The sun., 1893-07-26

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| OF course the summer hotels are suffering
from the prevailing business depression.
They are not crowded, and the people at
them are not profuse in the expenditure
| OF money.
! The seaside places in tho ncighborhood OF
| New York. the road houses. the boating sta
| tions and the fishing resorts have had bet
ter seasons than this; but they are not
| languishing for lack OF patronage. Tho
growth Of the popular interest in outdoor
sports has bred love OF country life
which inures to their profit: and the custom
OF getting out Of town for the summer or
for the Sunday holiday is now SO general
that II assures them living support even
In a time like this.
Moreover. the passion for bicycle riding
is giving the country taverns new supply
of patrons. Inns which had relied for many
years on a small rural patronage only.
are now rejoicing over the demand for their
entertainment by the professions OF wheel
men daily traversing the roads The BIZ
cycle has revived tho prosperity OF taverns.
which were left almost deserted when the
stage coach yielded to the railroad. Tho
number of wheelmen in the vicinity of
New York reaches thousands. and many OF
them are young fell ws who spend vaca-
tons OF ton days or two weeks in travel
ling from place to place. Sometimes n
whole family may be encountered on the
road. father. mother, sons. and daughters
wheeling their way along with great ap-
parent harmony. Husbands and wives.
lovers and sweethearts are frequently seen,
the women manaSing the machine with as
much expertness as the men. No distinc-
tive feminine bicycle costume seems to pre-
vail. tho usual gown being one of some
stuff scrviceable for the purpose.
A very noticeable feature at the largo
summer resorts and the most frequcntcd Of
our seaside places. is the presence of great
numbers Of Jews They seem to be fond
Of crowds. and to have adopted the custom
Of leaving town for the summer more gen.
orally than the people OF other races. When
they can afford the change. they generally
indulge in it; and hence, proport1onatelyt to
their number in the population. there are
more OF them at these places than OF GEN
tiles The Jews seem to be determined to
get all the enjoyment out OF life which it is
possible for them to secure; and as most of
those who are now rich or we'll l-to-do. were
once poor and closely economical. the pleas
ure that money can buy is peculiarly
priced by them. They are great multi
tude. chiefly OF the German or Polish type,
and frequently they give evidence Of wealth. |
Their equipage5 are fine. the drivers
being usually liveried Irishmen or Eng
lishmen. but the Jews do not seem to be |
distinguished as judges Of horseflesh. |
Oftentimes the carriage is elegant and tho |
horses rather poor. Neither do they seem |
to be good whips. and Hebrew horseman |
is rarely encountered. The women are ar |
rnyed expensively, but occasionally there |
is something In the disposition Of the cos
tunes which destroys the nice finish OF |
their toilets.
Horseback riding is much moro frequent |
among both mon and women at these coun-
try places than 1t used to be. Horseman-
ship is an accomplishment which has been
by the bride paths in Central
Park. and by the pink-c Dated cross-country
riders who provoked so much ridicule when
they began to hunt the anise-secd bag
Now very good riders are numerous on the
country roads. and the number Of fine sad
die horses is large. The indoor amusement
Of dancing. which furnished the only
amusement for women at summer hotels a
generation ago. is now secondary to out
door exercises.
The physical Improvement in both the
young men and the young women OF this
is very remarkable, but it is
more noticeable among the other elements
Of the population than among the Jewish.
The Jews do not seem to tako naturally to
outdoor exercises. and they are so conspic-
uous part ofthe visitors to the summerng
places that this point forces itself on the
attention OF the observer. Apparently they
prefer Incidence after the strain of activity
in the pursuit OF the means OF getting enjoy
nent; and the disposition betrays itself in
tendency to gain adipose rather than muscle.
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