Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-08-15

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ner. II you wish to, you can sleep
all afternoon. There's no law against
it at Atlantic City. Or you can take
a big umbrella and q sweet little girl
and go out like Sallie Waters and sit
in the sand. That's not against the
law, either, fortunately, or the police
would be kept busy making arrests
Likewise you can walk along the
board walk and eat saltwater taf1y,
or ride on the merry-go-round or the
razzle dazzle, or sit on the pier, or go
fishing to Longport, or go to the In
let and drink beer, or have your pic
ture taken-or anything else you are
inclined to.
In the evening there are plenty OF
amusements-hopsa at the hotels, con-
certs, and so on. Those who have
tried it say that as good a plan as
any is to first get just the very sweet
est girl you know and take a stroll on
the board walk. After while go
out on the pier, find a nice, comfort
able corner where it is not too light
and sit there and look at the lovely
ocean. They say the only objection
to this is that the time passes too rap
idly. It's ten o'clock and after be-
fore you know it. So you go to the
merry-go-round and take few rings;
to the serpentine railway and get raz-
zle-dazzled. Then go to the switch
back and get in a car-with that same
sweet girl-where you go through a
long tunnel, being very careful not
10 let the young lady fall of. Next
90 through the tunnel again, and
after the second trip you will try to
hire the tunnel by the hour. Finally
you wind up the evening with a good
supper at one OF the many excellent
restaurants, and unless you are very
hard to please you feel that this world
is a mighty nice place after oil. And
the chances are, unless you are an
old, settled fellow, you will be more
than half in love with that girl. III
it 's full moon, you are a goner any
how.
The people stay on the board walk
until midnight. Last Saturday night
a good many were there all night, for
every hotel, cottage and boarding
house was full up, and there was no
place to sleep. Thousands Of people
60 down from Philadelphia on Satur-
day and stay until Sunday evening or
Monday morning, and sometimes they
come in such crowds the houses will
not hold them.
All along the land side Of the board
walk are booths, stores and amuse-
ment pavilions Of various kinds. Fly
ing horses, or carousels, as they call
them, the serpentine railroad, tobog-
gan slides, and switch-backs, are the
chief amusements. The profits to
their proprietors are enormous, as
they run from early morning to late
at night. Each carousel costs from
$1,000 to $4,000. They run by steam.
The receipts amount to 800 per day
and upward One of these machines
has taken in as high as 81, 200 in sin
gle day, though that is much above
the average. of course. All amuse-
ments, hotels, ETC., are heavily taxed
by the city, the money being used to
keep up the improvements and to
provide for the health and comfort OF
the visitors. This has been a most
profitable season for the hotel keep
ers, and as for the railroads, the
money has been pouring into their
treasures in a constant stream.
Atlantic City is the most popular
and the most democratic resort along
the coast. The millionaire and the
day laborer, the queen Of society and
the kitchen girl, all congregate here
They dip in the same ocean, and one
is as good as the other. The city is
we'll managed in all it's departments,
and no disorder Is allowed. While
all are given the same freedom, all
are subject to the same restraints.
You may find every sort of pleasure
that the law allows, and il you do
not enjoy the seashore it is your own
fault.
The impromptu entertainments at
the hotels are very often extremely
enjoyable. At the Chenille one rainy
evening there were two young ladies
and two young gentlemen from Ches-
ter, Pa, who composed the choir Of
the Episcopal Church there. With
the greatest willingness they devoted
their talents to the entertainment Of
their fellow guests, and we are sure
more delightful music is seldom heard.
Quartettes, trios, duets and solos were
rendered charmingly, and everybody
was glad that the rain had kept us
indoors.
AS before remarked, Atlantic City
is hard place to get away from. No
matter how pleasant the friends you
may be obliged to leave, no matter
how tempting the ocean looks, no
matter what pleasures you could en-
JOY tomorrow, the time inevitably
comes when you must say goodbye
to all of these. You've got TO go.
You leave your hotel and your new
and old friends in it-you ought to
pay your bill before going-you re-
luctantly get on the cars when the
conductor says ''all aboard" the
train slips over the marshes, and
next thing you know Atlantic City is
away behind you, out OF sight.
Then you say to yourself that you