The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-09
LIVELY SEASON ON
At II B J
The Amusement Park Nightly
Crowded With
Visitors. Z
(sp,e,.cial hi The TImes-pispat ch. 5

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
BUCKRCE BEACH. VA. July S.-As
the warm summer afternoons wear away
and the evening comes, with cool
shadows and balmy- breezes from the
bounding Chesapeake. the guests Of the
hotel and, Occupants OF the beach cottages
are ;wooed to the broad, green esplanade
above the white sands of the beach. and
+ the fashionable folks of the Buckroc
colony may be en- on para de. 81 $ssgl
Almost as marvellous as the work OF
the good fairies Of old, who transformed
sterile places into bowers OF beauty. are
the changes wrought here In the past
year. The amusement park adjoining the
hotel grounds is one of the most COM
plete in the South It includes theatre,
seating 400, a big dancing pavilion, res
taurants, a cafe, bowling alleys, billiard
and pool rooms and half q hundred minor
attractions. such as photograph galleries.,
rifle ranges, the Smallest railroad IN tue
world,' over which children travel M
liliputian coaches drawn by q steam. io-8
comotve. tho size OF an infants go-cart,j
Ferris wheel, carousals, electric swings,
etc. 5 3s
The amusement park Is nightly invaded
4 by the people from the hotel and CO. ag.s
but 1t is maintained by the thousands If
pleasure seekers that flock to the baach
nightly from Old Point Hampton
Phoebus and Newport News. The quiet
and privacy of the hotel grounds is .rial-
fly preserved, but the pleasure park Is con-
venient to the hotel, and a source OF en-
4tertainment to the society folks when
a dull evening befalls the summer colony.
which Is seldom.
l,,to ~ I>n,,
Roads at night Is inspiring. Thcro is
surcease Of the dust and din and heat
Of the weary day Of city life Here fleecy
clouds float through a dreamy sky and
the restless winds play ncessantly over
the wide waste of waters that break in rip
.plng cadence along the sandy shores.
Over the blue pillows the snilboats glide
like painted ships The fishermen. an
chored within easy sight Of shore have all
the sport that heart could desire. Launch
parties pass on their laughing way. wien
the moon Is high In the heavens, flooding
the bay with a mellow silver light. ming
4 ling their music with the ceaseless song
Of the sea. Then in the surf 5athers
dsport In safety. while in the spacious
pavilion not far distant the dancers de-
light In revel that continues until mid
night.
The past week has been the liveliest
of the season here Teas receptions, din
ners. beach parties. launch parties,
bowling, billiards and muscnles. have
kept things In a continual whirl. There
are many new faces at the hotel and In
tho cottages.
Mr. Charles Edward Atkins. OF tho
staff OF the New York American and
Journal, arrived here this week Social
circles are agoE over the rumor that Mr..
Atkins 1atoI1a6 RI Inv ~
gambling scandal at Old Point, which
may involve certain New York clubmen,
prominent army officers and society peo-
Pile OF Washington, Baltimore and New
York. the latter being extremely likely
to be summoned MS witnesses. 1t Is
known that the War Department started
the investigation OH complaint Of Il. l..
Simpson. merchant. Colonel Potts,
oomnlandnnt at the fort. acknowledges
that he received instructions from the
War Department. to probe the case, but
refuses to give any further Information
than that he alleged orders and sub
mitted a report.
Among the arrivals OF the past several
days are tho following:
Mr., and Mrs. Robert i. Spencer. Louis
ID, Spencer r.. D. Spencer Miss Martha
l., Spencer and Mr., and Mrs. i. r. Penn
berton. of William and Mary College,;
Miss Nina II. Wells. NJ, w Waddey, ].
u, Jones' w. G. Neal, g. v. Burns, Miss
Mary Herndon, Richmond; Mrs. John M,
Gregor and Miss Mabel Pollock, New
York; Rev. Thomas ], Wilson and Rev,
l.. II. Kelly. Newport News; s, l.. Kerans.
Miss z. S. HAYNES, ", M. Penn. Rich
mond; Mr.. and Mrs. j. Grigg, Chicago.
III: Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Christian. Jr..
Richmond; Miss Falconer Newposl
News; Mrs. Annie Watson and daughter,
Washington, d. O.; Mi, and Mrs. Hcner
Huntington, Professor and Mrs alcees
Stein. Carroll Taylor. Richmond; Mr..
and Mrs. y, a. Kennedy. staunton.