The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-11
INNOCENCE
ABROAD.
Our Staff Correspondent at
Atlantic City.
THE MANY SIGHTS HE SEES
At the Gayest summer Resort In the
ers There.-An Sorts and Conditions.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. s.
Dear HerdLd:-A few lines from
this gay city of fashion would doubt
less NOT be uninteresting TO the read
els of the HERALD. L shall promise
however, not to burden them with a
very lengthy epistle this time.
1t Is raining now, and Atlantic City
Is all in doors. Just as soon as the
water ceases to fall, however, the
streets and "board walk will be
just as crowded as ever, and every
thing will be going along as usual.
arrived here yesterday afternoon
after most delightful journey. pass
ing through Louisville, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Taking the Chesapeake d Ohio
railroad at Louisville, the route lay
through the cool Alleghaneys, which
are replete with magnificent pic
turesque scenery. At Philadelphia
| had the pleasure of calling at Dr.
Prices infirmary, where met Misses
| Lily SOwell and Susie Rucker, two
Maury county young ladies, who are
b ing trained to be professional
nurses. Miss Amy Wood, of Column
bia, and Miss Peoples, of Hopewell,
are also there for the same purpose.
Miss Wood graduated last May, but
will spend another year at the in
tirmary. Miss Sowell will graduate
September 10, and then return home
to spend awhile.
Atlantic City is indeed a gay re,
sort. 1t il said to be the largest sum-
mer resort in the Union. 1t has a
resident population of about % 900,
but during the summer the number
of visitors and pleasure seekers
sometimes reaches as high as 100 900
1t is estimated that there are 100000
visitors here now.
Atlantic City's chief attractions
are its "bOard walk" aud its superb
bathing facilities. This board walk
{ runs along the beach for a distance
of four miles. On the one side are
amusemt nts of almost every name
and description, reminding one OF
Vanity Fair at the Centennial
| There are theaters, "tiy ying jennets,
beer gardens, museums, restaurants
and stands of every kind.
During bathing hours the surf i;
crowded with thousands of bathers
! stretching on either hand as far a,
the eye can reach.
August is Atlantic City's busies
month-the time of crowds anC
money making. If there be any one
day which indicates or fore. casts
. the way of the big weeks" it is to
day Saturday, when, according t.
. the hotel mans horoscope, Sirius
: the dog star, effects a conjunction
with Jupiter, the lucky planet, an(
1 the dog days and big summer in
fiuX follow. There are a great man,
people here to-day, and the boar,
walk at times is so crowded that on
: can hardly get along. So guess tn,
: hotel men and other money. coiner
: are delighted.
A grand sight is presented from
y the board walk during bathing hours
e One of the most noticeable bather
5 to day was a one-legged man, VIII,
. entered the surf, held up by hi
= crutches, apparently with as mucl
enjoyment as that felt by any of tn
expert swimmers who sported in tn
e surf. Quite crowd watched bin
= as he made his way through th
u breakers, and there were many in
s voluntary "Oh's" and "Ah's!" a
O they saw him brace himself Tor eacl
succeeding wave, the onlOOkers eX
. pecting that he would be knocket
/ down. But he hoped about in tn
n surf with far more alacrity than wa
Il shown by many of his fellow bather
each with two sound legs. When h
had passed the line of breakers h
took crutch in each hand, and
n turning on his back, proceeded t
, enjoy float, after which he demon
!, strated that he could give many G
n the others in the water points a
e swimming.
o The board walk presents a mos
interesting spectacle during tn
evening, when society goes out t
Il promenade and display it's fin
If feathers and fiXings. There all sort
}. of people can be seen-the hand
somely dressed old mother, with he
gay, giddy daughter; the rich oil
t gentleman with his gold headed can
X and gold trimmed spectacles; tn
: silly-headed sport, with plenty {
. papa's money to spend and not car
ing how he spends it; the young an
n the old, the middle-aged, and every
l. body else.
= They are tbere-all Of them; every
body seeking pleasure and finding i
There are many prominent person
Ir here; among them, Rear Admirs
Philip Hichborn, Chief Naval Con
structor, and Edward w. Box, editC
of the Ladies' Home Journal.
e Everything is higher here tina
= anywhere else, except fish and pos
- age stamps. The former are /
abundance, and oysters, crabs an
Ie fish of every description are serve
Ie at each meal in every restaurar
: and hotel.
= As promised in the beginning,
: will not burden the reader with
% lengthy letter this time. / migt
ii write a long dissertation on "SOciet
I. Life i'm the Eyes Of an Unsophist
= Gated Country Boy or "Reveri,
- Beside the Sad Sea Waves" {
e something like that, but shan't Il
l. for the present. -.
INNOCENCE ABROAD.