, 1904-08-17
DAYS AT
WILDWOOD-BY -THE-SEA
The Largest Crowds the Resort
Has Ever Entertained

sOlOurn1ng by tue sea, WOulu NC W
watch the wonderful progress of Wild
~wooi-aptly termed 1.-THE Garden Spot
of Coast Resorts, Natures Wonder
land by the Sea" and 1.-THE Island of
Elk haustless Charm" And may her
progress meier grow less, for Saturday
and Sunday were banner days IN her
history. From Saturday afternoon I'M
til Sunday at IL o'clock a. M, there ar
rived on the island sixty-nine carloads
of visitors, a~ggregating over 1000 souls.
Besides these was the usual Saturday
mornings excursion crowd and the ex-
press train influx of o~ver-Sunday
pleasure seekers.
The weather was fine for bathing, and
it is estimated that nearly 5000 persons
enjoyed a dip in the briny deep and
resting in the sand on the beautiful
beach. The Millville Brass Band added
to the pleasure of the occasion by rem
dering some splendid music from the
grand stand on the Wildwood Casino.
The rush of Sunday travellers who
came down to engage quarters for the
remainder of the season found that the
hotels and boarding cottages were SO
packed with humanity as to render 1t
quite difficult to find suitable quarters.
Hereafter in the heat of a summer sea-
son it will pay every II to first engage
quarters in advance, as the growth and
popularity of Wildwood make the place
"A second Atlantic City in beauty and
progress and there a be no better
authority for this statement than the
Mayor of Atlantic City, Franklin P.
Stoy, who so declared in a speech de-
livertd here recently at the convention
of Mayors. That Mayor Stoy meant
what he said has been since shown by
frequent visits in his automobile. His
last visit was on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. William q. Brokaw, of East
Orange, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Samuel Corle. Mr.. and Mrs. Corle are
also entertaining their daughter and
son-in-law, MI. and Mrs. Morris Lee
dom, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
VIM. b. Wallace, a property owner
here, is stopping at Edgeton Inn with
his wife. They are residents of West
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Walter, E. G.
Stark, f. M. Ross and Miss Jennie g.
Diebl, of Philadelphia, are enjoying a
brief ~sojourn at the Seaside. Misses
May and Anna Dixon, of Shiloh, are
also at this hotel.
The county bridge and turnpike to
the mainland brings to our doors at
lowest possible cost an abundance of
fresh milk, fruits and vegetables, which
will be a great advantage x
Marcus b. caches, manager of the
"Herald,' Reading, Pa, and his wife
and son, are quartered at the Dayton
FOR two weeks.
Charles II. Wells, a leading New
York merchant, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, is enjoying a ten
day visit at the Hotel Dayton.
The Sheldon is entertaining its full
quota of guests and in the happy, NOV
ing throng are Walter Scott, Joseph j.
McNulty, William w. Bortz, E. III.
Carroll, John +. Sicily, Miss Florence
e. Williams and Miss A. Hallowell, of
Philadelphia; Miss A. Schlessinger, of
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Heis-
Ter and daughter, of Camden; Mrs. J.
r. Youngman and the Misses Young
man, of Lock Haven Pa.
New lot of bathing caps and water
wings at Mech & Co.'S.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Elliott and
daughter, of %Logansport, Ind. and Mr..
and Mrs. HI. B. Whitaker, of Morton,
Pa, are enjoying the month of August
at the Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Fitzmaurice and
family, Mrs. Samuel Rice and family
of Philadelphia, and w. H. Dorell, OF
Collingswood, are at the Dayton for the
remainder of August.
Miss Mary Kennedy, a popular
teacher in the Philadelphia public
schools. is enjoying a fortnight's s%ojourn
at the Dayton.
Souvenir post cards of Holly Beach,
Wildwood and Anglesea at Mech &
Co.'S.
Mrs. William Wingert, of Philadel.
phia, is so delighted with the beauties
of the place, that she has become q
regular over-Sunday visitor. She
looked charming on the boardwalk
Sunday in a new pink gown.
Misses Edith G. Elwell, Myrtle L,
Wright and Marjorie r. Campbell, are
a trio of jolly Bridgeton girls soiourn.
ing at the Aberdeen.
Lawyer and Mrs. Henry S. Alvord,
of Vineland, are pleasantly located al
Edgeton Inn.
Miss NJ. E. Brown and Miss e. Mae
Robinson, of Frankfort, Pa, concluded
a weeks stay at Willard Hall on Sun.
day. Miss Brown is employed in the
office of the keystone type foundry at
Ninth and Spruce streets.
Chas. Normine and wife, of the
White Front shoe store, Millville. spent
Sunday at the Thelma.
DR.. w. s. Edgar, a prominent young
Philadelphia physician, is summering
in a Wildwood avenue cottage. and