The Washington critic., 1888-05-19
WASHINGTON CRITIC
A sEAsHoRE RHAPSODY.
with Few Pertinent Remarks oi
UOfeI Acnnmm odntlons.

WIN rev Ieftincht REMARKS on
Hotel Accommodations.
ATLANTIC CITY, May 1s.--The old
woman from the country, who saw the
ocean for the first time said It made her
real glad to see so much water, as it was
"the first time in her life she ever seed
enuf of anything; up her way things was
always skimped and run short" Quite
expressive this of the sentiment that is
uppermost rs one stands upon the shin
ing shore and looks at the limitless sea-
the blue gray sky alone companion
piece to its grandeur. How good 1t
seems TO think the ugly, cruel winter is
over and new communion with nature
inaugurated.
The spring and fall are the ultra fash
ionable seasons. Much wealth, some
brains, a little pretense and great many
notables mark this months collected
humanity here the Administration being
already well represented by Mrs. Villas and
Miss Villas, wife and daughter of
the Secretary of the INTERIOR
Mrs Mills and daughter, a part of the
family of Mr.. Mills, the Tariff terror"
as the opposition call him, and others of
less note; also cousin of Mrs. Cleveland,
who is the local medico. What would
you have more2
OF course, the inevitable diamond:
woman is on hand with so many Jewels
she measures them by the pint, and as
the old saw has 1t a pints pound the
world around.
Improvements.
These sleepy New Jersey people have
wakened up to the belief that they have
bonanza in this knoe-deep sand, and
buildings progressing everywhere they
can drive stake. Pretty villas, with q
good deal of ginger ornamentahon,
are rising mushroom.like in every direc-
tion on leased ground, for, with a keen
appreciation of the promises of the
future no ground is decided outright but
rented instead. Then, too, the sea is
covetous-encroache year by year, and
hes become a bold robber, taking the
hand without decd or lease, and the long
board walk often changes its base perforce,
Hotels and Boarding Houses
seem to be steadily prosperous, and many
are open the year round. The Traymore
thrifty rival of the Brighton the Well
ington, the Acme, the Windemere, the
Chalfonte and the Waverly are all excel
lent.
Among the new hotels, the Berkeley is
charming and well-conducted house, the
appointments first-class, furnished in ex-
qulsite taste and the table superior Every.
thing about 1t reminds one of an elegant
private residence. Sea food, fish and shell
fish of all kinds, are abundant Scientists
would tell you it is the very place fol
weary brain workers.
Electricity gives beautiful night pic
lures of bounding waves and dark shad
ows; and ships sailing by stand out in sud
den and bold relief, while the moon look.
pale with envy at her brilliant rival, and
the never.ceasing music of the water:
brings back the memory of old songs and
the loved and lost oflong ago.
Leave the city, its worries and disap-
pointments, come down here and com.
mune with Nature. She will tell you, in
her eloquent way, that you are heir tc
Immortality; to destroy your idols of clay
and cease wearing your soul out over
sman things. She will say: wrap peace
and quietness about you and lie down to
pleasant dreams; that you are part only
a small part-of this great parcel we call
mankind. Enjoy her gifts, be just to al
men and leave the rest to- God.
X. R. X