The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31

mains gay. The boardwalk is crowded ap-
parently as much as ever with its composite
gathering of people from all sections of the
country, the verandahs are thronged with ma
irons and their charges, while the various hops
are attended with as many pretty girls as they
were earlier in the season. Seldom has Atlantic
City seemed prettier, the ocean more exhiarat-
ing, or the girls more fascinating than they do
just at this time. There is but one Atlantic
City, and never before in it's history has it en-
tertained so many guests as this year. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has erected
mammoth pavilion at the extreme southern en-
trance Of the boardwalk, where daily its trains
dump thousands of excursionists from all parts
of Jersey and Pennsylvania. The pavilion is
nearly three miles away from the centre of the
city, hence the regular summer guests are not
overrun with the tbrong that comes daily,
circumstance that caused considerable annoy
ance in previous years, when the excursion
houses were right in the centre OF fashionable
Atlantic City. l stood there on Wednesday
afternoon and saw three trains of seventeen
coaches each pull out, all being freighted down
with human beings, and still there did not ap-
pear to be any diminishing in the size of the
crowd.
1 stood on the beach yesterday when the surf
was highest and saw the life guards safely land
three men who had ventured out too far in the
treacherous outward flow of the water. On this
stretch of coast there are clever of these brave
fellows, who almost daily risk their lives in
rescuing foolhardy men who think they know
how to swim. Well perhaps they do in lakes
and rivers, but here on thecrest of the foam
capped waters they are like SO much chaff after
they once get beyond their depth, and yet you
cannot make them realize the difference until
once they have felt themselves within the tolls
of the seething undertow. 1t is generally the
great and good swimmers who lose their lives.
The strangest fact is that these brave and ven
turesome set of life-savers receive no pay for
daily patrolling the beach, looking after the
thousands a rn hao
in the bath. All they make is what generous
summer boarders contribute for them, or the re-
wards that is bestowed by those saved from
drowning.
Washingtonians have experienced lots of
trouble in accustoming themselves to dancing
here, as the style in vogue is SO radically
different from what they are accustomed to at
home that they almost frenZed when they
hear one of Strauss's waltzes waited on the salt
laden air Instead Of playing the music in
measure compatible with the poetry of good
dancing, the musicians wall out the notes as If
each one was the last. This seems to suit the
Philadelphians, who move around in waltz
with one purpose in view-to see if they can go
slower than the music. There is no beauty
to it, and the waltz loses half its attractveness
by the funeral music. 1t is the same in all their
other dances-Yorke, pollkas, quadrilles, and
lanciers. party of gay Washington lads and
lasses rebeled against the style at the Yelling
toms hop Tuesday evening, and for a time they
showed the "Quakersn what real dancing was
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capitvated the entire place.
The hop at the Wellington Tuesday evening
was in charge of Washingtonans, and it was one
of the most delightful gatherings that has taken
Carusi, Mrs. j. III. Doyle, Mrs. Baggett, and
Mrs. Eugene Carusi, Jr., were the patronesses,
with Mr.. j. III. Doyle as master of ceremonies.
Among the dancers were Miss Wells Miss Maud
Baggett, Miss Collins, Miss McNeir Miss Stella
Merritt, Miss Rose Alexander, Mr.. Stephen Vail,
DR.. William Writ, Mr.. Frank Thompson, Miss
Bercaw, of Easton, Pa, but we'll known in
Washington; Mr.. Lewis, Miss La Compile Mrs.
Clarke, Miss Mamie Clarke, Miss Matte O'Brien,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carusi, Mr.. Francis Ca
rusi, Mr.. Reisinger, son of Lieut.. Reisinger, and
other Washingtonians.
Miss Maud Baggett, of Washington, is one of
the most attractive young ladies at this place,
where, with her mother, she is occupying cot
tage on Kentucky avenue. She is a dark bru-
nette, dresses well, and is one of the best swim
mers here. Another lady who attracts much
admiring attention is Miss Bercaw, of Easton.
She is tall and graceful and dresses exquistey
The latest freak in feminine society has struck
Atlantic City. 1t is what is known the New
port shake. You elevate your elbows sharply
above The shoulders and extend the forearm
obliquely down, as If you were going to pull the
cork out of a bottle of claret. Your partner
does the same thing, and clasps your fingers so
that both arms together make n letter M. AS
your fingers become casped together, each of
you give three little jerks of greeting, like pull
ing a door-bell. Then you unlock your fingers,
unwind your arms and the salute is done. a
clergyman, amazed at the spread of the fad,
said It looked like handshake, ''invented by
idiots to be practiced by imbeciles." But a
little thing like that never nterferes with
fashion.
Mrs. Harriet Martin, Mr.. Frank Martin, Miss
Hattie Martin, Miss Jillson, and Mrs l.. M.
Scriyen have left the Wellington and are now
at the Maddox House, Warrenton, Va.
Miss Matte O'Brien and Miss Marie Murray
have returned to Washington.
Judge and Mrs Carlsi Mr. and Mrs Euuana
ID. Carusi, Miss Stella Merritt, Miss Emma
McNeir Miss Merritt, Mr.. f. d. Carus, and
Mr.. Reisinger leave tomorrow for home.
Mrs. L. s.. Wells and Miss Wells left Friday
and returned to Washington.
The guests of the Wellington participated in
the annual donation sale of packages for the
benefit of the Children's Seaside Home Thurs
day evening. The affair proved to be the most
beneficial one given at the resort this year.
The guests donated packages ranging in value
from penny to dollar, and the sale realized
the handsome sum of seventy-fiVe dollars
Your correspondent acted as auctioneer and
the Washington folks did good deal of bid
ding.
Iheard pleasant compliment paid to Wash
ingtonians in general last night. A prominent
lady of Philadelphia was seated in the parlor Of
the Wellington, surrounded by coterie of
friends from the Quaker City. The whole party
was engaged, as is generally the case at sea