Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Season in Full Blast on At
lantiC Coast.
ATTENDANCE Is LARGE
BATHING IN SPITE OF THE chill
LY WATER.
Washington, as Usual, is Well Repre-
scented at All the Popular
Beaches.


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ATLANTIC CITY, June 2S.-People are
now beginning to arrive for the great 4th
of July celebration, which Is one Of the"
days at the seashore. There will be good
time here on every hand, as all the places
Of amusements are making preparations for
a big celebration At night the Atlantic
City Yacht Club, which is one Of the larg-
est of its kind on the coast for city Of
this size, will be in class all by itself. All
the boats which 1t has numbered on its
roster will be gayly and prettily decorated.
At night they will sail out over the water
and down in front Of the city. When off
the ocean piers the signal Will be given and
the heavens will be made bright with the
great display of fireworks which will be
sent off from each boat. No expense has
been spared to get the very best and pref
test pyrotechnics that money can buy, and
one and all at the shore will have an OPP
portunity of seeing night Of the fourth as
it should be celebrated.
The bathing season Is now on In full blast
and the strand at present presents the an
nual animated summer picture so charac-
teristic of this resort. one thing tnat Is
noticeable for this time of the year is
that there are q great number Of ladies
who are daily, both morning and afternoon,
are Of the summer girl ideal. and this
means that when she enters the water she
does not splash and throw the brtny all
about her. but, lying on the waves, she
cnts through the breakers like a swan, for
the real summer girl can swim as graceful
ly as she can glide over the polished ball
room floor, and better still, she has as
many admirers when In the water as she
would have at swell evening function.
There is music galore at the shore. The
Kilties Band. that famous Scotch organiza-
ton, has arrived for an engagement on
Youngs pier. while Kendalfs First Regi-
ment Band Of Philadelphia Is holding forth
in the handsome music hall OF the steel
pier, along with the Banda Savoia and
large string orchestra. Everywhere one
goes there Is music heard. The dances in
the music hall are now being held nightly
on the steel pier and are attended by hun
dredS OF couples.
A great crowd was present this evening
| at Tilyou's steeplechase pier when John
Philip Sousa and his great band opened a
seasons engagement. Not a seat was to be
| had one hour after the doors opened. In
| fact. the 20. r. O." sign was displayed
early in the evening, but even at that there
was a great crowd eager to hear this band
| Of all bands.
The Medical Society OF New Jersey is
| holding its sessions at the Rudolf, and the
present meeting Is the both annual gath
ering in the history Of the society.
| There are present many prominent special
| lists not only from this state but from all
| over the country, as this society has estab-
| lished prestige second to none in the
United States.
| Much complaint Is being heard from the
| oystermen all along the coast and in charge
| of the great oyster beds near this city
that huge drum fish weighing hundreds
of pounds are daily destroying the oyster
| beds These fish are being caught In large
numbers in the nets from off Young's pier
4 and some of them are whoppers and tear
holes in the nets. They root at the bottom
| of the ocean, get tangled up In the oyster
| beds and ruin this industry, which repre-
sents thousands of dollars to those who are
| engaged in following the same. An effort
| of some kind will be made, not to extermi-
| nate the drum fish, but to provide means
whereby they will be kept from out the
| oyster beds. The fishermen are up in arms
| against these large fish, but at present
| there seems to be no way out of the diff
| Guilty.
tonians at the shore the past week. Among
| the number the following were registere
| at the leading hotels:
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Philip Hichborn
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Burbeck, James NJ
Beck, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Howard and Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Homer are stopping at thu
Traymore. Representative and Mrs. P. N
Chaplin and Mrs. F. E. Gibson are at thu
| Scarboro. Representative w. Lee Howard
| of Lexington, Va, is at the Chalfonte will
his family. Charles e. Lucas is late ar
| rival at the Best. DIR. and Mrs H. r
| Grace are registered at the Lorraine. Mis-!
IIilda n. FRANKIE is at the Richmond. Mis-
| Maude Porter and Miss Mordecai are at tn,
| Belmont. Miss Lyon, Mrs E. Adams ant
Miss J. Adams are at Lehman Craig Hall
Mrs. P. M. Earle is at the Arno. Mr.. ant
| Mrs James M. Tyner are quartered at tn,
Ariel. Miss Elsie Van SAINT is late arriva
| at the Brookhurst. H. ]. Howard and Geo