Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09

Llat II Ism Z NllaJ II OuSAL 10 Do' 4hSh NC
driTels over some moth-eaten legend of the
past. when the island was so crowded that
AT one hotel l. guests slumbered on billiard
tables, the smoking room, parlor and linen
room being already occupied.
They were, indeed, good old times for the
few LotcIkcepers as compared with the
army of to-day; but, taking everything into
consideration, Atlantic City Is now more
prosperous than it ever was. If guests do
not have TO sleep upon the floor it IS because
the lOtcIs have increased in number until
there is room Tor a few hundred thousand
visitors, and accommodations TO spare. Sew
ersl weeks ago there was slight cause for
alarm, hut II has vanished, and now there
are no IL. .sZ-ivings as to the outcome OF the
season. July was not as prosperous as it
might have been. ana at the bottom OF the
mischief was the weather. The rainfall IN
Atlantic City during that month measured
7.Qj inches. The normal rainfall at this place
Tor the month of July, rs deduced from 10
years observation at the Signal Office, Is 3.43
inches.
THE RAINFALL. AND COOL WEATHER
The excess this wear WAS therefore little
ovec 100 per cent. The total rainfall in
July, 1855. WAS . A inches: inlSSg, 4.GG inches,
and il 1890. SO inches. Il viii be noticed
that for several years the rainfall has grad
ually increase Yet the season of $780, com
ing right after the great September storm
OF 1859 was the most prosperous in the his
tor OF the place. These weather statistics
were compiled for THE DISPATCH by OBJ
server Blythe III charge of the United STATES
Weather Bureau Office here, and are inter
estiug, showing the remarkable increase
in tae rainfall. Another factor in causing
deficiency in the number of visitors dur
ing July WAS the prevailing cool weather
during that month. The deficiency in tenn
DeraJuve was 95- Last year the deficiency
Was 3gS. The indications for August favor
an excess OF temperature, which faVors
prolonged season.
i hvar nischal.ce Atlantic City should
ever lose lis wonderfully large P.ttsDurg
patronage there viii be q large gap to fill.
Considering tie distance between the two
places. ana the number Of visitors who jour
Ie- from the metropolis of CsteIm Penn
sylvHui;- 10 seek rest or recreation by the
sea = j. remarkable. There are few hotel
keepers WaO Go not make SPECIAL Efforts to
attract the patronage OF RittSburg guests
At nearly eve-y cigar store on Atlantic ave-
Ifue there are signs reading Wheeling and
Pirt~hvrg tuhies Tor sale here for there is a
local superstition TO the effect that Pitts
b---"rs smoke nothing but the slim and
strong rolls. Watch the newsboys, the
5-Eru-lc LU~r,er~ who are always up to the
rsue. The PIfts5uv@ Journals get here in
tl. evening. The demand for Philadelphia
afternoon papers i mall. 50 the wide wake
boys wait Tor The bundles from Pittsburg
and then they scatter over the island, filling
-he air with. 'Pittsburw papers: all the
news in TuE DIsFATCH." As they scurry
%. nu- The avenues they are kept busy re-
spending TO halls IronI hotel porches, where
tie guests have been awaiting the arrival of
their .ayorlte paI'er.
GIRLS WHO DON'T LIKE WATER.
Every avaI!gLyr form of seasonabIe amuse
meat is Tattlln ~ ong at full swing, and the
lis. Of recreation. offered TO the fancy of the
pleasure seekers comp prehensive and varied.
Suri bathing leing the most easy OF access,
a. well rs the most economical, naturally
takes precedence over all other sport. just
nov Jau bathing season is at its height, and
it j. % daily inspiring scene on the beach
when the wide strand is dotted with pictur-
csgae groups Of latGcrs in pretty costumes.
Tie girl who hangs her clothes On her
shUrc.y limbs, but doesn't go near the water,
IS ss numerous this season as ever. She is
picture oT iuveliuCsS in her iaunty costume,
but never under any circumstances. enters
the surf Her appearance on the beach is
looked forward to by the habitues of the
strand with the certainty of dinner hour.
No one has ever succeeded in inducing her
TO take "a plunge and why she refuses is a
mystery that has given rise to numerous
conjccJUTes. Hcrenvious rivals do not hesi-
tate to assert that her complexion will not
wash, unC one lrreyeTent youth has been
heard 70 declare that "she Is too badly stuck
on hCr shape to get il out Of sight" Although
sOGnc%hat uukiUd this latter hazard is prob
ably vcsy near the truth.
The other day sight was witnessed on
the beach that would have shaken the very
foundation o. ASbury Park or Ocean Grove,
and which would have completely pros
tEGted "FUUnGcr' Bradley. During the
helguCh OF the bathing hour, when the beach
WIS crowded with people. a woman ap-
neIreQ IN a DHTnlDT Sult tllit lacked SklfTf
She wore tho con ventional blouse and black
stockings, bat in the absence OF the skirt the
usual JiEht-fittlug trousers stood out in bold
relief, AID, as size calmly promenaded the
strand, uncCncCTned by the gaze of the
startled spectators several ladies gasped
for breath. 1t was the most daring act of
the season.
SCNBURNS ARE FASHIONABLE.
Last year the proper thing in compilations
was the pale and intellectual. So the girls
Gt. wore vriis and carried pstrasols to screen
their faces from the suns hot rays This
season it IT, the nut-bruwn lass who is popu-
lar, and il is amusing to note the earnest
efforts Of rhs girls to cultivate fashionable
coats of =uHBurn. Wells and parasoIs have
been discarded by the damsels as they
promenade the boardwalk TRYING to brown
their pretty faces and it is no unusual sight
90 sec "A pair Of pretty hands stretched ont in
tic suu in an ocean pavilion with the owner
auNiOusly watching the SproutiEE OF the de-
sired tan. They VIII show themselves fiat
UE their taC.:s on rhe saad. and closing thcir
eyes, siG1lc in the hot sun until they are
nearly baked and 5listcTCd By the scorchiuc
glare, all iur tha SAX" Of .he resultant tan
l. Is a painful operation, but tie girls bear it
like Ir05Lns because Il is fashionable to be
tGuacl.
Tho Washington Light Infantry, which
some tiIae ago decided to holG its annual en-
CHmpmeRt at Atlantic CITY, has sent word
aHF.f-aa sf.sT..