Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-17
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Miss Eleanor Barry il visiting Miss
Marion SpruaDcc at Capt May.

Miss Eleanor Barry il visiting Miss
Marion Spr,,aDcc at Capt May.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Belts, Miss
| Marion Belts and Miss Mildred Belts, will
Leave Tuesday for a months stay in New
Hampshire.
Mn. Frnnk l.. Boynton and son and
| daughter and Mr. and Mrs. l.. -. Both
well will spend the month of August ut the
Shelburnc, Atlantic City.
Mrs. c. B. Middleton and daughter are
nt Atlantic City for the month of July.
Mrs. ID. w. Townsend Of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, who ia being entertained by
Mrs. John Townsend of Wilmington, will
next week 90 to bcwes, where she will
visit other relatives Later she will make
visits to Brooklyn, ~ u, Easton, Pa,
and other points in the East before re-
turning to her home.
from here arc present in strong force.
There is almost always half dozen or
more of the du Pont families who find
Cape May surroundings almost approach
ing the ideals. II, Of course, If not so gay
as Atlantic City, nor indeed 40 gay AS
when IL was great Yachting center and
watermen came there with their fino craft
from all parts of the New England and
Atlantic coast States. The place, how
ever, fsstens itself In the affection OF It's
guests and To go there for one or two
seasons means tn go back year by year Tor
almost ever after. Such a yearnIng seems
almost hereditary for several Wilmington
people who find it~ attractions 80 salts
fying represent the third generation of the
same family that has been going to the
resort year by year.
Rchoboth is reported to bc filed nearly
TO the doors, and almost turning people
away The Delaware shore resort Is slow
ly growing in favor and 1t should for
there is no spot on the entire Atlantic
coast offering such beach and surf de-
lights There is strong hope that the
million dollar hotel that was discussed
several months ago may matermlizo, but
there have been no Indications that IT Is
any nearer n fact than 1T was this time last
season With the completion of the
du Pont highway as far north as tins city
and it's incorporation IN the national cham
good roads. it would seem that the de-
mand for modern hotel at Rehoboth
would be considered by capitalists. Per
haps Gen. du Pont himself, who owns
moro hotels than any other man IN the
world. may wish to add n Rehoboth hos
telry to his string. If, however, he has
any such intention, 1T rs still IN the bud
ding stage.
AS one looks over the rapidly decaying
Brandywinc Springs hotel it Is difficult to
accept the unuuestioned story that ~
once was one of the most fashionable and
popular summer resorts IN this country
People from the South flocked To Brandy
wine Springs in days before the sectional
misunderstanding. spent the two hot
months. and drank the waters which
were supposed TO have had some medicinal
values, in addition TO being 100 per cent
pure Jefferson DAVIS and Alexander II
Stevens names are still TO he seen on one
of the old registers, If it is still preserved,
and some of the most beautiful of South
ern bellies and gallant Southern beaux en-
ioyed the grateful hade of the tinc trocs,
The old pile was the setting Tor Southern
romances almost innumcrable, although IT
Is difficult to associate II today with either
romance or popularity. It's glory has
faded so completely that no suggestion is
left of its past or that il sheltered some of
the most elegant" ladies ofthe land IN It's
halcyon days in the late fiftics or early
sixties.
DR.. and Mrs. c. F. Handy, of 623 Della
ware avenue, are spending two weeks at
Cape May, New Jersey. They are accom-
panied by their daughter.
William Penn Shockley of Milford,
United States Consular Agent at Genoa,
Italy, announces the marriage of his
daughter. Miss Ellen Elizabeth Shockley
to William Gilbert Chapman on Thurs
day May 20, in Genoa. Miss Shockley
is we'll known in Milford, having lived
here when girl and has two brothers and
an uncle still living IN the town.