Evening star., 1897-04-02
ATLANTIC CITY IN SPRING
Altogether Different From What 1t is in
Summer
Tbronrcd With People of MraIth aud
Leisure. Who See u at
It's Rest.
Staff oorr.sl,on,l,nce Of The Evening star.

ATLANTIC CITY. March a. lSf.
The visitor who knows Atlantic City only
| in the hot ami sultry days Of summer when
| the perspirine thrungs hurry 10 The bath
houses to don the suits in hich they may
splash and frolic In the salt SEA waves has
seen but one side of this resort and if the
truth must be told. Its least attractive one
The summer hoy and the summer girl VIII
decry this assertion untrue. and ffout
The idea OF -Atlanti" CITY he!ug worth the
trouble of living in except when the surf is
tepid and the crowds suffocaiiug. To ;he
! one who enjoys life in its real purposes At
lantic city wears its most charming and
inviting garb in the gentle springtime The
air is indesc crihahle II fills The beiag and
thrills the blood. Tired lungs expand like
haiioons ana recover the elasticity of
youthful davs.' To enjoy This divine ether
in all its glory one needs to stick closely 10
the board walk
The saees of Atlantic city who compose
Its aldermanic council have tried by every
means in their power to displace the fam
mar term board walk with the more
hlSh- sounding term "eSplanaae." hut ONT
side OF the local papers and the proceed
ings Of their own body the attcmpt has
been a miserable faiUre. \ few citizens
manage 10 call 1t the -splana,le'' or ''asply-
nard. as they get II. but To visitors and
the great majority of permanent deaiztns
II remains the board walk As well
might New York. aS some tfethamites now
favor legislate the Bowcry into 'PiccadiIly'
anu expect I'M iAttilf'' 10 sta X. : for
Atlantic city to call its maguft cnt ex-
panse of steel-sGpportcd smooth flooring
the esplanade AMI expert the masses 10
forget it is the board walk To one fam
1liar with the board walk in summer with
Its countless crowd sureing UP and down
ana twininS IN and out. making a cornpo-
site picture of the American people at once
complete and unriVale3: with its booths
and its stores; its dime fetching atrrac-
lions. and its thousand and one features.
novel. srotesquc ing niOuS. ard IN some
instances artistic. ii is metamorp phosri t. a
wonderful degree In the spring. Th. swish
OF the waves is.Ynmarred by the cr,.ak Of
me revolving tower or :he Whirring roar
OF the tohoggan slides and gravity rail
roads. The piers stretch out deserted like
the sands beneath them. ard the thrnnrs
that wheel in rolling chairs or promenade
up ana down are free from tne element 80
predominant during dog days. and l. well
dressed. well hammered anI un,lollhta5lv
well to do. There are some familiar things
however. 10 the stroller The lum;y-t unl-
tum OF the hu"Iy -gurdy to which the
merty-go-round makes its steady journey.
strikes on the with the same ola tunes;
the shrfti' boards are well patronized. and
bicyclists scoot over the hard-packpa sand
on the beach. hut otherwise the scene is
nothing summer like.
The Rolling Chairs,
The rolling chair industry is a busy one.
and the well and the sick alike patronize
the comfortable Vehicles. For thiriy-ilye
or forty cents an hour one may hire a
great easy chair on smooth running wheels.
with a profusion of furs and wraps and a
muscular darkey to push the whole out
Mt, ana there Is "A constant procession of
them moving rapidly along from AFTER
breakfast till after dark IL looks funny
at tlrst TO see people simply Bdbbiing over
with health and animation loling back
in one of these chairs like a helpless in
valid and being wheeled along but you
soon see that il is pleasure they are af-
ter and cease criticism OF what YOU first
hon
yourself and see how luxurious # is
III has been great fad 10 get up rolling
chair parties and go np and down the
board walk two. three or four abreast but
the city council has just adopted a reglI-
lation providing that th. chairs must be
pushed in single file This ordinance will
DO away with the social features Of chair
riding. and the young man and his girl who
wheeled along side by side and cbattca
VIII either have to promenade on foot, or
occupy the same chair which. IL is al
most needless to say. would have many
disadvantages-in daylight
The spring Girl
There is another delightful attraction on
the board walk, and that is the spring
girl She is different from the summer girl.
She walks well; carries herself well. dress
es well and Is well bred. a glance as
sures. She doesn't seem to think that
everything within her line OF vision. either
animate or inanimate. is insuferable She
takes a natural interest in what She secs
and talks naturally about II. And the
man with her, for She usually has such an
article al her side. is well set up and well
groomed. IL il pleasant 10 look upon such
people and to chronicle theiE existence
The crowd here is larger than ever be-
fore at this season ana the better class Of
hotels well filled.
There is plenty of amusement here for
the well and the sick alike. Al all the first
class hotels there are excellent orchsstras
that give morning, afternoon and evening
concerts. The Spanish Troubadours are at
the Rudolphe and play their characteristic
airs in national costume. Schotoff Rus
sian orchestra is the leading attra ction at
the Casino, which * the gathering place
for the swell set. There are concerts every
morning from ii to l. on Monday Tues
day, Thursday and Friday evenings and
dancing "Wednesday and Saturday nights
from $50 to IL o'clock. The bowling al
leys and pool and billiard tables are well
patronized by both sexes.
Tonight there will be Italian opera
concert at the Academy of Music where
an act of "Cayalleria RUsticana" will be
given in costume with full stage effects
For those whose tastes tend toward such
things there are progressive euchre par
ties and drive whist parties and poker. aud
there are cake walks at which the employees
of the various hotels array themselves in
all their gayness and strut gracefully to
the strains of the Honeymoon March"
On the beard walk Monday 4 saw Isadore
Saks and Mrs. Saks, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Baum, Mr.. +. j. Stellwagen. Mr.. II. c.
Burch, Mr.. Ralph jefferson. DIR. and Mrs.
Henry Miller and Mrs. John Ingersol. Yes
terday among the promenaders were An
drew Saks. Charlemagne Tower. the
minister to Austria; Andrew ID. White, who
will probably go to Germany, ard DIR. and
Mrs. Samuel III. Greene