Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-08
AT VIRGINIA BEACH,
where Many Washfngtonfans Hay,
Been Enjoying Thcmselyes

"here Many NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Have
Been Enjoying ThcmseIves.
Correspondence of The Evening Star
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va,
September 4, 1885
At Virginia Beach the occupants of the
cottages are still enjoying the soashore
but the number Of guests at the big hotel
the Princess Anne is diminishing daily.
and it will not be many weeks before the
hotel closes for the winter As is the case
with most seaside resorts the season
closes rather early, the summer visitors
preferring the mountains during The latter
part of summer and the early fall. The
year has been more Than commonly pros.
porous, and the hotel has had more than
the usual number f names the regis
ter. A fact which IS especially Significant
ard which is I'm itself silent rccomme nda-
tion or the place for it's healthrulness is
The large number CT members of the medi-
cal fraternity VINO have been sur1merinp
here with their families. A number of
as hlngton doctors, including Or. q. NJ
,MS,cLoughlin, Or. u. X. Ashford, Tor. W
W. Stewart. DIR. a. Price. DIR. l.. Is Cas-
SIN, Dr. Elmer Sothron. DIR. Shvely and
Dr. l. Stone have set the seal of their
approval upon the resort by their presence
during the warm Weather. The tempera-
ture of the water at Virginia Beach is sfin
delightful while the smooJh narl. gently
shelving beach is fine for bathing. and be-
ing exposed to The full sweep OF ihe Atia1-
dering upon the sand.
The lake near the hotel, which is used
Tor boating, is being drained and opened to
the action of the tides, in order that any
danger OF malaria from this source may
be removed
Standing by the board walk which runs
In front of the hotel and the snug cottages
that spread along the shore for nearly a
mile is an interesting relic, the wooden
figurehead of the ship Dictator" which
went down In front Of The hotel several
years ago. Once full of grace and beauty
when ii adorned the PROV of the hip and
leaned forward TO meet the waves il is
now distigured by the carved names OF
countless visitors, and in its upright ro-
sition. with the head bent back in I'M
natural way, presents a very grim aspect.
When this white figure is seen on MOON
light nights keeping guard over the shore
the effect IS positively weird and calls to
mind in a forcible manner the terrible
fury into which the waves may he dashed
which roll with such peaceful regularity
up the beach.
Throughout the summer there are quite
a number of day eXcursionists from Nor
folk at Virginia Beach, but there are q
large number Of guests from all parUs of
the country VINO remain for longer periods,
and the national capital has been well
represented this season.
Among the Washingtonians who have
been guests at the hotel during the month
of August James l.. Murphy. a. Brad
ley Edward w. Vail. jr., Mr.. and Mrs w.
II. Davidson. r. L. Jackson, willard Hol-
comb and wife, John T. Wild, Miss May
Boutelle, A. Sealey ana wife, T.. s. Ham
den and wife, Mrs. John Nordhouso, Mrs.
Nogt, Bertha Nogt, Ollie Stafford, A.. w.
Henderson, Geo. p. Tucker, Geo. z. Be
Isle, II. II. Green, Leo Nogt, Clifford Nost,
w. A. Wimsatt. p. Havenstein and son,
John Mitchell, jr, Y. w. Durham. C. w.
Stoddard, T. S. Clark Frank p. Norton, @.
Edward Shultz. Louis c. Hoover, f. w.
Quinter. Enoch G. johnson and wife. A. r.
Mosman and wife, Geo. G. Getty, J. w.
Anderson and wife, j. w. Mcmillan, W. NJ
Chaplain, f. A. Beaumont, c. l.. Swlck,
Thos. ]. higgins, j. I. Curry, Boyd Tay-
lor, Oliver Hine, Mrs. c. c. Farrar. Henry
johnson, Miss W. Claherty, A. Roland
Johnson, Capt. William johnson and wife.
Mrs. ID. Forbes, Mrs. s. F. Graham, Miss
c. II. Harvey. NJ. c. Dolan. Geo. w. Cash
lear. David Day and family. Mrs. DIR.
Wiehle. Max Wiehle Louise Wiehle, Nm.
Garner. Tellers Priest and wife. Jacob
Franz. Lillian F. Saum, Mrs ]. F. Saum
A. X. Tingie, c. Burlingame, J. w. Wynne,
]. b. Baylor, w. ii. Collins. F. II. Collins.
F. Mickfnard, ]. Prestell. p. Reilly, w. G.
Henderson.