The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-04
JERSEY COAST ATTRACTIONS.
SUMNER RESORTS WHERE All.
NAY BE SUITED.
Cool Breezes, Surf bathing, Fishing. SAIL
ing. Some OF the Pleasures Oaeret' 10
IisitOrs-Ail Kinds OF Social DIVERSIONS
AyaiIable-Sea Girt's NIilitia camp.

Cool Breezes, Surf Bathing. Fishing, SAIL
ing. Some OF the Pleasures OHered 10
IisitOrs-Ali Kinds OF Social diversions
AvaiIable-Sea Girt's NIilitia Camp.
II wasn't until the latter Part OF the
eighteenth century that New Workers anu
Philadephians began to feel themselves
cranped in the summer by the number OF
buildings around them. and to he oppressed
by the helt and deprivation from the cool
breezes of the ocean, When the conhne-
ment became too oppressive, some OF those
who felt IL most searched for resort along
the coast, and picked out the plateau
overlooking the ocean at Long Branch as
the place for them.
They founded perhaps the first distinctive
summer resort in the United States and were
responsible for giving it the name Capital
of the New Jersey Coast. which it has since
borne. Cen Grant helped in emphasi-
ling the discernn,ent of the forefathers
during hi Presidency by establishing his
snnmer residence there and drawing there
with him many of the members of his Cabi-
net
North and south Of the resort which the
forefathers built all a'ong the Jersey coast
other summer settlements to which hundreds
Of thousands Of people go every year to
breathe tho pure air. be refreshed by the cool
breezes, dip in the invigorating surf or find
relaxation and enjoyment in various ways.
The Jersey coast ia all things to all men,
and to all women as we'll 1t attracts all
sorts and conditions Of people,
The chorus girl. after round OF late sup
rers and the glamour Of the sprightly life,
goes to the coast hoping to find the life there
much more diverting and exciting than in
the city, and she finds what she is looking
for. The demure maiden in gray from the
country village goes to find something up
lifting in the sermons the lectures and the
songs, and she finds what she is looking for,
too. at Ocean Grove Between these two
widely diversified types come the army OF
pleasure and health seekers. every one OF
whom is able to find, il he knows where to
go, the resort he seeks.
Thousands goto hotels that are exclusive
and expensive. to cottages they own or to
clubs to which they belong. Phil Days
and the other elaborate Monmouth clubs
are gone, and there is no Ion ger racing along
the beach, these places Of the old DAYS
have been succeeded by the yacht clubs
and golf clubs-some OF the latter are the
finest tn the country and by many other
social organizations. The gambling is
gone apparently. But one never can tell.
It still may be possible to take chance at
many places in Jersey.
In midsummer it is the north Jersey
coast that is most extensively patroniZed.
1t is cooler and cffers greater variety, go,
When the ocean breezes blow too chill
in many Of the places short walk Will
take one alon gside fresh water the Shrews-
bury and Navesink rivers, or small ponds
and the others. Anywhere from Atlantic
Highlands to Point Pleasant the natives
will tell you that this strip of coast is the
only summer resort in the United States
that combines the pleasures Of both ocean
and inland lake.
coast considerable portion of the summer
when at Sea Girt the militia pitch their tents.
The girls who like brass buttons flock from
far and near to see and admire the soldier
boys. borrowing from them the medals.
e on militia iiit ~ srounds, and favorins them
in turn with the admiration and homage
the militiamen come there to get. The
camp and surroundings are so pleasant,
the favors so enviable. that every other
soldier. He is apt to be a lonesome lad il
he doesn't.
Fishing is more or less good all along
the coast. The youngsters can be kept
busy fishing for crabs or digging for clans,
while the elders take fishing boats and 60
saunter along the beach or go out to sea
in one Of the sailboats which furnish much
amusement when they discharge their
passengers in the surf.
But the favorite resorts for fishermen
are further down the coast, in the Barnegat
-h ho
islands and separate wide shallow bays
from the ocean. Barnegat Bay is twenty
five miles long and enthusiasts will tell
you that you need no guide to fish in those
waters.
Weakfish and founders, they say. can
be caught anywhere, and in as large guam
titles as any sportsman has right to take
away Hard and soft shell crabs are in
great abundance and there is no place on
the coast where the salt water fisherman
the fight with the gamey bluefish and sea
bass, which have the same attractions
for him as the black bass and brook trout
have for his inland brother.
There is no trouble about reaching the
best De fishing grounds; Every hamlet along
smacks. sloops and catboats. and study
of the native fisherman is alone worth the
price OF admission.
There is an ease and comfort about the
Barnegat fishing that is not experienced
inland. While the fresh water fisherman
Is wading the streams he whips for bass,
occasionally stepping into deep pool
or is casting his fly under bushes for trout,
often twisting his line around branches,
the salt water fisherman basks luxuriously
on the deck beside an icebox filed with
palatable liquids and solids and enjoys
rare sport with never bit Of discomfort.
He says he is the only fisherman in the world
whose enjoyment Of sport is unmitigated
by hardship.
Further down the coast is a famous
spring resort, set in the midst of hundreds
of summer resorts, just as the famous win
ter resort Lake wood is in the near vicinity
OF many places popular only in summer
The peculiar sweep Of the Gulf Stream
has given Atlantic City climate several
degrees warmer in the spring than any
other place on. the Jersey coast north or
south OF it, and makes it one of the most
popular spring resorts in the co ntry.
Further down, Cape May, the southern
most point in the State. boasts of feature
possessed by few other coast resorts. Its
visitors insist that it has the finest bathing
beach in the world, beach made of sand
which is very fine and at the same time
packed so hard and firm that it affords
fine rroadbed for driving, cycling or auto
MODELLING.
There is trolley line, too extending for
two miles along the beach, and a marine
railway. which furnishes cool and pleasant
ride for those who forget to bring their
horses or autos.
Inland there are fine drives through
broad bonlevards Aanked by handsome