The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
VIRGINIA. BEACH
ALWAYS POPULAR
ATLANTIC CITY OF THE SOUTH
ATTRACTS MANY SOCIETY
PEOPLE YEARLY.
SURF BATHING FINE
CAPE HENRY ALSO PLEASES
HUNDREDS WHO ARE SEARCH
ING FOR QUIET SPOT TO
SPEND SUMNER. ----

Occupying two miles Of the Allan
tic seaboard with large fresh water
lakes spreading out at It's back door.
within easy reach of the city of Nor
folk and but few hours run from
most of the towns of Virginia and
North Carolina, Virginia Beach, the
Atlantic City of the South, is destined
TO become within the next few years
the greatest coast resort OF any
southern state.
Already 1t has attained nation
wide reputation and already thousands
yearly enjoy its many delights, but
the, beginning is only in sight. The
Norfolk Southern last year laid plans
which it was too late to carry out
and the magnificent new pavilion, the
nsost complete in this part of the
country, was only completed in time
for the opening this year
The whole complexion of the place
will be changed. The company has
acquired many acres of property and
within short time buildings uniform
in design VIII face the water front for
half mile As a residential section
III will remain the same. but plans now
under way will make 1t a great
amusement resort also.
This all-the-year resort is one of
the few on the ocean. Most others
| in the South have been built along
| bays and CULTS and miss that most
delightful part of ocean bathing
tbreaker-ridtng. Surf tarhNfg Is NOT
surpassed anywhere, Huge combers,
rolling up in undulating swells until
a short distance from the shore, brea k
| into mountains of foam and rush upon
the long white beach with the roar
| of a thousand guns.
| When at other resorts the water lies
| placid and still and breezes have gone
aglimmering. the mighty Atlantic is
| heaYing and moving as Ii restless un-
| der its d-old secrets. 1t Is never
| still
Tempered by the gulf stream, water
at Virginia Beach is warm enough for
bathing early and late and many resi-
! dents of the beach take morning
/ dip the year round
I Two OF the most popular fJ-nis If
sport at the beach are predker-riding
and shooting the waves in light
lcanoes. Many have become SO adept
! at riding the breakers they can catch
a comber just as it breaks ana 1T the
speed of an express train snoot into
The shore. With Il canoe the game is
all the more alluring. :. light can
vas boat dances upon the waves witli
| the buoyancy of cork, ana IL ciaE-
aged right will race in wi1a the waves
from many hundred wards out.
Mecca For Society Folks.
/ Virginia Beach has long been the
mecca for society people Of this state
and Carolina. OF evenings huntirt ds
tifuI BALLROOM In the Casino ani en-
I joy terpsichorean delights. There Is
music. fun and laughter.
In the fresh water lakes near the
( beach there is excellent fishing. Trout,
bass perch and all fish native to Viz
GINA waters are there for the patient
! fisherman. Fishing excursions ha We
| been run for many season past ~
| the Norfolk Southern carly 10 the
| lakes. With their many turns. shady
spots and smooth stretches of water
! the lakes furnish excellent cppor;u .-
( ity for canoeing and every day their
surface is dotted with canvas boa is
speeding here and There or lilly drift
ing as pushed about by the Wild
Cape Henry, seven miles north ct
( Virginia Beach, is also on = direct
electric line to Norfolk. This Iru-
montory guards the entrance to
Hampton Roads, the Chesapeake Bay
and branches of the EliZ ibeth liver.
However, it is famous for two things,
it's sand hills and its shors dim. r..
Driven by constantly blowing winds.
the sandhills have gradually covered
and hidden what was oace a dense
forest of pines.
Walking up gradual slope for ha,e
n mile person arrives IT the summit
| of the hills and looking over sees at
| his feet what is left If the trees,
/ They, too, in a few wears will be
| smothered under the Tying particles
! of sand. From the top OF The hills
fine view of the ocean Is spread at
the climbers feet. If his eyes are
rood he may see across the nay the
towering Hight AT teare tat,stric's. In
the dusk Of the evening hundreds Of
fwSinking. blinking Nights divide ttten-
ton with the lights of steamers pass
ing in and out.
From the tower of tho Cape Henry
lighthouse, visited by hundreds daily,
ships far out at sea may Re seen wal
! lowing their way into port or disap-
Epearin- over the horizon on their way
to foreign ports.
Hundreds are attracted to The Cape
by the excellent dinners served in
the Casino while as many more visit
the place to spend q quiet 9ui restful
day. Tourists often declare the isaast
delightful place near Norfolk is Cape
Henry.
CROWD GOING ON TRIP TO