Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-24

Hotels ana Churches May be Kept Open
During the Winter season.
Sneclnl GORE annndnnren u tiaNntIe and Journal

During the Winter season.
Special Corresnondonreu OF Gazette and Journal
REHoBoTH, Aug. 2l.-The cool
weather of the week past served TO di-
minish the crowd which usually arrives
here on Friday and Saturday, and the
season gives indication Of Il rather earlier
closing than usual Various eXplana-
tions Of the cause of this apparent wan.
ing Of the season arc advanced by the
hotel men, one declaring il is the economy
that comes with hard times, another that
cool weather is great inducement to
people to stay home, while third as.
serts that many Of his guests have gone
TO their homes preparatory to going to
the Worlds Fair. 1t is likely, however,
that not one, but all three of these con-
siderntions enter into the case. At least
one of the hotels here is to make quite
u departure, it is said, in keeping open
during the entire winter in order to ac-
commodate the engineers, mechanics,
contractors, &C., who will be at work
all winter on the canal, which is only u
half mile back from the beach.
Services were held in All Saints Epis-
copal Chapel four times yesterday, the
Rev. DR.. Perry of Washington, ID. O.,
officiating. The interior work of the
edfice is now almost entirely done and
arrangements are being made by which
both 1t and the Methodist meeting house
are to be open for services frequently
during the winter, mainly for the people
in the surrounding country who would
be otherwise compelled to travel eight
or ten miles to church. With the cree
ton of the Episcopal chapel there has
doubtless come about religious renais-
sance here on the beach. This season
the Methodist have been more earnest
than ever and their chapel pulpit
has been filled most every Sunday
and at least once during the week,
frequency unheard of during
recent seasons. During a recent
service in this chapel several hun
dred dollars was raised to improve
the church, add several stoves and pro-
vide for frequent services during the
coming winter. 1t is also quite certain
now that within year or two the
Roman Catholics will also have place
OF worship here, and negotiations are
now pending for the purchase of site
for tue building. The statement going
the rounds of the State papers to the
both had donated lot to Bishop Curtis
for this purpose is untrue. There was
no such action, because the COM
missioners found they could not legally
give away public property even for
religious purposes, however desirious
they arc of having the Roman Catholic
faith represented on the beach by a
church building.
Personal: Miss Alice johnson Of
Washington, who has just finished a
successful engagement on the operate
stage in the leading southern cities, is
| taking several weeks rest at the Hen.
lopen. She is sister of Mrs. Walter
Burton-C. Ralph Evans, Esq, hand.
some New York lawyer, is prominent
figure on the beach, from the fact that
he can be seen taking sea bath al
almost any hour of the day. Sometimes
he takes as many as five day-at mid.
night, sunrise, noon and sunset. When
no is not in the ocean he is taking long
walks, all of which IS for the pur.
pose OF escaping insomnia-O. Percy
Bright of Wilmington is now a
guest at the Douglass House
William Taylor of Middletown is
occupying his Turf avenue cottage this
season and entertaining many friends
He is soon TO build new cottage. The
Cause cottage, opposite All Saints
chapel, Is occupied this season by N. r
Benson and family OF Wilmington
Right near this is the Bell cottage
which William NJ. Bell of Smyrna has
occupied for IL consecutive seasons with
his family and friends. With the ex.
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