Evening journal., 1900-05-23
ELKS TO THRONG
ATLANTIC CITY
Fourteenth Annual Reunion
to be Held There in July
HORSE SHOW THE SANE WEEK
Promises TO be the Largest Gathering
Of the Order Known in
Recent Years
HORSE SHOW THE SANE WEEK
Special to the Evening Journal


Atlantic City, N. j.. May 23.-The
fourteenth annual Grand Lodge and
Reunion b. p o. Elks, will be held at
Atlantic City on July 10, II and II. At
lantic City Lodge. No. 276, has appoint
ed an executive committee which has
been at work the past five months ar
ranging all the details for this conven-
tion. Various subcommittee have
been appointed TO work out the details
for the entertainment OF the largest
gathering of Elks from all over theUnited
States ever assembled at their yearly
meeting. All the arrangements have
progressed most satisfactorily and
everybody, whether an Elk or not, who
visits Atlantic City at that time will be
amply repaid for the trip 20 the sea-
shore. Ans specific information desir-
ed can be secured by addressing Emery
ID. lrelan. chairman, or Herman G..
Mullock, Secretary of the Executive
Committee b. p. o. Elks Reunion, At
lantic City n. j.
WORLDS AMUSEMENT PARLOR.
That Atlantic City is the worlds
amusement parlOr, natures own sani-
tarium, and a grand galaxy of spark
ling pleasures is well known. When
people need rest, recreation, or revivi-
fication; when they feel OverwOrked
and weary. downcast and lonely, and
long for the cool invigoration of the
sea, and the magnetic influences of
spontaneous gaiety and irrepressible
merriment, they hasten to Atlantic
City. and in its endless round of re-
fined amusements live the fairys dream
of paradisiacal existence.
Besides the sea and the beach and
the soft sea air, which were its primary
attractions, Atlantic City has developed
an endless variety Of artificial attrac-
tions.
LIFE ON THE BOARDWALK.
First OF all is the boardwalk This
magnificent steel structure is an ad-
Junct to the sea which has become
even more popular than the sea itself.
Thousands who never wet their feet in
the bounding surf come annually to
tread this greatest of the worlds
promenades and to enjoy its life. II
IS here that the life of the resort CEN
tres. On one side lies the beach, with
its white sand and its caressing waves.
and beyond stretches away the illimit-
light and shadows, its whitecaps and
its sails. On the boardwalk is another
scene-a constant stream Of ever-vary-
ing but always joyous life The light
and color are wonderful; the anima-
tion, the laughter, and the overfowing
good humOr, are irresistible IL is one
great parade. where human nature in
all ITS endless varieties may be seen
and studied. The lights from the
booths and bazaars beyond, the happy
faces and merry glee OF countless chill
dren, the SOFT mellow cOlOrs of the
Womens summer gowns, the grace ano
loveliness OF the younger women
themselves, the gay and gallant youne
men, the dizzy whirl of the merry-go.
round, the soft and swelling notes oI
the orchestra, and the thousand ant
one pictures presented by the throng n,
1t moves on-all combine to make this
one of the greatest exhibitions o
Kaleidoscope life ever witnessed. Ant
then at night the splashing waves, the
soft air. the iridcscent sea. the ful
moon over the sea, and over all tn,
beautiful starlit heavens. inspire an
ecstasy seldom experienced
The amusements which have sprunl
up along this great avenue are its grea
auXiharies. Almost every device know
among men for amusing is found her
merry -go-rounds. switchbacks. obser
vatories Ferris wheels. phonograpl
parlors, Punch and Judy shows. street
OF Cairo, japanese gardens. swimminl
pools, shooting galleries. shuifleboards
and many more, each playing it's owl
part in the great harmony Of the whole
In truth. this boardwalk presents Oh
appearance Of a continued fete OF car
niyal.
-Four great piers extend from tn
boardwalk into the ocean. Many of tn
larger hops are held upon these pier.
and at night, when Illuminated. the
present a charming picture. with thei
swift gliding dancers and the rhvthmi