Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04
CAPE HENLopEN CITY.
A Splendid Season at DelaWare's
Seaside Resort.

Seaside Resort.
All the Cottages Save One Occupied and
the Hotels Crowded. Cool weather and
Fine Bathing Names From the Hotel
Registers.
Special correspondence Of Gazette and Journa
CAPE HENLoPEN Cry, Aug. 2.--lt is
something Of an old story TO say there
were never so many people at Delaware's
only seaside resort as at present, but il
pretty we'll describes the condition Of
affairs.
Every cottage on the beach land there
are by actual count 52l save one is occu-
pied, and were it not that the owner of
this one is out of the country and unable
to be fonnd, it, too, would be rented, and
probably at the owners own figure. Sun
day there was welcome change in the
prevailing hot weather, brought about by
several little land storms of short duration,
which succeeded in cooling the atmos-
phcre and changing the direction of the
wind to the seward. and the weather now
is ideal, with wraps ana heavier bed clothes
in sharp demand. Saturday evening
good train load of people, including many
Delawareans, came down to seek cool
weather, and the beach was very gay
indeed. Hops were in progress at the two
hotels, but most people sought the sooth-
ing breezes on the piazza rather than the
delights of the waltz.
The Hotel Henlopen with Walter Burton
as manager, is as usual the popular hotel
of the beach and has been full since early
in July with Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Wilmington and other Della
ware guests, though strange to say, almost
half of the guests of this house are from
Washington. Its broad and elevated
verandas on all sides gives one chance to
catch the breeze at any time and TO enjoy
perfect view of the beach for a distance
OF five or six miles. Mr.. Bnrton's only re
greet is that be hasn't IA hotel twice as large
in which case he would not have been
compelled to write dozens of letters last
week, telling prospective guests not to come
as he could not possibly accommodate
them. However big crowd did come
saturday night many of whom he sent to
the other hotels The large parlor also the
reading room were filled with cots and all
guests had to double up
The Bright House this year is owned and
managed by f. III. Graham of Dover, and
is enjoying very fair patronage, having
about 70 or 100 guests. Hops arc held here
twice week and being near the bay large
| parties frequently go there on fishing ex-
cursions
The Douglass House has had several
thousand dollars expended on it during
| the past year and IL is now i'll first-clasS
| order and has had more guests this season
| old Delaware families because of its being
far from the maddng crowd" 1t is two
miles south OF here and is consequently
right on the bay and very near the life
| saving station.
The bathing during last week was ex-
ceedingly tame" and the sea much Of the
| time was quite as much like a mill pond
as ever the sea can be. Yesterday, how
ever. it was as turbulent as one could wish
! and the bathers here knocked about in all
| sorts of ways,
SUNDAY morning an Episcopal service
was held in the parlor of the Henlopen by
the Rev: H. NJ. Bartlett Of Montchanin,
near Wilmington, The service was very
well attended and the singing and re-
sponses were particularly hearty. Next
Sunday service and celebration of com
mpnion will be held by the Rev. r. u.
Lghtner of New Castle at the Bright
House. 1t is the intention Of Bishop
Coleman to have services conducted on the
beach every SUNDAY during the con.
tinuance of the season. Different clergy
men throughout the State have been ap.
pointed 10 take charge of each Sunday
service.
Some OF the Delaware guests at .the
Douglass are George Russell, + P. Truitt,
l., l., Chamberlain and Charles Lee Of
Wilmington; DR.. and Mrs, Nathan Pratt
Professor and Mrs. A. a. Arnold, ]. A.
Armsboug, Mrs. J. II. Short, Miss short
Mrs. II. Clcndaniel, Miss Clendaniel, f.. j.
Carlisle Il. L, Carlisle, w. b. Pratt, Leopold
Hirsch u. I, Calling, Frank Richards, W
i. Causey, Mrs. NJ, forbert, J.-S-5hort
tr,, Congressman John W Causey and Il
+. Stein, Milford; x. +. Wingate, Edwin
f. Paynter, Il. II. Hammond, Charles w
Cullen, Alfred Z. Robinson, w. j Thor
uughgood Georgetown; Amos Cole, q
4. Millington Fred Everill, James b. Bier
Frank II. Bier, Dover and L. r. Cochran
Middetown.
Among the names on the Henloper
register for the past week are the follow
ing Daniel NJ. Ridgeley, II. c. Carpenter
I: T. Cooper, William salisbury, W. w
Richardson, A. B, Richardson, Jr., Ii. Lei
Walker, du Pont Walker, Miss Amy Ford
Z, T. Stacey, Mrs. n. Is. Smithers, Mrs. /
l.. WolGott, +, s. Hall, Mrs. S. W. Hall, j
II. Hughes, Frederick EverlI, Dover, Il
Preston, James X. Field u. y. Il. Suttot
and family Frank Pyle, Mr.. and Mrs
John w. Wainwright, Miss Wainwright
j. Travers Jones. Rev, H. VI, Bartlett
George =. Jones, Alexis ). Conwell, vii
mington; Mrs, p. h Williams, Mrs. b. b
Anderson, II. l., Grier, | l.. Adkins. +
Causey Williams, Miss Caddie Cooper, JOIN
$. Ruth, Milford; Frank BAILEY, Mrs
George Walls John c. bailey, Dr. Georg
Walls, Miss Culbreth, smyrna Aubre,
Nandeyer; l.. ID. Caulk, Mrs Gaulk, Mis-
Lizzie Caulk, Camden Miss Lizzie Mack
, sen, Frederick; H. y. Strickland. CLAYTON
Harlow ii. Curtis, Newark +. X. Layton
/ Georgetown.