Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-21
LIFE AT OCEAN CITY
A Newspaper and Railroad Prom
ised.
Where They Dance to the Oceans
ROar and Other Musfc-A GIee
Club Evening.

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Club from Johns Hopkins University gave
| a concert at the Plimhimmon Casino Satur-
| day night that was a brilliant success
| financially and socially Mr. F. J. TAYLOR
| of Baltimore. who has sung in Washington
at the Short Story Club appeared twice
and was warmly appauded. Mr.. S. P
| HARDWOOD. the funny man of the club sung
Sambo at de Cake Walk I'm very fetch
| ing STYLE and The Pumpkin Pies Mother
Used to Make as an encore. The other
members OF the club on the program were
Messrs. John W. Prick. Pere l.. Wickes
Jr., N. l.. Smith. ]. F. Young r. H. Grimes
q. Candy Robinson, E. Skipworth Bruce
st. e. l.. Sioussat. Joshua lowering, jr
| j. Alfred Kinnard. L. H. Fowler S. Girvin
Peters and Stephen p. Harwood.
Mr. Albert Carroll. an alumnus of Johns
Hopkins. entertained the club at a sailing
party Sunday night Mrs. j. F. Wagga-
man of Washington was the chaperon, and
| the young ladies of the party were Miss
Wilson of Snow Hill, Md: Miss Doane,
| the Misses fearey of Baltimore Miss Lit
| ting. the Misses Phelps and Miss Slingluff
The club took their Instruments and the
| Inhabitants of Sinnepuxent bay enjoyed a
feast of music.
The week closed with two birthday cele-
brations. Miss Lola Moore's Friday and
Mr. II. Elliott Waggaman's Saturday Miss
Moore's celebration took the form of a
moonlight sail. followed by a supper. The
guests were Miss Emily Dougherty Miss
Priscilla Upshur, Miss Louise Wilson. DR..
VIM Powell. Messrs. Kinsett. Brown, Car
roll. Franklin. Upshur and Waggaman.
MIR. and Mrs. Moore chaperoned the party
Mr.. H. Elliott Waggaman was the host
at a dinner in honor of his birthday Satur-
day at the Atlantic Hotel The menus
were tastefully gotten up. with the coat
of arms of the state of Maryland in one
corner. while across the top were engra ved
the words: Mr.. Henry Elliott Waggaman.
To his friends in honor of his eighteenth
birthday. They We're dainty souvenirs of
me event. The floral decorations were in
black and yellow. Princeton colors. Cow
ers were laid for ten. The party included
Mrs. John Floyd Waggaman, Miss Daisy
Doane. Miss Dorothy Fox of Washington.
Miss Hannah Norris of Baltimore. one of
next winters debutantes; Miss Louise Will
son. Mr.. Samuel Waggaman. jr.. Mr.. Wal
ter Carroll. MIR. Floyd Waggaman, Master
Ennalls Waggaman.
The guests of the Atlantic will give q
progressive euchre party tonight
Rev. A. Tanqueray. SIS. DID,, of st.
Mary's Seminary. Baltimore, is stationed
at Ocean City for the summer, and will
have charge of the Catholic chapel during
that period.
The Maryland State Bar Association will
hold its second annual meeting at the At
lantic Hotel on the 18th and 18th of this
month. The association will he addressed
at its opening session by it's president.
James McSherry. chief judge of the court
of appeals of Maryland.
Both the morning and evening sessions
of the first day will be taken up with the
reading of reports and miscellaneous bust
ness. AT the morning meeting of the sec
ond day the association will be addressed
by Mr.. Chas. f. Phelps. associate judge of
the supreme bench of Baltimore. The
afternoon session will be devoted to the
election of officers. the appointment OF del
egates to the American Bar Associa ton.
and to the completion of any unhnlshed
or special business.
The banquet at : o'clock on the evening
of the 18th will be presided over by John
Prentiss Poe of Baltimore. The following
tcasts have been assigned: The Maryland
Bar" by VIM. Pinkney White of Balti-
more: THE Court of Appeals by Henry
Page of Somerset county; THE MARYLAND
State Bar Association" by George White
lock of Baltimore: yourselves and Our Own
Virtues" by Ferdinand Williams of Allie
ghany county; Equality Before the Law"
by William p Maulsby of Frederick coun-
ty: THE Client and Other Things by
Richard NJ. Venable of Baltimore.
Senator White of California registered at
the Atlantic Saturday.
Other prominent Neutrality-suspicious. at that
same popular stopping place are H. G.
Kemp. ]. D. Clark. Jno. B. Corliss j. B.
Rabbit, S. G. Cobb. Charles n. Cragin. II.
Hart and wife. Mrs. Jno. S. Boyd and chill
dren. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. n. Richards. W.
W. Warrington. Miss DashielG. Miss Short
ridge, A. F. Childs, D. F. Hoyt, Miss Reba
Hoyt, A. ]. Stofer. J. Waggaman, A. Wieg-
man. wife and child and ]. P. Stout.
Mr.. Jno. NJ Lttig, president of the Ma
rlne National Bank of Baltimore, is at the
Atlantic with his wife and children; also
Mr.: and the Misses iea-ley of Baltimore.
Mrs F. B. Ervine. Miss Donnellan, A. A.
Chaplin and W. f. Williamson, all of Wash
ington. are at the Plimhimmon.
The Colonial, which opened Oh Thursday,
carries several well-known Washington
names on its register. among them NJ. l..
ir yr.if nv,I oh;
and family and DIR. r. w. Duffy, wife and
child
Miss Florence c. Mortimer is spending
the season at Mount Pleasant Cottage
Saturday are Mrs. Leo Simmons, Geo. M
Perkins and wife. Willard E. Buell. "
Howard Ronsaville. Mr.. and Mrs. F. i.
campbell, the Misses Young, VIM. P Rider,
Chas BOYD and wife, H. NJ. johnson and
wife and Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ Shannon.
For the ball at the Atlantic Saturday
night invitations have been issued to the
guests of the other hotels and cottages
There is every indica ton that we are 70
have two days amateur rowing ana
scuillns regatta during the week following
the annual regatta of the National Associa-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen at PhiIadelnnia
August IL ard A. Sinnepuxent bay whose
surface is seldom too rough for scullinp
ana whose waters. though bracksh are not
SAT- enough to injure the most Ielicately
constructed paper shell, will be the scene
Of the regatta.
The bay which forms the eastern boun-
Diary of Ocean City is three quarters of
mile wide at this point, varying In width to
seven miles throughout it's length, which is
about seventy miles,
The project is meeting with universe
favor. A public meeting will be called in
rev days to complete arr engagements for the
transportation and entertainment of the
oarsmen. among whom, 1t is hoped the
Washington boat clubs will make a good
showing.
RumOr saws that Ocean CIV is COON n,
have a newspaper of it's own, Tor which
there seems to be considerable dem and. AS
a popular resort, the place is makin:, his
tory so rapidly that some record of its
events has become sort of necessity. If
the negotiations which are now on foot go
thu ough the Ocean City News, which is
to be a weekly, will shortly make its first
bow to the reading public.
Powerful influence has been brought to
bear upon the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to induce 1t to extend its lines TO this
point, and the indications are that before
the dawn of another season Ocean City will
have achieved its browning glory in i'm
proved railroad facilities.
The Plimhmmon gave an impromptu
dance at 10 o'clock this morning, in honor
OF its guests from Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity.
Judge McComas and family arrived at the
Atlantic last night, and are here for the
season.