Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-22
THE MOUNTAINS AND SEASIDE.

THE MOUNTAINS AND SEASIDE.
Summer Resort Notes-.Thc Season is
acknowledgements Mention. Etc.
Count Won Buest. the German minister, is at
Oakland.
Senator Davis entertains brother Senators at
Deer Park over Sunday.
The waters of Narragansett bay TEEN with fish.
There are great Number Of western people
at Long Branch.
Gen. B. T. Butler arrived at Newport Tues
day.
Col Tom Ochiltree viii pass the summer at
Saratoga
Gen. F. T. Dent and family are at Orkney
Springs.
Col. Jerome Bonaparte and family have set
tied down at Newport.
President Garrett. of the Baltimore and Ohio
road, is at Deer Park.
Angling for bluefish Is one of the seasons de-
lights al Martha's Vineyard.
Senator Mitchelrs family left Washington on
Monday for Richfeld Springs.
Miss Kate Forsyth, the actress. is said to be
the best swimmer at Long Branch.
Gen. Geo. Sheridan will travel in Canada
during the rest OF the summer.
Lieut.. panenhower is now at Capon- Springs
Va, where his health is steadily improving.
enCdnpeu IN prospect Park, Ma
CARA Falls, nineteen students from the Univer-
sity of LewisbuTg. Pa
Ex.-Vce President VIM A. Wheeler is now
summering among the White mountains, but
will soon go to Maine. and thence to Nova
Scotia, for the benefit of his health.
The season at Saratoga seems to be at its
height for this year. The great hotels are about
two-thirds full. but the boarding houses are ap-
parenty more crowded.
An enterprise is on foot to illuminate Mount
Washington by electricity. 1t is proposed to
place six powerful lights on the observatory,
and 1t is claimed that they can be seen dis
lance of one hundred miles
Yesterday was Oscar wilde's last day at New
port. On Monday evening he attended the hop
at the Casino, which was a very fashionable
affair
Even at this late day cottages at Newport are
let almost daily and houses for the remainder
Of the season can be had for a very small
amount.
The newly-organized Narragansett Yacht
club are making arrangements to have a station
at Newport. at COnanicut Park, and another
further up the bay.
Salisbury Beach, though the longest and one
OF the finest on the Massachusetts, coast, has
never been particularly favored with visitors,
and this season is no exception.
A national temperance camp meeting is open
at Ocean Grove. 1t will last four days.
The rugged wildness of Mount Desert is re.
ceiving the inevitable sOfteDing touches attend
ant upon fashionable occupation.
There is quite flutter at North Conway over
the arrival of a wealthy bachelor who spends his
summers there regularly. Now. young ladies,
sit up straight; don't scOld your little brother
on the front piazza any more. and if you must
nag your poor mother, wait until you get in
your OwnroOmS
Messrs. Crump, the prGprietOrs Of Congress
Hall, Cape May. are having the large balloon
prfs-S al M DI,fa for tiyo
ascensionS during the season from the lawn in
front OF their hotel This balloon will be forty
feet in diameter. and have a capacity Of So 800
cubic feet of hydrogen gas, and is being made
under the direction Of Prof Charles E. Wise.
Those dear little sons of rich papas now play
polo on parlor skates at Newport, and the
sport is real nice" The tournament on hobby
horses Will soon take place, also the carnival of
rattles and sugar pums.
Ladies at Newcastle. n. r.. where the ia
nousWentworth hotel is located. are greatly eX-
cited because some war ships, with real live
officers on board. will soon cast anchor off the
place for the season.
''There is a vitality about the atmosphere
here" writes Miss Culture of Boston, from
Swampscott that speedily develops thoughts
OF the purest character and suggests the very
essence of baked beams
Long Branch fishermen complain that Young
men with fiye-dOliar bills to spare do not 90 out
with them as much this year as last. and they
are now considering the idea of reducing the
price, --.",-s--9-+-i1 --1--'--'Aa
tits quiet but not dull at Lake George, where.
by the way, there is an unusually large number
Ofpretty girls this season. 1t is reported that
two unmarried gentlemen have engaged rooms
at the Fort William Henry Hotel.
"GeOrge. what lovely color for a reception
dress, said Mrs. Jones to her husband. view
Ing the electric light on Niagara Falls from the
balcony of the Clifton House. Yes" said Mr..
Jones, land what bath for Jumbo"
Delaware Water Gap. most picturesque and
charming of places, has paper called the Echo
which tells all the news and gossip of the ho-
Gels, gives the arrivals and evidently has come
70 spend the season there
A Chicago girl at Newport writes home as fol-
lows: We're just as gay rs cockatOo's top
knot down here, and You can just bet I'm
hummer with my duds. Them New Workers IS
awfnlly stuck up, making beiieSsUfhey hail from
Philadelphia"
Hundreds upon hundreds Of summer tourists
are now TO be found scattered throughout the
Catskill region. and the mammoth hotels begin
TO look crowded There was hop at the
Grand and kaatersklI on Saturday night the
music being furnished by the hOp-te-dO-del-do
bands of the hotels.
Rain and fog has thus tar interfered with
COney Island fireworks this season. but the
hotel men say they will have brilliant displays