Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-12

Bar Harbor, Me-, July 10.-Bar Har-
Dor does not go to sleep, for the reason
that the beating waves keep it at an
equitable temperature all winter by
one of those tricks of old ocean, and in
its mid-winter warmth tired city folk
love to come and bask. Many of the
townspeople never close their homes,
leaving always a caretaker and a team
of horses for the weeks visit to the
Harbor.
The primal society note was given
the spot by a very fine wedding, the
Bond-Tyson nuptials, in which the
high contracting parties were or Phli-
adelphia and the friends and acqualn-
fences from all across the country.
The dear little society journal Of the
Harbor, referring 10 it, says: The
gentlemen wore frock coats, white
spots and sweet peas This paper
edited by a bright little woman enters
upon another summer of most hon
orable existence. And to celebrate this
event, along with Bar Harbor's cen
tennial it contemplates the getting out
of a souvenir" paper. Many are. the
appreciative cakes, the succulent grapes
and the scented poises that come mark
ed Miss Smith, editor"
A CENTENARY.
Bar Harbor celebrates this summer a
real centennial. One hundred years
ago one Champlain came upon the is
land and named it thus, he having al
ready bestowed his own cognomen up
on lake not too far away in the north.
He gave the quaint and beautiful little
baptismal cognomen that has since
been ratified by world famous people.
As summer home Bar Harbor has
been known for thirty years. 1t was
about 6S that the first palatial summer
residence was erected there by Alpheus
Hardy, of Boston, and the first sum
mer resort ad." launched forth for the
place.
Although not as old as some of its
neighbors, Bar HarbOr is precocious
beyond its years. This summer 1t
boasts the presence of eX-Secretary
Tracy and family, and will have W. c..
Whitney for a little time. Last year
it had him for the season.
Bar Harbor does not belle its name
in the excellence of its water routes.
1t is one of the few places where you
can boat in any and every way. Girls
can put out a row boat for lilies ant
men can sail their white wiiiss Or
sport. The Corsair, with J. Pierpont
Morgan and his ever-visitant bankers
aboard, touches off here every few days,
and the yachts of the Mccormack fam
lily are lowering ever around the is
land.
To Bar Harbor come many people
who want more water than there is al
Newport and less dancing. They want
the admirable roads and the peculiar
dry, soft, salty air The allied families
of Mccormack and Rockefeller belonl
to these. Cyrus Mccormack, the Rea
per King, comes first and opens the
great house, then follow the strings OIL
daughters and sons TO fill it and make
Bar Harbor celebrated. One Of these i!
Mrs. Emmons Blaine. the widow OF
Emmons, who was Miss Anita McCOr
mack" She takes "Steepways," a cot
tage of her own, and then there will
arrive Harold Mccormack, whose
bride, Miss Rockefeller, is not unknown
here. The Blaines and Damrosche'
visit here all summer and that means
a host of political and musical folk.
Many families come here from Len
OK for a month. 1t is a singular fancy
OF the people of boundleSs wealth. Il
distribute the bestowal of their sum.
mer affections to the extent they do
The Arson Phelps Stokes family, anC
all their attendant friends have closed
rseir baronial hall at Lenox and ar