Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-09-19
WILDWOOD BUDGET
(Continued)

carefree, happy joyous throng is con-
cerned. This has been a week Of good
byes and as usual there has been
numberless fond farewells, some broken
hearts, many gladdened e and much
general regret over the early closing OF
best, has not been altogether satisfactory
from the weather or a business stand
point. An eminent divine who has
been summering here, was met recently
on the deserted walk and said that he
had been thinking of the vast crowd
that came as though by magic, swept
everything before it, lent life, color and
gaiety to a marvellous panoramic scene,
only to suddenly dispense and melt
away, leaving the brilliant summe
scene as a maze upon the memory of
some far-gone event. And where do
the fun-seeking crowd melt to? Each
to follow his own especial and myriad
bent; to again be lost in the mighty
swirl Of humanity which Gibbs and
flows in the great cities, with the same
regulation as that of the tides of the
great ocean, which poundsouti its solemn
and vast oar on the sands ofthe beach.
There is a world of pathos in this sum-
mer parting business and there are
thousands of old-stagers who, while
not wearing their sentiments on their
sleeves get away from the resorts before
those days of "fading away" supplant
the halcyon days of festivity and for
getfulness.
In spite of a general rainy season
there has been more people and more
doing here this year than ever before.
The Board had much to contend with
in the way ofim peded railway facilities
and with some fifteen rainy week ends
and many other minor difficulties
which they surmounted in true bust
ness style and commendable spirit.
Chas. w. Sem, a plumber employ
ed by l.. j. Mccormick, has invented
and obtained a patent on a trap for a
bath tub. The continuance will be
used in the new hotel nov being cree
ted in North Wildwood.
The establishment of the Bureau of
Information and Press headquarters
on the board walk was of inestimable
advantage to the resort, as many thou
sand visitors were put straight on as
many different topics and over 1000 0
separate pieces of literature We're hand
ed out 10 visitors from virtually all over
the United States and many parts of
the world. The Board will make an
effort this winter to get a number of
conventions here next year. There is
already promise of the Pennsylvania
Shoe Manufacturers Association meet
ing here, while it has beer definitely
decided that the New Jersey State
Firemen's Association will meet in
wildwood next September.
The Wildwood Board of Trade can
afford to sit back and look over a sea-
sons work of wise effort of much good
accomplished and of several thousand
dollars well spent. The Board which
has had this resort in charge this past
season is composed of representative
business men who have worked to-
gether for one purpose, which has been
the advancement of the beautiful and
attactive place.
The finest post cards yet issued for
Wild wood, Holly Beach and Anglesea
have arrived from Germany and
will be found at r. w. Ryan's Japan
ese Bazaar, Wildwood. 2 for sc. n
George Hodson, of G. q A. Hodson's
pulley depot, 226 Arch street, Philadel-
phia, was a visitor here last Saturday.
Mr.. Hodson owns two lots on Glen
wood avenue, between Atlantic and
Pacific
Miss Luella II. Horner, OF Nights
town, is assisting her brother in his
jewelry store here and will remain at
the shore during the winter, taking up
fine dresemaking also.
G.. Wainwright and family, who
spent the summer in their cottage at
corner of Magnolia and New York
avenues, returned to their Philadelphia
home ON Monday. They ex pect 10 re-
turn the first of next June.
Clegg d Law, a new plumbing firm
from Pleasantville, has located in the
Rudolph building.
Charles Abel and family, of West
Philadelphia, accompanied by their
granddaughter, have been spending
two weeks at Star Villa III Glenwood
avenue Mr.. Abel has a handsome
cottage at Beach Haven which has not
been opened at all this season.
Archambault Mckinley, treasurer of
the Acme Tea Company, with many
stores i'm PHILADELPHIA and throughout