Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-19
LIFE AT THE BEACH
Where the Sentimental Sum-
mer Girl Roams
AND THE GAY WIDOW FlIRIS
With Everything From the Bell Boy st
the Summer Resort Hotel 20 the
splashy Wild Waves.

Splashy Wild Waves.
IL 10 dificult 70 understand Why hu.
manity will remain Ia the city ana
suffer from the heat and duet whom the
cool, inyigorating shores Of Lake Alchi-
gan are only "a hours ride away. The
season 1t the Black lake resorts never
was more enjoyable. flashing Ia Black
lake and on the piers 10 excslient- only
the other day muskalongs weighing
nearly one hundred pounds Was caught
near the pier 1t Ottawa Beach. II WAS
sent 10 this city the same evening.
White bass fishing is successful enough
TO DO thoroughly enjoyable. The bass
are Of good size and bite freely. Much
sport 10 experienced by the women who
angle for perch nearly every morning
and evening. Many OF tho men 60
perch fishing, too. Quite . sight Was
presented TO resorters sunday twhisper
II softly morning on the piers. Two
men were toillng shoreward with =
string OF perch eight feet long. The
catch must have numbered hundreds.
Then there were other fishermen that
filied bushel baskets with the tooth
some perch.
Sunday Was really . great day ct the
beach. The excursion train brought IN
u large number of visitors aud every
room ut the Ottawa Was occupied. The
morning was lovely. Directly after
breakfast the hotel guests formed into
congenial parties and either strollcd
over the walks and through the shady
groves or went boating.
Press Club Excursion.
The members of the Michigan
Woman's Press club enjoyed . charm
ing ride on the little pleasure yacht
Promise by invitation OF John
Mowatt and Addison A. Barber. owners
Of the Promise. The run up Black
lake was . panorama in green aud gold,
the water furnishing the green and the
sunshine providing the gold. After an
hour spent on the little lake = trip was
made out on Lake Michigan, whore the
little Promise sped swiftly over the
clear waters. Returning for dinner the
hotel WAS found TO be crowded with
excurslonists, but an excellent dinner
was served. The management 10 fortu-
nato this year IN securing the services
of Thomas Collins, who served - chef Of
the Hotel Ponce de Leon ct st. Augus-
tine, Fla, last winter. Mr.. Collins has
= knack Of making green turtle soup
and br0iling fish that cannot b dupli-
Gated.
Sunday afternoon Tat the Beach IL
full of quiet, heslthfpl pleasure. There
are row boats, saii boats, naptha
launches and steamers, % the aquatic
minded individual has q wide scope Of
water craft from which to make selec-
ton. The steamer Lizzie Walsh 10 Q
favorite for lake trips and will carry
parties - far - 6augstuck. When the
Lizzie Was 1T the Spring lake resorts
she was noted for her sedate, reliable
tastes, but when she left tho quiet
waters for . trip down Lake Michigan
to Ottawa Beacn she became q gay old
girl and contracted bad habits. Since
the talk of On assembly 1t Macatawa
park she has reformed and 10 again en-
tering the arena Of respectabilty. She
has given up drinking and has taken to
smoking, thereby showing her 20 cd
sense. She might have chewed gum
3 Ia Ottawa, but she didn't. She left
that habit for the summer girls.
Types OF Humanity.
One meets types of humanity ut tho
beach. There is the rich old man in
rusty clothes and q disreputable hat.
He 10 down for solid comfort and he
gets it. Then there is the $40 per week
clerk in an elegant suit of striped out
| ing flannel with pale blue sash and tie
the color Of his eyes. There 10 the
madame with her flashing diamonds
and trained gown and there is the
bread and butter miss arrayed in q
combination of colors patterned after
| the coat OF Joseph Of anoient lineage.
The little girl encourages fattery from
men Of forty summers outings;
madame exchanges sentimental phrases
with callow youth; the $40 clerk poses
as Liberty enlightening the world and
the rich old man minds his own bust.
ness strictly, thereby getting the peace
of mind upon which his desires are set.
Then there are tho cottages and the
persons that spend the entire summer
at the hotel. They comprise the
families of leading business men and
their pretty daughters are noble types
Of true womanhood. Under the Cha
peronage OF their mothers the young
ladies gather in merry groups upon the
broad verandas in the cool of the morn.
ing and evening and entertain their
masculine visitors from the city. Care
Is flung to the winds and recreation 10
made the cole object. Down at the
casino the band plays merrily and soon
the young people leave the hotel for
the casino, where dancing on the
smooth maple floor IL snch . delight
Life 1T the beach 10 indeed very pleas
Ant and happy are those that can snatch
q few hours of il from time to time.