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It was a
simpler
time...an era of pleasant living. In the summer of 1915, Charlie
Chaplin was the rage, and the laughter was louder than the rumblings of
war in far-off Europe. Balmy breezes of salty ocean air rolled in with
the Atlantic surf on the sandy beach at Ocean City; Maryland's "Resort
to the Sea." The new boardwalk teemed with people dressed in finery out
for a stroll, perhaps down to Trimper's Luna Park for a ride on the
Ferris wheel, or to Conner's Restaurant for some home-cooking. Some
would change at the bath house to play amongst the waves in their
bathing attire. Others chose to watch from the porch of Cropper's
Hotel...or the Windsor Resort...or the Eastern Shore Hotel. Was there a
child who didn't have a favorite animal on the carousel? Ocean City is
indeed a place of many memories.
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