The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-21
THE CHARM OF
A LATE SEASON.
September and October Very Attrac-
tive at Ocean View.
THE NATTY BATHING SUITS.
Fair Maids Learning TO Swim Under
the TuteIag e ofEXpert Swimmers.
Many Richmond Excursion
lists During the Week.

| cial-Merely being alive is great peas
| ure now at the Sea Shore and Ire is now
more worth living than In the no'' sul'Iy
/ days Of the earlier season. 7 nc sea lOo''
which attracts so many here TOT inc
| health-givlng benefits derived from its
/ consumption. is so much finer and better
/ than &c is when the weather IS 80 hot and
! Injurious 90 animal life. st present the
/ FISH and crabs are in their prime and the
/ oysters that will follow little later are
/ equally as fine and the oyster beds siaked
| of in fun view Of the hotel are reminders
whore they can be obtained fresh from
the fattening waters.
Tho Improvement Of some who come
/ here b. marvellous. 4 lady from the
South gained six pounds In five days.
while Judge Wyiie. the genial and Ven-
/ cradle Washington iurist, gave credit 20
/ the tO0thsomc products OF the sea TOT
/ his considerable improvement some
! leave 10 return again the same season,
as was the case with several ladies VINO
| had been 20 Atlantic city ana who liked
! this place far better as a seaside resort
a MODEL PLACE
II the present proprietors continue 20
! conduct everything at Ocicn View Hotel
as they are doins ~ present. this can
! help but he "A model seaside resort for
the good. the true. and the noble women
OF our land. although there arc those
/ who will choose TO refer 10 a period IN
the past when IL was an object for jest
or scott n the methods Of this season
/ arc kent 10 Ocean View will possess
name which will be a synonym for good
/ ness and purity. and the old one viii he
swept by the coming tide Of years into
! fOrgetfulness and oblivion. The proprie-
tors. besides having a close personal OBJ
D -.H. NJ
employ a good detective who promptly
ships all doubtful and suspicious char
acters TO a more congenial locality.
THE CHARMING MONTHS.
| ocean View ought 10 be a regular mag
net to draw people from the vltiated and
] communicating air of the cities and re-
/ iuvinate them in the salt water of the
seas where TO many the most delightful
| months Of the long season which pre-
walls here now approaches. Those VINO
stay the season through testify that Sep
TENDER and October are the most charm
ing OF the year I never realized what
was meant by the high seas until / sat
/ on tho shores Of Old Ocean and watched
/ the swell OF the waves as they appar-
emily come rolling IN from some hien eie-
/ Walton towards the shore. The water
seems 20 slope downward from the ho-
| IlLoN UNii IT Ni'hh" "-f'i''N ''. '-
banks of the shore.
SWIMMING.
This is n delightful place 20 take les
| sons I'm swimming, the water Is as gentle
and smooth with no undercurrent 10 in
torfore with ones efforts they progress
| rapidly. Learning this art has been the
| delight Of a number OF novices now hers
! They enter the water with on the as
| surance and confidence in themselves
| I'm the world and listen with nm attentive
| ear to experts who tell them how easy
| il Is 10 swim. probably forgetting the day
when they began the experiment. ana
made such signal failures \ few lessons
! on the part OF the experienced swimmer
! is Of untold benefit 20 the inexperienced
who strikes ont in every direction except
| the right one. as he loses his nerve ana
| struggles and battles with the waves In
] an entirely unnecessary manner. until he
| learns the smooth kicking motions OF the
frogs and gives himself up TO the waters
| does he learn the beautiful, quiet. gentle
| movements OF swimming.
| Swimming of itself is splendid physical
culture and women should know how TO
swim as adroitly as the opposite Sex.
and there IS no safer pHce to lean than
here.
STUNNING BATHING SUITS.
Tho prettest bathing suits are those
| brought here by their owners and are
| made of brlliantine trimmed with white
/ braid cut 90 NJ the figure with low
neck and short sleeves.
Then. there are others trimmed cX-
! travagantly with wide strips Of white
wash silk, which turn their wearers into
beach flowers, ana they seem TO ENJOY
| sitting in the sand admiring themselves
/ .. hon |farf rff.Nr
| attired who also play with the sands.
| and the white floating waves which fol-
| low each other IN from the sea
The bath houses do not furnish suits for
| show. they are strictly for the water
| and nothing else.
The kodak shots OF those who are I'm
| bathing and on the beach are highly
amusing and entertaining. when one sits
| down TO look al them IN their calm mo-
ments Of reflection.
The water dcprives art fee OF IFS sham
| beauty and shows us mp as We are not
as we would be These pictures deprive
the camera Of fits staid precise exactness.
and gives us a jolly good appearance to-
| gethor
ATTRACTIVE VAUDEVILLE.
The vaudeville performance this week
IS drawing crowds I'm unusual numbers,
! The reserved seats. recently completed.
are always filled and generally the stand
! ing room too. There is q happy good
| humOr about IN an intersperscd with
music. which makes 1t very attractive to
! fun-loving people
The Sunday concerts still 20 on az the
pavilion by large band from Norfolk,
! which attracts large crowds. Many eX-
cursionists have come the last few days
| making IL unusually lively for the guests
| at Ocean View. as the hotel always gets
| its quota Of excursionists which como
! into Old Point then dispense for the diff
| ferent seashore resorts.
/ Besides the regular Sunday excursions
| Tuesday brought the excursion from
Venable street and Union Station
| churches: wednesday one from Man
| chester: Thursday Mrs. Gills popular
| excursion which brought hundreds from
| Richmond.
4 hunting party started here last week
| and attracted considerable notice dressed
/ in hunting suits and seemed only TO en-
! Joy that kind Of sport. They left daily
| on hunting expeditions in the country.
| They were evidently foreigners, registered
| from birmingham, England. and their
valet. who made poor Roadway with our
| language. must have been a Frenchman.
I Many eNcursiOnists have come in the
| last few DAYS making IL unusually live
| ~ for the guests ~ Ocean View as the
| hotel always gets It's quota Of excursion
lists. which come into Old Point. then
| disperse for the different seashore re-
/