The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-08-20

Etaff Correapondeneo OF tho Republican.
ooEAr 0noyr. Aua 10th 1895. Tho
Ocean Grove camp meetina commences TO
DAYS. Oh Sunday the Rev n Fl. Stokes
asked that the hotel boarding anu Gotta.
GEES should abstain from any worldly
nmuscments for tho next ten daye wnile
camp Was In progress. he wlsnes tns
paople Of the grove to give all their spare
time to attending divine services which
are held morning. afternoon and nlgns.
The people still continue to pour into
Ocean Grove, the crowd this week peing
larger than ever. When camp Drsaks up
then the people will begin to leave py the
hundreds and lbs largo floating populh
tiun. numbering nearly fifty thousana
strangers. will be en- route for home; MA
person wants rest this is certainly TUG
place to find II. II the Grove 10 too rest,
straw parties. 10 only short dlstance
away and your wish can be easily graft.
Fad. Rest was what your scribe was after
and he 10 pleased to chronicle that no
found what he sought for.
Miss Mary Danforth. q missionary to
japan, spoke In the Auditorium on Sunday
morning to some eight thousand persons.
The lady gave verv vivid ana realistic
description OF her Missionary work In
Japan, what she had to undergo and the
good tho Missionaries where accomplish.
Ing in that fer Rwny heather country. She
lie a very Rrifted lady and kept her large
audience deeply interested In her talk OF
some three. Quarters OF an hour. The COCA.
sion was the twenty.thlrd anniversary OF
the Women's Foreign Missionary Associa'
ton. A collection was taken up for the
benefit of the Society. In the afternoon
over S400 was raised.
Over at Asbury Park the young girls
are wearing narrow stripes OF muslin
around the eyes and over tbs nose to pro.
tect them from the hot rays OF the sun
The girls don't object to any amount OF
"a aNtk.I a.,~r l..nNr all Alrn nd fOFa
heads but they do object to red noses. and
are particularly out of place In prohlbi.
tlon Asbury Park. Founder Bradley Of
Asbury Park has made a now rule forbid
ding people to go on the board walk be.
tween Eighth avenue and the life saving
station after dark ''for reasons known to
to tho police" Everybody Ia wondering
what those reasons are and why the po-
lice are so seeret,ve about them.
As Ieaid In one OF my letters this ts one
of the best plaoe to study anatomy"
The hours are from o until 8 o'clock, p. m.
Then 1t can lie seen In its wonderous
shapes, sizes and styles. Asbury Park
has tho largo crowds on the board walk In
the evening who promenade from Ocean
Pathway Ocean Grove to Fifth Avsnue
on the Asbury Park side. Its a sight
worth Witnessing after O'Clock In the
evening. You can SEQ all kinds. shapes
and shades OF costumes worn by tue
ladies' whose faces and arms look like
Italians from being burnt brown by the
rays of the sun. There are ten girls to
every young man and beaux arc at pre-
MUM for premonadnR In the evening.
Old bachelors OF Wilmington. here is an
exec lent opportunity to catch on to
nice girl whose papa has the .wherewithal
to keep the wolf from the door. The girls
are Just signing for beaux SO William
Robinson says and he is old enough to
| know what he lie talking about
The beach meeting ct the Grove on SUN
day evening was led by Rev. MIR. Stokes
and largely attended. services beginning
at O'Clock and continuing three quarters
OF an hour.
An effort will be made to make this
camp the most successful spiritually ever
yet held in the Grove.
The weather is lovely and cool. no trou.
BILE to sleep sound at nights
We noticed on the boardwalk the fol.
lowing Whining City Treasurer
| Joseph X. Adams and wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Masten (nee Blnokiston.) VIM. ii. Bowers.
wife and daughter, Rev. Adam J. Stengle
| from Middletown, VIM. +. Robinson,
| Leslie George James W. johnson. Mr..
Gillis Humphrey formerly OF Whining.
ton, now of New York Stats 10 staying
with his wife and two beautiful dauRhters
| at Spring Lake. Miss Wells and Mr..
| Harry Smith and wife are stopping at the
| Grove.
Rev. T. snowdeu Thomas Is stopping at
| Miss Hamb leton's cottage.