Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
THE SUMMER REsoRa 8.


The hot term starts the tide OF ira vel b
| mountain and sea shore.
The Long Branch hotels ill slowly. exec
the Eloeron.
| Saratoga did well for June. There were
there s ' '''A'''A' "'a 0''nn'n'e"sn's
Oakland and Deer Park promise to do well
| this season-betrer than last
| The new Cresson hotel, on the p r. R., will
have many PittsbuTg and Cincinnati people.
| Fortress Monroe is quite full. There are
| many visitors there.
White Mountain travel begins to-day and
| Keeps up TILL september 1.
Niagara Falls mas daily paper which gives
| pleasant personals respecting local hackmeu.
| Lawn tennis has commenced at Newport.
and the daughters OF the afistocracy are said TO
| play very ''too too" game.
| The Marquis OF Lorne's visit to Manitoba and
the Canadian Northwest this summer, the Lon
| don Times thinks. Will attract the attention Of
| British emfgrants to that region.
| number of distinguished Episcopal clergy
| men VIII preach in st. James Chapel, Long
Branch, during the summer. This is the chapel
for tlch Mir. Childs has shown so much in
| terest.
| A party from Saratoga returned recently from
the AcroIdacks, bringing with them about
| seventy. I'VE pounds OF black bass. The FISH
we're caught with hooks and lines by two men
| In atout six hours
Three Boston sisters intend to eectrtfy Hanp-
| ton this year with bathing suits of peacOek
| blue.
Cape May bathing has already begun. There
were Eui dredS in the waves on Tuesday la st.
| The hoGs tegin July 10.
| The Ocean House, the ultra fashionable hotel
OF New pot Is now blossoming out In red blinds
Mount Desert people say that If New Workers
| Insist on coming there they must pay New
York prices.
This season. as usual, the most extravagant
l q ladt cxxtlt ra Cav
atoga- kaSbions are now so varied and bewild-
eIiDg 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 In 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 33z
| per cent OF their cost. All OF them were rented
| month ago.
| Newport foliage Is remarkably heavy this
| year. Nowhere else are TO be seen such beautt.
| iul and highly cultivated lawns as at Newport
/ The ocean and fresh. water lake almost
| within stones throw OF each other is the
| freak OF nature which makes Spring Lake at
uactiye In New jersey.
Countess Lewenhaupt the wife Of the Danish
| Minister at Washington, is In PIttsfeld, Mass,
| where she VIII remain throughout the sum.
! mer.
| Anything historical here?" he said at Mount
| Desert to native. '.Wall, yes,' was the re-
| ply, 'that there COW used TO belong TO Ben
| butler"
| Everyb body wants an end seat at the theater.
I and likewise everybody must have st the sea-
| side room facing the ocean. The City woman
| "can't breathe In land breeze"
| The Virginia reel Will be danced at Long
| Brarch aid Cape May this season.
| The owners OF Foxhall and Iroquois are both
| summer residents OF Newport.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage viii spend bis vaea-
| ton at White sulphur Springs.
| President Garfield will not be able to visit
| Newport IN July as he had expected.
Adirondack guides have their ghost stories
| fer The 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 the rear OF the hotel one of the Weston
electric lights for the purpose of lighting up
the rapids. Wnlch at this point are the most
| about 18, $50 candle power, and viii be placed
before parabolic RI Hector. This win admit OF
| It's being turned In any direction.
| Nearly all the Newport cottagers have put
In an appearance, and the beautiful old to En
begins 70 be gay and lively. The social festiv-
| tiles VIII begin few weeks hence, and despite
the exodus TO Europe, they Will be as brilliant
| as ever.
There Is an observatory at RIchfelj,- says
an exchange, "perched on top OF one of the
highest hills, from which the views are Of sur.
passing extent and beauty. 1t is said that upon
| clear, man up there saw his Inother-in- law fn
New York. and was SO alarmed that he fen In q
NJ Another time man 81" a. tailor In Al
barry to whom he owed money. No one should
iail to visit this observatory"
| At the summer resort-First week, ladies
is given 10 showing your dresses; second week,
10 teihDg where you went last year; third week.
TO talking about the Browns, who have gone
hone: fourth week to complaints Of the hoIl 90
| After The fourth week life at a summer resort
Is 1LsIh erably Cul--B0stOn Transcript.
| Regular steamboat lines have been running
to the thousand Islands since the Ist OF The
month. The tourists line began this week.
| lew or the private steam yachts are In use
ald nfa:ly al t. others are being put In
| order fCT the season.
The nest important improvement at Old
orchard Beach this season Is the building OF q
railroad iour miles in length, just below The
Old Orchard House. TO connect With Eastern
railroad, three miles from Saco IU VIII b5
ready for business about July l.
Tie carriage costumes OF the Newport iadIe.
ms season are or sufpaSsiug elegance and mag
nlhcence A few years ago they would have
neen locked upon as good enough to wear &c
the ball this evening, whereas now they are
only regarded as the proper OUTFIT for Iid.ng
about IL.
A railroad now runs through the heari of the
| tatsktlis and there are few grander rides any-
where. The farmers don't like the advent Of
the iron horse. but W hen satificaiIy asked VIVA,
they are going to do about 1t, make haste t.
say they don't know.
Funny stories are told OF the Atlantic City
post Office. Ii your name Is John Jones aud
your letters come addressed jack you mus,
| inquire lot JACK ana John" Doth, or theJ
may lay there for couple OF days. they arr
careful about delivery, and always SHUT The
doors until the mail Is distributed.
1t is said that the efforts OF the Coney Island
hotel keepers to create sympathy In their favor
by saying that their losses are $4,000 every
rainy day, have proved failure. People d.
| Lot telieve them.
the national reputation which Elberon has
secured through the recent visit of the Pre5i.
uenC ana MS Cabinet, has started the report
.nat new and magnificent hotel will be erect
ca on the site OF the present house before an
Tiny children drive huge horses all abou,
newport, anc the wonder is that some accident
Is lot recorded every day. A local paper well
says tDat parents must be quite Indifferent to
the safety and welfare OF their little ones to
subject them to such constant risks and
| dangers.
A Saratoga correspondent, referring to the
approaching races at that resort, says There
are now nearly 20 thoroug hbreds at the track
embracing several southern and western flyers
The track Is the scene of lively work these
bright June mornings as the jockeys take theIl
swift-footed steedS out for their prelimlnary
! spins. There are many promising youngster:
among the thrOng. and there will De more sur
pr1ses and fat French pool dividends this yea
than ever before, unless all the signs fall The
| grand stand has been repainted and some G.
| stables nave been added. There IL now room
| al the track FOR over 400 horses, and there ar
| engagements to I'LL every one. The track ha:
been Widened at the place where the five fur
| long and three quarter mile dasheS start. Ths
fields are now SO large that until the noble
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