New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
ATLANTIC CITY NOTES.
CROWDS FLocKING TO THE RESORT FOR
FasTER-MANY ENTERTAINMENT
NEw-YORK PEOPLE THERE.

Of Oue
which Atlantic City has ever passed. The crowd
of xdsitOrs which has been increasing week BY
week since the first OF the year, has now reached
wonderful prop ortons and IL the weather is favor
able the coming week viii bring additional thou
sands so that when Easter Sunday dawns the hotel
accommodations Of the resort, great as they are.
VIII be much overerOwded. This prediction has
been reiterated day after day since the begin
ming OF Lent. and each day Il becomes more certain
that the prophecy viii be fulned TO the letter
There are enough visitors here to-day to insure
parade Of fashion on the Boardwalk tomorrow al
most as large as any seen here on Easter
Sunday. while the people who have already en-
eaged quarters for the coming week and next sun
day viii swell the throng immensely without the
aid Of the thousands who will come unannounced
taking the chance OF finding quarters on their
arrival
Entertainments are daily growing more numer-
Gus. The email evening euckres, Dances musicals
and other affairs the various hotels have almost
become old story. but they are still popular and
have proved very acceptable this week, when a few
rainy evenings made il unpleasant out OF doors
Large public affairs also becoming more ire
auent and more largely attended as the crowd IN
creases. fashionable throng appears at the
Casino every Wednesday and Saturday evening,
and the big bathrooms on the piers filed when
ever dances are given there. The new Hotel Ru-
dolf began a series Of weekly dances last evening.
20 he given every Friday night, and large aifairs
frequently held at other beach front houses.
rnents during the week. One Of the most notable
was a dinner given at the Royal Palace Hotel
last Saturday night. in honor OF the reopening OF
that magnificent hostlery. The host was Charles
B. Prettyman, the builder and owner of the hotel.
and the guests were about thirty OF his personal
friends from this and other cities.
The opening reception at the Hotel Chelsea look
place this evening The hotel has been receiving
guests for the last two weeks, ard is now wen
filed and in addition these the reception was
Fwfo dc of b.
Thompson & Co, making the affair one OF the lars-
est that has taken place here this spring.
The book reception at the Hotel Islesworth last
evening in aid OF the new public library that Is 10
be established here, was a great success ooth
socially and financially. The first part OF the pro-
grsume consisted of a concert by the British
American Orchestra which volunteered its services
for the occasion, assisted by Nine. A sleDefl So
prano and Tutte c. Walker, tenor Ihis was
followed by dancing, which continued unul Iale
hour The attendance was large. The members
of the woman's Research Club under whose au-
vpicos the entertainment given were assisted
by the members Of the Press Club
With all these social pleasures there Is no1hihs
which takes the place of prOmenading on the DoaIu
walk in popular esteem. All day long the great
esplanade is thronged with pedestrians and per-
sons in rolling chairs. and there are many whoIh
even bad weather cannot keep indoors. The board
k nlet u ans o the new section downtown will be
completed, giving splendid Walk along the e"'iie
IN now looks as il the Pan-American Exposition
at Buffalo this summer instead OF ora@nS paS pan
have contrary effect bringing many people 70
the resort who have before been here; and as
every new visitor becomes at once friend or the
place and anxious to return the benent VIII De
lasting Atlantic City will be extensively advertised
al the exposition and it IS firmly believed that
hundreds OF persons from distant sections OF the
Sea IN their summers itinerary. just as they VIII
visit Niagara Falls and other places OF interest;
An enferpFising genius has conceived the loea
of establishing an ostrich farm here, which will
s a obec 1s Of interest to thousands Of visitors The
old Japanese tea garden property, on the beach
dicate OF capitalists headed by Kennedy Crosson,
and will be converted into park with the ostT1en
three and a half acres in extent.
pleted for the 'Eisteddfod" musical and literary
festival TO be held here this sumner. The event
the programmes will consist of a series OF contests
for valuable medals and other prizes
Rhode Island ayes, was sold this week 10 the
E Commonwealth Real Estate and Investment Com
side of the lot hearest the beach and divide the
remainder Of the property into building sites This
E will not be done until fall, however. as the hotel
is leased for the present season TO NJ. w Upham
% and the new owners do not wish 10 interfere with
New-Y9rkers registerel at the leading hotels
Mrs " 4 Benjamin Miss aGls Bea3sS iSoS James M
shall ana Mrs Il s Black El5 fi1fs Martin Il Mar Mr.
aSpfsl; Hr, ana MIS-; q 6 HaPSel r R Rsmins-
ton Jay L. Lee, william Bennett. Morris r. Nolck,
Miss Anna f. Mahong. r. y. Harry, Mr.. and Mrs.
a T. Demarest, Mrs. +. b. Whittemore and son,
7. /. wellmsn. Mr. and Mrs Charles Lane Poor,
Hr; =. ana Mrs +. n. Miller; Mrs; W. B; Donnell.
Miss Feitner Mrs Grantham, Mr. and Mrs. c. T.
Rsaolf1John A. Miller 9 Bandy Miss Bandy.
nla Mayer M Mr. and m Mrs !, Robert / Levy S II.
George Powers. Mr. and Mrs. /. W Seaman. o.
Al Mlchols Joseph s.9 HesderfeT tr. John A. Diehl.
kohiman MT and Mrs ! Sehioss Miss =. Zegler,
Mrs !; Bernhemer, Mr.. and Mrs. L. N Josephthsi.
Mrs. w l. Speigelberg, b. Hyman Mrs. w VIII
Dobbs, Miss Alice Black Miss /. e Dudley. Mrs.
q Cllmer Miss s Ryan, Miss e. steinberg. J. r.
Kahn and D. schaul > 0ouu'iis' dis NJ
tiaddon Hall AIr. and Mrs J. w. Green. Mrs
and Mrs K. spaiding, W. II. Walton. W s Blake
bridge Miss Ethe ouierbridge William H ze.ger giti
4 ~. hgae; MIS- G. r. Patton, Mr.. and Mrs An
TrogbTidge Han, c. X. Hall Mrs c. Lewis Les
er Miss H. Meeker Mrs F. l. SommeTs. s'" Miss
B sommers. William Souders, William NJ FTicke
Robert currie, 6. b. Lebbey J. ". Harf. Mrs u
=. q Elgg,ns " A Robinson, Waldo f. Rice and
IsleswoT.h-Mrs, S. RothschiId. Mss Rothschild.
T. p Kirk e. spilinrsr Mr. Mr: ana SirT; l. Marbe
Bert Hahn, Mr and Mrs. 5. Gabriel, ]. c Simon.
hart Mrs ID. Rosenthal Miss Esther Frank Miss
q e. wei MISS Wei; Arthur Hatheimer, Max Conn.
- cohn Mr.. and Mrs. X. Marks. Mrs J. Drey-
u tecoe5t l,tes Lnss, EDWARD A. k0tZ. Charles
4 :. Lengforo Mrs NJ. Stark, James H. Stark Mr.
6n8 T,sC nirs. ChaFles n Mayer and Miss Ray Gantz
i .Ninosor-Ar. and Mrs William Barclay Parsons
Miss Sylvia Parsons Barclay Parsons Miss Hat,
Ion . Albert Reed. F. II Conneu 5r Luther
Sueringsr John Burke Mrs. a. r Pettit Miss
ar1 ahst1uL ny anG Mrs. William II. Mcintyre Miss
stclntyre c. W. Simm, J. J.. Julia Howard q
Erokaw George T Brokaw. H. l. Kingsbury. Miss
r v Gardner. Mrs. Charles II Stelnway Mis-
May hiernan, Nj. and Mrs. Charles Weipbere Nrs
y 1aFsIehsen, Miss Christensen, Mrs. II Diesinger
Z .. h hleronymous Mrs. Albert De Cernes I "
,,TrNiIe. arthur Blum, Miss Emily Sanford George
-. BETS O. W, Forsyth. Mr. and Mrs Willard p
11ttie Patrick hiernaE and W. T. Partridge