Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1909-07-29

The season at this island IL rather
well advanced. and there Is a general
air of activity, which bespeaks the
real opening Of the summer season.
Few cottages remain which have not
been opened. and with the coming Of
August most OF these will be occu-
pied. The Aucocisaco~ House 10 hav-
ing successful year and all Of the
accommodations there are engaged
into September. as well as the added
cottage rooms, while other boarding
places are fairly well booked. Az yet
the transient trade has not been as
great as in some other seasons, but
doubtless this is due to the some
what chill weather Of the past weeks.
The Island improvement society II
doing much to make Cliff Island Q de-
lightful place to summer. Notices
have been posted. asking for the Co
operation Of the inhabitants In keep
ing the streets clear from papers,
etc., while the new lights are q de-
cided improvement. August will see
many departures and arrivals, al
though most of the cottage people re-
main all summer.
"A candy and cake sale. under the
auspices OF the library committee
of the Island Improvement society.
was held. Thursday last, from I'VE to
ten p. m, at the cottage Of the Misses
Bennett, for the benefit of the public
library. Everyone entered heartily
into the spirit of the affair and the
results exceeded the expectations Of
all. nearly forty dollars being raised
The cottage was very Hastily decor
ated with flags and lanterns, and as
the weather was pleasant, everything
was held out of doors. The candy
tables were arranged on the piazza,
and in the grove in the back Of the
and other attractions. In charge Of
the candy tables were: Miss Pauline
Lurvey Of Dorchester, Mass; Miss
Elizabeth Bachelor of Baltimore,
and Miss Phoebe Hunter Of Phoenix
Vile, Pa, assisted by Miss Alice Num-
per Of Trenton. N. J., Miss Janet
Wolf Of Yonkers, N. Y, Miss Tekla
Aus Of Brooklyn, N. Y, and Miss N
II. Paine. Mrs. Chester Turnbull Of
Baltimore. supervised the fancy table,
which she got up herself. At the
cake table were: Mrs. Chas. Hunter
OF Phoenixville, Pa, and Mrs. o. p.
Stone Of Boston. A big feature of the
fair was Zaida, the gypsy fortune tell
ing seer. acted by Mrs. Bryant Lur-
vey OF Dorchester, who OWNED most
interesting facts. Master Kemp
Bachelor Of Baltimore, took the part
of the gypsy boy.
Master Conrad Mumper Of Trenton,
N. j., sold punches of beautiful wild
grasses which he had gathered HIM
self. A pleasant feature Of the even
ing was the music furnished by a
Victor graphophone. which Miss
Alice Mumper very kindly loaned for
the occasion. All in all. the party was
a great success, and there is a pos
sibility that before the summer months
are over another of the same nature
will be given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Hunter of
Phoenixville. Pa, with Mr.. Hunters
mother. Mrs. s. Hunter, have been
installed at their pine secluded cot
tage for several weeks. Mr.. C.. Fl.
Hunter and family Of Phoenixville.
have engaged a cottage from c. NJ.
Cobb. and will arrive shortly. Miss
Carlow and Miss Francis of New
York city. friends Of the Hunters.
have taken another Of Mr.. Cobb's
cottages for August and September.
Miss Ethel Bird Of Portland, daugh-
ter OF Henry Bird of the LAFAYETTE
Hotel, is visiting for a week with Miss
Dorothy Cobb 1T Mr.. H. 8. Cobb's
cottage. Mrs. Henry Bird. her moth
er, spent Friday with the Cobb's,
who on Friday evening entertained
several Of their friends at a musicale.
Mr.. Cobb continues to gain health
slowly, although the raw weather of
the past week has not agreed with
him.
Miss Bertha Love Of Philadelphia,
will enjoy the remainder Of the sea-
son with Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Sculi of
Phoenixville, Pa. Miss Love is on
her first visit to Casco Bay. and she
is delighted witt the bay, and par
ticularly with Cliff Island.
Mrs. Janet Cobb and her grand
daughters. Janet and Josephine Del
ano, OF Portsmouth, N. H., arrived
Thursday last to occupy their cot.
tage. The Daisy" for the rest of the
season. Daisy cottage was one Of The
hrst summer places built here. hay-
Ing been put up 81 years ago. at a
tine when there were no steamboat
connections with Portland. II Is par
ucularly well constructed and IL de-
lightfully roomy.
Mr.. J. d. Rankin of Maiden. Mass.
Is expected shortly to open "Khamp
Mysczery." where for a number OF
seasons past he has enjoyed camp
life. Mr.. Rankin always has a jolly
crowd OF young people with him. and
jolly time Is had.
Mrs. A. G. Towle Of waterville,
Me-. and Mrs. F. n. Short of Port
land. who have enjoyed a short stay
here at Spruce" cottage, have gone
TO Long Island for the remainder of
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Morrison of New
York, have been at Hills cottage. No.
2, for a considerable time. Miss Adele
Robinson Of Philadelphia, IN a guest
OF the Morrison's. Mr.. Morrison IL
interested in the gas and oil bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Black OF NAL
den. Mass. have been at their cot
tage for some time, this being Mrs.
Blacks first visit to Casoo Bay. Mr..
and Mrs. Black were married in