Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-27
AT SUMNER RESORTS AQUATIC

AT SUMNER RESORTS AQUATIC
the fashionables and others who devote
their brains 10 finding new ways lot
people 20 cri0v themselves have AAu
u.cntv Of time 20 think matters over
and The water ielcs, planned on scare
OF gorpeo.suees that viii surely MAKE
people open their eyes have resulted or
wiz result whom time and the weather.
permit. The beauty Of this IDEA - lHaI
every section OF the country which pos
sesses a uarigable stream can benchI
By &C. 10 bias often been said t-al 700
much thought was given to the scashore
crowd and too little TO the in'1'4' Dlt
now that complaint must fan fat
IL really looks as If we were COINS back
10 the days of the Venetian carnival.
We even have the gondO.os, for the
fashion set by the Worlds Fair has
been quietly followed by number OF
persons. and the result SIS tl.t we can
uroIuce a very respectable Venetian imi-
tgtiou. There win be all the gorgeous
ness OF costume enhanced 10y The attrac-
lions OF countless pretty BrlS-iully as
beautiful as any Of which Venice ccu'd
ever boast. In point OF costume the
Roman and Grecian styles Will be pre-
fcrrel as a rule. but there viii be the
usual sprink'ug Of the same sort OK
gowns AND furbelOws that have daWned
ON the world in succeeding centuries.
The first Of these fads announced VII
fake Mace on the Hudson river. and the
vehicle Of marine sort which VIII carry
the gay party Of society folk is one or
tbe PENNSYLVANIA ferry-bOats which or
9naIuv performs the prosaic task or
conveying passengers 10 and FRO between
New York and Jersey City This FERRY
boa. is known as a double decker-ihtt
.a.sH .I.I. - .nL u
very pleasant place 90 De when the boat
Is out i'm the river and the weather is
warm.
This fete takes place the FIRST week in
July. and go invitations have been is-
euol The reason for issuing them so
far i'm advance is that 10 is to be cos
ume affair and the host and hostess OF
the occasion have given the guests every
oup0rtunily 20 prepare themselves ia
elaborate degree. Aithoush ON a ferry
boat and necessarily on the water as
We'll. this viii be one of the most notable
costume a4ars New York society has
ever witnessed. a number OF Orders have
boon Given Che costumers by persons VINO
rrooose 10 attend. and In the majority ~
instances the orders have been OF inc
carte blanche variety, meaning that ele-
eance ana good taste viii be combined
regardless OF cost
II half the talk one hears is true. New
Work will have earned for itself tae nue
of "rre American Venice by the time
the season is over. Plans are being
talked over for water fetes on the Hu1-
SON. the East river, and the Harlem.
These are all tha rivers. except The little
Bronx. to which New Workers have easy
access and so It looks as il every one
had fallen down and worshipped this
newest of fads. Each year the stay-at-
home popula ION Of New YORK has grown
greater. until now the contingent has q
decided social importance. So the water
fetes in this city the coming summer viii
not be second-rate anairs.
Weather permitting, and always By
tho advice and consent OF Father heg-
tune the seashore resorts VIII take part
IA the new variety Of festivities. The
hotel MANAGERS see I'm the fad posi-
blitv OF helping out what has promised
TO be a ruinous season. Therefore. there
will be q boom In seashore water fetes. II
ANYTHING they can do will br.ns II about
several of the leading hotels along the
Jersey coast have stated in their adver-
tisements that "one Of the attractions OF
this house will be a series Of magnificent
water fetes."
There is no limit 10 the styles OF water
craft which can be used. Everything
from steamboat 10 a wherry Is in
fashion One very charming Dian is for
series OF na htha launches IN the CEN
ire OF which Is 10 be a floating platform.