Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-08-20
SCENE OF SUMMERS oAYEsT so
GETTY DOlNGS.
cottasers And Hotels Entertaining
The Usual August Crush Of
People.


People.
The August days at Bailey Island
are series of social activities, motor
boat parties. sailing trips, concerts
and dances. which would fill in every
hour of the week with pleasure. could
one but attend them all: but as the is
land is also place of rest and OF
glorious rugged scenery, many find
the seduction of the crashing break
ers OF the ocean washed side as suffi
cient attraction for several afternoons
with book or rod i'm the seclusion of
rocky hooks near the surf.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Gilchrist OF the
Brown cottage accompanied by Miss
s. h. Beaman OF the Waugh cottage
have been spending the past week at
Intervale. n. II. They returned home
to Bailey on Tuesday after a most de-
lightful stay where the environment
differs from that to be had at Bailey.
Mr.. Harry c. Brook of Hartford.
Conn, arrived here Saturday for an
extended vacation and will be enter
tanned at "Edgecliff," the summer
home OF Mrs. Edwin Tolles on Little
Harbor shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G.. Smith of
Worcester. Mass, arrived on the island
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and are registered at the Seaside
Mr.. Smith holds a very prominent
position as assistant city clerk of Wor-
cester, and formerly for several years
was associate editor of the Worcester
Evening Post.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank S. Osborn of
Croton. \. Y, located on the Hudson
river, are occupying the Adams cot
tage, the "Seashell," for the month of
August. They were in search of the
rest that only Bailey Island affords,
and were recommended to this place
by friends.
Miss Josephine Thorp, who owns a
beautiful summer home on Pebbly
beach shore. is greatly missed by her
host of Bailey Island friends. This
summer she is touring Europe and will
visit many of the cathedral cities of
France.
Rev. John Kimball. pastor of the Uni
versalist church at Marlboro, was in
Turner few days last week. where
he was formerly pastor of the Univer-
salist church at that place. He re-
turned to the island the latter part of
the week for an extended visit at the
Turner cottage.
Miss Elizabeth c. Adams of New
buryport, Mass, is a recent arrival
to register at the Johnson House near
Little Harbor for her summer yaca-
ton.
Mr.. Kenneth Bingham. the cele-
brated New York baritone who spent
the greater part of last season at the
Farmhouse" with Benjamin n.
Luckey, is also among the younger
people unable to return here this year
Mr.. Bingham is summering at Neus-
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German. as well as doing concert
work, and Is to remain until after the
concert season. In January he will re-
turn to New York to meet his many
concert engagements.
DIR. and Mrs. A. T. Bristow of the
Rose Ledge" spent Monday of last
week at Brunswick with Prof w. A.
Houghton, who was a classmate of
DIR. Bristow at Yale. Mr.. Houghton is
professor OF Latin at Bowdoin college
Mrs. G. Y. Newman. who has been
spending a few days at her home in
Lewiston, returned last week to spend
the remainder of August at the Rose.
mont" on Summer Hill. where she has
been since early in the season.
DIR. and Mrs. Frank Johnson with
their sister. Miss ohnson and daugh-
ter. Miss Helen Johnson Of Chicago. en-
joyed sail to Gurnet Bridge Thurs
day last.
Mrs. r. G. Whites niece. Mrs. Annie
+. Rose. and daughter. Miss Mabel T..
Rose OF Brooklyn, arrived Sunday for
two weeks vacation to be spent at
the BonDyview on Summer Hill. which
Is one OF the most picturesque sites on
the island from which to obtain a
superb view of the other islands of
the bay.
Mrs. James s. DE Hart Of East
Orange. n. j., arrived Wednesday last
as the guest OF her parents. DIR. and
Mrs. j. l.. Seward Of Maiden Lane
Mrs. DE Hart will remain here three
weeks, and part OF the time will be
spent on her fathers handsome yacht
"Clarita,' in cruising about the bay.
For many summers Mrs. DE Hart has
been a resident Of this island. and a
prominent member Of the social circle
AT the close OF ner visit here she will
accompany her husband on a trip to
the Southern States and Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. r. Harris OF San
Bernardino. Calf. are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles w. Sleeper at Rest
abit. For the past three weeks MFR.
Harris has been at the Maine General
hospital. Portland. where a bad wound
which was received In the Civil war
has been dressed. Mrs. Harris
is an aunt OF Mrs. Sleeper. and re-
turned Monday. while Mr. Harris Is
to remain several weeks TO recuper-
ate. Miss Edith Currier OF Lancaster.
who has been a guest here for two
weeks. left for her home on Saturday.
having spent delightful vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. A. u. Fay and family
OF Washington, who have been at the
Lyle cottage In the Pastures this sum-
mer, went to West Kennebunk last
week for the remainder Of the season
to occupy a new cottage which was
recently purchased by Mr.. Fay.
Mrs. Charles W. Mann. wife OF Rev.
Charles W. Mann OF EIkhart. Ind, ar
rived Tuesday as a guest at the cot.
tage OF Prof. Charles Riborg Mann.
Mrs. Mann has been spending several
weeks AZ MAX on the Hndsnn "a the