Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-24
PLEASANT TIMES AT REHOBOTH.
Hops and Other Entertainments
Make the Time Glide Swiftly by.

rivals at the Hotels--sand siftines and
Personal Notes.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
REmoBoTH, Aug. t6.-Notwithstand-
| ing the greater dazzling attractions of
| the white City" in the west, the regu
lar patrons of this beach have not de-
\ serted it this summer Among the host
of Westinghouse here--who make up
almost half the hotel population-com-
1 paratiyely few have yet been to the
| great Exposition, though many of them
will make the journey as soon as they
| finish the season here. 1t is always an
| interesting topic upon the piazZas and
description of the fascinating Midway
| Plaisance from one who has been there
is always sure of many listeners, prob
ably because ii is the nearest approach
| to the world, the flesh and the devil"
that we have just at present in America.
For want of amusement the guests of
| the several hotels here seldom suffer.
| In the first place hop is generally in
! progress some place every evening on
| the beach. Then there are frequent en-
\ tertainments of semi-professional
nature given in the hotels for some good
| purpose-generally Lewes church or
one of the local chapels. Almost any
sort of talent can be found on the beach,
especially in the musical line, and such
| impromptu entertainments are most
always well attended. For the last two
| nights southern negro melodies nave
been floating out over the water, being
furnished at the Bright House by the
Tennessee Warblers, a strolling band of
four excellent Ministries. On both
Monday and Tuesday evenings they had
I good audiences. DIR. Porter, the VEN
triloqulst, has his headquarters at the
Douglass and frequently appears in his
role. There are grabbing, fishing, sail
ing and driving parties without number
and many most interesting places TO
make pilgrimages.
Commodore William II. Shock, re-
tired, of Washington, keeps up his sea-
side establishment here as usual. He
has been coming here for many years
and has the keenest sort of interest in
everything pertaining to the welfare of
Rehoboth. While in the active service
in the engineer department of the gov
ernment he became much interested in
the project of an inland coastwise water
way connecting the Delaware bay and
the Chesapeake, and persistently advo-
Gated the dredging of what is now called
the Assawoman canal. Within the last
few years the government has become
persuaded of the usefulness OF such a
! canal, and as result the actual work of
excavation is now under way, only
about Il mile distant from here.
The Delaware arrivals at the Hen
lopen recently are as follows Frank G.
Hanna, H. Robert Fothergill, Joseph l..
Carpenter, Jr., Miss Minnie Carpenter,
]. Monteith jackson, William II. Hill,
r. w. Tunis, Z. D. Shortlidge, Viii
niington; Harlow HI. Curtis, Newark;
Esq, Frank Bradley, Middletown; the
and Mrs. J, 9. Stockley, Mrs. G. Cloak
!, Smyrna; N. B. Smithers, Esq, Mrs. W
l. Smithers, Townsend Smithers, r. R
: Kenney. Jr., L. ]. Allen, Mrs. M. Dick
son, s. Warren Hall, E. T. Cooper, Mr.
! and Mrs. Beniah Watson, Misses Wat
! son, Dover; Mrs. E.W. Mitchell, Mrs. G
E. Thaw, Rogers Thaw, Harry Thaw, |
L. Adkins, Miss Annie Watson, @. II
Yardley, Miss Virginia Yardley, W. T
: Watson, H.W. Money, John w. Causey
A. H. Reynolds, Milford; Carl Harring
ton, w. w. Harrington, E. W. Harring
= ton, Mark Harrington, Miss Jessie Har'
!. rington, Pennington; Mr.. and Mrs. W
; Z. Wolf, s. ]. Rock, Mrs. d. Q. Moore
n Laurel; DR.. o. d. Robinson, X. B. Win
o gate, N. W. Jammison, r. N. Fooks, W
g F. Blackstone, Georgetown.
J. The last weeks Delaware arrivals a
the Bright are: Paul Bright, 0. Percy
q q Bright, Miss Gertrude Bright, w. P
d Bailey, W. f. Voshell, Miss M. A. Cam
person, Mrs. N. Camperson, Miss Maggie
n Carrick, Wilmington; DR.. Henry D
Jump, Frank Davis, A. r. Davis, L. nj
is Wright, E. b. Louderbough, Mrs. ]. t
|. Hoffecker, Mrs. T. ]. Stevenson, Mrs
f P. L. Cooper, Mrs. 9. B. Prettyman
1t Mrs. J. L. Carroll. Q. B. Prettyman
.. Dover; Mrs. ]. 9. Wilson and family
S r. P. Davis, Oscar H. Wilson, A. 9
s Reynolds, E. W. Reynolds, Mrs. M. N
,r White and family, M. H. Prettyman
e Mrs. Hennie Holmes, Milford; Mrs. A
Davis, Miss Davis, Mrs. Stevens, William
If Davis and family, Smyrna; Mrs. Thona
Ie Cahall, Mrs. S. Queen, Mrs. Bella Rautz
d Frederick; H. K. Fooks, Laurel; Mrs
5. William Layton, Bridgeyille; j. c
y Smith, Miss Julia Hearne, Georgetown
3, M. w. Smith, Clayton.
e SAND sIFTINes.
d Prof. John B. Richie of Wilmington
u who has been conducting the music a
d one of the hotels here for six or eigh
III years, is now building himself cottag
TO little way off from Surf avenue.
The Douglass House management ha
70 extended an invitation to the other hote
a. guests on the beach to attend fame
= dress hop there this evening.
le The Rev. J. L. Mckim of Milford
le who has had in charge the building {
CT the All Saints Chapel, is down here OF
81 cupying a cottage with his daughter
ne the Misses McKim.
William NJ. Drien of Wilmington
le here as usual with his family, occupy
q ing his pleasant cottage. He is one
10 the most famous and enthusiastic iishe
~ men on the beach.
y: Howard Pyle, the author-artist,
oi spending several weeks at the Poo
Y. cottage, presumably listening to the Sc;
70 chant just in front of the cottage viii
III weaving some romance plot. Mr.. Ply
frequently catches certain moods an
ne phases of the sea with his sympathet
le brush, though he is doing comparatiyel
little brush work here.
nj Leonard E. Wales of Wilmington,
Ts' enjoying pleasant stay here with SON
n cottage friends
u Josiah Marvel Of Philadelphia, broth,
W of Judge Marvel, has been spending
al pleasant week here. Mr.. Marvel is still
p loyal Delawarean, though beyond
borders. He was until recently the So
rotary of the Sons OF Delaware Societ
"A in Walnut street. He is still leadin
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