Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24

dogs, all Of wood; and not only the children.
but the grown-up folks, mount the horsts and
ride round and round, five minutes for five
cents
popular. and boats of a long dark tunnel O ger
which is painted in large letters Positively no
kissing allowed in this tunnel" Another popu-
lar affair is the observation wheel that takes
You seventy feet up in the air. The razzle-
dazzle is not patronized very extensively; it
makes one too seasick for comfort
Each one of these establishments has steaI,
piano or organ that grinds out melody. so
called. by the mile. Ali the popular tunes
from Maine to Texas NAV be heard in one day
1t was here that 1 first heard whistle and
Wait for Katie" maggie Murphy's Home"
''Darkies Dream and Listen to My Tale of
Woe"
For the large and ever-growing class of peo-
pie who go to Atlantic City for love of the sea
there some delightful excursions and nm
abundance of pleasure to be had. There is the
long pier reaching out hundreds of feet into
deep water, where it is perfect delight to sit
and watch the ever-changing beauties Of the
ocean. Then there is the wide strip OF hard
white beach stretching from Atlantic City
proper to the end of the island. There is
nothing more refreshing than drive along this
firm sandy high way in an open phaeton behind
a pair Of swift horses For the children there
are ponies, little fellows. brown and black and
white, with long flowing tales and names. Be-
sides these pleasures there small steamers
that take you out 20 sea, and if YOU fond OF
solitude you will walk up to Excursion Beach
and spend the evening there, with no other
companion than the moon over head and the
rush Of waters at your feet
ADJUSTMENTS FOR DAY.
A charming way to spend the morning is to
take the train for Lougport and then the little
steamer across Egg Harbor TO Somer's Point. an
old-fashioned. sleepy place with houses in it
that were built 100 years ago, the gardens ablaze
with peoples, oliyhocks, ragged robins and red
roses.
As to the sea bathing -everybody bathes.
from the tiny little tots in mothers arms to the
old people who have to be helped by younger
and stronger arms. There is no gayer, bright ar
sight off the board walk than this array of hun
dreds of people in the surf and many more
lockers on in gay costume. with their parasos
of red, white and blue and every color OF the
rainbow
The cheap excursions from the neighporing
cities and towns are studies. l will never for
get the sight presented by the hury- burly OF
humanity streaming from Washington excur-
sion train at South Atlantic. They had left
Washington at 10 o'clock Saturday night and
at O'Clock Sunday morning rolled into the
station beneath the first slant Of the sum- The
train of eight long passenger cars resemb!cd an
elongated bee hive. from which the crampeG
and tired people swarmed toward the beach
Men with hair and whiskers tumbled and dis
ordered men with collars and necktie, coat and
vest in hand, sleepy men, cross men, and here
and there a courageous mother CARRYING a poor
little sick baby to where the sight of the ocean
and the touch Of the salt breeze meant life and
strength to both OF them. Down on the long
beach they all hurried, following the receding