The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-20
NO HARD TINES THERE.
Atlantic City'S Brilliant SeaSOn-The
Royal Routes Great Travel.

Go to the seashore, thou pessimist aud
be convinced that thy dire complainings
anent Hard Times" are wrong, all
wrong Never in its history has Allan
tic City held so much of gaiety, such
enormous numbers of visitors as at the
present time. Is it because that fright
some bugaboo Hard Times" has no real
existence, or do people 90 there to flee
their financial griefs and drown their
business sorrows in the foaming surf and
foaming-soda water At any rate, 60
they do. The season at this great resort
has been great one, and 1t Is just now
at its very zenith. No better time than
the present could be selected for a visit,
and no seaside in the old world, or the
new, compares with Atlantic City in pic
turesqueness, in cosmopolitanism and in
varie V. One may rest body and brain in
dreamful contemplation of the solemn
beauty of the sea; he may LOAF ana IN
vite the soul. ." sOothed by the deeptOned
murmur OF the breakers or he may
plunge into the bubbling swim of galety
and take a giddy whirl on the merrv-go-
round of pleasure, finding enjoyment in
larger quantities and greater diversity
than is anywhere else attainable. But,
| first of all. one must get there.
And the getting there Is not the least
among the delights of visit to delight
some Atlantic City. There are several
ways of reaching it-besides walking.
Measured by the indisputable gauge of
| popular preference, the best way Is uhe
| ''Royal Reading Railroad Route" 1t is
only 55 miles in length, but 1t is among
| the celebrated railways of the world and
tits concededly the finest railroad running
| to any American watering place. IL is
double tracked from end to end. 1t Is
| constructed in the most substantial
manner, with the heaviest of steel rails,
laid on oak ties, ballasted with clean,
dustless slag-stone. The locomotives are
equally notable for their great power and
speed, and for the absence OF the SCOT
sulphur, smoke and cinders so obrUsively
and disagreeably in evidence upon somC
lines of travel: for these steam driver
steeds of steel are fed upon hard, anthra
cite coal exclusively. And the "Flyers'
oh, the FLYERS
"Taking a Flyern-the phrase is, some
how or other, suggestive of an undertak
ing pleasantly perilous. Taking Flyer
on the ROYAL Reading Railroad Route TO
Atlantic City is pleasure devoid OF TN
element of risk. Employing every safe
guard against accident, 1t approaches a
nearly to absolute safety as is humanl.
possible The fame of the Seventy Min
ute Flyer extends from ocean to ocean
They are the most talked about trains il
the world. The cars are large, airy am
J eXquisitely elegant and comfort lble l
were difficult TO conceive anything in th
"poetry of notion more refreshing, NOR
, eXhilerating, more reJuvenescent than
swift whrl across green meadows ant
through the cool gloom of pine forests
seated by an open window of one of thes
: smooth-gliding palaces on wheels. Tn
Philadelphia stations of the Royal Read
l ing Route are at Chestnut street an
! South street wharves, and through ticl
cts are sold at all Reading Railroad sta
| lions,