The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-22

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Things that have . coney Island tings
70 them seem 70 ss the rage just AT pres
emf They have 2 suneE Island back
East. They have one Ia the West They
are different The one back East has been
In existence for ye1vs. = is There that
more than enc summer girl has broken
hearts, and tnen II the end Of the warm
season gone hack - TIE city 70 1--we n \
se a month aat with a husband whose
business capacity makes him worth 50
per m0ath 10 his employer. TIE second
class dry goods man- X was a. ConeE
Island that the pretty girl and the hand
sor1e yourg man met She posed a. the
daughter ~ one 81 New York 5 49,. But
keep Il quiet. / am cut for a good tlTle,
she said. He told her he was The scion
OF q wealthy Philadelphia family. They
sported ia the surf they danced together.
they made love Tsle simmer season was
over. They parted, g meet again next
season. B0th returned 20 the city He
went into a cheap restaurant 4 few days
later 10 get hts usual dinner. she took
his order. TIE curtain. Those who have
been az Coney Island in the East know
that Il Is 8 great resort Many events
have made L famous as q society point
In the sumner tine. More divorces have
had their origin az Coney Island than AZ
any other one place in this big world. I'M
less Il be guiet New York. There are
other things which make = attractive 10
swell Easteruers. Grover Cleveland once
took bath there: Ch2uncey Depew dis
tributes many OF his interviews from that
Point. and enc summer Sarah Bernhardt
was there WIKI her aggre cation OF pet
snakes and monkeys. Incidentally. Coney
Island has fine surf bathing.
Coney Island Of the West. One hesl-
tates about mentioning Il in the same
breath with Coney Island Of the East,
that charmiuEly wicked resort where So
ciety loves TO cluster and where crime
and gossip and scandal slap one another
on the back and softly murnur, broth
er' Coney Island Of the West is al West
Seattle II was given it's name By a per
son who thought Coney Island meant
something good. and grand. and pure.
Last year and the year before Coney
Island was great. this year it is greater.
One can spend the summer there They
have cottages 10 rent, and those who
don't wish 10 live in cottages can enjoy
camp life either at C0ney Island or
around on Alki point where the tent Is
q little beyond the glamor Of the city
and its strife" here the tent door y
not constantly filed with the head Of a
half dozen or more iuquisitive people who
want 70 know II this Is Jones' camp.
But Coney Islands great feature is her
bathing Western sea bathing cannot be
compared 10 sea bathing ia the East But
so long as we cannot move the Atlantic
west we are satisfied 70 plunge into the
surf Of the Pacific Last Sunday Coney
Island was one grand mass Of humanity
The day was warm; so was the water:
so We're the people. AS a result the
crowd had good time. All day long
the water was filled with bathers. Bath
ing costumes. that were 50 different when
they were new. were 10 be seen IN aDahd-
ance Most Of them came from the bath
houses along the beach. The man Ii the
bath house always does business on the
theory that everything goes In the water.
No one ever heard Of bath house man
saving that he didn't have a costume 10
fit you II the African fat lady came
along and asked for bathing costume,
he would give her the same one that he
would offer the living skeleton OF Scot
land II he showed Up. Tom Ihuilns
would have the sarne thing thrust AT
them II they wanted 20 take bath and
had failed 70 come supplied with sufii-
rfant material to cover their little bodies.
Bat with e ali the sun smiles. the crowd
laughs and the bather Is happy
One thing must happen 70 make Coney
Islar7d a r~e9ter success. The pretty sum
r1er girl. that you read about and seldom
see must turn out 4 few OF them are 70
h found there every afternoon that the
water Is fit for bathing but she IS not In ev-
fdence IN sufficient numbers Let her turn
out rs she does at the tennis bail, noI IN
the same costume. however Tor good FORM
r.1sfFes that the bathing girl wear more
eIo-hfs IN he vicinity Of her shoulders than
when at the ball or the theatre. There Is
no reason why Coney Island should
not be a typical summer scene
o. the modern Sunday. Several
hundred bataers should turn out
and a great many o. them should be from
the ranks OF woman The LOCAL society
girls enjoy a plunge in the water
There is no doubt - that Seldom
an afternoon passes that a bevy Of them
arc not "a be found al one o. the shady
$rots on Lake Washington where they
snort for hours AZ slime. Bathing parties
have been Y bright feature 81 local soci-
ETY. this summer. They have taken place
in Lake Washington and have been at
tended by swell Young people 81 the city.
A marvellous amount Of enjoyment accom-
uanies them And n the same society peo-
PIE will bat surrender lake bathing for the
waters q the Sound. Coney Island viii bs
even A greater success than It IS al pres
ent
When TIE city council passed the orl-
nance making Il crime for women - an
pear at places Of public amusement IN a
gorgeous array 81 hesdgear that would
more thsn 30 Justice ~ a Comanohe In
dian prepared Tor q sur dance the good
people 3i2 not really appreciate how much
g. n7ea1t-lid n0t know whet foy II was 20
bring 10 them Although fhp ordinance has
teen in eject only 2 few 3avs more than a
weeE sensible theater Eoers are already
re- ~3~E q good z0Nsta0tiel benefit II the
crLl~anre continues "a ha enforced the
puhlic viii 20 tempted 70 give the council
urau responsible Tor SIS creation n gold
medal ard elevate him ;o she ayive ~
MAYOR There has been so much talk
throughout the country over the hiEh-hat
nuisance and the ordinances and other
lsas enacted - prevent it that the porla
PAS come 60 COX upcn The whole tr.uc Al
s iska Re seems the essence ~ sts.rsltv
ttat sn thfs modern day q common sense
"a ia ke-s sHcuis hs compelled 20 laEf=-
latr tne obnoxious high bat ctt of the the
ate~ au1 other places 20 amusement wnrre
it< presence has caused more curses and
se0t more people home III D Etie huusor than
ary ct-er single thirE c1l'A possibly DO
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tHlt tHev never SEE Il 81 0ct So when
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Chester The Zn hGt 11s 1sea o stern
reEHEy f7T many EeR-e. a-3 more than
one ~+r uaa5 favor V7~.sn suffrage On
g nfeI e-l.e 10 woman re3 o1t pck-s
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