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 A History of the Development and Success 
 of this Famous Seaside Resort, 
 
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 A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT 
 JEWISH CONTROVERSY. 
 
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CONEY ISLAND AND THE JEWS. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 THE HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. 
 
 Even in America, comparatively new America, everytliing has 
 a history — and so there is such a record as the history of Coney 
 Ishmd. It is not a very exciting record, it is true; still it has its 
 romance and its stirring episodes, precisely as has the lowliest 
 place and tlie humblest man on earth, did we but know exactly 
 where to seek the episodes, and discover the romance. 
 
 The Ancient History of Coney Island. 
 
 Two hundred and seventy years ago a party of savages, clothed 
 in the skins of the fox, the elk, and the bear, and armed with 
 bows and arrows, were tramping along a desolate coast. Sud- 
 denly, as they looked seaward, they saw a boat, a stronger vessel 
 than their own frail canoes, nearing the shore. The boat was pro- 
 pelled by oars in the hands of white men, and soon gained the 
 surf-Avashed strand. The white men landed, and amazed the 
 natives greatly; their appearance, dress, and manners were so 
 vastly diiferent from their own. The pooi", untutored savages at 
 first were disposed to prostrate themselves, and worship the 
 strangers as strange gods. But the new-comers were only liuman 
 after all — very human, and very Dutch — mere Dutch sailors, be- 
 longing to the crew of the ship " Halve Maene," which was lying 
 off the coast. This ship was commanded by the famous seamau, 
 
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4 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 Hendrick Hudson, and these Dutch sailors were the first white 
 men, at least the first Europeans, who ever set foot upon Coney 
 Island. So to Hendrick Hudson belongs the honor of being the 
 discoverer of Manhattan Beach. 
 
 The place was comparatively barren, yet there were some fruit- 
 trees inland, and an abundance of grape-vines; while the smooth 
 beach itself elicited words of admiration from the appreciative 
 sailors. They had been storm-tossed for months, when, on the 
 3d of September, 1609, the eagle eye of Hudson sighted "three 
 great rivers," as he called them; one of them the Hudson, the 
 other Rockaway Inlet, and the third Raritan Bay. The ' ' Halve 
 Maene " hove to, and the men who were sent, in a boat, ashore, 
 rcjwrted so favorably to their captain that Hudson remained off 
 the coast for several days, during which period a constant inter- 
 course was maintained between the Dutchmen and the Indians. 
 This intercourse was of a friendly and mutually profitable charac- 
 ter, for a while ; and the white men bartered knives and beads 
 and rum for fruit and tobacco, gaining no little profit by their 
 " trades." But at last war broke out between the sailors and the 
 .savages; a seaman by the name of Coleman was killed by an ar- 
 row, and three others of the crew were seriously wounded. Peace 
 was subsequently restored, but not confidence, and Hudson sought 
 I a new anchorage in what is now Gravesend Bay. 
 I Coney Island, in this early time, differed greatly from the 
 ' Coney Island of to-day. It was more hilly than at present, and 
 the water-line extended much further seaward. It was grassy, 
 too, along the shore, and there were groves of cedars, which liave 
 long since disappeared. It was populated — almost infested, too — 
 with a species of little rabbit or coney — from which animal it has 
 derived its name. 
 
 Directly opposite Coney Island, on the mainland, is the quaint 
 old town of Gravesend, which likewise has its history. 
 
 It was settled in 1635 by Englishmen and Quakers. The 
 English were of low origin, mostly — but among the Quakers was 
 an Englisliwoman of higii rank and higher character — Lady 
 Deborah Moody — who had left her country for conscience' sake, 
 and had sought freedom of opinion in a new world. But as 
 Horace remarked, thousands of years ago, we change the sky but 
 not the mind. Human nature, alas, remains about the same, and 
 there were bigots in America two hundred years ago, just as there 
 
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 were bigots in Rome under Nero, and in Spain under Torquemada, 
 and just as there is intolerance in our own day. 
 
 Intolerance on Coney Island two hundred years ago. 
 
 Lady Moody was prosecuted for her religious opinions by the 
 authorities of the neighboring settlement of New Amsterdam, 
 and the few inhabitants of Coney Island at that time took part in 
 the hue and cry, and demanded that the lady should be publicly 
 tried, not for any vice or immorality, for it was confessed her life 
 was charitable and spotless, but because she had, or was said to 
 have, her doubts about the divine ordinance of infant baptism. 
 She was publicly arraigned, and tried— but pleaded her cause so 
 eloquently that she was not only permitted to entertain her own 
 opinions in peace thereafter, but succeeded in obtaining the free- 
 dom of several others who had been "arraigned" with her, on a 
 similar charge. 
 
 Gravesend and Coney Island originally belonged by right of 
 *' discovery" or " squatter sovereignty " to the Dutch— and for a 
 number of years there was constant dissension between the Dutch- 
 men and the English, who formed a large portion of the colonists. 
 In 1655 these English openly disavowed the Dutch; and in 1660 
 about a hundred Englishmen rode into town one day, effected a 
 cmip d'etat, and transferred Gravesend from Holland to Great 
 Britain. 
 
 During the War of Independence the great event in the history 
 of Coney Island happened. 
 
 Capturing a Corvette off Coney Island. 
 
 An English corvette of twenty guns, bound for Halifax, an- 
 chored late one night directly opposite what is now West Brigh- 
 ton Beach. She was a fine-looking vessel, and her captain con- 
 sidered her "the neatest craft afloat." So did an old American 
 sailor called Hayer, or Huyler, who regarded her as far too fine to 
 be allowed to remain in the hands of an enemy— so he determined 
 to destroy her. 
 
 Assisted by some twenty "chums" and sterling patriots, he 
 approached the corvette in the darkness, and caught a glimpse of 
 the officers of the vessel playing cards in the cabin. So unsus- 
 
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 pecting of danger were the Britishers that they failed to set a 
 watch — consequently they were soon surprised and overpowered. 
 The officers and men were secured in the boats, and then the cor- 
 vette was fired, with all its treasure, of over forty thousand dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Gravesend Bay was the scene of General Howe's landing pre- 
 vious to the Battle of Long Island, and near Gravesend is the 
 town of New Utrecht, an old Dutch town, which also has its his- 
 tory, which we cannot repeat here. 
 
 After the Revolution Coney Island became alike loyal and dis- 
 mal, and was abandoned to "clammers," wreckers and fishermen, 
 visited occasionally by a few sportsmen, and, in the summer, by 
 some city families, who were too poor to go anywhere else. 
 
 Newport, Long Branch, Cape May, Atlantic City, Nahant, Nar- 
 ragansett Pier, Rockaway — all these sea-side resorts grew famous ; 
 but no one had a thought for Coney Island. 
 
 Coney Island as it was till recently. 
 
 Finally, its natural advantages as a watering place began to as- 
 sert themselves, though feebly. Here and there some small capital- 
 ists started a "Pavilion" or a "Restaurant," such as they were. 
 Every now and then a few bath-houses — of the most primitive sort 
 — would be erected. Horse-car lines from Brooklyn communi- 
 cated with the place; and steamboats commenced to land at the 
 old wharf at the west end — or Norton's Dock. Even a railway 
 from Greenwood was undertaken — and ex-Mayor Gunther's road 
 took its few hundreds every week to Tivoli, or elsewhere. But 
 there was no " rush " to Coney Island then. How on earth could 
 there have been? What was there to rush to Coney Island for ? 
 And how could they have rushed there, had they wanted to? The 
 horse-cars consumed over two hours in making the journey; the 
 steamboats were small, slow and plebeian; the railway trains went 
 only once an hour. It was indeed " a bore " to go to Coney Island 
 then. 
 
 And oftentimes it was a danger. 
 
 An Excursion to Coney Island in 1870. 
 
 A man who took a trip to Coney Island did it at his peril — as 
 for a woman, she had better far not take the trip at all. 
 
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 The sail down the bay, of course, was charming, but the 
 steamboat itself on which you sailed was a mere shell, liable to 
 capsize or explode, very small, and very dirty. When you landed 
 you saw merely an old dock — sand heaps — shells — and a barn of an 
 inu, with a cheerless-looking dining-room, and a vilely-smelling 
 ^'bar." 
 
 The air was cool and bracing, but you were forced to stand up 
 to enjoy it, unless you were willing to deposit your person in 
 somt ricketty chair, hard as a miser's heart or a politician's con- 
 science. 
 
 The view was delightful, but you were half blinded by the 
 sane, and if you wished to bathe, you had to take your chances of 
 losing all your valuables, if not your clothes. The bath-houses 
 were the merest shanties, not even tilling the demands of decency; 
 and the bathing suits — pshaw — let us not allude to them, much less 
 wear them. 
 
 If you strolled along the beach you would meet the three-card- 
 monte men, of course. Even if you were too wary for these 
 swindlers yourself, you would be compelled to see your fellow- 
 men imposed upon and cheated, without raising protest or suggest- 
 ing protection. For if you came between the gamblers and their 
 prey you would be beaten to a jelly, if not killed outright. 
 
 And when you returned to the city, disgusted with your excur- 
 sion, you would find that your troubles were only about com- 
 mencing. The return trip of the steamboat from Coney Island 
 was generally the occasion when the rough and the blackleg found 
 their opportunity. Women would be insulted, children would be 
 frightened, men would swear, and use foul language, and ulti- 
 mately would fight like demons, defying the feeble attempts of 
 the ofticers of the boats to preserve quiet, keeping a constant 
 reign of terror, which rendered you grateful if you landed at the 
 New York dock without a broken head. 
 
 Such is no exaggerated picture of the trip to Coney Island in 
 1870. Does it not require some exercise of memory or imagination 
 to recall such a scene as this in contrast to the peaceful and per- 
 fect pleasures of a trip to Coney Island in 1879? 
 
 Coney Island Then and Now. 
 
 In sooth, the history of improvement in all its pages of wonder- 
 
8 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 ful achievement presents no parallel to the rapid, the almost 
 miraculously recent development of Coney Island. Unlike Rome, 
 it seems to have been built up in a day; like the mining cities of 
 the Far West, it appears to have sprung up in a night. 
 
 Yet its progress has been as substantial as its rise has been 
 rapid. It has been erected " in no time," as the phrase runs, yet 
 it bids fair to last for all time to come. 
 
 Five years ago, Coney Island was a sand waste, seldom vis.ted 
 save by those whose visits were the worst of visitations. 
 
 Five years ago, Coney Island contained but two hotels, ol the 
 meanest description, and the most limited capacity. These inns, 
 for they were nothing more, could accommodate not over thirty 
 people each per night, and their cuisine was of the most primitive, 
 not to say barbarous, character. 
 
 Five years ago. Coney Island held eleven "Pavilions" — so 
 called, eight of them mere huts or shells. In all, when tested to 
 their utmost, these pavilions could not feed two thousand mouths. 
 
 Five years ago, Coney Island could count not over two hundred 
 bath-houses, and of these, two-thirds were mere huts of pine 
 boards. 
 
 Five years ago, there was no music on the beach at Coney 
 Island, save that furnished by the negro minstrel or the organ- 
 grinder. 
 
 Five years ago, no "ladies" ever remained on Coney Island 
 over night. 
 
 Five years ago, there was only one drive from Brooklyn to 
 Coney Island, and that was by an unmacadamised road, wretchedly 
 kept, with two toll-gates, where the traveller was fleeced by law. 
 
 Five years ago, the eastern end of Coney Island was surrendered 
 to the clam and to the crab. 
 
 Now, Coney Island and its divisions of Manhattan and Brighton 
 Beaches can be reached by eight steam railways, nine lines of 
 steamboats, and one line of street cars. 
 
 Now, 150,000 people can be safely and speedily transported to 
 and from Coney Island and the metropolis daily. 
 
 Now, there are three beautiful drives bisecting Coney Island, 
 laid out and graded admirably. One of these drives, that from 
 Prospect Park to the sea, is the duplicate, almost the rival, of 
 the Champs Elysees; level, smooth, fifty yards in width, five 
 miles in length, the most magnificent of roads. 
 
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 Now, there are over fifty Pavilions, the majority of them ele- 
 gant structures, and capable of accommodating, with comfort, 
 twenty thousand people at one time. 
 
 Now, there are twenty-one hotels at Coney Island, six of them 
 equal to the average seaside hotel, and two of them among the 
 largest hotel structures in the world. At any of these establish- 
 ments the same delicacies can be obtained as at a cori-esponding 
 New York hotel or restaurant. 
 
 Now, over two thousand ladies and gentleman can be comfort- 
 ably lodged at Coney Island, day or night, and many of our 
 best families have "taken rooms" for the summer at Manhattan 
 or at Brighton Beach. 
 
 Now, there are over four thousand bath-houses, most of them 
 well and securely built, on Coney Island, and the bathing ar- 
 rangements for the multitude are excellent. 
 
 Now, there is music on the beach at Coney Island — music 
 furnished by some of the finest bands, under the most famous 
 leaders, in the world; w^hile several of our most accomplished 
 artistes do not hesitate to charm the fashionable crowd with their 
 sweetest notes. 
 
 Now, there is every possible species of side show and miscella- 
 neous attraction at Coney Island — balloons — open-air performance 
 — everything that can attract. 
 
 Now, the delighted world at Coney Island enjoys the novel 
 glories of the electric light. 
 
 Now, there is a mammoth iron pier, almost the peer of Brighton, 
 at Coney Island. 
 
 Now, the world and his wife, his sisters, his cousins and his 
 aunts, go regularly to Coney Island. 
 
 Marvelous indeed has been the change. And if you ask U3 
 ■what has wrought it, the reply is simple, yet sufficient. 
 
 Coney Island has been re-discovered — discovered for the second 
 time. 
 
 The Second Discovery of Coney Island. 
 
 Discovered by men of brains and capital, discovered by men 
 who have been able at once and effectually to develope the full 
 resources of the place they have discovered. 
 
 These two new discoverers were Americans — practical New 
 Yorkers, and business men — Austin Corbin, and Andrew R. Culver. 
 
10 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 To these two men, more than to any and all others, the Coney 
 Island of to-day owes what it is. Each had his separate share in 
 the work of discovery and development. Austin Corbin dis- 
 covered Manhattan Beach, and Andrew R. Culver developed 
 West Brighton Beach. 
 
 The discovery of Manhattan Beach was after this wise. Mr. 
 Corbin had an invalid child whose physical ailments caused the 
 liveliest anxiety in the breast of the devoted parent. Medical aid 
 was of course consulted and the physician recommended, as usual, 
 sea- air. 
 
 Now, Mr. Corbin did not wish to be separated from his family, 
 80, as his business required his daily presence in the city, he de- 
 termined to locate himself on that terra incognita. Coney Island. 
 
 There were no accommodations worthy of the name — but such 
 as they were Mr. Corbin made the most of them — engaging the 
 best rooms at the only "family hotel" at the place, and bringing 
 down with him his carriages and horses. 
 
 Spite of the poor rooms, and poorer fare, the banker's child 
 rapidly recovered, and the banker became impressed with tiie 
 fact that Coney Island possessed all the requisites of a watering 
 place — needing, to be appreciated and patronized, only to he hnown. 
 
 Investigating the matter more closely Mr. Corbin discovered 
 that in some respects the eastern end of Coney Island possessed 
 decided advantages over the west end — a finer beach, for example, 
 a beach washed on both sides by the sea — a beach which afforded 
 still water as well as surf-bathing — in addition to a chance at the 
 delightful sports of boating and fishing. 
 
 Experimenting still more carefully, Mr. Corbin made the great 
 discovery that what is called "the undertow," that dangerous, 
 out-to-sea current which forms the hete noir of most sea-side re- 
 sorts, is absent at the eastern end of Coney Island. 
 
 The reason is plain. The ocean currents and the currents 
 through the Narrows meet here, and by their mutual opposition 
 bring the water, as it were, to a comparative stand-still. 
 
 With such advantages, such air, such a beach, such facilities 
 and such safety, it required only ordinary shrewdness and extra- 
 ordinary enterprise to develop the eastern end of Coney Island 
 into a first-class watering place. 
 
 Mr. Corbin was the man for the situation. Whatever mistakes 
 may be laid at his door, he is at least to be credited with business 
 
THE JEW CONIT.OVERSY. 11 
 
 tact and business pluck; and will pass into local history as the 
 Watts, the Fulton, the Morse of Coney Island. 
 
 He communicated his discoveries and plans to a few friends 
 and fellow-capitalists; the New York and Manhattan Beach Com- 
 pany was incorporated ; the necessary land was leased or bought, 
 and Manhattan Beach was the result. 
 
 New lines of travel were inaugurated. A monster hotel was 
 erected. Attractions of all kinds were added. Money was ex- 
 pended alike liberally and judiciously. And at last New York 
 woke one morning and went to Coney Island, and has been going 
 there ever since. 
 
 What Mr. Corbin has been to Manhattan Beach, Mr. Andrew R. 
 Culver, now President of the Prospect Park and Coney Island R. 
 R., has been to West Brighton. This gentleman conceived the 
 idea that a wide-guage, double-track railway to Coney Island 
 would pay; and, spite of jeers, he, almost unaided, built and 
 equipped the road which now connects Twentieth Street, Brook- 
 lyn, with West Brighton Beach. 
 
 The railroad paid in traffic from the start. Mr. Culver then 
 erected a pavilion, and hired a band of music. The pavilion and 
 the music have since proved permanent institutions. New hotels 
 have been erected, and West Brighton Beach to-day is a success. 
 
 Having thus traced the history of Coney Island, let us proceed 
 to describe it. 
 
 Coney Island in Detail. 
 
 Coney Island extends from east to west, and is five miles in 
 length, at an average width of not over half a mile. It is about 
 eleven miles directly south of the city of New York. Its western 
 end forms Gravesend Bay. The eastern end has more than two 
 miles sea front, and is styled Manhattan Beach. 
 
 It is divided into fi:)ur parts, or subdivisions, each part having 
 Its own name and place in popular estimation. 
 
 These four parts are known as Norton's, or Coney Island, 
 West Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. 
 
 Starting from the west end, or Norton's Dock, the original 
 Coney Island, following the line of coast, you come across the 
 Point Comfort House, Half-way House, the Windsor, the Bay 
 View, the Occidental, the West End, O'Connor's, and the Tivoli 
 
12 CONEY ISLAl<rD AND 
 
 Pavilion, which last is at the terminus of the Brooklyn, Bath, and 
 Coney Island Railroad. 
 
 Near this is the depot of the Sea Beach R. R. ; and clustered 
 around here ars Cable's famous hotel, Bauer's, the West Brighton 
 Pavilion, Feltman's, the West Brighton Hotel, Vanderveers, the 
 Grand Union and Thompson Hotel. In this group of buildings is 
 also contained the Observatory, the Sea-Side Aquarium and the 
 Novelty Theater, while the Oceanic Hotel and Van Siclen's lay 
 back somewhat — near the line of the Prospect Park & Coney Island 
 R. R., which connects this part of the beach with the old West 
 End. 
 
 Near the West Brighton Hotel, in the center of Coney Island 
 Beach, extends seaward the great Iron Pier — a landmark of the 
 coast. 
 
 Going eastward from the Pier, you reach that capital combina- 
 tion of Plaza and Boulevard, known as the Concourse, cut by the 
 Ocean Parkway, which is crossed by the Brooklyn and Coney 
 Island horse-cars, to Fulton Ferry. 
 
 Beyond lie the Grand Central, Bader's, Engeman's and some 
 smaller houses, also the Ocean House. There is the small dock 
 known as Engeman's Pier; and eastward of these are the two 
 great structures of Coney Island, the Brighton Beach and the 
 Manhattan Beach Hotels, reached by the Brooklyn, Flatbush 
 and Coney Island Railroad, and the Manhattan Beach Rail- 
 way. 
 
 Having thus taken, as it were, a coast survey of Coney Island, 
 let us now visit and describe each of its four great parts — its quar- 
 tet of popular resorts. 
 
 1. The West End— Norton's Dock, or Old Coney Island. 
 
 This was the earliest settled portion of the island, but it is the 
 least improved. It was laid out in lots years ago, and some of 
 these lots were sold at fancy prices, but each lot-holder builded as 
 seemed good in his own eyes. The result has been comparative 
 confusion and discomfort. There are no roads worth speaking of, 
 or drives, no hotels of the first class. Still, neglected as it is, it lias 
 its charms. 
 
 Norton's Dock has much of cozy, old-fashioned comfort in its 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 13 
 
 look and general atmosphere, and Norton's Hotel is fairly kept by 
 Messrs. Norton, the well-known politician, and Mike Murray, the 
 popular sporting man. Attached to the hotel arc 700 bath houses 
 of a primitive description. It is the only portion of the island, 
 save the new Iron Pier, which can be reached direct by boat — and 
 this,* in itself, is an advantage. 
 
 There are several hotels and pavilions lying between Norton's 
 and West Brighton, some of which have been already mentioned. 
 The complete list embraces the West End, Bath, Point Comfort 
 House, Rosedale Pavilion, Half Way House, Windsor Hotel, the 
 Bay View, the Bath Bay, the Occidental, the West End Pavilion, 
 Tilyou's, a great " family " bathing place, "Sea View," "Tivoli," 
 a "comfortable" place, the Sea-Side House, Feltman's and 
 Leopold's. 
 
 Three lines of steamers from New York, and one from Newark, 
 ply to Norton's Dock. Tlie steamers "Rosedale," " Idlewild," 
 " Chvystenah," "Riverdale," and "Sylvan Dell" make trips 
 liourly during week days, and every half hour Sunday, from 24th 
 street, 10th street, Franklin street, and Pier No. 2, N. R. Steamers 
 run also from 33d, 9th, Broome street, and Maiden Lane, E. R. 
 Fare by boat to Norton's Dock, 25 cents to West Brighton, 30 
 cents. Excursion to Norton's 40 cents — to West Brighton, 50 
 cents. 
 
 The steamer Elm City, of the New Haven line, mal<es trips to 
 Norton's three times a week. From Norton's the Prospect Park 
 and Coney Island Railroad takes passengers to West Brighton 
 Beach every 20 minutes — fare on the railway, 10 cents, excursion, 
 15 cents. 
 
 2. West Brighton Beach. 
 
 This is a far more fascinating spot than Norton's. Among its 
 present attractions are a wide plaza, with fine fountains of drink- 
 ing water, brought from Brooklyn — a blessed boon in scorching 
 weather. 
 
 There is an observatory reaching 300 feet above the sea level — 
 mounted by large elevators formerly used in the Main Hall of the 
 Centennial Exposition. From this observatory a superb view can 
 be obtained of the sea and the city of New York. There is alsq a. 
 
14 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 camera obscura, on which all parts of the island can be seen in 
 moving pictures in miniature. 
 
 And near by stands tlie Sea-Side Aquarium, a reall}' scientific 
 institution, in itself well w(n"th a visit. 
 
 There is also a Variety Theater, in which performances of some 
 merit are given at a reasonable price. 
 
 The hotels at West Brighton Beach are numerous, and some of 
 them elegant. 
 
 Cable's is, perhaps, the most widely known. It is a great resort 
 for Brooklynites. It is advertised as "for gentlemen only." There 
 is a fine restaurant, and there are several supper rooms for parties 
 attached. 
 
 Bauer's West Brighton Hotel is a new establishment, having 
 about 100 lodging rooms, and an enormous restaurant. It is a 
 German Hotel, the great resort of the Teutonic visitors at Coney 
 Island. 
 
 Vanderveer's is a sort of Brooklyn road house. 
 
 The Oceanic is a " family" hotel. 
 
 The Grand Union is a small hotel — near Vanderveer's. 
 
 There are also bands of music at "West Brighton Beach, 
 which discovirse popular airs, and occasionally melody of a higher 
 order. Music is furnished in front of Cable's Hotel daily from 4.30 
 o'clock till 6, and in the evening from 7.30 until 10 o'clock, by 
 Downing's Ninth Regiment Band, with Arbuckle as cornet soloist. 
 String and brass bands play in front of Bauer's West Brighton Hotel 
 daily. The Red Hussar (German) band, with the Bent brothers for 
 Cornet Soloists, are employed here for the season. 
 
 Among the prime attractions of West Brighton Beach is the 
 Concourse, which lies to the left and east. It is a broad asphalt 
 walk and drive about a mile in length — connecting Brighton and 
 West Brighton Beaches. It is traversed by a line of Park wagons 
 in which tlie fare is only 5 cents each way. In its center are two 
 cottages for promenaders. The Concourse is an institution sid 
 generis — and is maintained at the expense of the city of Brooklyn. 
 
 Tliere is a Grand Plaza at West Brighton Beach in front of the 
 depot. This plaza is superb in itself, and is rendered absolutely 
 glorious at night by electric lights of 25,000-candle illuminating 
 power. 
 
 There are a number of elegant, also a number of cheap restaur- 
 ants. 
 
THE JEW CGNTROVEKSY. 15 
 
 There are many and convenient bath-houses. 
 
 Finally, near West Brighton Beach, is the New Iron, or Ocean 
 Pier. This has been erected nearly in front of the West Brigliton 
 Hotel. It is 1000 feet in length, and presents, even now, an im- 
 posing appearance. It boasts of an elegant restaurant, a beer 
 saloon, two bar-rooms, an oyster house, an ice cream saloon, and 
 1200 elegant and commodious bath-rooms. The charge for bath- 
 ing-room is 25 cents for each person. There is no extra charge for 
 the care of valuables. There are a number of life boats near the 
 pier, ready for instant service. Boats can also be hired by bathers. 
 The Promenade Deck of the pier affords a cool and delicious stroll, 
 and the Pier itself forms perhaps the chief of the many attractions 
 of West Brighton Beach. 
 
 Tlie transportation facilities to West Brighton Beach are ample. 
 The Prospect Park & Coney Island R. R. runs express trains from 
 20th street and 9th avenue, Brooklyn, every fifteen minutes from 
 1 P. M. till 11, and half hourly from 6.30 A. M. till 1 P. M. 
 Horse-cars from Hamilton, South, Wall, Fulton, and Catherine 
 Ferries also connect with West Brighton Beach. On Sunday, the 
 railway trains start every ten minutes. Excursion tickets, 25 
 cents. 
 
 The New York & Sea Beach Road opened July 1st, and runs 
 from Bay Ridge to a point west of the depot of the Prospect 
 Park and Coney Island Road. Fare, excursion tickets, by boat 
 and rail, 50 cents. The Machinery Hall of the Centennial Exhibi- 
 tion serves as a depot and a restaurant. 
 
 The Brooklyn, Bath, and Coney Island R. R. send trains hourly 
 from Greenwood from 6.20 A. M. to 9.15 P. M. This line connects 
 at Locust Grove with boats fiom Newark and New York. 
 
 Boats run from West 22d street, Leroy street, and Pier No. 2, 
 N. R., to the Coney Island Pier, half hourly. Single fares 35 
 cents ; excursioa tickets 50 cents, including admission to the 
 Pier. 
 
 3. Brighton Beach. 
 
 Brighton Beach lies between West Brighton and Manhattan 
 Beaches— practically, Brighton Beach is the heart and center of 
 Coney Island. 
 
 The chief feature of Brighton Beach is the Brighton Beach 
 Hotel, one of the largest seaside hotels in the country. 
 
16 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 This establishment has a frontage on the ocean of 525 feet. It 
 is under the management of Messrs. Breslin and Sweet. 
 
 The lower or ground floor is devoted to "transient" custom. 
 Here meals are served a la carte; 2,000 persons can dine at one 
 time. As high as 26,500 persons have been attended to in one 
 day. "s- 
 
 The grounds in front are laid out with beautiful greensward. 
 
 The upper stories of the hotel are elegantly furnished for per- 
 manent guests. There are 168 bed-chambers — 300 persons can be 
 accommodated " over night " — gas and water in each room. 
 
 There are billiard tables and bowling alleys in the basement, 
 managed by Maurice Daly. 
 
 In front of the hotel is a music-stand of peculiar construction, 
 a curiosity of its kind, where Neuendorll's Philharmonic Band of 
 sixty performers furnishes delicious melody. 
 
 Engeman's Pavilion supplies the batlis at Brighton Beach, 
 which are not equal to those at the Pier. A tax of ten cents extra 
 is imposed for the care of valuables, and there are no separate pa- 
 vilions for the sexes, and the bathing grounds are not, as they 
 ought to be, inclosed. 
 
 But, with the single exception of the bath-houses, every thing 
 about Brighton Beach is first-class, metropolitan and cosmopolitan. 
 
 Brighton Beach can be reached by numerous pleasant drives, 
 and two railway routes. 
 
 The leading drive is from Brooklyn, via Prospect Park by 
 Ocean Parkway to the Concourse. The distance by this delightful 
 road is about six miles. The stabling accommodation at the hotel 
 is excellent. 
 
 Brigliton Beach is reached by the Brooklyn, Flatbush and 
 Coney Island Railroad. This railway has two branches. 
 
 One branch extends from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, at Flat- 
 bush avenue, and by horse cars to the ferries, which may be readied 
 from the liotel in about tifty-tive minutes. 
 
 The other branch embraces the Long Island RR. to East New 
 York, thence to Greenpoint, and by the East River Ferry to Thir- 
 ty-fourth street, N. Y., — the running time being about one hour. 
 
 Trains leave James Slip from 8.30 A. M. to 8 P. M., hourly and 
 half-hourly; rim from Flatbush avenue from 6.30 A. M. to 11 P. 
 M., hourly and half-hourly; run from Bedford Station from 10.17 
 A. M. to 11.04 P. M., everv half hour. 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 17 
 
 Fare. — Singlo ticket, Flatbush avenue 25 cents. 
 
 Excursion ticket, Flatbush avenue ... 45 " 
 
 Single ticket, Bedford avenue 20 " 
 
 Excursion ticket, Bedford avenue .... 40 " 
 
 Single ticket. Hunter's Point 30 " 
 
 Excursion ticket. Hunter's Point .... 50 " 
 The Last Train leaves for Hunter's Point at 11. lO o'clock P. 
 M. ; for Bedford Station at 10.33 P. M. ; and for Flatbush avenue 
 at 11 P. M. 
 
 4. Manhattan Beach. 
 
 This is perhaps the principal, as it is the most popular, division 
 of Coney Island. It embraces the extreme East End, includes 
 over 500 acres, and jiossesses a sea front of over two and a half 
 miles. 
 
 The Manhattan Beach Hotel is the largest sea-side structure in 
 the world. It lias a frontage of 069 feet, within less than one 
 hundred and fifty yards of old ocean. It is partly three and partly 
 four stories in height, and possesses decided claims to architectu- 
 ral beauty. 
 
 Four thousand people can dine at once in the various dining^ 
 rooms — thirty-two thousand people have been fed and waited 
 on within twenty hours. Tliere are 1,100 servants and attaches 
 at this monster hostelry. It is almost as large as the Palace Hotel, 
 San Francisco, yet its cuisine is equal to that of the Clarendon 
 Hotel, Saratoga. It is abundant in piazzas, and is in every sense 
 of the term a watering place hotel. Though intended chiefly for 
 transient custom, it has 258 rooms handsomely furnished, for per- 
 manent guests. Thus, in the midst of the whirl of the crowd, 
 there can be, if desired, the utmost seclusion. 
 
 In addition to the dining rooms in the hotel proper there is a 
 Grand Pavilion near the hotel, the largest and the finest pn(vilioQ 
 on the island. This will accommodate 1,500 people at dinner, and 
 one-half of this space has been reserved for families and parties, 
 who may bring their luncheon with them. Tables, seats and 
 waiters are here supplied free of cliarge. This unusual privilege 
 has been largely availed of, especially by German and by Hebrew 
 families. 
 
 At this Grand Pavilion are served fish-dinners, which have be- 
 come famous. 
 
18 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 The bathini^-houses at Manhattan Beach cost $125,000, and are 
 the largest and finest in the world. There are 2,700 separate 
 bath-rooms ; over 3,000 persons can bathe atone time. The at- 
 tendance is perfect. There are no waits, delays or mistakes. Tlie 
 fee is 25 cents. There are no extras. The system of se- 
 curing the valaables of the bather is the best in use, 
 the bather's personal signature being necessary for the delivery of 
 the goods. The bathing suits are of the finest quality, and are 
 kept scrupulously clean. There is a vast steam laundry attached. 
 There are 800 bath-rooms for ladies, entirely separate from those 
 devoted to the men. There are 150 tubs for baths for invalids. 
 There are special bath policemen and special life surf-boats. Two 
 hundred and twenty thousand jieople bathed last year witliout a 
 single accident. Can more be said ? except that by the electric 
 light they can bathe by night at Manhattan Beach as safely as by 
 day. 
 
 In the vast amphitheater, near the Bath Pavilion, Gilmore's 
 band plays daily from 1 P.M. to 2.30, from 3.30 till 4.30, and 
 from 5 P. M. to 6.15. Admission to this amphitheater at concert 
 time is 10 cents; bathers are admitted free. Open-air concerts are 
 given each afternoon and evening, with Levy as cornetist. 
 
 Among the attractions of ]\Ianhattan Beach is the Captive Bal- 
 loon, capable of carrying 15 people, and of rising in the air 1,000 
 feet. Tiie view afforded by a balloon ascension is said to be more 
 than worth the five dollars charged for the privilege. Tlie balloon 
 is under the charge of Prof. S. R. King. 
 
 At the east end of Manhattan Beacli there is a Fishing Pavilion, 
 where a Rhode Island clambake is served daily at 5 o'clock P. M. 
 Row boats, sailing vessels and fishing yachts can here be hired at 
 reasonable figures, and at a moment's notice. This Pitching Pavil- 
 ion is connected with the hotel by the Marine Railway, which runs 
 along the surf, fare, five cents. 
 
 Such is far-famed Manhattan Beach, which, unlike most places, 
 is fully worthy of its fame. Its transportation facilities are on a 
 par with its other advantages — they are admirable and ample — 
 two lines of double track railway, with open cars for summer 
 travel. The Bay Ridge division connects by the boats Twilight 
 and Thomas Collyer, from "West Twenty-second street, Leroy 
 street, and Pier 8, making trips hourly after 9.10 o'clock A. M. 
 until 8.25 P. M. and returning until 10.25 P. M. ; also during same 
 
THE JEW CONTKOVERSY. 19 
 
 hours by steamer D. R. Martin from foot of Whitehall street, near 
 South Ferry. The time is forty-two minutes from Greenpoint to 
 ]\Ianhattan Beach. Fare, 35 cents; excursion tickets 50 cents. 
 The boats at Twenty-second street, North river, are reached by 
 the cross-town cars through Twenty-third street, the Bleecker 
 street, and the Tenth avenue lines, and at Pier 8 by the New York 
 and Metropolitan Elevated railroads. The Greenpoint division 
 runs from a point near Twenty-third street, New York, direct to 
 the Beach, in fifty minutes. A special ferry is maintained by the 
 company from Twenty-third street. East river, to Greenpoint, 
 boats connecting witli each going and coming train. Trains run 
 every hour (and even more frequently during the middle of the 
 day), from 8.45 A. M. until 8.45 P. M., and return as late as 10.35 
 P. M. each day. Fare, 35 cents; excursion tickets 45 cents, which 
 includes ferriage and fare on the Elevated railways from South 
 Ferry northward. 
 
 Surely watering place enterprise has reached its climax on 
 Coney Island. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 
 
 There is a paper published in the city of New York, and called 
 the New YorJr, Herald. There is a young man connected with the 
 New Yorh Herald called Stanley McKenna— a journalist with 
 theatrical proclivities, liaving been connected with the 5th avenue 
 theater, under Dan Harkins as business manager; he is also the 
 adapter of a German comedy called "Oddities," or " Wiiims." 
 
 On Monday, July 21st, Mr. Stanley McKenna called upon 
 Mr. Austin Corbin, the President of the Manhattan Beach Com- 
 pany, at his office, and was closeted with him and his brother for 
 half an hour. 
 
 In the next morning's Herald, Tuesday, July 22d, appeared the 
 following account of an interview with Mr. Corbin, from the pen 
 of Mr. Stanley McKenna. 
 
2C CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 Reviying: a Prejudice. 
 
 JEWISH PATRONAGE NOT WELCOMED AT MANHATTAN BEACH. — MR. 
 
 CORBIN'S DENUNCIATION. — THE DISTINCTIONS OF A 
 
 PAST SARATOGA SEASON RE-MADE. 
 
 The war against the Jews, which was carried on at Saratoga 
 two }'ears ago, is apparently to be revived at Coney Island. This 
 time it is in a quarter where the Jewish residents of New York city 
 are particularly aimed at. Several days ago a rumor was circulated 
 to the effect that Austin Corbin, the President of the Manhattan 
 Beach Company, had taken an open stand against admitting Jews 
 to the beach or hotel. This report was on Sunday strengthened 
 by a statement from Mr. P. S. Gilmore, the leader of the Manhat- 
 tan Beach band, who said that Mr. Corbin told him he was going 
 to oppose the Jews, and that he would rather "sink" the two mil- 
 lions invested in the railway and hotel than have a single Israelite 
 take advantage of its attractions. A representative of the Herald 
 called upon Mr. Corbin at his banking establishment in the new 
 Trinity building, No. 115 Broadway, yesterday, to ascertain what 
 foundation there was for these most extraordinary rumors. Mr. 
 Corbin at first exhibited some timidity about talking on the sub- 
 ject, but finally invited the reporter into his private office, where 
 he was joined by his brother and partner, Daniel C. Corbin. 
 
 " You see," he began, " I don't want to speak too strongly, as 
 it might be mistaken for something entirely different from its in- 
 tended sense. Personally I am opposed to Jews. They are a pre- 
 tentious class, who expect three times as much for their money as 
 other people. They give us more trouble on our road and in our 
 hotel than we can stand. Another thing is, that they are driving 
 away the class of people who are beginning to make Coney Island 
 the most fashionable and magnificent watering place in the world." 
 
 " Of course, this must affect business?" 
 
 "Why, they are hurting us in every way, and we do not want 
 them. We cannot bring the highest social clement to Manhattan 
 Beach if tlie Jews persist in coming. They won't associate with 
 Jews, and that's all there is about it." 
 
 "Do you intend to make an open stand against them ?" 
 
 "Yos, I do. They are contemptible as a class, and I never 
 
THE JEW CONTKOVERSY. 21 
 
 knew but one ' white ' Jew in my life. The rest I found were not 
 safe people to deal with in business. Now, I feel pretty warm 
 over this matter, and I will write a statement which you can pub- 
 lish." 
 
 Mr. Corbin sat down at his desk and wrote a fcAv sentences on 
 a slip of paper, as follows: — 
 
 "We do not like the Jews as a class. There are some well be- 
 haved ])eople among, them, but as a rule they make themselves 
 offensive to the kind of people who principally patronize our road 
 and hotel, and I am satisfied we should be better off without than 
 with their custom." 
 
 "There," said he, handing the statement to the reporter, "that 
 is my opinion, and I am jireparcd to follow up the matter. It is a 
 question that h;is to be handled without gloves. It stands this 
 way: — We must have a good place for society to iiatronize. I say 
 that we cannot do so and have Jews. They are a detestable and 
 vulgar people. What do you say, eh, Dan ?" 
 
 This lust sentence was addressed to his brother, ]Mr. Daniel 
 Corbin, wlio had taken an active part in the conversation. "Dan" 
 said, with great emphasis, "Vulgar? I can only find one term for 
 them, and that is nasty. It describes the Jews perfectly." 
 
 Mr. Austin Corbin then spoke warmly of the loss sustained by 
 the Manhattan Beach Company in consequence of Israelitish 
 patronage. 
 
 "Do you mean, Mr. Corbin, that the presence of Jews attracts 
 the element of ruffianism ?" asked the reporter. 
 
 "Not always. But the thing is this. The Jews drive off the 
 people whose places are filled by a less particular class. The latter 
 are not rich enough to have any preference in the matter. Even 
 they, in my opinion, bear with them only because they can't help 
 it. It is not the Jew's religion I object to; it is the offensiveness 
 which they possess as a sect or nationality. I would not oppose 
 any man because of his creed." 
 
 "Will the other members of the Manhattan Beach Company 
 support you in your position ?" 
 
 " I expect them to. They know just as much about it as I do, 
 and no reasonable man can deny that the Jews will creep in a place 
 just as it is about to become a grand success and spoil everything. 
 They are not wanted at the Beach, and that settles it." 
 
 "Have you spoken to any other members about it ?" 
 
22 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 "No- but I guess they know my opinions." 
 
 Mr Corbin rose from the chair he had been sitting in and paced 
 the floor. 'Til tell you, " said he, running his fingers through his 
 hair " if I had had my way and there was no one to consult in the 
 matter but myself, I would have stopped the Jews from coming 
 long ago. You just publish my statement. It covers the whole 
 ground, and I mean every word of it." 
 
 Mr Corbin concluded the conversation by telling the reporter 
 to be sure and not give the impression that he was warring against 
 the Jewish religion, but he stigmatized the Jews as having no 
 place in first-class society. 
 
 The publication of this article created a great local excitement, 
 not only among the Jews, but throughout the community. 
 
 Mr Corbin subsequently denied the correctness of the Herald 
 report, but the Herald has vehemently insisted upon its absolute 
 
 accuracy. . , 
 
 The Hebrews of New York were indignant. The middle and 
 lower classes of Jews considered themselves more directly aimed 
 at Violent expressions were freely indulged in, and a public 
 "indicrnation meeting" was talked of— but only talked of. 
 
 The question of religious and race prejudice and intolerance 
 bcino- also regarded as involved in the matter, the subject was 
 elaborately and excitedly discussed pro and con in general circles, 
 entirely outside of the Hebrew lines. 
 
 The Herald, naturally enough, for ils own newspaper purposes, 
 made the most of its own sensation, and ere the end of the week 
 all classes and sections of the city and community were exercised 
 upon the theme of "The Jews and Coney Island." 
 
 In the following resumg an attempt is made to reflect public 
 opinion on this subject, as expressed through the medium of the 
 press and the pulpit-the two most powerful agencies of modern 
 times. 
 
 What Influential Hebrews Say. 
 
 [From the Herald, July 23d.] 
 Mr Emanuel B. Hart, in his quiet, dignified way, said: "His- 
 tory is the best answer in such a case as this. Mr. Corbin cannot 
 chan-'-e it. The genius of the race has been sufficiently established, 
 and the impress of its intelligeuce, industry and worth is boldly 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 23 
 
 marked in our own age. There are some among the Jews who 
 probably have not attained the case and composure of manner that 
 is regarded as the outward distinction of cultured life, but we 
 might be patient with them. They are mostly foreigners who come 
 here, grow prosperous, and foolishl}', sometimes, make an undue 
 display of the fruit of their labois, but that will regulate itself by 
 and by, and there is no need to insult them or wound their feelings. 
 I am an American. I was born in New York, I may say, several 
 positions of trust antl honor have been conferred on me, and I 
 tliink the sense and spirit of our institutions will soon settle all 
 such parrow bigotry as this brought forward now. It is too lute in 
 the day for one to endeavor to force his prejudices on a community.'* 
 
 Ex-Judge Abram J. Dittenhoefer said: "I have been to Man- 
 hattan Beach, and enjoyed it. I have seen Jews there frequently, 
 but I never saw any of them offend by their conduct. I think this 
 is a very foolish affair altogether. For my own part, I attach no 
 importance to it whatever, and only regret it as an American. As far 
 as the Jews are concerned, the averageof good and bad is as evenly 
 balanced in them as in other races. They are no better, no worse. 
 The average estimate of the cultivation, intelligence and refinement 
 of the Jews of ISew York is as high as that of any faith. It is a 
 mistake to state that this is meant as a crusade against a race. 
 Notiiing of the kind. It is an attempt to revive the intolerance of 
 the Spanish Inquisition against a faith. In this country of equal 
 laws, the corner-stone of which is absolute equality, such prejudice 
 could only spring from narrowmindedness, bigotry or ignorance. 
 The Jews, individually and collectively, regard the attack as un- 
 worthy their attention." 
 
 Mr. Oscar J. Strauss said: "I believe I am expressing the 
 universal opinion of those who have read Mr. Corbin's statement, 
 by saying that the Jews do not regard themselves as put upon the 
 defensive." 
 
 Mr. Edward Lauterbach said: "England, France, Germany, 
 and even Russia are protesting in Europe against the treatment of 
 tiie Jews by the savages in Roumelia, and here we are to-day with 
 such an issue before us. Its source is ignorance, and nothing else. 
 If that man has the courage of his opinions, and he pretends that 
 he has, I will go down to his hotel, ask for a room, tell him I am 
 a Jew, and if he refuse it to me, I will prosecute him to the full 
 extent of the law. There is the statute, chapter 114 of the United 
 
24 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 States, Laws of 1875. Let us see whether he is equal to that, or 
 «s able for it as he is to talk. I was going to Maiiliattan Beach 
 with my family to-morrow, but uow of course I won't. My wife, 
 I suppose, is still eligible to reception, as she is not a Jew ; but 
 my cliildren " — and the eyes of the lawyer filled as he half turned 
 his head aside — "well, they will have to live down this prejudice 
 or live through it, as we do. Ask the great merchants of this me- 
 tropolis, and they will tell you. as I do, that of the 2,500,000 of 
 Jews in America, there is no fairer dealing, more prompt paying 
 or honester traders than they are in the same number." 
 
 Mr. Adolph L. Sanger, the first Vice-President of the Union of 
 Hebrew Congregations, and as such a representative man among 
 his co-religionists, when interviewed in regard to Mr. Corbin's 
 statements, said: "Talk is cheap, but let Mr. Corbin or any of 
 liis associates commit an overt act — that is to say, prove by deeds 
 what he says — and I dare him and defy him to turn a single He- 
 brow out of his premises or his grounds simply because he is a 
 Hebrew. This is a country of law, as Mr. Corbiu will find out if 
 he attempts to enforce his ideas. Tiie first attempt he makes to 
 turn one of our co-religionists away from his public place he will 
 not only be arrested, but imprisoned, as the law directs. He for- 
 gets, probably, that there is such an instrument in force as the 
 Civil Rights bill; and there will be no energy lacking, there will 
 be no delay in acquainting him with the provisions of that law. 
 He may prate about the capitalists who are backing him in his 
 Coney Island enterprise, but I can assure you that, should he com- 
 mit an overt act, at least $1,000,000 can be raised, and that, too. in 
 less than twenty-four hours, to convince Mr. Corl»in that the Jews 
 mean to vindicate their rights. There will also be any number of 
 prominent and capable lawyers who will at once take hold of the 
 case, manage and prosecute it to the court of highest resort with- 
 out requiring any fees. The funds will be expended legitimately 
 to secure prompt and energetic action on the part of all those 
 whose attendance and time may be required to bring this g'reat 
 test case to a speedy determination. What actually will be done 
 depends more upon Mr. Corbin now than upon ourselves. We 
 are ready, and hundreds with us, to bring this matter to a proper 
 focus." 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 25 
 
 The Jewish Prommciamento. 
 
 The following is the official language of the conclusions arrived 
 at, at an informal conference held at the office of Mr. Myer S. 
 Isaacs, -President of the Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious 
 Rights (Union of American Hebrew Congregations): 
 
 "We feel that public opinion empliatically condemns the recent 
 action of the Manhattan Beach Company, through its president, in 
 declaring the Hebrews of New York unworthy of the enjoyment of 
 equal privileges with others. 
 
 We insist that caterers for the public amusement or convenience 
 should refrain from such odious discrimination against any class 
 of residents, whatever their nationality or religious convictions. 
 New York city, the commercial center of the United States, is it- 
 self affronted by such a contemptible manifestation of bigotry and 
 prejudice, affecting a body of residents among the foremost in all 
 that implies respectability and honorable aspirations. 
 
 We recommend our co-religionists, while they naturally, in com- 
 mon with other decent citizens, will withhold their countenance 
 from the company whose president has wantonly assailed the He- 
 brew name, to abstain from public demonstrations, which would 
 simply elevate into undue importance this vulgar and brutal attack. 
 It is beneath our dignity to take any further notice of so despi- 
 cable an assailant. We may safely leave our defense to the intelli- 
 gent and advanced public sentiment of our fellow-citizens, irre- 
 spective of creed or race." 
 
 The Poor Jews on the Corbin Crusade. 
 
 A reporter of the Herald wandered among the haunts of the 
 poorer class of Jews in Chatham street, and Sixth and Eighth 
 avenues. 
 
 OneJew$aid: — "We shall soon have done forever with this 
 sort of thing. There are in this country about two millions and a 
 half of Jews. Most of these are engaged in commerce, and at 
 least one-fourth have accumulated riches. Now, money brings 
 quiet ways and time for tliinking, and those Jews who have the 
 means have been set to thinking by what has just happened. They 
 say to themselves, Shall we go on and leave as a legacy to our 
 
26 COKEY ISLAND AND 
 
 children the same old hate and persecution that was in operation 
 in tlie darkest ages of the world? We are attached to our homes; 
 we have made tiiem in America, and now we shall defend them 
 with all our means and powei*. Education, intelligence and elo- 
 quence are not wanting among us, and the time has come to make 
 the most of them." 
 
 "I am not disposed to favor a mass meeting in front of the 
 Manhattan Beach Hotel, as others do," said an old Jew on Eighth 
 avenue, "but 1 am in favor of a monster meeting in auotlier place. 
 I am nearly eighty years of age, and many indignities have passed 
 over my head since the gaberdine first crossed my shoulders, but 
 my blood was never so stirred as it was j'esterday when the 
 Herald was read to me. Our people are much incensed, and so 
 they tell me, are all the people of this great land, but we must be 
 calm and deliberate now, for a crisis in our lives has arrived. I 
 am poor, because my days have beeu devoted to teaching, but 
 many whose minds I have prepared for the battle of the world 
 have amassed fortunes, and they assure me the sensibilities of the 
 most unfortunate shall be respected. This is full promise and 
 much pleasure to an isolated man, and it proves the Jews are, like 
 the age, ^progressive." 
 
 What Coney Island thinks of the Corbin Manifesto. 
 
 Major Eastman of Cable's is opposed to Mr. Corbin's stand in 
 the matter. Captain Edward Van Wart, of the steamboat Rosedale, 
 is also opposed to it; Mr.Vanderveer, jr., on the contrary, favors Mr. 
 Corbin's stand. Colonel Abbott, connected with the Coney Island 
 Railroads, is opposed to any and all class or race discriminations. 
 Colonel Breslin, of the Hotel Brighton, favors the Jews, and caters 
 for their custom, as he does for that of all other races and classes; 
 and Paul Bauer is reported as having said that he regarded the 
 Corbin manifesto merely as " an advertising dodge." 
 
 Hotel Proprietors on the Corbin Manifesto. 
 
 The majority of hotel men are opposed to Mr. Corbin's 
 stand, but there are a few who emphatically sustain his action, as 
 is fihowu by the following extract from the Herald of July 26th • 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 27 
 
 " The proprietor of the Brunswick was out of town when the 
 Herald correspondent called, but his manager expressed himself 
 somewhat positively on the question. lie said the Jewish people 
 were very offensive as guests. lie would be glad to have them 
 kept away from the Brunswick. They paid their bills very 
 promptly, he admitted, but people of a refined nature objected to 
 their society. He was sure that the Manhattan Hotel proprietors 
 were justified in their course." 
 
 Hotel proprietors in Buffalo, Albany, Newark, New Orleans and 
 elsewhere condemn Mr. Corbin's course, but the Baltimore hotel 
 proprietors generally indorse it. 
 
 The majority of New York hotel keepei's are opposed to class 
 or race distinctions of any sort. Mr. Briggs, of the Clarendon, 
 however, sympathises with Mr. Corbin's views. The hotel pro- 
 prietors of Long Branch are in favor of entertaining all respectable 
 guests alike. Mr. Warren Leland, jr., manager of the Ocean 
 Hotel, is extremely liberal in his views in this respect. 
 
 On Tuesday, July 22d, a Herald reporter called upon Judge 
 Hilton (who had previously distinguished himself by his stand 
 against the Jews last summer), and finding him in his rooms at 
 the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, proceeded to "interview" him, 
 on the Corbin Manifesto. The report of this interview appeared 
 in the Herald of Wednesday, July 23d, in the following form : 
 
 Jud^e Hilton on Austin Corbin. 
 
 I found Judge Hilton sitting at a large desk covered with busi- 
 ness papers, and looking very unlike a man taking his summer 
 leisure. After some pleasant preliminary remarks I inquired of 
 the judge what he thought of the Coney Island trouble between 
 Mr. Corbin and the Jews. He smiled significantly, and remarked 
 that he did not see how they could do anything else than as Mr. 
 Corbin had done. He had always understood Mr. Corbin to be a 
 fair-minded, cleai"-headed business man. 
 
 "Has the stand which you took here on this same question in- 
 jured you or your hotel, Judge Hilton ?" 
 
 To this he replied emphatically, "The hotel would not have 
 been worth having now but for that very stand. Here was a large 
 property, costing over a million dollars, and I would not stand by 
 and see it go to the dogs." 
 
28 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 "How has the patronage of the hotel been since the Scligman 
 trouble, Judge Hilton V 
 
 "The patronnge has been decidedly l)etter than before. We 
 have had a better class of people, as any one can see wjio stops 
 here. The disposition of our jjresent guests is to make everything 
 pleasant and agreeable to each other. There is a quieter and more 
 agreeable atmosphere, more courtesy and good feeling among the 
 guests generally than there was before." 
 
 "Has it hurt the hotel financially ?" 
 
 "No, sir. It was purely a business transaction. I had no dis- 
 position to ostracise anybody. On the contrary, I was forced into 
 the position, and events have proved that the act was wise. There 
 are very many nice people among the Jews, who deprecate all this 
 trouble, but I could not accept them as a class, and I had to do one 
 thing or the other. It is a curious fact that I have never yet re- 
 ceived a word of disapproval personally from those wiio are not 
 Jews on account of my action on this question. The patronage of 
 the hotel has improved. "We had a good season last year, and this 
 summer we had about one-third more guests, on an average, than 
 last year. In short, it has been a success financially, and socially 
 it has been a still greater success. The efliect on the hotel has 
 been beneficial in every way, and I have, as a matter of course, no 
 reason to regret my action." 
 
 The Politicians, 
 
 of course, condemn Mr. Corbin's action. They cater to the Jewish 
 vote, and cannot afford to indorse race or class intolerance. Re- 
 corder Hackett is said to be decidedly anti-Corbin, as is also Cyrus 
 W. Field. Siieridan Shook has rendered himself prominent by 
 his marked disapprobation of Mr. Corbin's views. 
 
 The Press on the Corhin Order, 
 
 [From the New York Tribune, July 24.] 
 
 The great race problem which is now exercising hotel keepers 
 and others can be safely left to public opinion, which will find 
 means of giving itself an authoritative expression at last, so that 
 nobody's inalienable rights will be seriously imperilled. But the 
 current discussion is not without general interest, especially as the 
 
THE JEW CONTEOVERSY. 29 
 
 unrestrained deliverances of some talkative proprietors of "re- 
 sorts" furnish instructive revelations of the mode of thought and 
 feeling in regard to their so-called guests. What does a hotel keeper 
 mean when he speaks with disparagement or disdain of a man 
 who "doesn't spend any money"? His hotel has a fixed tariff of 
 prices, and there is a ])revalent impression that it is fixed sufficiently 
 high. It' tlie alleged guest consumes a steak, he pays his dollar for 
 it. If he rents a lodging place, he pays the schedule rate in cash. 
 He enjoys no accommodation or attention for which he doesn't 
 "spend money" — as much money as he is asked — and as mucli, at 
 least, as the service he receives is worth. He might spend more. 
 He might drink wines of more costly vintage and gush out ex- 
 travagantly through all the list of " extras." Many a guest does so 
 — imagines, indeed, that he must do so if he would pass for a fine 
 gentleman — and thereby lifts the "resort" man into an ecstasy of 
 bliss. 
 
 [From the New York Commercial Advertiser, July 23.] 
 The sudden and gratuitous attack made upon the Jews by Mr. 
 Austin Corbin has raised a storm, but a great deal too much has 
 been made of it. Mr. Corbin chose to go out of his way to abuse 
 a large class of people who are no better and no worse than any 
 other class or race, and by so doing he has made a spectacle of 
 himself. If he should try to exclude Jews from his hotel, he could 
 not succeed any better than if he had made war upon the Irish, 
 the German, the Scot, or any other people who might have hap- 
 pened to arouse his spleen or touch his prejudices, 
 
 [From the New York Evening Post, July 23.] 
 If we may exclude a class of persons from one public place on 
 class grounds, we may exclude them from another public place; 
 we may exclude them from all public places; we may exclude them 
 from the United States. We do not suppose that Mr. Corbin, 
 who, with or without the consent of his fellow-managers, has just 
 fulminated a decree against the Jews, intended or desired to begin 
 a movement which would drive all our Hebrew citizens out of the 
 country. But if Mr. Corbin had a little more of the logical faculty 
 than he seems to possess, he would see that his exclusive policy, 
 pushed to its legitimate conclusion, will crowd the Jew out of 
 every inn in the land, out of every railroad car, out of every thea- 
 ter, out of every open and public business, for the same reason 
 
30 COTSTEY ISLAND AND 
 
 that he is crowded out of Manhattan Beach Hotel, and will at last 
 crowd him off the beach of the whole country into the sea. Is Mr. 
 Corbin ready for that ? Certainly, public opinion is not ready. 
 [From the New York Evening Mail, July 23.] 
 The experience of two years since proved that it was easy to get 
 up an explosion on the subject of conceding or denying to our 
 Hebrew fellow-citizens the freedom of our best hotels. All that 
 was needed was to have some prominent hotel proprietor, with 
 decided views, denounce this class as unworthy of the privileges 
 of first-class hotels. Mr. Corbin was the man for that amiable and 
 enterprising design. The hotel whicli he controls receives thou- 
 sands of all classes of New Yorkers daily, although its regular 
 patrons are somewhat exclusive. While most watering places are 
 the resort of a comparatively small and select portion of our 
 people, Coney Island is simply New York moved down to the sea. 
 Men, women and children of all sorts, races and conditions, mingle 
 in the moving crowds as they would on Broadway, in perfect 
 good order, with entire good nature, and with no feeling of con- 
 tamination from contact with " the vulgar herd "—to use a com- 
 mon and snobbish phrase. When, therefore, the man who con- 
 trols one of the main avenues for the outlet of New Yorkers to 
 their favorite beach and the most noted of the great hotels at 
 that place, comes out and raises what is known as " the Jewish 
 question " in language of the plainest sort, it is inevitable that the 
 revival of that question should develop extraordinary interest, 
 excitement and heat. Perhaps, after it is all over, the Jewish 
 race, as such, will gain in recognition of its great and historic 
 qualities, while those whose manners and habits have brought 
 odium on a people whose representatives are among the most hon- 
 ored and powerful of our time, may be driven by " the bright sun- 
 light of publicity" into more retired places for their manifesta- 
 tions, and held in check by the better classes of their own people. 
 
 [From the Philadelphia (Pa.) Ledger, July 25.] 
 When the ordinary vulgarian obtrudes himself in offensive dis- 
 play, or the every-day ruilian disturbs the peace of a pleasure 
 l^arty, or the grasping and aggressive man or woman insists on 
 better places and in having more for tlieir money than other people 
 get, no one stops to ask whether the offender is Baptist, Methodist, 
 Episcopalian or Catholic. He, she and they are set down simply 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 31 
 
 as coarse, vulgar, ruffianly and offensive people, without any 
 though of their national origin or denominational surroundings. 
 Much less thouglit would there be of denouncing or ostracising 
 the entire national bodies or ecclesiastical communities to wliich 
 they are tliought to belong. This would be accounted in tlie 
 highest degree unchristian and unjust. Why, then, apply sucli 
 rule to the Jewisli people because of the offending behavior of a 
 few who claim to be of that race or religion, but who are no more 
 true Israelites than the others are true Christians. 
 
 The Hebrew Pastors on the Anti-Hebrew Manifesto. 
 
 On Saturday, July 2G, several prominent Hebrew Rabbis took 
 occasion to allude to the " Corbin crusade," as it is called. 
 
 At the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Rev. D. Baar delivered an ad- 
 dress, whicli concluded as follows: — 
 
 "My children, whatever may have induced our enemies to form 
 against us such an array of evil insinuations, whether this affront 
 was intended as a sign-board or advertisement to attrac c the ' upper 
 ten thousand,' I cannot tell, but let us repel this un .varranted at- 
 tack with dignity and calmness of mind. ' The Lord will fight 
 for you, but ye shall hold your peace.' The enemies of Israel have 
 been all thrown into the lumber-room of history, and there is still 
 space enough in this room to admit several more of this class. 
 Therefore, let us cnutiously avoid intruding our persons upon any 
 one, and refrain from visiting places of recreation which ai-e un- 
 congenial to the progressive standard of our social ideals. If we 
 need outside relaxations let us rather prefer to live in a hut which 
 is brightened up by the gleams of humanity than go to sea shores, 
 magnificent hotels and excellent orchestras which are upheld and 
 maintained by the dead capital of bigotry and fanaticism. 
 
 " One of the sweetest remembrances of my earlier life consists in 
 the fact that I was appointed abroad teacher in an institution, which, 
 through the munificence of a Jewish donor, gratuitously boarc'.ed 
 and educated Jewish and Christian children. Both these sections 
 received their religious education by teachers of their own creed. 
 When some of my former pupils from this institution, who, by-the- 
 bye, in this country, as well as also in this city, have acquired for 
 themselves lucrative positions, will hear from this Manhattan Beach 
 crusade, I am sure every one of them will bless with me the mem- 
 
32 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 ory of the Jew, Israel Jacobsohn, who in the year 1801 founded in 
 Seesen, near Brunswick, an institution for the education of poor 
 Jewish and Christian children. 
 
 "My children, every nation has its jwcnliarities, and I will not 
 deny that some traits in our character might be improved a little 
 by 'line reserve and noble reticence.' But have other nations no 
 faults ? Do we not tind even among tlie so-called higher class of 
 American society young men who cliew tobacco, put their feet on 
 ciiairs and tables, and use conversational terms and expressions 
 which belong to the exclusive department of 'slang?' We have 
 ' to bear and forbear' in life, and in doing so we can mutually cor- 
 rect each other's failings, gain each other's esteem and good will, 
 and thus succeed in aiding to bring about the time in which the 
 differences of creed will not any longer disturb the cordial relation- 
 ship between man and man, and in which the banner of humanity 
 will float from its lofty heights and will unite througli its harmo- 
 nizing influences all mankind into one bond of amicable brother- 
 hood. Amen." 
 
 Rev. Dr. Wise delivered a special address on the subject in the 
 Rodsph Sholor Synagogue. 
 
 The Rev. Emanuel Rozenwig vehemently accused Corbinof big- 
 otry and intolerance; and the Rev. Henry S. Jacobs, of the Thirty- 
 fourth Street Synagogue, expressed himself strongly. 
 
 The Ral)bi A. Wormser preached on "Israel's Wrongs," at the 
 Sheareth Israel Synagogue, No. 98 Avenue C. The sjmagogue was 
 crowded, in anticipation of a reference to the Corbin anti-Jew 
 question, and nearly every member of the congregation talked of the 
 matter in whispers. Previous to the sermon a young lad, thirteen 
 years of age, was confirmed in the Jewish faith. At the conclusion of 
 the service of conflrmation the ral)bi placed his hand on the boy's 
 head and said in an earnest, but tremulous voice, " My son, never 
 forget that you are a Jew. No matter what may come or go, be 
 steadfast, and do not deny your race or faith, and the God of Israel 
 will u|)hold you. Tiie clouds are darkening over the heads of your 
 people, but let your face shine as a gem to the glory of the Church's 
 sjilendor." The sermon lasted half an hour and was devoted entire- 
 ly to the consideration of the action of Austin Corbin, in interdicting 
 tlie Hebrews from Manhattan Beach. "lam grieved." said he, 
 "that in the ninetenth century an American citizen should insult 
 the Jews as Mr. Corbin has done. If any Jews have done anything 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY, 33 
 
 wronf;, as Mr. Corbin says they have, he should have condemned 
 the offenders by name and not wantonly insulted a whole nation. 
 Is this the age of intelligence and projrression, or is the world, 
 going back to the barbaric eras again? There is but one God, and, 
 under Ills [jrovidence, a man is a man, no matter what his nation- 
 ality or condition of life. This is the first land iu which our race 
 has liad religious liberty. 
 
 "Its laws protect us all, no matter what others may do, but it 
 has not the power to protect us from insult. Each one should be- 
 lieve according to his convictions and strive to do right. I hope 
 that the war of religions and races will end in peace. Mr. Corbin 
 is in tlie wrong, and should see his error. Therefore, you should 
 not be ashamed of Israel, or deny your religion. I am told that 
 Jews are deserting their church and are ashamed of it. This is 
 wrong, as we ought to be proud and happy instead. All I have to 
 say as to your action in the matter is, act like Jews and act like 
 men. If you do so, you will gain tlie respect of all jjcople." 
 
 The Rev. Dr. E. M. Myers, of the congregation Beth Israel, in 
 Boerum street, Brooklyn, expressed himself in a caustic manner. 
 The whole matter was to him like a soap bubble, creating furore 
 for a short time and then bursting in thin air. This tirade against 
 the Jews was nothing but an advertising scheme gotten up by Mr, 
 Corbin for the purpose of making money. 
 
 "Mr. Corbin's feat amounts to nothing. Dogs that bark seldom 
 bite; and with all Mr. Corbin's prejudices and dislikes it remains 
 to be seen whether he will give them practical effect. I claim," 
 said the rabbi, "to have as much self-respect as any man; but if I 
 wished to visit the beach I would not be deterred from so doing 
 because an ignorant imbecile endeavored to prevent it. I think 
 any such self-imposition unwise, and wherever such prejudices 
 exist I would rather that my co-religionists should pursue the even 
 tenor of their way and live down such insults. Mr. Corbin com- 
 plains tliat the Jews want too much for their money. Might not 
 the tables be turned, and the retort be made that the charges of 
 the Manhattan Hotel are exorbitant ?" 
 
 The Christian Pulpit on the Jews. 
 
 The Rev. W. F. Hatfield, a leading Methodist and divine, has 
 expressed himself against all class distinctions. 
 
34 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 The Rev. A. H. Moment, a prominent Baptist clergyman, said 
 he regarded Mr. Corbin's course as " a grave mistake." 
 
 Tile Provincial of the Jesuit Order in North America, Very- 
 Rev. Theophilus Charaux, considers the matter as having two sides, 
 each very weighty, his own opinion being as yet undecided. 
 
 Rev. Henry Ward Beecher counsels moderation and liberality of 
 thought, and is opposed to any class distinctions as such. 
 
 Rev. R. S. McArthur, in a sermon preached on Sunday, July 
 27, at the 23d street Calvary Church, New York, remarked: 
 "Paul had to rebuke the Jews for their intolerance to the Gentiles, 
 and now we have to rebuke the Gentiles for their intolerance to 
 the Jews." 
 
 The reverend speaker continued as follows : 
 
 The citizens of the world have come to America by national in- 
 vitation, and they have come to stay. The Chinamen have come, 
 and they and other races must be let alone, so long as they obey 
 the laws of the land. The speaker said he would not confine his 
 remarks to any one race or creed. Chinamen should have all the 
 rights that are accorded to the representatives of any nation. We 
 sent missionaries at great expense to China, but now that the 
 Chinese are coming to our missionaries the unconverted hoodlum 
 proposes to drive tiiem back. 
 
 Hostility to the emigrant is treason to the flag and to the spirit 
 of the constitution. Tlie most ignorant population of the slums 
 is most hostile to the Chinaman. Turning back to his original 
 text the speaker said the Jew is anathematized and insulted, and 
 yet he is one of the most distinguished and respectable of foreign- 
 ers. We find him in the busy marts of trade, in law, art, science, 
 and literature, and but seldom in jails, courts or institutions for 
 the vicious. He is seldom a lawbreaker or a criminal. A man is 
 a man, no matter what his race or blood may be — be it tliat of 
 Jew or Gentile. No man is a christian who has not the spirit of 
 God in his heart. How would the Irish, Italians or Scotch stand 
 if they were to be judged by the worst of their classes ? No sect 
 or nationality should be excluded from a watering place where 
 gentlemen congregate because of their race, so long as they con- 
 duct themselves with common propriety. Paul himibles human 
 pride when he says, " Of one blood was man created." In Genesis 
 we read that the Lord created man in His own image — not a black 
 man, a red man nor a white man, but a human being — a man. 
 
THE JEW CONTROVEESY. 35 
 
 Christ himself was a Jew and Gentile — a universal man, containing 
 the best and most exalted blood of the earth. The hope of this 
 lost world is in the prevalence of the spirit of Christ. Those who 
 call themselves christians and persecute Jews dishonor their name, 
 and tliey are not christians. Christ holds the mastery of the 
 world by _ love. Away with bigotry and hate! Let us give to 
 others the rights we claim for ourselves. Then shall the laud be 
 Emanuel's land. We shall be neither Jew nor Gentile, but we 
 shall be Christ Jesus. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Justin D. Fulton, the famous Baptist divine of Brook- 
 lyn, in his Sunday sermon, spoke as follows: "The persecution of 
 the Jews will not be a paying investment. The hotel proprietor 
 may desire to cater to men who, apart from their families, drink 
 and revel, and may treat with disdain the men who are temperate, 
 and who go with their families for recreation, and refuse to spend 
 great sums in drink and linger long with t-lieir families; but, in the 
 end, they will be blessed who recognize in the Jews the descend- 
 ants of Abraham and the heirs to promises yet unfulfilled and to 
 be redeemed. If the United States holds the place in prophecy 
 which many believe, if there is significance in this movement to- 
 ward agriculturffl employment, tlien the time may be near at hand 
 when the vail shall be lifted from their eyes, when they shall see 
 in Christ their Saviour, and shall enter into possession of an in- 
 heritance provided for tliem, when they shall obtain rule, promi- 
 nence and power. The Jews deserve praise for their temperance, 
 their frugality, their desire to have their families share with them 
 in their recreations and enjoyments. Let boorishness be put down 
 and nastiness be excluded, but let the persecuting spirit of race or 
 religion disappear forever. The man or the set of men who would 
 persecute the Hebrews would persecute any other nationality in the 
 country who stood in the way of their business prosperity. There 
 are just as mean men among Yankees as among Jews, and who are 
 as keen in a bargain and as stingy at a watering place. As chris- 
 tian Americans we have no pre-eminence over the Hebrew, only as 
 we excel them in all that is beautiful in piety, Godlike in charity, 
 noble in patriotism, and world-wide in philanthropy. It is charac- 
 ter that makes the man, whether Jew or Gentile, bond or free, 
 white or black, Protestant or Catholic or Hebrew. As God is the 
 center of the universe and Christ the center of the Church, so 
 
3G CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 man is the center of the nation, no matter whence he comes, what 
 his nationality or what his form of religious belief. ' 
 
 From an eloquent sermon on the subject of the Corbin mani- 
 festo, delivered by the Rev. Alfred H. Moment, at the Spring 
 street Presbyterian church, on Sunday, July 27, we make the 
 following extract as illustrative of the tenor of the discourse: 
 
 "The true nature of this Corbin manifesto was that it was aimed 
 at the rights of a very large class of American citizens. As soon 
 as the rights of men were taken away they were passed into bond- 
 age, and the spii'it of Christianity was opposed to that. It was an 
 attack made upon a law-abiding people. The Jews have always 
 been a law-abiding people. There had never been a people on the 
 face of the earth that have been so loyal to the laws of the country 
 in which they live. In America and Europe there were 9,000,000 
 of Jews to-day. Three centuiies before Christ they numbered only 
 five and a half millions. In about three hundred years after Christ 
 there were ai:)out seven millions, and at the present time these 
 people had not deterioriated as to numbers — now numbering in 
 Europe and America over nine millions. Of that nine millions, 
 two millions were very wealthy, and there were five hundred and 
 sixty-two thousand five hundred that exercised an immediate 
 control over the money markets of the world. Fifteen hundred 
 Jews stand among the wealthiest people of this republic, and 
 wealth is the pledge of power. There are no paupers among 
 the Jews; their widows and orphans support themselves. There 
 are no beggars among the Jews of this city; fewer murder- 
 ers, fewer fallen women than among any other people. These 
 were facts that were very much in their favor. It showed that 
 they are a people who not only have rights, but a capacity for 
 exercising those rights. In America we live in hotels, in parks, in 
 public gardens; these arc places that are open to the public, 
 without any restriction. Our institutions are established on the 
 principle of non-exclusiveness to race, color or nationality. There- 
 fore, this was a crowning outrage, and a violation of principles 
 that Americans dearly cherished. Public opinion had, however, 
 settled this question. That had decided that this action was 
 antagonistic to the people's rights. 
 
 " The declaration of Mr. Corbin had been weighed in the balance 
 of public sentiment, and he, like Belshazzar, had been found want- 
 ing. The voice of the people in this case was the voice of God. 
 
THE JEW CONTROVERSY. 37 
 
 Mr. Corbin, intoxicated by success, had made a fatal mistake. The 
 success of this little watering place had caused him to take a wrong 
 stand, the effect of which will be to bring the indignation of the 
 people upon his head, for he has attempted to lessen the rights of 
 two millions and a half of people. 
 
 "Mr. Corbin says that tlie Jews have manners different toother 
 people. I don't think that is the reason," said Mr. Moment. " As 
 my text says, ' It is not for the king's profit to suffer these people.' 
 One pecuHarity of the Jews is that they are something like the 
 Americans — they have a good deal of economy, and, like their old 
 father Jacob, they know how to make money. They are a people 
 who are industrious. They are a keen, far-seeing people, and, 
 like a good many Gentiles, they don't destroy a good bargain by 
 too much honesty. But if they make money they know how to 
 keep it. They are not a people to spend $4 or $5 when they, by 
 taking a little basket, need only spend a few dimes. If there had 
 been no Jew baskets there would have been more money spent at 
 Manhattan Beach, and Mr. Corbin would not have issued his order 
 against the Jews. That is the real reason for Mr. Corbin's mani 
 festo. ' It is not for the king's profit to suffer these people.' " 
 
 Mr. Moment concluded by advising both Gentiles and Jews to 
 stand on their rights, but to avoid all excitement and attempt no 
 demonstration, and especially hold no indignation meetings. All 
 that was necessary without direction had been done by the news- 
 papers. 
 
 In one of the sermons delivered on this subject, the clergyman 
 took the ground that in the Hilton and Corbin imbroglios the 
 Hebrews have simply been punished for their own previous intol- 
 erance. 
 
 "The war of races continues," said the reverend orator, "and in 
 that war the Jews have taken no little part. They were the bitter 
 enemies of the people whom they found in the Promised Land, 
 and slew them on the right hand and on the left. Of all people 
 known in ecclesiastical history their religious hatred has been 
 most intense. They slew their prophets, they martyred the apos- 
 tles and put to death the Son of God. Yet in this better day in 
 the history of the world, prejudice against race and religion 
 should cease. Let the dead past bury its dead. Through nine- 
 teen centuries the Hebrews have bitterly suffered from the spirit 
 which they manifested in the days of Christ and His apostles. 
 
38 COKEY ISLAND AND 
 
 They have been proscribed and persecuted by tliousands. Seven 
 times they have been banished from France. They were exiled 
 from Spain and England, and their persecutions in Italy, Germany 
 and Russia are beyond belief. Yet, like their ancient olive, they 
 still survive. With a fev? rare exceptions they enjoy political and 
 religious liberty in the great nations of Europe, but America has 
 been to them their promised land. Here they have prospered as 
 in no other country, and are noted for their wealth, their intelli- 
 gence and their charity. It is true, they are a distinct people and 
 have given no special manifestations of their patriotism. Yet 
 they have tlieir political, commercial and social rights, in which 
 they are to be protected." 
 
 An Infidel on the Jews. 
 
 Finally, in the papers of Sunday, July 27, appeared the fol- 
 lowing letter from the famous "freethinker," " Bob" IngersoU, 
 addressed to a Hebrew friend : 
 
 1417 G Street, Washington, July 26, 1879. 
 Hon. J. J. Noah: 
 
 My Dear Friend — As a matter of course, I am utterly op- 
 posed to the oppression of any class, and regard the action of the 
 proprietors of the Manhattan Beach Hotel in reference to tlie Jews 
 as bigoted, mean and disgraceful. Such action belongs to the 
 Dark Ages. The persecution of the Jews should bring a blush to 
 every christian cheek. Nothing is more infamous than the op- 
 pression of a class. Each man has the right to be judged upon his 
 own merits. To oppress him or to hold him in contempt on ac- 
 count of religion, race or color is a crime. 
 
 Every man should be treated justly and kindly, not because he 
 is or is not a Jew or a Gentile, but because he is a human being, 
 and as such capable of joy and pain. If at any hotel a man fails to 
 act in a decent and becoming manner let him be put out, not on 
 account of the nation to which he belongs, but on account of his 
 behavior. Any other course is unjust and cniel. 
 
 It will not do for the keepers of public houses to brand an en- 
 tire race as unfit to associate with them. 
 
 Some of the leading men of the world are Jews. These won- 
 derful people, although dispersed, despised, and for many ages 
 persecuted in all countries where people loved their enemies and 
 
THE JEW CONTEOVERSY. 39 
 
 returned good for evil, have contributed to every science and en- 
 riched every art. He who has heard the music of Mendelssohn 
 and Meyerbeer, who has studied the grand philosophy of Spinoza, 
 and has seen upon the stage Rachel, mistress of passion, will 
 hardly unite in the-condemnation of the race to which these prodi- 
 gies belonged. 
 
 Neither should it be forgotten that the Jews furnished their per- 
 secutors with a religion, and that they are the only people, ac- 
 cording to the dogmas of our day, with whom the Almighty ever 
 deigned to have any intercourse whatever. 
 
 When we remember that God selected a Jewess for his mother, 
 passing by the women of India, Egypt, Athens and Rome, as well as 
 the grandmothers of Mr. Corbin, it is hardly in good taste for the 
 worshipers of that same God to hold the Jews in scorn. 
 
 We should also remember that the Jews were the only people 
 inspired. All the "sacred" writers — all the "prophets" were of 
 this race, and while christians almost worship Abraham, notwith- 
 standing the affair of Hagar, and his willingness to murder his 
 own son; and while they hold in almost infinite respect David, the 
 murderer, and Solomon, the Mormon, it certainly is not perfectly 
 consistent to denounce men and women of the same race who have 
 committed no crime. 
 
 The Christians have always been guilty of this inconsistency 
 with regard to the Jews — they have worshiped the dead and per- 
 secuted the living. I think it would be much better to let the 
 dead take care of themselves, while we respect and maintain the 
 rights of the living. 
 
 I cannot forget that during the Revolution the Jews prayed in 
 their synagogues for the success of the colonies. I cannot forget 
 that during our civil war thousands of them fought for the pres- 
 ervation of the Union, many of them rising from the ranks to the 
 most important commands. Neither can I forget that many of the 
 Jews are to-day among the foremost advocates of intellectual lib- 
 erty; that they have outgrown the prejudices of race and creed, 
 and believe in the universal brotherhood of man. And in this 
 connection it may not be out of place to speak of your father. He 
 was a man who adorned every position he held, and who, as lawyer, 
 judge, essayist, and philanthropist was an honor to his race and 
 to my country. 
 
 It will not do in this, the second century of the United States, 
 to insult a gentleman because of his nation. 
 
40 CONEY ISLAND AND 
 
 We are, at last, a great, rich and prosperous people. Greatness 
 should be great. Wealth should be generous, and prosperity 
 should at least beget good manners. 
 
 Every American should resent every insult to humanity, for 
 while the rights of the lowest are trampled upon, the liberties of 
 the highest are not safe. 
 
 While for the ancient myths and fables of your people I have 
 not the respect entertained by Christians, I still hold the rights of 
 Jews to be as sacred as my own. Yours respectfully, 
 
 R. G. INGERSOLL. 
 
 The Voice of the People. 
 
 The people in general have taken a great interest in the Man- 
 hattan Beach and Jews' imbroglio, and about one hundred and 
 fifty letters have been addressed on the subject to the editors of 
 the various New York journals. Of tiiese the Herald comes in for 
 the lion's share. 
 
 Following is the substance of several specimen letters which 
 have been written to the Herald on the subject : 
 
 An admonition from " An Israelite " is to the effect that Judge 
 Hilton and the Corbins will some day or other regret that they 
 have aroused an undying feeling of hatred and revenge on the part 
 of a people that never yet has been injured without being avenged 
 in some form or other. 
 
 Another correspondent writes : " With such men as Montefiore, 
 Cremieux, Goldsmith, Rothschild, Beaconsfield, Nathan Bennett, 
 and many others too numerous to mention, to our credit, we can 
 well afford to laugh at those who wish to stop our progress." 
 
 "A Daughter of Israel" insists that it is a case of "sour 
 grapes " with Mr. Corbin, as she and a great many of her friends 
 have never yet visited Manhattan Beach, for the reason that they 
 (as Jews) do not wish to associate with some of the people who go 
 there. This correspondent would like to know if Mr, Corbin will 
 be able to distinguish Jews from Gentiles. 
 
 " A Christian " protests against the proscription of the Jews, 
 and says if Mr. Corbin has cause to complain in single in- 
 stances let him specify them, but not proscribe a whole race of 
 people of which the American nation has shown itself to be proud. 
 
 "A Jew," who says he has been in the habit of visiting Man- 
 
THE JEW CONTROVEESY. 41 
 
 hattan Beach as often as three or four times a week for the last 
 two years, spending there hundreds if not thousands of dollars, 
 declares that he will never again go near the place, and that he 
 will use all efforts to induce his friends to do likewise. 
 
 After scathingly criticising Mr. Corbin's language, "A Jewish 
 Widow "says: — "Loud manners in public should be condemned. 
 The wide circulation of the Herald renders it a fit means of culture 
 in that direction. The Jew is far better than he appears to be, 
 and I hope the Christian in comparison with him will not suffer, 
 One definition of true politeness is kindness kindly returned. Let 
 us do our part and see if the Jews will not return it." 
 
 "A Man" says the Jews are too cowardly and inoffensive in the 
 face of insult to resent ill-treatment, and that this is the cause of 
 their tribulations. 
 
 "One who is not a Jew" asks Judge Hilton if the vacation of 
 the "white elephant" on the corner of Chambers street and 
 Broadway is an indication of an "increase of patronage." Before 
 he made his assault on the Jews he had several mills running; 
 now he has but one in operation, at Utica, and the correspondent 
 adds that he wants the Judge to publish a statement showing the 
 actual increase or decrease in his business. 
 
 "Romauania" is at loss to understand Mr. Corbin's motive in 
 excluding the Jews. " Possibly," says he, " President Corbin has 
 only just learned that the Jews crucified the Saviour." 
 
 " S. B." thinks Mr. Corbin likes his " one white Jew " because 
 he has made thousands of dollars out of him. 
 
 " A Jewess " agrees with Mr. Corbin that "the best people" 
 do not patronize Manhattan Beach, and she hopes that the Jews 
 will continue to go elsewhere. 
 
 "T." says the Jews would not be perplexed at " these hostile 
 demonstrations " if they properly understood their own Scriptures 
 and accepted the glorious destiny and restoration promised by the 
 Lord of Abraham. 
 
 " An American born Jew " says that in one year hence Manhat- 
 tan Beach will be a lonely, deserted waste. 
 
 A. Blumenstiel writes from Saratoga tliat any scurrilous attack 
 made on the Hebrews by persons who have nothing to boast of 
 but their money can never rise to the dignity of an actual effort. 
 If Mr. Corbin will drive away bad women he will do the public 
 some service. 
 
42 CONEY ISLAND AND THE JEW CONTROVEESY. 
 
 "An American Christian " is acquainted with large numbers of 
 rich and poor Jews, and he has largely dealt with them in busi- 
 ness, and he knows they are an honorable class of citizens. 
 
 John H. Jacobson will be one to subscribe to a fund for send- 
 ing poor Jewish children to Manhattan Beach, and he would like 
 to test the matter and see if Mr. Corbin's railroad would refuse 
 them passage. He hopes the Jews of New York will take this en- 
 terprise in hand and push it through. 
 
 "F. H." thinks that educated American citizens of foreign 
 birth should speak English when among Americans in public 
 places, and that they should be ashamed to speak any other tongue. 
 Often a foreign language is used as a cloak to cover insults to 
 Americans who sit near by, and to conceal remarks which would 
 not be uttered in English. 
 
 " A. L." of Brooklyn, advises Mr. Corbin to keep cool, and con- 
 sult a physician for any malady from which he may be suffering. 
 
 "L. J. W." of Brooklyn, asks if any Jew was recognized 
 among those who participated in the riot at Rockaway on last 
 Sunday. 
 
 G. L. Rorbett, a "Christian," says it is a shame and a disgrace 
 to brand a race because some of its members are poor and of an 
 opposite faith. 
 
 "Toleration " admits that some of his race are boisterous and 
 objectionable at times, but there are those not Jews who are equally 
 bad. He would have all Jews so gentle and agreeable in their 
 manners in public that the contrast would condemn the ill be- 
 havior of the noisy Gentiles. 
 
 "A true American " says we are indebted to the Jews for much 
 that is great and good. He has worked for Americans, English- 
 men, Scotchmen and Irishmen, and none treated him better than 
 the Jews. 
 
 Meanwhile Mr. Austin Corbin, who has raised this storm, holds 
 his peace and bides his time, still confident that in the end Man- 
 hattan Beach will be the gainer by his controversy with the Jews. 
 
 THE END. 
 
1879. 
 
 1879. 
 
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