Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
FLOCKING TO THE SEASIDE.
Great Crowds Hunting for Pleasure at
Atlantic City.
The Reign Of the One-Day Excursi0n-
Beach-The Sunday Question.
Correspondence Of The Evening star.

If this wa n weather Keeps up much longer
| Atlantic Ci.y will not be able to hold the
| people who persist in coming here when the
| canine days make themselves felt the most
The extra session Of Congress does moi
/ seem to keep many Of the Washingtonians
at home. and they with thousands Of other
heated up sojourners are down here enjoy
ing themselves In the surf or sitting in the
boardwalk pavilions or on the hotel piazzas
| taking in the cool breezes a. they sweep
| across the Atlantic, and sailing over the
heads of the bathers go on their way to-
| ward the meadows. Both Of the railroad
companies report an excessively heavy busi-
ness to the seashore. and extras and Sec
| lions are an every day feature There Is q
kind Of rule in effect on the roads allowing
| the use Of but eight cars to q train, In
order to maintain the fast schedule, but II
for it is folly to attempt getting all Of the
people coming here In trains and sections Of
but eight coaches.
August has always been counted the best
| month Of the season here. and the truth of
this assertion has been all the more clearly
! demonstrated by the contrast between the
and the dense throngs which mark the
presence of this month. And visitors have
good reason to favor this month for q visit
here. for II ever Dame Nature apparently
strives her hardest to please. 1t Is now, and
1t must indeed. be a misanthrope who
could fail to appreciate her efforts.
The One-Day Excursionists.
The season which for years has been
famous as the migratory one for one-day
excursionists has also arrived. and they
are coming down like the proverbial swarm
Of locusts. and like the locusts they devas-
tate the small merchants along the board
walk. They pay well for their pleasure
for their stay here Is q short one and in
Sne tme aiiStted TO- them their
time their money lasts Just here Is where
one Of the peculiar phases Of the American
public In its search for pleasure comes In:
People who at home are not possessed Of
any unusual amount Of wealth manage to
scrape enough together to buy railroad
clothes. come to the seasnore. and for the he
ing their hard-earned money with lavish
others with fancied possess,on Of WsaltS
taking the train home in the evening with
possibly a sufficient amount to pay street.
sumed and yesterday is but a Vision Of
depleted pocket books and vain regrets.
The advantage worked to the city by
mainly in the lower part Of the island. for
uptown hardly sees them. The better class
of visitors. those who are here for q longer
1t is they who support with their nickels
and dimes the merry-go-rounds. toboggan
slides. piers. and a hundred and one kindred
walk.
Fun on the Inlet.
The Inlet Is proving a most popular place
with all classes Of visitors nowadays, and
the electric cars running up there are COIN
ing money for the company by which they
are controlled The attractions at that
end Of the island are various but consist
presence Of the many white winged yachts
always ready to take out fishing and SAIL
ing parties. The pavilion Is a large place
nd cd Lee lox L..
The money must be made there, for out
side of incidental expenses and the service
OF about seventy-fve walters. the owners
summer months. IS. 900 of which Is for rent,
and the rest for an excellent band which
is always playing for the benefit Of the
patrons Of the resort. Sunday IL the bus
lest day up there. and all day long the
place Is crowded with pleasure-seckers
listen to sweet music and quar- refreshing
drinks.
The yaehtsmen are a busy lot these days.
or to tempt the fnny tribe 0 Being no s ear-
ticularly numerous. Fish have been BIT
ing freely around these waters lately and
weak variety Save be.n enlisted sy s ds
lighted anglers to the other guests at the
hotels to be served up later for their de-
iectation.
The Hoky Poky Man.
A very grave question Is now asitating
which the street paving and Seduced rail-
way fare questions will probably become a
side issue. 1t Is as to whether or not the
ubiquitous hoky poky vender IL to be allow
ed to continue plying his trade outside the
boardwalk. There Is an ordinance to the eff
rect that no business Is to be transacted
on the ocean side of the promenade, but for
the last year or SO the figure Of the yen.ler
Of this dyspepia-producing compound has
been a familiar one along the strand, carry
ing his wares in a little cart drawn BY a
diminutive donkey Of the burro variety,
Chiefly conspicuous by reason of its gay
bathers day in and day out, and has not vet
been responsible for an accident Of any
kind. Nor has 1t been molested until re-
Of Police Eldridge. probably at the request
Of some chronic dyspeptic to whom the re-
sounding IL not melodious cry Of "hoky
mandate against the inoffenstve dealer
Twice he has been arrested, each time show
ing permit from the mayor allowing him to
cutive Wright is out of town at present the
yender Is still pulling In the nickels from
the beach throngs.
The Sunday Question.
The question of keeping in operation the
amusement enterprises along the boardwalk
on Sunday probably received its final set
back on the 9Th inst, when Chief Of Police
Eldredge informed the boardwalk mer-
chants that should they attempt to run
their machines they would be at once ar-
rested. The intention was to open I'D on
that day and have the boardwalk present
the same appearance as on week days with
the noisy slides, switchbacks, merry-go-
rounds. &c, in operation, but the notifca-
ton Of the police acted as a damper, aud
not one OF the owners had sufficient courage
to start the ball rolling. The apparent in
consistency of allowing all the saloons to
remain open while the more innocent
amuSementS are closed Is explained by those
in authority on the custom makes the law
plan. and as 1t has been the custom of the
saloon keepers to remain open the law must
conform to their ideas, even though their
doing business Is in direct violation OF state
and city statutes
The beach front amusement men have
not been in the habit of remaining open to
the public. so they must stay closed or take
the legal consequences. They say, however
cuted on this account they will take fmme-
diate action to have all the other resorts
now open closed. The threat Of this en-
forced resemblance to the Chicago fair on
Sundays is making the city officials so a
little slow in regard to taking decisive ac-
ton, though 1t is probable that not one Of
the boardwalk magnates would cut on his
own head. figuratively speaking, IN an en-
deavor to make Atlantic City q religious
circle on Sundays.
washingtOnians Here.
Gen. and Mrs. Vincent, DR.. Vincent and
Miss Lancaster are a notable party Of
Washingtonians registered at the Dennis.
Washingtonians who have their names on
the hotel registers this past week include