The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-01-04
ATLANTIC cry IN MIDwINrER.
A RestfaI and Quiet city BY the wave.

distinguished the Atlantic City of Decem-
Der from the great playground Of July.
The shrill music of merry go.rounds, the
loud calls of hurried walters as they rush
to and fro bearing cooling beverages, the
appeals of dealers in sea shells, the cries
of children at play, aud the surge Of
crowds-these are the sends that are now
remembered as but an echo Of the past
season, and they are thought of only as
what will be heard in the dog days OF
1888.
Those who have visited Atlantic City
only in the summer have seen but half its
beauties. They have seen swarms of peo-
pie on the beach aud in the streets, the
hotel parlors, billiard rooms and corri-
doris crowded with cots, stir and bus
tie everywhere, and several thousand men
and women bathing, moving, talking all
day, and hugging the delusion that they
are getting well earned rest All this is
changed in December There are few on
the beach, and abundant room in the
hotels for all who may come, and those
who are able to take a few days from
business aud drink in the salt air at At
lantic City derive more benefit from .
brief stay in the winter that 10 fort
nights scjourn in the hot days of sum-
mer.
To call Atlantic City summer resort
does not cover the ground. Many Of the
hotels, aud all of the best ones, are open
the year round. This fashion was set
about ten years ago by the proprietor of
the Hotel Brighton, and has been kept by
him ever since and copied by most of his
neighbors. The experiment has proved a
perfect success, and to many people the
charms of Atlantic City in the wintor are
more attractive than the allurements OF
sea bathing and music in the summer.
Nearly everybody spends the day on or
near the board walk. A tramp on the
boards or stroll or ride along the beach
at low tide are the regular events Of
every day life. Some who do not care to
walk or ride, sit in the glass.encosure
sun parlors and look at the ships sailing
far out ON the sea, or occupy their time
10 the less poetic amusement of watching
men dig CLAIMS on the shore. 1t is won
derful how the clam digger manages to
find the happy clam. do not mean one
of Frank Siddal's clans, for he is not
hard to find anywhere, but the succulent,
salt water shell fish. The digger walks
near the edge of the waves with a hoe In
one hand and basket in the other, and
wbenever the hoe descends 1t is certain q
clam has been found. The clans are
used as bait in the cod fisheries.
Occasionally there is a storm, and the
grandeur of winters storm at sea is
something that cannot be conceived of by
those who have only seen summers
gale The great breakers come rolling
10, their crests tipped with line of snow
white foam, and dash madly against the
wooden bulwarks, throwing volumes of
water high in air. Then the waves slowly
recede to meet another torrent of water
rushing 10, and again the white spray is
tossed on high. The board walk shivers
under repeating blows at its supports,
and fortunate is it if several lengths are
not carried away.
There is a certain balminess peculiar to
the air of Atlantic City, due, in the opin-
ion of scientists, TO the proximity of the
gulf stream, which DIVORCES slightly east
ward after passing Cape May. The in.
fiuence of this warm current Is distinctly
felt here where the trend of the coast ex-
poses the shore to its full effect. The
rigors of a winter climate are moderated,
the air is bracing, without being sharp,
and the winds and breezes pleasant, not
penetrating. Physicians claim that the
atmosphere is a specific for certain cases
of throat and lung trouble, and no doubt
many people suffering from these COM
plants have been greatly benefited by a
soiourn here. However, Atlantic City is
not an infirmary by any means, and the
large majority of winter visitors are those
who desire rest aud want to enjoy 1t at
a place where they can be free from an
noyance and care, while not being SO far
away as to be unable to reach home
quickly 10 case of emergency.
The hotel accommodations are excel.
lent. At the Brighton, which is regarded
as in many respects the best. appointed
house on the coast, there is every con
venience for making life pleasant, known
to the guild Of hotel keepers. The pro
prietor was the pioneer in the wintel
business, and he has led from the first
The house Is comfortable, the apartments
roomy, the attendants we'll trained, ant
the cuisine of the best. There are othel
hotels open, some of them very good
none of them poor, but the Brighton Il
generally considered about the best.
| There are ample railroad facilities TO
reaching Atlantic City. Fast express
trains with parlor cars attached are rur
over the West Jersey and Camden ant
Atlantic railroads, covering the distance
from the Delaware river to the sea IL
ninety minutes. The traveller enjoys
pleasant ride across the Jersey fields anf
through the pine forests, until at last b
alights in the long depot, to hear th
roar Of old ocean sounding in his ears
aud to draw into his lungs the bracinI
salt atmosphere that has crossed dozeI
currents since 1t passed over the gul
stream, sixty.fi miles away.
ATLANTIC CRY, N j., Dec. Both, 1887
| THE WISE RESOLVE.