Evening journal., 1911-07-11
REHOBOTH GROWS
AS FAMILY RESORT
Seaside City Nearest to Bal
timOre Has Long Been
Popular
JOY AND COMFORT
to BE FOUND THERE

REHOBOTH, Del. July 11.-Reho-
both now has a big colony OF summer
visitors from Baltimore and points In
Delaware
As a family resort Rehoboth is
popular. for many of its visitors are
children taken there by their parents
for the season. Some Of them go to
the hotel and others to the cottages,
Of which there are a great number.
Rehoboth's effectiveness for parents
rests in the fact that the place is
quiet and the beach safe, only two
deaths having occurred there in thirty
five years. Various explanations are
given for this record, but Charles S.
Horn, who has known Rehoboth ever
since Rehoboth has known itself, at
tributes It to the fact that the waves
break right at the shore line. Bathers
get all the excitement of ocean bath
ing without being compelled 10 20 far
out in the water for IL, and they are
satisfied. while those who swim es-
cape the breakers by venturing out
only few yards.
Rehoboth lies in crescent on the
shore with the Delaware Brealxwaters
to the north and Rehoboth bay TO the
south. Back Of IL is another crescent
Of virgin pine trees, and the shore it.
self is OF clean compact sand, giving
the beach all the pleasure and none
Of the discomforts when the sand Is
silly and loose. The boardwalk is -
feet wide and more than a mile in
length. II stands so high above the
ocean that It has never been reached
by the waves.
SWEETS" and "Drles" Happy.
Rehoboth is a dry" town. There
are rumors Of an election when tho
vets" will take Issue with the sent-
nent that now controls. but the time
! is fixed a year hence. so Rehoboth is
sure TO be dry" IN the interval
Those who think that ice-beer and
mint iuleps add to the pleasures OF q
trip 10 the seaside take the necessary
/ ingredients with them The "drys"
seem to be satisfied that there Is no
saloon. and the "wets" are satisfied
with the supply they have provided,
so every one is happy
The resort has a large skating rink
which Is the center Of the social
activities of the place. for IL serves rs
convention hall when conventions
are held II is used for moving pic
tures during certain hours Of the day
and II is utilized for the purposes for
which It was built during others
Rehoboth Is quiet as resorts go, but
some people like the quiet. for II in
cludes among its visitors people from
Philadelphia. who prefer Il to At
lantic City just because it is quiet,
and people from Washington. The
family Of the late James Hooper Of
Baltimore has a cottage there. Judge
Burke spent several summers at the
resort. State Senator Charles p.
Coady, Of Baltimore Is a Rehohoth
booster" He had his family there
for several summers and he took them
there again this summer
Its Ancient Lighthouse.
The resort is historical In marine
annals. Up the beach Is the Oldest
lighthouse In America. II was built
In the seventeen hundreds and de-
stroyed by the British In 1912, but
rebuilt. In charge Of IL is Captain
Joseph, the oldest keeper in the SER
vice. on Lewes. five miles to the
north. is a smaller lighthouse which
is unique in that u Is built on rough
stone sunk In water averaging in
depth from 80 to 60 feet. None OF
T the stones weigh less than a ton.
These stones mark a safe harboI
from the Delaware breakwaters. No
matter how the storm may rage on
the ocean. vessels are safe back Of
the stones which serve to break the
I fury Of the waves. the formation OF
the shore line at this point lending
itself TO that end. For years and
, years the stones we're there but ves-
sells occasionally failed to see them
) They were destroyed i'm seeking safety
by coliding with the mass. so the
T lighthouse was built to mark the To-
+ cation.
! Recently the Young Women's Chris.
tian Association Of Baltimore has Sc.
cured a fine building at Rehobott
! through a donation from the estate ol
Mary e. Waters. Sisters Of st. Francis
from all parts of the United States
spend their vacations at Rehobotb
where they have a comfortable home
at the south end of the boardwalk
near st. Agnes Church.