th'
salt, without the disagreeable chill. 1t
long, even swell makes swimming a.
easy as in a lake, and the breakers breal
just enough to give q pleasant tingle
| like the sparkle in sofia water. 80 saf
Is the Cape May surf that the little chill
dren stand In 1t waist deep, and pla.
"ring- g-arouud-a- and Copenha
gen." without the necessity ofhaving oil,
folks watch them.
PICTURESQUE BATHING SCENES.
] Custom makes from eleven to one tb
bathing hours at the Cape, and during
that time the scene on the beach Is on,
of rare life and beauty-a veritablt
vanity fair, with the Daughtiness lef
out. Not every boby bathes every day
and the hundreds who are " not goin,
to day." dressed in their gayest, wall
up and down and watch the hundred
who are in. The good clothes on tn,
beach and the gayest In the water max,
deli yhtfnl com bination.
In years past Cape May has, justly Of
injustly, borne the reputation of being
somewhat in advance of the age in the
matter of bathing suits for the ladies
A careful and conscientious inspec.
tion Of the shore shows that this year
at any rate. there is no foundation fol
any such charge against the modesty Of
the Cape May ladies', perhaps because
they are of q style that needs ma adven-
titious setting off in the way OF exces
sive abbreviation of attire. A mar
looking for information on this subject
to. day watched the rise and fall of the
bathers in the inviting pillows. A bit ol
wreckage hoated ashore near him. 1t had
black eyes, dark hair streaming to the
waist, and too wavy to hang in strings
and plump cheeks softly Drowned. A
big breaker had tumb bled 1t somewhat
but 1t did not seem seriously damaged
It didn't look frightened, and the man
ventured to introduce himself as meel
and lowly seeker after knowledge.
Are-that is, do they wear-I NEAR
l-well-are bathing suits shorter thar
usual this year,"
Sparkling teeth illuminated the reply
Why, l don't know; / think there
have been enough to 90 around so far. "
Desperation. .nerved, the man tried
again. =" You didn't understand; 7
meant to ask. that is. I wanted 10 know
| il, mean whether, that is, ifit is true
that the ladies' skirts are shorter thar
| usual this season."
A little, neatly slippered foot stole
from under the red. braided edge of q
skirt. A slender hand, tipping long
white arm, pulled the skirt until il
almost covered a red stocking knee
The teeth cleaned again, almost wick
edly: Do you call that short ?" and
before the rash man recovered from the
shock light laugh and q head of dark
hair were plunging into the breaker
nearest shore, and someth ing red and
alluring flashed moment above the
water.
Taste in bathing suits at the CAPE
this year runs towards the old quiel
blues and grays. Dark blue. set of
with narrow red braid, and cut ever sc
little to fit the figure, is the favorite
A novelty in surf ap is q sort of oil
cloth sunshade of bright blue or red
but for attractiveness the red handker'
chief, tastefully knotted into the hair
takes the palm. A new and very taste.
full notion is the wearing of collars in
the surf-not the white lace frills
around the neck, but real stiff white
collars, fastened at the throat with q
little min 0r aomatimaa With n rod