Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-21
THE SUMMER RESORTS.
News From all the Prominent Wa
taring Places.
Notes of How ne Much-to-be- EnVied Visi-
tors are Enjoying Themselves in
the Mountains and by
he Sea.

The White Sulphur springs are now
thronged with the ueauty and fashion
Of the South.
Island. are very fashionable this sea-
son, vide Mount Desert and Nantucket.
Both resorts are delightful.
Robert J. Burdett, the humorist, is at
Long Peach, engaged upon new lee
ture, 1.-The Alpha and Omega"
Every successive year Newport. be-
comes more English according to
disguised correspondent at that place.
The "Harborage" at ASbury Par k is
dplightfully situated, and commands an
unObstructpd view of the ocean ana oil
sunset Lake.
Unusual attractions are being ar
ranged to prOlong the season at Cape
May, which thus far has exceeded any
previous summer.
Parasols made of gathered white
muslin, and lined with blue, pink, lilac
or red silk are carried by the elegants
of French watering places.
Oscar Wilde will be among the attrac-
tions ut Cape May this week. The
athletic poet delivered his lecture on the
beautiful in art in the dinmg-rOOm OF
the stockton Hotel l;St evening.
The Washington Light Guards, &C.
rompanied by the Marine Band, visited
Cape May yesterday and encamped on
the lawn of Congress Hall. During the
stay at the Capes daily concerts will be
given by the band.
Josh Billings two springs in the
White mountains are now in excellent
condition, and over the cup OF the one
neaa EmeSate Pool is the legend:
TAX a drink. mi friend, don't tax the
cup. Iurs, without struggle, Josh
Billings"
What may virtually he termed a
mosquito plague prevails on Staten Is
land. Not in the memory OF the odd
est inhabitant" has there been such a
large swarm of unusually large tor
mcntS. The nearest approach to It was
in the year 1872.
Concerts by remnants of the Maple
son troupe have been III order recently
at NarraganSett but the hotel people
did not show up' very well. ArtiSti-
cally, the concerts were highly success
ful, but in dollars and cent, point
of view not quit so much so.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
are giving a series of very elegant din
ner parties at their residence at New
port this season, and the cores
pondents, all of whom of course attend,
have a great deal to say about the ele-
gance OF the service and superiority Of
the cuisine.
Mrs. Grundy says that n man who
anchors his yacht Off some summer re-
sort hotel is often regarded as a bigger
man than old Grant" She also re-
marks that, rs danced at the watering
place hotels, the waltz is a shOckingly
immodcst and demoralizing PERFORM
ance. The young people say Mother
Grundy is old and ugly.
Something like three dozen elegantly
dressed young ladies were seen franti-
Cally rushing through the town of New
London the other day from the direc-
Of the PeQuot House, and they created
a great sensation. 1t was subsequently
aScertained that they had heard there
was ayOung aud eligible man in the
place and they had started out in search
of him.
There is ut Cape May a picturesque
variety shout the bathing costumes
Some are exceedingly pretty, even be-
| coming, others incline to be loud in
| style. \ young lady from Baltimore
wears a suit combining three colOrS, red,
white and blue, the cap being tri-color-
ed and painted. There is also a
Josephine" dress of white flannel
striped with navy blue, and the broad
/ brimmed sailor hat worn is lined with
| cardinal
At Richfield Springs the farmers in
the neighborhoOd help the guest in their
amusements. \ race has been enjOyed
III which each horse was ridden by its
owner. The colOred walters have had
foOt-races fOrprizes of SIS. At one of
these races the committee were Colonel
Lawrence kipp and William Beach, of
! New York, and Julian Myers and
George Baker, of Philadelphia. After
the match they retired to the seclusion
of the Lake House and u champagne
| supper.
! One of the most interesting sights on
the Atlantic City Ocean piers is tina, of
! school of mOSs-buukers (menhaden)
as they circle and curve along the sea,
! so much on its surface that every move
ment can be plainly seen. From the
end of the ocean pier, or from its sides,
the spectator can look down on school
after school of the little wanderers that
move in thousands, and even millions,
like well-drilled soldiers, rarely ever
pursuing a straight line, but curving in
all directions.
Among the fashionable evening
amuSementS Of Saratoga this season IS
proving" \ party is formed to
"prowl." This means going out in
search Of adventures between the hours
OF nine and eleven. The rival hotels
are inst frequented and everything is
animadverted on. fla hop is in pro-
greSs, the gentlemen must, of course,
make a determined effort to get in
without being in evening clothes. This
Is unsuccessful, but annoys the rival
hotel. Then the drug store and springs
are visited, two or more of the party Pet
lost, hunt for the missing lambs fol.
lows, and all reach their hotel only in
time to keep from being locked out
The following morning the various
providers meet on the piazza to exchange
romances.