The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
CAPE MAY.

! CARE MAY, y. J, sept ~ That 49,.
dog which We last saw three yea. a..
Hill lies on the shady side N Ws.hs.
ton street, within call ~ Oscar Ia. -.
black. Who has shinsd shoes in can. Y
| just twenty seven years That doc -.
asa bull terrier. hut has the snou, NJ a ~ 80
and the hind legs 81 a dachshund q. -
ago picked out the softest spot n III. So
and the town recognizes hIs ,an.ne -.
/ nv walking, wheeling or MOTORING ...,-
him. Woe betide tho fImhIsr fba, -.
runs over this nAnsles- tramp. who 80
lies Cane MAY. that easy going. dovn n ~.
heel. good tempered Cane May. mos, "a.
ored ny nature OF all Atlantic coar -iN-.,
/ resorts. with tho smootheSi hard.., !,
beaches. the most mellow - air .,4 =.
water that soothe the nerves - The 80,
neuro'tCi Add to thess qualtacsro-, :,
crowds. no joneyi slandisn. No hnv f.r..
except hot DAYS or sultry and no ~.
puitocs when tho breeze il not from ,,.
land.
That symbolic dog stands for m. 90,
-ervatiye folk that are opposed ~ p-or-...
lie refuses to bulge for any ono IA.
opposed To new ideas Three year. a..
the same old war was being Vaged lsru..,
cottaRers and hotel keeper The cof,,,,..
are doing all they can to prevent ,sr. N,-
from regaining its vanished prestige IT,
point at Atlantic City "a an awful s,sr,.
Of what = aside resort ought NJ, 10 \,
lts hurlyburly. mohs, crowded s'r~..,
s'uhy air. meagre bathing facilities a,
compared to tho glorious sweep ~ h.sr.
here are 80 many marks Of fatal des.n.
eTacy in tho eyes Of the Cape MAY co't.rs-.
usually wealthy Philadelphlans The nr,.
gressive group. on the other hand hosv
declares that such an ideal spot should NJ,
he allowed to 60 70 rack and ruin W'b
ifa natural enhanced h,
coddling. the great times before the vs-
might come hack increased tenfold In4
then what prosperity would ensua T.
IL coming anyhow The Governmen, Va.
spent nearly two millions on the new HARM,
AZ Sewalls Point. and how about that sy,.
dictate headed nv ex-senator Flynn q
PittsburE which has drained OF miles ~
swampy ground. which has built The NOS,
modern hotel on the coast: and how abou,
this latter a. triumphant clincher-
George Gould and tho Wabash
Since laOs we have heard much Of Gsorr.
Gould and his alleged project 81 making
Cape May receiving aud dis-hargng
freight port A. night on thu 1--WE mils
boa ri walk any dark, mysterious look ing
man waA pointed out by imaginative n.
habitants as the ghost ~ Mr. Gould gr.
yeying the scene % his future seapor.
Boats are 20 he run directly from New YORK.
jammed with eager real estate investors
EGcursioni-ts arc to overr1in the place from
Jefferson street to tho ocean. Yet after
four years few Of these prophecies have
be~n accomplished To hs sure ihsrs s
the stately Cape MAY Hotel. standing IN
a singulsrlv inauspicious SPOT, ISOLATED and
enveloped nv sour. salty odors there are
about Two -core 81 ugly cottages with empty
windows staring AZ YOU as YOU vhizl bv
on the trolley. The hotel the rear of vhirh
fell IN few wears ago. was well filed last
summer. though 10 i not favorite iop,o
with the rank and NJ" 81 tho Jerseymen.
n represents tho vanguard Of the new order
NJ things that = hound TO come In tims.
such hea b. -u.h Italian skies and mora
han Italian ar will not ia allowed 10 lapss
from use forever Too many millions have
been sunk. and with the harbor completed
"A new cape MAY will or nay-emsrge
But when The most optimistic depo-
nen' saI'h NOT A. prrssn' IA dogs and
,olnrei population ruls Rom lend per.
sonal Atmosphere Nou ind rourself. only
four hours from New York. m th@ hear II
southern town IN" haut ton, composed
OF hotel WORKERS ,ruifsd IN Philadelphia,
rather holds r-"lf aioot from III" natives
4 there be- 2 wen any smart social functioa1
m" town lad never ce'- ~. though his ASIA
- val.om- Th.. sharp drawing 81 he
I'm" leads 20 bad blood and even raIon
~ tla,E oscar. the venerable boot hlack.
remarked They hadn't ought 70 give
bail A. the Cape. Ooa the possums wan, "a
break N and tho topnotcher- won't jus,
mingle with such po' trash. But Oscar
Is an ari-'ocrat lie il the son OF former
slave and that puts him among the exalted
W" confess to furtive affection for the
idle. shiftless. III clad niger indigenous
20 these parts He s'rums hIs ran no,
guitar. nor vet mandolin at nfct'. sad no
goes Grabbing nv day. and r" ir.ns- Nhea-
ever he can Ne - the most smiah" chap n
the world 4 YOU don't read on h.scorn
cape NAV - the paradise of plain women
and pretty children. You wonder a. YOU
pace that famous boardwalk what an ll'-
sionist - nature Ihe~@ sorsvnv women
with high foTehends. prim manners. iea-
lures as unyielding a. TN. wearing spec-
'aclrs. are all married ana all mothers 81
the sweetest darlings They do not cnms
al Of them from Philadelphia. though ~
drawl amt burr prevail
among them tslallv 10 men DO 'hs
drawing. tho women the hgTrin- Nsye-
the middle Wee with ~. fa' a.
pr its long drawn - after listen ne -
he voices ~ the visitors here MANY are
rom West Philadelphia We reached ms
Conclusion Vhen We heard no gossip q
tulged IN a. Iilinger s0r Arno.ds livery
llghf people noes u ea' ne famous se'...-l
'rah- and fried oysters 81 the one ana ne
= onderf's Maurice River cove o,s'ers ~
he other But Grr-k meets Gree. NNen
group encounters ann'h"- and
he poor New Workers Who happen IN are
'imply torn to pieces
Vet cape MAY has i's comD"n ~. on.'
Dezpi'- - crazy Old wooden hotels 're'
yloTv departed their rlrhe'y p.aF.'s s'A
edolen' 81 bellies and beam Of OBJ" -
iespiia - IN -ery Ioesbls shau'."s. warm
ns oplored population. - -n".>1s.' 'ah
God with several exceptions notes an'f"',
- PLAN looking loud tougg"d e omen aH1
loiSv children despite 't-ss ans q '"'ea
thor draw hacks ,ape Nav . .r"r'' -
THOR New Iarssv towns hecaus" 80 1f .
,ufer. moro healing. - beach t"''"- ''H
afer. and ~ grabbing richer IN rH'S0.
les The green countryside com. toHa
. tho hem 81 he ocean IN" ros is ~" 'n''
here ar" many picturesque avenues ''e-'
: no noise after T. VI ami voH -r"g 'hs
deep 81 one without nerves or cou-u"-
Mote and Beam.
To rvs TrtroR ~ THT >rN So - ~"
0py ~ me ordrn -s-f 30, - ss-f r7-'A'-'