The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-13
SHORT BEACH CELEBRATION
THE EVENT VAS 4 SUCCESS IN
 EVERY PARTICULAR.

ation Beautiful Beyond Description
 Miss NIiller's Hop.
 All Short Beach was in holiday at tire yesterday. It was the occasion of the annual illumination and was a gala day from early morn until early this morning. This celebration is look ed forward to with great interest by all cottagers, and the days festivities are impatiently awaited by both old and young. Yesterday was indeed no ex- ception to the rule. The date was de- cided upon at a general meeting of the residents of that popular shore resort several weeks ago and since then all efforts and many latent ones at that have been turned toward making the day memorable one and everyone was amply rewarded for their efforts.
 The unfavorable weather of several days previous bid fair to mar the festi- vities, but the morning came up clear and later the sun appeared and gave all assurance that the chosen day would be an agreeable one so far as the weather was concerned. Cool summer costumes and pleasant faces were the order of the day.
 The charming summer girls looked even more so in their smartest dresses. All were light hearted and happy. Many of the young men, of whom there is a goodly supply, something unusual at a shore resort, were attired in negligee shirts and white duck trousers. The boys festival began at 10 o'clock in the morning, when the aqautic races oc- cured. The first race was that for naphtha launches. There were three entries, Lazette, owned by E. B. Knowles; Robella, owned by Robert Wilcox, and Edith, owned by A. w. c. Williams. The prize was handsome solid silver challenge cup offered by William H. Lockwood of Hartford. It was this year won by E. B. Knowles by good margin. It was won two years ago by MT. Wilcox, and last year by MT. Williams.
 The single scull race for ladies was won by Miss Clara Corey, while A. B. Wood won similar race for gentle men. The double souls for ladies was won by Misses Corey and Wild, and the double scull for gentlemen by Messrs. Pinchers and Hall. Miss Corey was all so fortunate enough to win the ladies' swimming match and William Hall won the one for gentlemen. The course was about 300 yards long. Several oth- CT events to have been held were post poned. The afternoon was given up to the children. They certainly enjoyed the sport and furnished much amuse- ment for the large crowd of spectators The contests were held on the lawn in front of Ella Wheeler Wilcoxs Bun galow." The contests were varied and pleasing and occasioned healthy rival ry. The contests and winners were: Running race for boys, 5 years and un- der, won by Charles Welch; running race for boys ten years and under, won by Holly Booth; running race for boys fifteen years and under, won by Hamilton Roberts; running race for girls, eight years old and under won by Mary Babbett: potato race for girls ten years old and under, won by Mary Hall; boys potato race, won by Holly Booth, sack race, won by Roger Tyrell; three-legged race, won by Willie Vogel and James Wilcox. Sidney Clark and David Corey were judges of the aquatic events and the entire committee had charge of the children's sports.
 Those who have never been present at Short Beach on illumination night have indeed missed a grand treat and failed to see some most beautiful sights. The light last night caused the heav- ems to be lurid and the reflection could be seen for many miles. There were people present from every resort along the east shore and several tally-ho par ties, including a bevy of telephone girls and gentlemen friends went from this city. There were also numerous yacht ing parties present. The whole village of summer homes was fairly alive with both young and old, and all were bright and cheerful. The decorations of al- most every cottage were beautiful in the extreme. They were covered with flags and bunting. Japanese lanterns hung everywhere in profusion. Some of the more entl. 1siastic cottagers even had a row of lanterns running up to the top of their houses and along the caves The long piers were hung with lan- terms and their reflection in the water added much to the beauty of the scene. All kinds of fireworks were exploded and vari-colored fireworks were burned in abundance. The Old Guard band was present throughout the evening and played 8 short concert in front of each of the more convenient cottages.
 The social event of the celebration was the hop given by Miss Violet Mill CT of New York city. Her spacious summer house was thrown open in its entirety to her guests and Miss Miller proved herself an adept at intertaining. Several large rooms on the lower floor were given over to the dancers, while the veranda running entirely around the house was used as promenade. There were about forty couples of the young people present, many of whom are summering either at Short Beach or some of the nearby resorts. There were also quite a few from this city present The souvenir programme was