The Portland daily press., 1884-07-25
OLD ORCHARD BEACH.
What Press Reporter Discovers in His
Rambles.
OLD ORCHARD, July "a.

OLD ORCHARD, July "a.
What the hotel people have long been looking for,
hot day, has at last arrived. The air was very
warm to-day, and had it not been for the cool
breeze the day would have been intensely hot. AS
it was the thermometer reached nearly 800. Should
this weather continue the hotels will all be full by
Saturday night. Already the four largest houses
the Ocean, Old Orchard, Sea Shore and Fiske, have
Jorge number of guests The Irving Is nearly
full and the Lawrence House has its share.
grand concert under the auspices of the Hsr-
ward College euartetEe, assisted by Nine. Marie
Casto Piccioli, will be given in the music room of
the Ocean House on Saturday evening. Col. Maple
son, of opera fame, says that Mr.. Wentworth the
young tenor of the quartette is destined to be one
of the leading tenors of the day.
The latest arrivals at the Lawrence House in
clude B. II. Atwood, b. G.. Gray, Mrs. White Miss
White, Master White and A. G. Simpson and wife,
all of Portland.
Rev. o. II. Walker lof Boston is at the Irving
House.
ii. Kosengarten and wife, of Brazil, Ind, who are
spending the summer at the Irving House are great
iavorites at that house and add much to the
The latest arrivals at the Sea shore House in
clude f. l.. Baunt and wife, =. H. Deering, +. p.
G. r. Crandall. and E. H. Merrill all Of Portland;
=: F. Davis of South Berwick and j. o. Ross Of
Biddeford.
Hon. Mark F. Wentworth Of Kittery, the chair
man of the York County Republican Committee, i
registered at the Old Orchard House.
At the Irving House last evening, very fine mu-
steal entertainment took place. The piano solo by
Miss Emma Wheeler of Boston, was rendered with
live mess and jingle, which called forth hearty
encore. "The Vail in the Northern Sea" w-s sung
in an effective and pleasing manner, by Mr.. Lamb,
of Ottawa. The best thing Of the evening was the
singing by Master Willie Herbert Lamb, a child
three years old. His rendering Of the spider and
the Fly was pretty and cunning. On being called
second time he sang Jesus loves me, this know,
for the Bible tells me So" in a style which would
do credit to a much older person.
Benz. johnson, proprietor of the National House,
Bunker Hill, and family are at the Pleasant House
Among the Maine people at Hotel Fiske are Sum-
ner O. Long, i. L. King, l., j. Canary, James w.
Eustis, Mrs. A. Nj Godihwait, Mrs. W. H. Lothrop
l.. w. Marston, Geo. W. Coolidge and wife, Mrs. G.
Q. Andrews, Miss W. A. Allen, Miss Glover, Miss
w. L. Moore, Miss L. H.. Stevens, w. II. Stevens
and wife, I. l.. Miller Miss Clement and Miss Will
hams, all Of Portland.
A number of the picknickers from Lowell and
Lawrence yesterday, took their MONDAY repast at
the Lawrence House,
j Z. Libby, Esq. and Leonard Andrews ESQ.,, Of
Biddeford, are registered at the Aldine House.
In game of lawn tennis lately on the Ocean
House grounds, the team from the Old Orchard
House vanquished the representatives Of the Ocean
House, by score of ghteen to fifteen.
MIR. e. Nj. Moore, OF the firm of Owen, Moore g.
Co.. OF Portland was present at the full dress BAH
at Hotel tiske last night.
The brightest and smartest old lady on the beach
is Mrs. A. ID. Burgess, of Manchester who is SPEND
ing the summer at the Ocean House.
Mrs. j. e. Banks, of Biddeford, Is at Hotel Fiske
Quite unexpectedly, Mr.. Ed. LiVesey, of Glouces-
ter, and Miss Carrie Gilmore of Worcester arrived
at the beach last night. They greatly pleased the
patrons OF the skating rink BY an interesting exhi
About eleven O'clock every day the beach Is
crowded with spectators watching the people in
bathing The old practice of placing chairs on the
them is still continued
Miss Fanny Newhall. of Boston, gave one OF her
nne eAhiplUons at the rink this evening.