Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-03
ATLANTIC CITY.
A BIG DAY AT THE CITY BY THE
SEA-GRAND Sigh
Tens of Thousands of Visit Ors-How
Some Persons Manage on q small
Salary TO Put on Airs.
Correspondents OF the REPUBLICAN.

Salary to Put on Airs.
Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN.
| ATLANTIC CITY, August /, 1885,
This has been one of the biggest days Of
the season at this popular resort, and
the hotel proIrietors have been ut theiI
wits end TO accommodate the great H.
hux OF visitors. Train after train de-
posted its human freight at the differ
ent stations until one hundred and
ninety two CARS had been emptied and
these added to the number that came on
Saturday TO spend the Sabbath made
the crowd greater at this "City by the
Sea" than 1t has been this season, with
the exception of the 4th and 9th of July.
OF course everybody wanted to take q
bath, and by II o'clock there were fully
twenty thousand persons sporting In
the surf. 1t was beautiful sight, and
as far as the eye could reach along the
beach, and all the way to the light
horasei there was mixture Of bathers
att1red in almost all colored suits.
The supplies at the many bath houses
were exhaused, and hundreds who were
unable to obtsin suits walked along the
beach and cast envious looks ut the
more fortunate ones who were enjoying
q dip In old ocean. The water was
warm enough to enter without feeling
the usual chill upon coming ont. The
oathers were Of all descriptions, tall
men, short men and fat ones, with the
same wide range of variety In the op.
posite sex, could be seen along the en-
tire beach, either in the surf OF
loungingat full length in the warm sand.
The life guards are vigilant to Ere.
vent accidents and twenty of them
were on duty all day. These men are
volunteers, and although they have
saved great many lives this summer,
1t Ia seldom indeed that they are even
thanked for their trouble and the risk
OF losing their own lives, to say moth
Ing OF receiving something more sub
stantial. Those who venture out too
far and are saved from death by these
daring men, seem to think that the
fast Of their having saved them from
drowning is reward sufficient.
AS was passing Squire's office on
Saturday afternoon vas attracted by
the crowd, and upon pushing my way
through ascertained that O gam bling
case WAS being tried. The principal
witness for the prosecution had given
Il.
when he was asked If he had lost any
money in the place, and replied he had.
His interroRator then inquired IL he had
won, instead of losing, whether he
would have brought the suit, and he
frankly answered he would not. The
case reminded me of one that occurred
in Wilmington not very long ago.
Well, it takes all kinds of people to
world - ALos
this place can be called o world at
present, as there are all kinds Of people
here, and among them come who can
not afford the dissipation into which
they are plunging. There is one yoLng
man from Wilmington who, among
those that do not know better, would
be taken for millionaire, who owes a
boarding mistress quite large bill and
pays for his clothes when the tailor,
tired OF waiting and being put off with
prom ises, threatens to comp lain to his
employers If the bill is not settled.
The masher, too, is here in ali his
glory, and If pretty girl chances to
glance at him, he straightway seeks an
introduction, "you know" to keep tie
poor thing from pining to death on his
account. The dude Is here and I am
ways be singled out when they 20 into
batlle, as they seldom do more than we,
their dear little feet and then scamper
out on the sand, "to escape the bweak-
ers, you know, Chawles." But this is
a genuine free and easy place, thoroughly
democratic not in a party sense, but in the
full meaning of the term, and l suppose
every body who can raise money enough
hat
week or two afterwards, has a per feet
right to come and eujoy himself, or, as
Is the fact with many, furnish amuse-
m ent with their borrowed airs for
others.
Persons coming here cannot be too
careful about leaving their clothes In
the bath houses, as it is customary with
the proprietors of these places when
they are pushed for room to put other
bathers In the rooms, while the original
occupants are In the surf.
A young man was robbed in this way
o-iay, and an old dilapidated suit left
in place OF the fine Clothes which he
had left when he went in to battle.
When he complained to the proprietor
he was informed by that individual
that he was not responsible for any
thing that was not checked. As these
robberies are of almost daily occurrence,
1t will be we'll for those intending toI
bathe not to wear good clothes.
Atlantic City has improved greatly
within the past few years, and If these
continue, it la hard to
tell where the place will stop. 1t is the
favorite resort of the people, and will
to.be patronized when other 60.
called summer resorts are forgotten.
Among others here 1 noticed Mayor|
Smith, of Philadelphia, Manager
Fleishman Of the Walnut street Thea
ire, Chief of Police Steward OF Phiia-
Chief of Police Williamson of
Chester and hundreds Of others equally
we'll known. OBSERVER,