The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

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and OCEAN tsera are Visible the rsrs@TSsS-
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o. boats The 20. - course, leads TIE pro
cesSIoz. and t.e smallest u .ss osae< cTafs
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taste &c &c people wAo aave The svent n
charge. l. aaSo MAKES 4 sTe2S deal OF lls-
Terence Is 10 E1S11Sr o. net The party -
composed OK persons pcsSesslng plenty of
asoney. These water fss-s can se made %
cost a. much CO as lstse - Is = desired.
The decorations may De- Chinese i4nserEs
or e4Set~lc lights. and ether give Il ..e-
Egaft2 effect a. 4 s9ao-T distance ls
course. ,as C1insnxe lanterns are ghs
cheapest Oh Il ore wants imitation sl@c-
The lights. they can take Ordinary ee4-l-
neys. caioEaG, sec1re wooden nsae az =
very low cos-, and place inside The cam
neys Ordinary sgsrnzcer candles
No cite VITO has not seen tAts cuElb.aA-
ton Of candie light and chimney can
imagine how charming the effect Is There
Is an excursion steamer which travels
about New iora daily that Eliminates
itself at night II 1ast Iats way, ard the
chances are zen 20 one that persons who
have Eevsr been aboard CT her believe her
TO De mass 81 coIorel electric lights. IL
Is great expense and vast amount Of
trouble 10 have procession os tails sort
wired so as to have electric HgAfs- Nat
U-al3y, the esectrieity cannot he supplied
f-oTn any ere source, SO i Is necessary
that each ooat have q sufficient number Of
storage batteries 20 supply the necessary
EQal- Any ore who has had 20 pap bills
relative 10 storage batteries knows what
that means IN the matter 81 expense.
The water feta idea sr-c made It's ap~
peaxance II Sex York about two months
ago That IS. !Gs first appearance fer q
long tine AaoGt six years ago the idea
was carried out 20 a slight extent by
very wealthy people; but, t1aSmuch as II
took such tremendous amount Of time.
trouble and expense. no ore cared 10 con-
tinae K another season This year how
ever, what with The boat races sese and
abroad x has become cutie a fad 70 go
upon the water. and naturally that led 10
efforts 30 Introduce some novelty. TIE
evolution OF all this i ths present water
party. which is really ike fairyiand arioaz
AS rule The number Of boats EaTtiospat-
iEg in an affair cf this SORT is Limited 20
twelvF. FOR that is al ,Gg can sow COM
fcrcahly. Not that size Lacks newer 20
tow more. but SIZE can tow this n1aiber IL
a way thar VII not disturb the party. Ira
boats used vary. Is stated. In size bat
: H.
boat Is employed, and from that X ranges
up 70 an aighe-oarec barge Occasionally
= steam or nsrztha launch IS called ia.o
play, bur this e rather unusual There IS
sf.A another kind Of procession formed an
tirely o. row boats. the boats II , number
OF instances being propelled by oars II me
hands OF young women. who have dis
played exceeding skill in this athletic ac-
complainant. IL mist not De- supposed
tzas wellesley. Cornell and ysssar have
the only feminine boating crews. The
Hudson river has hall dozen Fights who
have never -owed IL shells hu- WHO c&l
maze ar ordinary elght-oared boat travel
over The water at az exceedingly lively
pace.
The Hudson river Is q favo-9te resort Of
these athletic young women About four
crews as rule gather in their boats and
start ont. II Is a charming sight 70 see
The gasly decorated Graf. raAneBver as Il
possessed Of human instinct They VIII
execute all kinds OF eyoiGFto1s. and X "a
C2ita likely that II some Of tha young men
who pride themselves on their skill with
the cars were 70 atteznp. 10 handle a beat
w.;a these young women they would find
the latter their s8geriors. There are mora
th&n two hundred boat clubs around New
York city and TWO CO the crews com posed
of rowing girls feel themselves able 20 de-
feat the h@sS OF those two hundred
y Is however the fad Par excsllencs
% The srzv-a:-ho-ue summer girl SEe VS.
n aer glory curing tie recezt hot weather.
for tie summer yoarg mar Sas only to~o
glad 70 travel about with her on TIE river.
where Il ts cool ard e WAS rot too warm
10 al. close together. Almost any evening
tro-r one 70 a dozen ~ these water parties
could 20 seen or TIE East. North ans Hsr-
lem rivers. with boats al lighted Up n
charming manner, the larger craft deco
rated With bunting while occasionally
frc1r one % THE larger bears would corse
the strains q a popular air rendered by
az orchestra.
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ls~hts4 as 70 grove Ar SrmC~ance 70 the
occupants All they would drift sS2us
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the -as-eShrsezz boat - respond Ags1Ts,
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