Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-08-18
A DAY AT CAPE MAY.
Wp Can All Go Thoro Whom Our
Ship Comes In.
Meanwhile wo Have 20 ne Satisfied with
Reading Of tho iieauty aud Grandeur
OF tho Ocean and the Charms Of
tho Pebbiy beach.

Especial Washington Lettcrl
There is no harm in esvy unless II Is
permitted 10 grow into jealousy You
will all be envious when you hear the
story, and yet believe not one Of my
readers win be jealous.
Having received and accepted an
Invitation to make "a trip to Cape May,
n, J., and be guest at the princi-
pal hotel there for four days, ! started
on Friday morning with my wife and
baby and arrived at the Cape about
four O'Clock in the afternoon. First
let me tell you about the hotel
II is one Of the largest establishments
of the kind on the Atlantic coast and
can readily accommodate thousand
guests, giving good bedrooms as well
US the best of food with prompt atten-
tion 20 every one Of that number 1t ia
situated about one hundred yards from
the beach, and is SO planned and erect
ed that nearly every room faces the sea
and receives the ocean breeze. That
same ocean breeze seems to be ceaseless
in its efforts to i'll the lungs and invig-
crate the systems Of all who are for
tunatc enough to visit the coast
The beach at Cape May is one Of the
safest in the world For fully half
mile it slopes downward SO gradually
that an eight-year-old child can wade
fully thirty yards into it without hav-
ing the water come over his head, eX-
cept as the big waves roll in. Under
the circumstances, of course, there is
no undcrtow along the beach, and no
loss of life occurs at this point except
through carclesaness.
To reduce the peril of this pleasure to
a minimum opposite each one Of the ho-
tells along the beach there is stationeda n
life-boat manned by four sturdy sailors
When the bathing hour commences
these lusty lads push their lifa-boat
through the breakers and row out be-
yond the furthcst line of bathcrs, and
there anchor with their oars ready at a
moments notice to rush to the relief OF
snyone who may by any mischance be
In danger of drowning
Although it is a generally accepted
rule in the cities Of the east that oysters
are only fit for food during the months
from September TO April, the people .
along the Jersey shore regard them rs
hcalthful and wholesome the whole
year around. At Cape May every meal I
commences with raw oysters on the half I
shell fresh taken from the salt waters .
near by We also had clans and soft (
shell crabs in abundance; so that you
see if it is true that products Of the sea
produce the phosphorescence necessary
to recuperate the tired brain your cor
respondent must be in q very brainy
condition at the present writing, be-
cause for three days we almost lived on
the vertebrates, articulates and mol
lusls Of tho deep
On Saturday afternoon, joining a par
ty of ladies and gentlemen, we char
tered large yacht, sailed seven miles
ont from shore and anchored there.
Two gentlemen and one lady in the
party gave up their dinner to the fish
before we reached our point Of anchor
Gge 1t was my good fortune not to get
seasick and therefore the sport Of fish
ing was the more thoroughly enjoyed In
about three hours time with our hooks
and lines we pulled in over three hum
drod ocean bass, founders and other
specimens Of the tnny tribe, until our
boat was we'll loaded end each one OF
our party thoroughly sunburned and
tired enough 20 enjoy our supper Our
skipper thercupon raised anchor, set
his sails and with a southern breeze
chasing us over the waves we sailed
back to Cape May. Our fishes were
given 10 the steward and everyone at
: al
tion Of the catch of the afternoon.
Saturday night in The great dining
room, which is larger than the eele :
orated east room at the white house, y
and in the adjoining ballroom, the :
young people enjoyed terpsichoreau !
irippings for about three hours. On
sunday night in the same rooms, J,
sacred concort was given 10y the Cape y
May orchestra, assisted by New York, !
and Washington vocal :
.alent Whether it was the novelty OF J,
he occasion or not. it seemed to me
hat, in the salt sea air, the orchcstration
vas more perfect and the yoealization
more effective and enjoyable than | r
lave ever experienced ia any house of e
Worship. o
Although beneath the splendid roof, n
We seemed so near b nature that Il
yorshipful sense pcrvadel the thrapg s.
With an intensity OF feeling akin 10 that h
which must have peryaGed the hearts a
nd minds of men when the groves y
we're Gods first temples ere man had L
earned 20 hew the shaft or build the b
rchitrave The interludes were songs I
f praise FROM the lovingly-lavcd shore n
4 the ocean, as the snow-crowned
waves ceaselessly kissed the silvery
trand. One young lady in thd impro- y
Used choir sang peculiarly appropriate I,
Id hymn, portion of the words beng:
4 love 10 think Of jesus as lIe walked upon the
sea.
While the waves wcra rolling. nlulInuring on n
The strand.
Where He fat c,thin a boat, on the crystal /,
waves anoat
IS He TAUGHT The waiting p-cp'c OF the land" :,
Thai sacred concert Sunday night I'M u
rcsscd me deeply There were words .
aid and songs sung which cuabled me
D turn backward the curtain of time;
way back 10 those sunny-haircd hours Il
boyhood whcn the happicst day Of
u the weel, was tho day when my best is
li clothes was donned. every but ir
lE -nd every garter and shoe-lace in
Dected 10y mother before we started for nj
and joined in singing 81
'me Of the very songs which now are "
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