Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
THE SUMMER RESORTS.

| Iue MT te[in starts the tide Ci travel {
The Long Branch hotels I'LL slowly, exoeD
the ElteTon.
Saratoga id well for June There vera ,
there.
., oakland and Deer Park promise to do wei
This season-better than last.
The new Cresson hotel. on the p. r r. vii
have many PltfsbuIg and Cincinnati peop.e
Fortress Monroe Is quite full There ART
many visitors there,
White Mountain travel begins to-day ant
Keeps up TIL September I.
mi, NIAGARA FAILS mas daily paper which give.
| Ras AIT personals respecting local backmen.
| l. awn tennis has commenced at Newp,rt
ans e. daughters OF the aristocracy are sal Il
| play ; v cry too too" game
the Mar. MS OF Lorne's visit to Manitoba aud
dor yda,es .nic, .. Will attract the attention o.
British emigran;s to that region.
number Of d,s,,n. 7uished Episcopal Clergy
men VIII preach in t. james Chapel. Long
Branch, during the sans, 'ef; rms Is the chapel
for VT ich Mr. Ch.lds has shown so much In
terest.
A party from Saratoga retain, ed recently from
The AdlroIdacks bringing win tnem about
ssventy.hve pounds OF black baA = The f1Sh
were caught With hooks and lines ~ Two men
In acout six hours.
Three Boston sis, ers Intend to esectrifs Hamp-
blue.
Cape May bathing has already begun. The, ,e
were hundreds in the waves on TUESDAY la Il,
The hops begin July 10.
The ocean House, the ultra fashionable hotel
OF New port, is now poisoning cut In red blinds.
That IL the seaside color.
Mount Desert people say that II Nav yorlars
lDslst on coming there they must pay New
York prices.
This season. as usual, the most extravarant
dressing On the part OF the ladies WIN be ar Ssr
a. nd han IA
eling that the display is likely, II not to wake
the dead. at least to drive the living crazy.
About fifty cottages have been built at Long
Branch since last season, most OF them TO the
Queen Anne style, and painted India red. black
and dark green. About half OF them have been
built by investors, and the yearly rental is 1885,
per cent OF their cost all OF them were rented
a month ago.
Newport foliage is remarkably heavy this
year. Nowhere else are 10 be seen such beautI.
lui ard highly cultivated lawns as at Newport
The ocean and fresh water lake almost
within a stones throw OF each other is the
freak or nature which makes Spring Lake az
tIact1ve In New Jersey.
Countess Lewenhaupt, the wife OF the Danish
Minister at Washington, is In Plttsfleld, Mass,
where she viii remain throughout the sum.
mer.
"Anything historical here?" he said at Mount
Desert to q native. "Wall yes" was the re-
ply. That there COW used to belong 10 Ben
Every body wants an END seat at the theater.
and likewise everybody must have at the sea-
side room facing the ocean. The city woman
'can't breathe In land breeze"
The Virginia reel Will be danced at Long
b arch and Cape May this season.
The owners OF Foxhall and Iroquols are both
summer residents OF Newport.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage will spend his vaca-
tion at White Sulphur Springs.
President Garfield will not be able to visit
Newport In July as he had expected.
bo-r bofr
fer tie season already cut and dried.
There will be more bicycle riding at the sea-
shore this summer than ever before.
The Cataract House. at Niagara Falls, Will
place at he rear OF the hotel one OF the Weston
electric lights for the purpose OF lighting up
the rapids. which at this point are the mos
beautlIul in the river. The light will pe one Of
atout 10 Geo candle power, ana will be placed
before parabolic IT fiectOr. This will admit Of
It's being turned In any direction.
NEARLY all the Newport cottagers have put
In an appearance and the beautiful Old to 1n
begins 10 be gay and lively. The social festIv-
tiles Will begin q few weeks hence, and despite
the exodus to Europe, they will be as brilliant
as ever.
"Tbere is an observatory at Richfeld," says
an exchange, "perched on top OF one of the
highest hills from which the Views are OF sur.
passing extent and beauty. IL Is said that upon
one occasion, the atmosphere being es De cially
clear man up there saw his mother-in law In
New loIk, and was 80 alarmed that he fell In
IT.. Another time man saw q tailor Ia A.
barry to whom he owed money. No one should
fail TO visit this observatory"
At the summer resort-First week, ladies,
IS given TO showing your dresses second week,
10 telling where you went last year; third week,
10 talking about The Browns, who have gone
none; fourth week, to Complaints Of the house.
After the fourth week life at a summer resort
Is lLsLfierably dulL-B0StOR Transcript
Regular steamboat lines have been running
10 Tie Thousand Islands since the 1st OF The
monsf; The tourists Tue gan this week.
II assbr1
abd narly all the others are being put In
oder LOT the season.
The nest important imp'o cement at Old
Orchald Beach this season is tne building OF
railroad .our miles IN length, just below the
Old Orchard House, TO comet with Eastern
railroad, three miles from Sico. IL will be-
re ady Tor business ABOUT July /.
The c-risee costumes OF the Newport lsdie;
this season are Of SURPRISING elegance and mag.
hinceDce: A lew years ago they would have
oeen Locked upon as good enough to wear to
TIE ball this evening, whereas NOW they are
only regarded as the proper Quilt for riding
about IN.
A railroad now runs through the heart OF the
Catskills and there are few grader rides any
where. The farmers don't Ike the advent OF
the iron horse. but W hen satirically sked what
they are going to do about II, make haste to
say they don't know.
Funny stories are told OF the Atlantic City
post office. II your name is john Jones and
your letters come addressed Jack YOU must
inquire for Jack" and John" Doth, or they
nay lay there for couple OF days. They are
careful about delivery, and always ssut the
doors unth the mail Is distributed
1t Is said that the efforts OF the Coney Island
hotel Keepers to create sympathy 10 their favor
oy saying that their losses are s., 900 every
rainy Gay, have proved failure. People d.
Lot teeve them.
The national reputation which Eloeron has
secured through the recent visit OF the Prest-
dent and his Cabinet, has started the report
that new and magnificent hotel will be erect
ed On the Site OF the present house before an
other year.
Tiny children drive huge horses all about
Newport. and the wonder Is that some accident
Is not recorded every DAY. A local paper well
says that parents must be quite Indifferent to
the safety and welfare OF their little onas 70
subject them to such constant risks ami
dangers.
Saratoga correspondent, referring to the
approaching RACES at that resort. says: There
are new nearly 10 thoroughbreds at the track,
embracing several southern and western flyerl
The track Is the scene OF lively work these
bright June mornings as the jockeys take their
sW1ft-10Oted steedS out for their preliminary
spills. There are many promising youngS era
among the thrOng, and there will Oe more sur
prlses and fat French pool dividends this year
than ever before, unless all the signs tall The
grand tand has BEEN reprinted and some 60
stables have been added. There Is now room
at the track for over 400 horses, aud there are
engagements to fill every one. The track has
been w1deEed at the place where the Il We fur.
long and three quarter mile dashes start. The
nelds are now SO large that until the noble
St6eQS get strung ont In rhn race faiao a