The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-05
THE SUMMER RESORTS.
People and Prospects at the Seaside,
Lake and Mountain Retreats.
Lake Chautauqus, Newport, Saratoga, Long
Branch and Other Popular Resorts.

Lake OnauJauqua, newport, Saratoga, Long
Branch and Other Popular Resorts
Now that the heated term is fairly
upon Us, people following the custom
rather than consulting their own feelings
seek the summer resorts We doubt if
any large proportion of those who leave
pleasant homes to take hotel chances or
to occupy cottages find themselves in
any manner benefited. But fashion hath
decreed it, and whether there be ad-
vantage of comfort and health or not, to
the seaside, the lake or the mountains
our fashionable people must 60. The
following from the most prominent re-
sorts will be found interesting not only
to this class of readers but also to that
other and larger class whose own world
is the sphere of their daily avocations and
who never see the outside world through
other peoples eyes:
AT SARATOGA.
A Star correspondent at Saratoga un-
der date of July lst, writes: The season
at Saratoga is fairly opened, and the
prospect of brilliant summer has not
been SO favorable in any June since the
year 1874. 1t is trite remark that
Saratoga never looked SO well as this
year" and every year the remark is true.
The streets are being improved every
year and new houses erected. The great
hotels have each had thousands of dol
lars expended on them, and are better
and more luxurious than ever before.
As usual, each has fine band to furnish
music. The Grand Union has Lothians
Boston Band; at the United States, Stub
has been engaged again; at the Congress,
Bernstein. Congress Park also has en-
gagged Browns Brigade Band, of Boston.
All of the hotels have made liberal en-
gagements for the season, and they are
all being rapidly filed with the incom-
ing throng of guests brought in by the
trains, which run almost every hour. All
the hotels are better filled with guests
than they were last year at this time.
On the 9th, 10th and 11th of July will
come off the National Amateur Regatta,
partially completed list of the entries
to which has been made out, showing
that sixty-six clubs and individuals have
entered for the various contests. The
finish of this regatta has been fixed off
Moons, where the grand stand will be
located, and where every facility will be
offered for viewing this interesting spec
tacle. The number of entries and the
character of the contestants indicate the
most severe struggle ever recorded be-
tween the members of the National Am
ateur Association. The colleges are
poorly represented, various unfortunate
incidents conspiring to prevent their APP
pearance. Cornell is here, and from her
old eyrie on Snake Hill surveys the level
water course below. Captain Ostrom,
their leader, is here, having come on
from Detroit to see the boys through.
The weather is charmingly cool here,
and at the Lake the breeze is refreshing
and invigorating.
CONEY ISLAND.
Coney Island is this year, as it was
last, the summer paradise of the aver
age New Yorker. A newspaper corre-
spondent thus refers to scenes and Incl
dents there:
The big advertiser is all around Coney
Island. "Stick no bills here" does not
scare him. The want of fences he gets
over easily. He just hires half dozen
clam sloops, that are good for, nothing
for fishing, paints his "ad" in ten
foot letters on the sails, and lazily passes
up and down before the big hotels as
long as it is light enough to show his
signs.
AT high tide recently, there were
number of ladies seated on the beach,
the settces being but few feet from the
waters edge. A fine surf was running,
and an immense wave, apparently envi-
OILS of their enjoyment, or perhaps from
pure love of mischief, came dashing
up unceremoniously beneath the seats
and some distance beyond. The imme-
diate stampede was worth beholding.
After the impudent wave had retired
there was hearty laugh, and few
went indoors to ascertain the extent of
damages.
AT NEWPORT.
The season at Newport is opening
brightly. About half of the cottages
are already occupied; there are still a
few cottages to be let. A letter from
Newport has the following:
Professor Alex Agassiz has arrived at
his summer retreat near Castle Hill, and
is busily engaged in hisextensive labora-
tory. Here the Professor and such sci
entists as may happen to be in the place
go out dredging or surface fishing every
evening when the wind is not too fresh.
Ihc lahOratnry and the summer residence