Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19

fected The infantry will be met Mt The
depot by the committee. the Morris Guards.
and company F. N. J. N. c.. and will be
escorted therefrom to the camping grounds
at the foot Of Delaware avenue. 1t vas in
tended at first to indulge in a short parade
Charles lawn. but the BOYS 1 viii not feel
much In condition to march any distance
after their long ride, and the line Of march
grounds. where the tents will be ready to
receive the tired soldiers. No social ar
rangements have been made for Saturday
night. so the boys can turn in at once and
be ready in the morning for a dip in the
ocean.
There are a large number Of Washing
making the time pass pleasantly for their
crack military company. There will he
no dearth Of social entertainment pro
vided as besides the affairs arranged es-
pecially for the infantry, there are taking
place every evening hops at pretty nearly
all Of the big hotels and amusements Of
all the varieties which go toward making
up the summer whirl here. Chairman
Samuel d. Hoffman of the citizens COM
mittee is a popular man with the w: L.
on their last visit made things pleasant
for them. Treasurer John E. Mehrer OF
the committee is an old soldier rejoicing
under the title of colonel and is fully
aware just how to show the boys the best
of time.
Busy Crowd.
Last Sunday was the banner day Of the
season so far though from appearances it
will be excelled by the coming Lords Day.
On the boardwalk there was moving
mass Of happy humanity intent on seeing
everything there was to be seen. plshirg
and jostling their way along with the rest
Those among the beach front merchants
VINO habitually remain open Sunday
r rsa ,en a golden harvest particuitrly on
eXcursionist was out in force and Wis CT GUS
ly aided in depicting the stock Of the busi-
dry dollars of his hard-ea-ned money.
| These enterprising merchants were not
! slow in charging, either. for the arst part
| OF the season was a little backward With
| them. and in the remaining weeks they
! are bound to make bold effort to retrench
| their losses.
| list did not object why should any one else,
| and therefore the charging of two or three
prices for articles worth one did not prove
/ much OF subject for comment Estimates
| placed the number of people here Saturday
evening and during the day Sunday at
| about from l25.o00 to l35. o0o a sufficiently
extensive figure to keep things moving
| lively. The railroads have a regular harvest
| with the crowd, which is composed mostly
| that brought them down in the morning
| took them back in the evening, a tired and
| dusty lot. with the sand sticking to their
| not be brushed off. The people at home,
| you know, must see that they have been
| down to the sea shore.
| If 1t were not for the presence Of thou
sands on the board walk and elsewhere II
/ would seem as II the entire multitude of
ust mornings. so dense is the usual throng
| in the water. Long before the noon hour
| these days the bath house proprietor is
| usually exhausted of his big supply of good
| suits and dealing out those about whose
| strength and power Of resistance to the
force Of the waves there is some uncer-
| a hurry and serve the bathers pretty we'll,
| though In one instance the other day a
lady was seen hastily escaping from the
| water holding on to the skirt, after ex-
claiming that all the buttons had broken
off.
H"rrftE on Bicycle.
! Ihere Is no peter place on the island
| rom which 10 ENJOY 10 'he Iuilest the cool
oean oreeAe IMAM 'he upper oeck OF the
i,iet pa',ioH' where nuhoreos conSregate
/ oany' anu where tnere is Always ootainable
800 ~ anu uhoosl,ucteo view OF the
o-", All uay iohs ana iar INTO the even
| rs nc en soils up 10 lhls part OF the
tbnmeb tbsra =. nrd, p,snsuIs seekers. and
| dutv vet ~ tin,es thn,, n ny eiioush cars on
| IN nr,ho a. O.. e',eo .,ey afe naruiy 'ainclent
The bicycle railway up in this 'n seefion o,
| .le isiano Is proving one OF the main at
uHc.ions; anu - most prontable enter
from the greatest to the comparatively I'M
known, patronlze tne scheme. ana delight In
| pusnlne themselves througn the air at a
/
chairman Harrity OF the national demo-
| cratic committee was one OF the patrons an
| cary, gay thls week, ana any one who
| would nave seen the senial politician would
| nave a. once come 10 the conclusion that
| wnlIe ne was uoWn Here AT tne sea shore
| ne was mere strlcIy Ior rest ana recreation
| anu hot " pe Uotnereu WIN pontlcai Que5-
/ 8ons, even ~ lh9se troupleu times In the
| nrst place. MT. Harrity lets very Few peo-
p PIE Know no a Wneae ne stops wnen down here,
ana MS dlscretlon IN Keeping his abiding
PlaSe secret 10 tne great majority I'M
| 1ouotenly saves MN lnnumerable worries.
| when ne Is III Atiantlc Clty ne devotes MINI
| sen 10 ms interesting FAMILY, and caters
| III al possipie ways 10 their enjoyment
| Bathing Costumes.
| 1,,
| suit still holds Its own as an especial fea-
| ture Of the bathing hour. and particularly
| ca .ipco tho rocant daor.., 80 -. 49,
~ ~ 80. u.e.ees oA lame ASH
| ION aiio" VI more noiVlduaiity on the part
| OF fair owners OF bathing robes, giving
| them numberless opportunities of showing
| the bant Of their Mind a. roc. rds thIs g.,
u US aecessory 70 q 1a1n some or
Tue costumes worn are oeGloe1ly mover IN
COMPARISON Win the stanoaro piue rope.
| anu afe eaISuiaSed 70 present the pest
| c he i9r e1e olspiay OF tne wearer :
SLaIms. rreeuom OF motlon, is argued
| by the ha,r oatnsrs: was m.ertereo win oy
| nare tahoo.d ma -. eoeSua e, . eS
| or four inches above the knee. and show
| ing underneath pair Of snugly fitting
| knlckerpockers. voted the proper thing.
T'hore IS Iess donsnSepSSa 'I I'm snrn,sr,v
| on the suits provided by the bath house
l nd nf thA Twin hof1