Evening journal., 1902-09-09
LINGER
AT THE RESORTS
Fall the Best Time at the
SeaShore
Other Matters Of a Social Interest to
Wilmington People aud Their
Friends

and gaiety still remains atAtlanticC City.
and the boardwalk is still as crowded
as one could we'll wish for. The vari-
Gus places of amusement. booths and
the like are still doing a thriving
business and in every respect there is
very little 10 indicate that the season
is waning fast.
These are most delightful days by the
sea. There is just enough crispness tp
the air to make out or door life and ex-
ercise most enjoyable. The bathing,
too. is good, and as for the sailing and
fishing they are now at their best
A great many OF the patrons CT this
place who are now here are persons
who have long since learned to shun
the tiresome crowds of July and Au-
gust The comfortably flied hotel to
these people is more inviting than an
overcrowded one and they derive mere
pleasure from a stroll along the board
walk. when they are not jostled by
large crowds.
With the beginning OF September
there is not as marked falling on in
the big crowds Of visitors 10 Penmar
Park, Md, as might be imagined. All
OF the hotels are still comfortably I'LL
cd, and at some it is difficult to obtain
desirable rooms Tue cottage colony
will remain here until October /.
Dances and contests on the golf links
will claim the attention OF tne guests
who desire to remain and the season
will be exceedingly lively for at
least three weeks longer Several
dances have been arranged for In the
next few weeks and those already held
have been well attended
Eaglesmere bids fair to gain the
long-looked-fOr extended fall season.
All the hotels are entertaining visitors,
some of whom intend staying some
time One house-the Crestmont Inn
Ireceived more guests the day after
Labor Day than went away from II.
The bathing has been very fine during
the past week, and the beach has been
considerably enlivened by the presence
of the Pennsylvania football men, who
have taken an active part In all the
athletic spors Of the place. Eagles
mere was visited five years ago for the
purpose Of of the preliminary training
which has been taken up here again
This month.
Very few hotels at Asbury Park
have closed, but by September Is the
resort will undoubtedly wear a desert
ed look unless "Old SOL keeps up the
'hOt pace" he has been running the
past few days All in all the weathei
during the height of the sea
; son, the past two weeks. has been
the finest experienced thus far, much
TO the pleasure OF the hundreds who
frequmted this ever popular abode
Bathing, too. has never been finer anC
: from early morn until late in the after
. noon the beaches have been the scenes
of multitudes garbed in snug fitting
and natty bathing costumes, some o
which were exquisite. For the las
; named, however, sun and sand baths
d we're more preferable than surf baths
Narragansett Pier has been wonder
4 fully helped by the warm weather o
the past week which has been the mos
seasonable Of the whole summer. While
the crowd has gone. the hotels haY'
/ been fairly wel occupied. and Tn
e year will end, in most cases, with re
spectacle average. Bathing, scru
!. polo, card parties and clam bakes hav
o been the order OF the week. The cnle
amusement, however, has been watch
ling the army and navy maneuvers.
The past week at KineO, Mooseheai
o Lake. Me- Mdc lAA AAAEAANA AAAN ALeeN AN
l-llightful weather of the season Tn
Isl first Of the month witnessed the dc
n parture Of quite a company of guests
:. but the returning boat was laden wit
4 tincomers who come to enjoy Septem
Der and early October, the most dc
llightful months of the year in Norther
Maine. Fall fishing is good and th
q weather ideal for camping and wood
Il fife. Golf and baseball are occupyin
n. the attention of the visitors who elm
Is close to the big hotel.
The summer guests at most of th
Lake George hotels have left for II
the city. and a quieter and less ga
p life is now being enjoyed by those WI
IN still remain there. At the Crosb.
se side there are quite a large number
e guests who are staying to enjoy the ia
Ia season. The wOmens orchestra b;
VI proved to be quite the feature OF Il
VI season, and the proprietor is we
pleased with the success OF his e,
pertinent
ru Mount PoconO continues to be
~ lively resort. and the September CUES
". are as numerous as the August one
&c The weather during the past week HI
been warmer than at any other TIN
n during the summer, yet the CUES
-, have at no time suffered any inco
m venience. as a cool breeze is always
- be found. The week has been spent
a. much gaiety, and some of the mo
nv successful social functions of the sc
(son have passed off.
Richfeld Springs arrivals for eai
is September have gladdened the heal
of the boniface, and Richfeld looks
is lpopulous as it did in mid-July. The
as Rev. Leighton Coleman, d. d.. Bish
OF Delaware has been a guest duri
the past week. He covered several
ii' the diocesan appointments OF Bish
Doane while sojCurning in the Otse
"a Hills.
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is Social and Personal Notee