Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-05
EASTERN SUMNER RESORT NOTES.


sGarden parties" are all the rage At
Saratoga,
The hrsim Of the hay.fever patients
has begun
Cap and apron parties amuSe the
guests At Rye beach,
Visitors to NarrAganSe,t pronounce il
Narrow-gunshot now.
Hops At the Grand Union, Saratoga,
are nov full dress affairs.
Bed ticking bathing suits are the
50 at some watcrinS-places.
There is noticeable falling otr al
some of the seaside reSolt
The hotels Mt Nantucket will keep
open I'LL the first OF October.
This is the mos, prosperous season IT
Long Branch for ten years.
otea2 Grove was damaged 10y the
storm to the amount Of $4,000,
\ parasol u each costume is con
Sidered necessary at Cape May,
There is one woman in Saratoga who
dresses altogether i'll lace. Oh dear,
Sharon is Mshonably quiet, hut is
believed to be making considerable
money.
Church fairs have broken cut at
Long Branch and the ladies let nc rich
man escape.
The Saratoga hotels remain full,
each days arrivals about eQuahng the
departures.
Gov. Mcclellan, Thurlow Weed and
Peter Cooper are at Catskill this week
All the Eastern summer resorts have
of late been complaining about the
damp weather.
I The ladies have greatly outuumhcrcd
the gentlemen at the watering places
this season.
A Cape May correspondent boasts ot
the number ot genuine Quaker beau.
ties" at that resort
Lawn teunS, archery, croquet and
flirting ere in fall blast in the hotel
park NJ Riehfeld Springs.
Mrs. Jean Davenport Lander has three
pretty cottages, with lawns terr0eed to
the shore near Lynn
Gambling is apparently one of the
features OF the Long Branch season,
and tine police seem to enjoy II most
Some bathing hats look as il they
were made OF rolls of straw mating,
accidentally escaped from junk shops,
A male visitor to Saratoga finds his
amusement IN changing his clothes
every three hours during the day.
i A RalIIptDrn lnlV NJ Narrapu psgiI
Pier has two French dressmakers, who
make new toilets for her every day. All
A notable feature of Summer travel
in Vermont this season is tie cxtraor-
dinarily large number Of southern Wis.
itors.
Ladies at the Isles of Shoals do not
dress hut once day, and have II habit
of swapping their fingers Mt the fashion.
Sensible!
For n recherche Newport dinner there
are napkins of white satin, menu cards
on gold fol, and peaches Mt 80 cents
each.
Narragansett has recovered from the
Sprague excitement, and now every.
thing goes ON Just the same rs ever, IN.
GLIDING board bills and gossip
A hall recently given by Congress.
man Morton, of New York, is the prin
cipal topic of conversation just now AT
Newport, Il was the event of the sea.
son.
The latest parasols used 10y the ladies
nj Newport for the drive are of colorod
velvet bordercd with feathers, or wholly
composed Of downy white p,umes or
peacocks' eyes.
Driving, roler-skating, fishing, hunt
ING seaweeds and curiosities AT low
tide, sailing, bathing and doing nothing
to constitute the principle amusemcnts
nj the seaside.
The costumes worn by the ladies al
the Ocean House, Newport, are worth
walking three miles To see. The hops
occur on Saturday night, and are aw
fully "swell" affairs
Niagara, which had been greatly
neglected Of late years from the i'll re
pute acquired by extortions in the past
has regalned, it is said, its prestige, and
has been doing very we'll
Atlantic City has now attraction,
upon its beach which no other resort
presents. II has the picturesque skcle
ton Of an old wreck lying imbedded il
the sand and stranded vessel just set
Ting into the beach.
A young gentleman who had just re
turned from tour through the noun
lains and along shore remarks III
queer that whatever Summer hotel you
90 to, you almost always see some board
or that seems TO run the house
The Newport season j. as brilliant ~
il possibly can be, and elegant enter
tainmonts at the cottages are now fre
quent day and evening. The florists
caterers aud every one else unite IL
saying that the season has not been Al
active for years.
Henry Watterson IL undoubtedly thu
champion seaside correspondent Of the
season. Extract from his CourlrJonnd
letter: Sea dreams sea dreams The
cynic in the attic and the singer in The
dell find their lots united and the
harps atune upon the crag that over
| looks the glorious, r.changing, ever