The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-03-06
GAY LIFE BY THE SEA.
Pleasure-soekers and Health Hunters Mt
Atlantic Oity-Remarkable Railroad
Ing on the Royal Route.
From a Special Correspondent.

From Special Correspondent.
ATLANTIC CITY, March /, 1896.
The gloomful and Oppressive pessimist
who persistently croaks of hard times
and dolefully asseverates that the nations
prosperity has gone 10 the demnition ever
lasting bow vows, Is shqmed out of his
dismal bewailings as soon as he finds
himself In the briny and brilliant atmos-
phere of this great seaside cosmopolis.
The very air seems with caressing fingers
to "knit up the ravelled sleeve of care y
the swishing surf sings wooingly restful
song to the tired Senses the genial
warmth OF the earth. nearing sun stirs the
sluggish blood to quicker pulsings; and
the inspiring activities that pervade the
place beget fresh impulses and enkindle
new ambitions In the most mind-weary
OF mortals.
A stroll on the thronged boardwalk just
now is an inspiration and a delight. This
magnificent explanade, skirting the white.
beaded edge Of the horizon-reaching sea
for four unbroken miles, is the daily rem
devious OF beauty and fashion, as we'll as
the daily resort of the invalid and valetu-
dinarian. Here meet and mingle the CO.'S
mopolite and the countryman, Beau Brum-
mel and Farmer Hayseed, the belle from
vociferous Broadway and the bright eyed
maiden from the quiet Pennsylvania hills.
With each recurring year the wholesome
custom grows Of resorting here for Win
ter residence or an early Spring time va
cation, and the proptious opening OF the
Lcnten season now beginning augurs ia
voIably.
The magnificent climatic advantages of
Atlantic City render it easily the foremost
OF American health resorts. The balmy
and invigorating air, laden with briny
ozone and impregnated with the balsamic
odors OF the encircling pine forests, is dis
tinctively curative in pulmonary, malarial
aud nervous disorders, being especially
effective In the amelioration Of la grippe.
tbc uiFersity VI IeCtehtioue huu hmuse-
ments attract to 1t every shade OF tempera-
ment and taste, from the gravest TO the
gayest. More than hundred hotels and
boarding cottages have opened their doors
TO the entertainment OF visitors at rates
ranging from dollar day up TO figures
that would make frugal millionaire
dizzy.
The facilities for getting to and from
this enchanting bit OF Lotus Land are
superb in their completeness and in every
detail-for have we not the Royal Route
to The Sea, that magnificent branch OF
the Reading Railroad System, the fame
OF which extends from the eastern coast
to the placid waters OF the Sun Down
SeasY Everybody who travels-and ev-
erybody travels Dowadays-is familiar
with the unique renown OF the flyers "
that run on this celebrated line, and |
cannot forbear quoting from the Atlantic
City correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Evensag Star this account OF remark
ably quick run
The people reaching here on Saturday
last on the O'CLOCK, r. NJ, Reading train
have II TO say that ihey Travelled the entire
distance al rate OF mile In less than
minute: by reason OF the ice blockade In
the Delaware The train LETT twenty-five
minutes late, ana YET, including stops at
Hammonton, Egg haroor and Pleasant
vile, II pulled up 10 tne depot here only
one and one-haiI minutes behind lime.
In other words, twenty and one-hali min
utes had oeen maze up 10 the nfty.hve
and one-half miles, which distance, 10