The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-07
A COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
Marked Increase in the Number of
Foreigners" at Atlantic.
THE BEACH FOR A PUBLIC PARK.

Legislation Has been Secured which WIN
Forever Prevent Corporations from shut
ting on tho View of the ooean-some Of
the DIstinguished visitors.
ATLANTIC CITY, May IA curious turn
has been noticed in the composition Of the
tide Of travel which has been favoriug
this seashore elysium with its Frightening
and enlivening presence Of recent days. 1t
Is the increasing number OF foreigners"
who are at present sojourning within the
city. In the language of the hotel man
the designating word foreigner" stands
for every person who does not claim Phila-
delphia as his place Of residence, whether
he halls from Moscow or Harrisburg 1t
Is not applied in any other sense than as
matter Of distinction. 1t may seem
strange declaration, and scarcely credible,
that this new element, which three years
ago numbered so few as to attract but
passing notice, now outnumbers Philadel-
phiaus two to one. But such is the fact,
and it has held good for three months
past. 1t is but an illustration Of the wide
spreading fame Of the resort which each
year is becoming more and more cosmo-
politan In the character of It's patrons
Western Pennsylvania, especially Pitts
burg and vicinity, Maryland, Virginia,
Ohio, Kentucky and New York are the
states from which the new contingent
halls from in strength
Every patron of the resort is imbued
with certain amount of interest in its
welfare, and there is no project which has
enlisted their sympathies with heartier &C
| cord than the city's struggle to place the
beach front under municipal control. Leg
islatiOn has been obtained which en-
powers common council to create the
beach front into a public park, and to as
sumo authority over it either by dedica-
tion or condemnation proceedings. 1t will
necessarily consume time to accomplish
this public improvement which will for
ever make the strand a public property,
and will likewise stop the attempts OF cor
porations to build railways, piers and
other Instructions to mar its natural
beauty and shut out the ocean view from
the esplanade
United States Treasurer d. N. Morgan,
who has been coming here for a number
of years, is quite vigorous in language in
his approval Of the plan. Treasurer Nor
gan has his family located at the Penn
hurst, and is usually an over Sunday Wis
itor.
Mrs Charles j. Bonaparte, whose hus-
band bears such striking resem blance to
Emperor Napoleon, and who is leader in
Baltimore's exclusive social set, is fire.
quently observed on the promenade these
pleasant afternoons, and is as much noted
for the elegance of her gowns as for her
stately figure and graceful carriage. Mrs.
Bonaparte is sojOurning with her maid at
fh. fauhtAyo 1a nrip 70, 4 L. l.
an indefinite period.
The Monumental city has another
prominent sojourner here in the person
of Judge J. Upshur Dennis He is at the
Shelburne, and does little else than amuse
himself with watching the breakers roll
in along the beach from some secluded
nook on the promenade.
From the far west is noticed Miss Mary
Plum, the bright daughter of the late
Senator Plum, Of Kansas, and to whom
she was of such great assistance during
his lifetime. Miss Plum is here for her
health. She is a quiet parsonage, and
shows in her conversation a mind OF un.
usual brightness and cultivation, She
finds companionship in the company OF
Mrs. Charles Daniels and Mrs. Daniel
| Lock wood, whose husbands represent at
| Washington the Thirty-second and Thir-
| ty-third congressional districts. They are
frequently together in the Casino on the
beach.
In the same pleasure resort is to be no
ticed occasionally the soldierly form OF
| w. II. Hastings a brother of General
Hastings, who, it is conceded will be the
next Republican candidate for governor
of Pennsylvania Mr. Hastings has an
impressive personality, in which his long
flowing whiskers play an important part,
and resemble in style those for which Mr.
PETER, the Kansas senator, is famed He
does not discuss politics, but upon the
subject of his brothers candidacy he does
not hesitate to say that from what he has
heard and observed that up to date he is
the most likely candidate to secure the
nomination on the Republican side. Mr.
Hastings usually makes the Hotel Dennis
| his headquarters.