Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-28
ACTIVE Season ON
WILDWOOD beach
Crowds Give Jersey Resort
Its Biggest July
Record
FISHING PARTIES
MOST POPULAR
Special to TnE EVENING JOURNAL

Special TO Tf1E EVENING JOURNAL.
WILDWOOD, n. j., July "a
Crowds Of visitors during this week
and last week, started up with vim,
what may be readily termed the big
season Of the summer at Wildwood
and ITS twin resort. wildwood Crest
The leading social events do not
start here until mid-July and now
everything is active.
Many Phradelphians. Delawsreans,
Washingtonians Baltimorians and
Pitlsburghers are prominent IN all
the social events and the percentage
from these cities Is greater than ever
Ia the history OF Ve Wildwoods.
Many of the leading hotels are now
giving their euchre and 500 parties,
as well as their weekly dances The
weekly dance at the Manor IS Deing
we'll attended by tho elite OF society
at this resort Card parties at the
Dorsey. Edgeton Inn, Witte. Dayton
and Arlington are being we'll patron
lied
Although during The period OF the
past two weeks there is supposed 20
be a lnll IN affairs at this as we'll as
other resorts, a big convention and
numerous one-day excursions have
helped 70 make the past fortnight very
interesting and has kept things at n
very lively pace, not only in the num-
Der OF visitors registered az the hotels
but also on the boardwalk There is
a very noticeable increase IN tho
number OF persons who are patroniz-
Ing the various One-day excursions
which are now a daily occurrence.
Last Saturday over 1000 came 90 this
resort on ten sections OF the excursion
train.
The real attraction, OF course. Is
the surf and the fine bathing beach
for scarcely do the short time visitors
get a glimpse OF the breakers and the
many bathers, then they rush fo~ the
nearest bath house to get in among
the bathers Many take great delight
also IA taking a sun nap on the
strand after their dip claiming II Is
ve~y restful and invigorating II the
sun is out coat of tan or blisters IS
the result and gives the visitors the
appearance OF having been to the
seashore for a much longer period
than the few hours spent on their one
day trips
Although many OF the prominent
society folks Of Philadelphia and other
eastern cities have been more deeply
Interested In visiting their friends and
relatives In the several army camps
yet they still find time TO come down
10 Wildwood and it's sister resorts
especially at the weelx-ends and MANY
can be seen and greeted IN the lob
bies and exchanges OF the numerOu.
hUtVis-on the island
Beach parties are becoming popular
these July evenings. with huge bon
fires ,cnd happy people on the beach
froHl
Although the War Gardens on Five
Mile Beach. and there are hundreds
Of them f7ve been affected by the
heavy aud continuous downpour OF
rain they are scrambling aloHg. most
y during the evenings OF the past ten
nays and every body IS getting at least
something out OF their gardens and
are being we'll repaid for their patrl-
otto labors
The Holly Beach Yacht Club is In
full swing at the present iime on Us
summer season OF festivities and nj
the week-ends Is entertaining quite
a bevy OF summer residents OF the
Crest and other summer visitors.
The Wildwood Casino Orchestra
under the leadership OF Director Wal
terfPfeifler, and composed OF twenty
five OF the leading members OF tho
Philadelphia Orchestra. and the New
York symphony Orchestra. are giving
a notable series OF concerts this sum-
mer. The special Saturday and Sunday
night concerts are made especially at
tractive by the Introduction OF noted
roonl sclOisis. Tonight Earle s. Mar.
shall Will make his first appearance
here. while tomorrow evening Else
Lyons Cook is to sing
Persons very seldom stop TO thinl
that one Of the items that grant,
much of the comfort to visitors an,
ourselves at resort. IS ice. An ic,
plant is very interesting AFFAIR AM
there IS one in this resort that repre-
sents an investment OF $4,000. ha
twenty-five men on its pay roll an
requires seven teams to do it's cartin
and uses fifteen hundred tons of Goa
per year in producing ice for our citi
zens.
Over sixty members are now en-
rolled in the Wildwood Crest Fishin
Club. which expects TO have 2s
foot extension built 10 the Crest Pie
the same 10 be completed by July
al the latest The fishing wharf wi
be 300 feet out from the boardwalk