. Book of the Royal blue . CHESAPEAKE. CHAUTAUQUA. CHAUTAUQUA BEACH, MD. OX the beautiful Chesajieake Bay at the .mouth of the Severn Iviver is locatedthe new (hesapeake thautauqua. Thislocation will perhaps be better rememberedas the long famous resort May Ridge. About thirty miles from Baltimore, BayRidge has for years been the great nb-jective point for pleasure seekers duringthe summer months, and there has grad-ually been evolved an ideal resort magnifi-cently situated and deservedly popular. .\ completely equipped as to every detail, andheld in high esteem by the thousands whohave visite
. Book of the Royal blue . CHESAPEAKE. CHAUTAUQUA. CHAUTAUQUA BEACH, MD. OX the beautiful Chesajieake Bay at the .mouth of the Severn Iviver is locatedthe new (hesapeake thautauqua. Thislocation will perhaps be better rememberedas the long famous resort May Ridge. About thirty miles from Baltimore, BayRidge has for years been the great nb-jective point for pleasure seekers duringthe summer months, and there has grad-ually been evolved an ideal resort magnifi-cently situated and deservedly popular. .\ completely equipped as to every detail, andheld in high esteem by the thousands whohave visited it annually for many bay at this point is probably ten milesbroad and the distant shore being rarelyvisible, the horizon line has almost thecharm of the mighty .Vtlantic. 1 luring thehot days of the summer it is a positive de-light to find relief in the cool salt breezeswhich are constantly in evidence along theseshores of the more perfect location for a .summer Chau-tauqua can hardly be imagined. .MostChautauquas in their infancy have few at-tractions to offer the visitor and theirevolution and upbuilding is a question ofsome time, re(|uiring the erection of homes,auditorium, and the building practically ofa summer city, (^uite different is the caseof the Chesapeake Chautaufpia. They takepossession of what has been the most cele-brated of the many Chesapeake resorts. .1 I llAI IAI V -I Il-Ai II. l!ay Ridge has been the Coney Baltimore and Washington in the past,and its transfoi-mation to a non-denomina-tional Chautauqua shcndd be the beginningof even a more prosperous existence. Thebathing beach here is fine,and peculiarly safe, the water deepeningvery gradually and the beach extendinginto the bay at .such an angle that the batherswould be required to venture some distancebefore encountering a dangerous depth. 8 CHESAPEAKE CHAUTAUQUA. The Chesapeake, this far down, rolls inwith a p
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