The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-03
An ideal Afternoon Spent at An Ideal Viz
gInia Summer Resort.
BEAUTIFUL VIRGINIA BEACH
NOmo Word Painting aud Grnphic
Description by II visitor From The
virgil ian staff to This Favored
sort-In,provcInents Tint Have
Been Mndo-SasunI iecHections.
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An am per sun shining on an azure sea-
llVe SHIPS silhouetted on u blue and Sill
Yer sky were sailing away from the
shQre beach wagonettcs passed back
ana forth on the sands, which were
beaten IN rapid succession by foam
crested breakers which crnwled tlp and
ha1d thcir white crowns. Us offerings al
the feet Of earth ~ \
on the sands a3sd sported in the surf In
'front.' or EieS Royal 1iighness, Tho
1'rlncesS AIMEE" umd the Beach Gray''
e ~ tases, !ooRing for all the world like
GoFeS which come TO the watertH sid Q
to rest when the sun is high.
Back OF these. q green back ground
for the ult1.amarine picture, stood the
tail pines which seem to whisper to
the Wild to tell their secret TO the sea,
ana that they hope to grow big, be
master and stand up On ships some day
and sail away on It's bosom.
This Is what / saw when I ILli.hted
from tho painting rs O'CLOCK" which
pulled several hundred OF .us' from Nor
folk in twenty-five minutes to Virginia
Beach.
SOME GREAT CHANGES.
] haven't been down there III como
Years. Great changes have taken place
Nature did much for Virginia Beach.
Iutely they have been assisting nature
Very materially. The trip Is q short one
now. The powerful engines pull the fire.
quent trains HOW like the wind. Every
thing is improved. They do not seem
to have slclmped sIny6hdng. The equip
mcnt is everything tllut It should be.
the passenger as cared for and coNte-
ously treated. Mr.. Holland, alwayH an
excellent manager, Is iatterly able to do
'bettel-lraS more meanA
Then My PannSu ia with the road
us general freight hhd passenger agent.
1t Is a pleasure to DO business with him,
think I do not exaggregate when, q
say that that road Is as eibly managed
as any tn the country. "A little sharp
criticism OF q common carrier rarely
does harm. but the frank truth Is, that
Dhero Is NO honest cause for that in
this case.
phe Beach must soon Become even
inore popular. I was thinking yester-
eiay when was there of the show that
DIG PIoS. CQoward Is going to have there
ON or about July 10, and wondering how
many thousands would be there, and I
Thought OF sights 1 saw and sounds !
hehrSi many years ago ut C0ney Island,
lhen In It's prime. when Emma Juoh, the
ptInlE1 donna, sang and they had
cnorus aald other arrangements about
such rs Prof. Edward has in contem-
platoon. l have never forgotten it and
never will. 7 would not miss suoh a
sight for u good deal more than can
afford To lose. I seem ito hear five hun
80 ~ WIVES S"c llHS over rama ana sea,
TO hear The Star Spangled Banner
and 'AralJ-lard, MY Maryland" and at
intervals thothunderous roar Of the ar
,iIely go rolling along the shore, the
beating OF tile surf on the sands and
boys bursting out with Gee whoz, that
was Il st%2cr" when a rocket went sail
ing up to It's bursting place in the blue,
ana seem TO see the soloist, u white
human cameo, with pink relief, rs IL Il
nS,tre on Il Scashell. and the hundreds Of
uptnned faces OF listeners, and the
flames that burst from the cannons lips
and went soLring out to sea Il saw
this once. ! will see it again If live
It It seemed tome That the pipes whispered
"Lool1 for me' and the caf'tvheels sang,
'tu1m back. turn back, ''turn back
NIL the way to Norfolk. and T had only
one uncomfortable thought besides that
pne Of haNhng to colne baclSHto the "hot
osty." and that was, that the editor
In chief. who bias " o6ttagu down there
canght me and by This courtesy and
Kindness heaped GOALS of f1re on my
beard, Tor had slipped off to go to the
Beach md felt like q procrastinator
who olad stolen a couple OF hours. He
would 0ave let the so II Ia asked. but
I was actually too mean to ask.