The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-20
UNDERSTANDABLE
SAVANNAHIANS SHELTERED IN
DER THE SUNS RAYS.
THOUSANDS AT RESORTS.
LITTLE RELIEF WAS AFFORDED
AT THESE PLACES, HOWEVER.


grees. Next to the Hottest Day of
the Year-Scarcely Any Breeze
and What Was Felt Was UncOm-
fOrtabIe-Even at the SeashOre
Things Were Not as Pleasant as
UsuaI-HumiditY Made Savannah
ians Think That Mercury Was
Around Century Mark-Larse
Crowds Visited Tybee, the Casino
and Isle of Hope.
With only a light breeze blowing,
and, too. in an Indifferent sort of fash
ion, Savannahians sweltered yester-
day
Still, it was not as warm as it has
been this summer, although almost CIV
cry one would have been willing to
make affidavit that it was the hottest
yet" The weather man, however, has
the figures and he can prove that mer-
curry only reached 95 degrees, just
degree short of the maximum for the
year.
1t was the humidity that counted,
and the thousands who fiocked to the
resorts found little relief Old Sol was
very much in evidence, even at the
seashore and on the salts, and although
there was a strong breeze at Tybee it
was a hot one. 1t was General HUI
miditys day and high collars wilted
under his gaze. 1t was really too hot
to go out of doors, and no records
were broken at any of the resorts, al
though the attendance at each was
good.
Those who hung around the house in
negligee attire ate iced watermelon
and waved palmetto fans were really
more comfortable than those who rush
ed to the resorts for relief. But the
day was an exceptional one in this re-
spect 1t started off warm and early
in the morning the thermometer regis
tered rs degrees. The mercury crawl
ed up slowly until 5:45 O'Clock in the
afternoon, when the maximum of 80
degrees was recorded. On May "a, the
hottest day of the year, mercury reach
ed 90 degrees. At s O'Clock last night
SO degrees was registered Later IN
the night a fresh breeze brought re-
lief and Savannahians found no diff
Guilty in getting to sleep.
At the Casino.
In the neighborhood of 1000 people
visited the Casino during the after
noon and evening During the concert
by the First Regiment Band in the aft
ernoon hundreds lolled about on the
grass and looked for the shady spots
on the grounds. The swimming pool
was literally patronized and the rath-
skeller was crowded until after dark.
Prof. Meyers trio was on hand in
the afternoon and during the evening
the full orchestra rendered an enter
tanning programme. The moving pic
ture machine was also in operation and
large and appreciative audience saw
the machine worked 1t was much
pleasanter at the Casino during the
evening than it had been in the after
noon and a delightful breeze from the
southwest sprung up about 8 O'Clock.
On Tybee's Strand.
The heat drove hundreds to Tybee
Island to seek in the surf the COM
fort that the surf only can give, and
in addition several hundred excursion
lists from up the country also visited
the island There was, in fact q large
travel to the island all day, although
the $3.50 o'clock train carried, as usual,
the greatest number of passengers.
This train was operated in two sec
lions and carried about a thousand
people. The tide suited admirably dur
ing the middle afternoon for bathing
and though the surf was rather tame
it was filled all the afternoon with
bathers. Among them was a large
rumber of the non Savannah visitors
The non-bathers spent the afternoon on
the pavilions watching the devotees of
Neptune or else wandered about the
beach collecting souvenirs of the place
in the form of palmetto branches,
punches of sea oats and shells.
Isle of Hope Popular.
Nearly thousand people "shot the
chutes" at the Isle of Hope Mana
ger Barbee had busy day all through
and the pavilion was we'll filled and
very bright and lively from the ar
rival of the first cars from the city to
the departure of the last trains at mid
night. 1t was likely one of the best
days at the isle, and everybody had
a good time.
One of the amusements of the day
was bathing, and there were fully 300
people in the water off the pavilion
during the afternoon. The bathers
had a merry time.
At about o'clock the steamer Two
States, with a big crowd of pleasure
| seekers arrived from Savannah. The
passengers got off at the pavilion and
enjoyed the amusements provided for
some time and then the majority re-
turned, to come back to the city Some
| of the travellers stopped off at the isle
and returned home on the late cars.
| a Tonight, at o'clock, the famous
tramp cyclist will appear in Barbees
pavilion and give a splendid exhibit
| ton of his clever work