New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-10
SAND-DWELLERs ON SUNDAY.
HOW THE MANY ENJOY THEMSELVES
AT CONEY ISLAND
THEY BURRow ALONG THE SHORE UNTIL THE
BEACH is LIKE HUGE RABBIT WARREN


BEACH is LIKE HUGE RABBIT WARREN
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF THE MULTITUDE
There was no cessation yesterday from the ter
rife heat which has poured down upon the city Tor
the last week. 1t is many years since Similar
continued spell OF heat descended upon the city.
and the suffering. 1t is needless TO say. among all
classes. has been more intense than any mere re-
cial Of heat prostrations and weather commehts
have been able to describe. This city. like mary
others within the heated area. has become IKE
seethng furnace. Night brings no RELIEF. Inc sun
baked pavements and the sidewalks ABSORB tho
heat by day. only TO give II out in waves curing
TIE night totally despol!ng sleep and bringing in-
somna to premium. Houses ordinarily cool at
this time OF the year have actually aDsorp"' ~
much heat that the temperature varies little from
one hour to another in the twenty-four TX mo
exodus TO the country and seaside resorts mas teen
great In the earlier Sundays OF this summer yes
terday II seemed greater than at any time nciofe'
When people arose yesterday morning AFTER
.leepless night the sun gave no promise OF rchei'
and only mounted higher through a condleas SKY
leaving no hope in his wake. The rush 10 the
shore began in the early morning hours The out
pourings OF the tenement-house districts c"ms
first as they always do. only too eager 10 sscape
from the sitting atmosphere within on ne one
holiday OF the week. They scattered In ali Gree
lions Of the compass but Coney Island. as 'suaL
caught the multitude.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS we're followed closely oy
those peg or two above them in the social scale
and lonC before the ordinary Sunday breakfast
hour the trolley and other lines were IN iuli swing
and crowded the guards. The Jam. espcciahy
the Nassau cars. was something 'er'h'c' !"
there was a society for the prevention OF cruelty
TO conductors and motormen. surely Its officers
would have their hands full on Sundays a'ten"ing
TO the cruel ndignties visited upon the unfortunate
h,rellngs Of the trolley lines. Although running
car is popularity supposed 10 be cool Job In The
summer II only wants trip TO the end CT the
various lines along the shore 10 dis?el thar idea-
ALONG THE SHORE.
But Coney Island. As the summer wakes older
the fun and frolic IN that garoaSe-"hlcH SPOT
wax faster and more furious II Is hard 10 say
what the multitude most did TO amuse hse". ~
every turn the multitude was appiicht Along me
beach thousands INDUCED in bathing In the iiot'
sitting walks and along the oowery ahotn"r
crowd drank bad beer and took In the penny SHOWS
unto safety In the hotels so called. On 'hs
shutcs merry go rounds and the thousand-'nd-ohe
tme-worn oddities the mob swet,ed ana petsp'ieo
and proceeded to generate with great siiu"S
that element OF heat from which .Hey had run
away in town. Such proceeding would seem TO
show a paradoxcal course OF reason.ng wnich , tne
average Sunday plessure-seeker indH5e' N, h LIZ
II is All the same them. for the Deer Is cheap
all other shore thihss IN propor'io"S ircus I.
The most amusing part OF ine ,'i i ~ sione
tSe shore There is the true meal Of eniovnent.
For half mile or more along the mus o,,ions
sprinkng of humanity. In all Sorts Oh posiss.o'so
and postures indulgng IN a freedom OF u.c 30
which is frequently startling, p n""3 oconle wno
made a bed OF the sand sat cr llih os-lS.e ~.
such solid phalanxss TO IKE ns,erss, dim
cult Such a unique freedom as vas exn,ote esn
Whole families we're spra NIt OH poplar idea
of comfort among the sunday sanu Gwe" LIE I'D
nd iSir
brella is placed. and man and vile ana the yo Jung
fellow and his Sunday ;ir are txed for the Gay.
some OF them dressed in their ordinary clothes Tor
sand and peacefully went 10 sleep.
ABOUT THE Only COOL PLACE
Luncheon baskets. empty beer bottles, fragments
OF uncheons were scattered about everywhere ana
the sight to say the least in some spots would NOT
have been good for people with weak stomachs-
Yet TO the Coney Island sand dwellers such Al
outing H. one OF bliss and perfect contehtmehI
The beach, in fact. was ABOUT the only cooi pacs
within the limits OF the Greater New-forK haEv
in the morning the almost like miipond.
but about noon a cooling breeze swept over the
ocean, and made the temperature actually cool on
the sand 1t was no wonler that the thousands
who left sitting homes in the city Hooked thi'hes
and threw conventionality to the winds 1t was
he tenemer. house dwellcrs and their ways trans
ferrcd to the sands OF he sea. And whiic they
drank in the rfe-siving breczes. few rods further
up the Island. along the narrow walks and In TIC
streets the crowd perspired and suffered. anu
missed that which they ndd come Tor ana winch
they could get without he asking just - step u
away.
Eut the sight CT sights he sight III for the gods.
was the sight OF the idrtastical multitudes OF
bathers The spirit Of undress was In the air
some OF the costumes are outre in the extreme.
Stockings are sometimes worn. but the exception
and the rule are divided about half and nall.
Anonr the women there about as many dr.
ferent costumes bathers. one old woman whose
white locks streamed forth to the wind had on
garment resembling more than anything else
gray army overcoat. 1t tine 10 the knees ana eA-
tenjing downward 10 the ankles was pair OF gray
Turkish looking boomers. with ruf1es on the edge.
The costume. dry might have weighed q lew
times more. and the manner In which the old
woman dragged IT about II dicated that something
near a ton was about the figure of its weight as
she felt II -, ,.,, ~
The shore az Coney Island in the bathing season
e one of. the most conf al sights to be seen In
very large OF country.
N THE EASTERN DISTRICT.