The record-union., 1897-08-06
SUMMERING BY THE OCEAN.
SACRAMENTANSE ENJOYING THE
SEA BREEZES.
Sights and Scenes at Santa Cruz
Crowds at This Favorite
Resort.

santa cruz IS now IN the midst OF
her liveliest season. Visitors by the
hundreds are here from all parts of
the country, and the hotels and lodging
houses have all they can do to attend
to the demand for living quarters.
Many families are living in cottages,
and in this way enjoying an outing at
the seashore at an expense which hard
| ly exceeds that Of living at home. 9th
erS have rooms in the many coy little
homes throughout town and along the
beach, and are either preparing their
own meals or boarding in private fami-
lies. The faVorfte hotel is of course the
Sea Beach, located on the beautiful
Towering slope from the surf and COM
handing an unsurpassed view of the
neighboring mountains and a stretch
of beach away round the bay to Pacific
Grove.
This morning one could stand on the
veranda and see every point of land in
the entire half circle from the hotel to
the rocks of Del Monte and Monterey
1t is not difficult to understand why the
Sea Beach is so popular a resort. In
the first place it is most picturesque in
its location on the bluff, and then it's
gardens are beautifully kept Flowers
of many varieties and hues are in
bloom, and the sweetest fragrance
scents the air. The broad veranda,
probably 400 feet in length is an ideal
place for an evening promenade, and
the tennis court is one of the best to
be found anywhere
To add to the pleasure of the guests,
the genial landlord and proprietor, Mr.
Sullivan, and his efficient chief clerk,
Mr.. Brooks, are constantly about look
ing to the comfort of their patrons.
Both are almost tireless in their eager
ness to make the guests feel at home,
and they are certainly very successful
in their work. The hotel has a very
competent crops of assistants, and the
service and meals in the immense din
ing room are of the very best. Mr.
Sullivan always aims to treat his
guests stomachs well, and his table is
stocked with nearly every possible
thing in the way of edibles.
tennis tournament is in progress
on the court in the rear of the hotel,
and so far we Sacramento folks are
proud of the great record Ernie Bird
sail and VIII Blanchard are making.
They are winning everything in sight,
and have all the other players badly
scared. They certainly put up the best
game of any of the teams. Helen and
Alice Weinstock, Jennie Birdsall and
Mabel Blair are great enthusiasts and
their presence and cheers have no
doubt had a good deal to do with the
success Of the Sacramento boys
The dances given each evening in the
hotel ball room attract the young folks
by the score, and still not a few Of the
elderly married folks are also seen
stepping to the music of the orchestra
or watching the young people in their
whirl.
The beach is the attraction during
the day from IL a. m. to 6 p. m. Hun
dredS gather there, and many enjoy
the surf bathing and plunge baths
sharp, cool wind has been blowing
| down the coast for the past two days,
and it has made many somewhat re-
luctant about stripping for a dash in
the sea waves.
The Sacramentans located at the
Sea Beach now are Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Van VOORHEES,, Mr. and Mrs H. Vein
stock and two sons, Misses Alice and
M. Sheehan, Mrs. George w. Peltier
and daughter, Homer Mckee, Miss
Eta Wallace and Freddie Cox
Ernest Birdsall, Will Blanchard. Miss
Jennie Birdsall and Miss Mabel Blair
are at the Pope House.
Dr. 7. w. Huntington and wife and
children are in a cottage a block from
the Sea Beach, where one of the little
ones is undergoing a siege of the
whOoping cough.
Other Sacramentans whom L have
seen on the beach are Mrs j. H. Heit-
man and daughters Misses Laura and
Ruby Cooper, Mrs. J. G. Genshlea and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H Sheehan,
Mrs. Frank D. Ryan and children, Mrs
j. w. Guthrie and children. Mrs. Geo
B. Katzenstein, Mrs. Forsman, Mrs
Hignat, Mr.. and Mrs w. K Cothrin
and children, Captain John Cook, Mr..
and Mrs. Hevener, Miss Wittenbrock,
Mrs. Slight and children, Mrs. Wagner
and Major j. A. Sheehan. E. M. S.