Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

folks, returned to the smoky
city Thursday of this week, after two
weeks stay in North Wild wood. They
of course INDUCED in all the seashore
festivities and returned home with very
heavy coats of tan and sunburned lips.
The dance at the Yacht club Tuesday
night was an inspiration to on Pitts
burg friends and Capt. W. j. Smart
states that IN their grabbing contests
last week over five hundred crustaceans
were captured.
The Lawn fete to be held at the
Rowland Hall, on Spicer avenue,
Saturday, August 18th, will be un-
doubleday largely attended, a. the
tickets are selling fast IN account Of
their cheapness, Is cents, which are
good for ice cream and cake. The
proceeds of this fete, through the kind
ness of Mrs. Marion Fox, the oprie-
tress of the Rowland, goes to the Fresh
Air Home.
The home section of the Wild wood
Civic club made a very handsome
donation to the Fresh Air Home in the
form of a cash purse of $50. Mrs. Ida
Dukes. the matron in charge, was
greatly overjoyed at this splendid dona-
ton from our permanent resident
friends of the beach. This $50 will 60
a long way toward paying current bills
and keeping from fifteen to thirty poor
kids In the home every week. Mrs.
Archambault, whose artistic cottage Is
one of the landmarks of Wild wood, has
a novel way of collecting donations for
the home; she fines her guests for every
spot they make on her table cloth at
mealtime. The guilty party, If the spot
be only the size OF a dime, is fortunate
to escape with that payment, but II the
spot be the size of a quarter or a half
dollar or even q dollar. the fine really
assumes a large proportion and people
are wondering what will happen If
somebody should spill a plate of soup
or a cup Of coffee on the immaculate
linen. So far Mrs. Archambault has
turned In 1915 in spot cash and more
to follow. 1t is being planned by some
Of the NATIONS who are active in this
work, to give a nice little afternoon tea
to the visiting ladies ofthe resort. The
plans for this affair have not yet been
completed by Mrs. Dukes, who is hop
ing that some nice lady with a great
big fine home will come forward and
volunteer the courtesy of her house for
the event.
Gertrude Palmer. our pretty aqua
pianist, put one over on the thousands
of bathers Sunday, by aqua-planing in
the surf from 18th street to the Wild
wood Crest Pier and back, a distance
of several miles. She was towed by
Curtis Mathis in his sturdy bank skitf
aud as a southeasterly sea was running
she AGtaeIe vas indeed thrilling.
When Gertrude ran down the beach in
front of the thousands of bathers at
high noon Sunday, she made a pro-
nounced hit with her skill on the water
front.
The Wild wood Yacht club will give
their annual Lobster supper on Thurs
day night, August 18th, and with the
opening and dedicating of the new
annex on Saturday. August 26th, 1t
can we'll be seen that the Yacht club is
facing a busy two weeks.
Earl Jackson, assistant district attor-
ney of Allegheny County, in a party of
seven, made a run from Pittsburg to
North Wild wood, leaving Pittsburg
Saturday morning and arriving In
Wildwood sometime Sunday in good
shape. He came as a member of the
Red Goose club and states the trip was
fine.
Miss Erma Copeland is the weekend
guest of Miss Dorothy Conner at her
4th avenue home. Miss Copeland is
the daughter of Diana of the Inquirer,
the weIl-known woman writer.
Captain and Mrs. Wood, of the Cam
den Motor Boat club, tied their hand
some big cruiser Marie w. to the Wild
wood Yacht club water front and are
enjoying several days stay. Also from
Camden came the Lillian II of the
Camden Yacht club and the Hoyden
of the Camden Rod, Gun and Fish
club. All of these yachtsmen partook
Of the clubs hospitality for several
days.