The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-05
TIE SEASON AT WO0DM0Nr
THE SUMMER HOME OF MANY
 PEOPLE.

lures or the Ltfe at the Beautiiui shore Resort-New Cottages Built-The Hotels, Guests and Cottage Dwellers--Social Life. The hot season which now seems to have come to stay for the summer finds the nearby shore resorts of New Haven again peopled with those who come to them from city homes to secure cool ness and comfort during the hot and sultry days of July and August. AL ways popular, but never more so than this season is the enchanting little shore resort of Woodmont.
 For some weeks the little shore re-, sort which nominally belongs to Mill ford has been quite cosmopolitan In its population and the present week will find the season there in full swing, if so vigorous a term may be applied to SO quiet and restful place. That the place is popular the many who go there from this and other cities Is ample evil dence That it is deservedly so can be seen by anyone who visits it.
 The place combines quiet beauty of the country with the cool breezes of the shore, thus making IL doubly en- chanting spot. Never has Woodmont looked more beautiful than now, and never have its votaries sounded it's praises more loudly.
 Indeed, the place is a most enchant- ing one with it's outlook upon long reach of beautiful Long Island sound, from whose shores its own green hill- side rises in gentle slope and are dotted with handsome, we'll built cottages.
 The lawns about the cottages this season are well kept, and thanks to fre- quent showers, unusually green.
 The roads about the cottages are on the whole better than in previous years, owing to the fact that the Milford au- thorities have at last decided to repair them and not leave the repairing to in- diyidual proprietors of cottages as heretofore.
 This week will find the hotels al open when the Bonsilene, the last to open, will be ready to open the first part of this week.
 The Bonsilene this season will be managed by MT. l.. W. Haskell, who has formerly conducted a very success full hotel in Birmingham.
 The Bonsilene Is being thoroughly renovated and will no doubt maintain it's established popularity under it's new manager.
 The Pembroke house has been full to overfowing, festifying to Its popularity. It is conducted by MT. Gordon of the Westmoreland, a fact that ensures the best satisfaction to guests.
 This week the first of a series of balls will be given at the hotel and will be a social event in the life at Woodmont. Last season the balls given ct the hotel were largely patronized and much en- joyed.
 Among the New Haven people stay ing at the Pembroke are Albert E. Pond, superintendent of the Winchester Avenue railroad and his family, Mir. and Mrs. Prince J. Gibb Smith and family. E. G. Merwin of the Mechanics bank, and family, George A. Dodge, of the New Haven Street Railroad Co.,, MT. and Mrs. R. T. Adonis. Mrs Shell ton, J. w. Mcdowell, and MT. J. G. Duty of Springfield Mass, and Mr. and Mrs Baker also of Springfield. Prof. Dubois of Yale, who has been stopping there left last week.
 new hotel which has just been opened is the Sanford House, conducted by G. W. Sanford who has had six years experience in the summer hotel business, as manager of the Merwin Point house.
 The new hotel has large. airy rooms and under MT. Sanfords management will doubtless prove successful.
 An artesian well 35 feet deep has just been sunk which furnishes the best of water for the hotel The hotel when fully fited up will accommodate from 5t to 60 persons
 Already Landlord Sanford has fur nished entertainment in the way of sev- eral shore dinners to several parties visiting Wodmont Among these may be named party of 25 from the Jolly Sixteen Whist club of the Sixth ward. the George street Whist club
 On June g. Wm. H. Parsons who has now gone to the c. E. convention in San Francisco, gave a dinner to his Sunday school class of the Plymouth church.
 MT. Douglass of Douglass 6 Dillon also gave dinner to his class from the Colony Baptist church. Rev. pr. Poteat being one of the party.
 Several parties have already pis. nicked at the grove, a popular spot for pICllCS dIu Oll6 GdSiiy dCCSSSlDl6 lfOiI the Woodmont road.
 The restaurant facilities at Wood mont are of the best and parties large and small can obtain shore dinners on short notice.
 It is this fact combined with the ex- cellent dinners served that makes Mer. wins Beach restaurant a popular re- sort for those who visit Woodmont for a short stay. This is the third year that the restaurant has been run by its present management and this season they are giving the same excellent ser. vice as in former years.
 The broad piazza in front of the res. taurant is one of the coolest places ir cool Woodmont and seldom is lacking a cool sea breeze. There are excellent bathing facilities at this beach.
 The proprietors have lately added g telephone service to their place Thif week large party of from 150 to 200 will be entertained there.
 The cottages. by far the most attrac. tive features of Woodmont, are nearly all occupied, and several new ones have been built
 Among those occupying cottages are G. W. Goodsell and family of Bridge.