The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16


Easter day and even long before. As far
as Atlantic City Is concerned, they belong
distinctively to the fall and spring seasons
here, although man OF them Will STAY
right on into the summer and 90 TO swell
the vast throngs that are here then.
II Is q marvellous thing, this great float
Ing. migrating population that we nave
here now in America. and that every wear
u growing, larger. II is not largely com
posed OF the mere butterfly element that
we commonly associate with winter and
summer resorts, II is doubtful even II
TINS ebbing and foaming tide OF Ameri-
cans that constantly h swaying bet ween
the resorts OF the North and those Of the
South IL even dominated in point of num-
bers by the butterflies.
ON the contrary, 1t is largely composed
OF matter-of-fact solid citizens-of In
dependent incomes, OF course-who for
one reason and another nave taken 10 this
form OF nomadio life. The annoyances
and petty miaeries of housekeeping and
the perpetual civil war OF %servantdom have
to do with the fact.
The comfort and luxury even now In
cident to getting from one place to an
other by rail are another influence. Then,
again, predominant over all, is the superb
chain OF hotels that we have, reaching from
the Canadian line TO the Gulf.
Driven TO hotel life by the eternal fussing
and bother with servants, II Is but a step
from the hotel life hat Ia resident and
permanent TO that which is transient and
migratory.
II is as cheap to live In one hotel as an
other, and hotels that supply everything
In the way OF physical comfort that money
can buy are to be found In a continuous
chain all the way from lands Of snow to
lands OF sun. The penates are easily slowed
away, n thus the wandering life begins,
which soon becomes a habit hard TO break
What Weary Waggles Is TO the highway
these tramps OF luxury and wealth are.
to the hotels. A surprising number OF
elderly people and people well around
the corner past middle life are thus "tak-
ing to the wood as it were.
Their children have all died or flown
the nest. They. are alone, rafting a ound
maybe In a big, lonesome house, the mainte-
Of which only brings them vcxation
and annoyance. The big modern hotel,
with Its CHEEKY life and freedom from care,
is the ready solution. Once they take the
step II Is but a question Of time when they
will Join the nomadic tribes of wesith.
Atlantic City In fall. winter and spring
Is quite a Mecca for these wandering tribes.
Its hotel attractions, TO begin with, are un-
surpassed. To reach Broadway or Broad
street, Philadelphia, costs only an ex-
s sbtlaTsti n sReisse upon . the the T TaIlT T climate Asd,
here, which, except for those who cannot
stand the strong sea air, is ~undeniably
allurlng, and healthful as well.
Mex to summer itself there is none Of
Atlantis City's o season that Is 80 full
of life and movement as that Of spring.
The much-dreaded month of March Is a
modified and lamblike March here, even
when he Is a clustering, rowdy and rufiian
only a few miles inland. 49,,
Nobody can quite believe II possible
that a few miles journey TO this part OF the
Jersey Coast means SO marked a climatic
change until he has made the experiment,
But thousands have made the ex-
pertinent and they come here every year
TO renew il.
By Easter time the place Is swarmlng
with visitors, and the Easter parade on the
boardwalk is al spectacle which people come
all the way from Philadelphia. New York
and ever further to see and take part in.
That day Is the high-water mark Of the
spring season and there Is but little ebb
from that time on until the great summer
tide that sweeps in and overwhelms every
thing begins to make itself felt.
1t is during the spring season that the
contingent from Canada comes here In
force. There always are Canadians In the
regular permanent winter colony here,
but il Is not until about the last week In
February or the first week in March that
they get here in numbers. Montreal prob
ably sends the largest delegation from
Canada, although Toronto Is a good second,
with Hamilton, London mi other large
Canadian cities usually well represented.
Il All ttlAt III iitAt iiOiiA SoAAoNah
who were among the first to patronize the
hotels hat made the experiment of en-
deavoring TO build up a winter business.
Many Of these have come here every
winter from that dayto this and formedthe
nucleus from which a great part Of the
Canadian patronage grew up.
After Philadelphia and New York, prob
ably Pittsburg is the best represented here
of any of the American cities during the
winter. The New Englanders, how
l.
and the large Western cities, as far away as
st. Paul and Minneapolis, always have
delegations here the entire year around.
The GROWING marvel Of Atlantic Cty's
remarkable development will always be
the astonishing rapidity with which it's
popularity as a winter resort grew up.
That fact is almost unparalleled in the
history Of American resorts. OF course.
the superb hotels intended originally for
summer Use only constitute the leading
factor in the problem Of what did il.
But hotels alone will not make a place.
What gives Atlantic City it's permanent
hold on those who come here once or twice
is the i~ncontroverible fact that people
in need of rest, not only get the rest.
but with IL a certain tonic from the
bracing air and the wholesome method
of living which is the vogue with the winte-
residents.
In this respect il has its advantages
over winter resorts in the extreme South.
Pleasant as is the softer climate there
and the February advent Of spring, many
Northern people, none the less, find their
health better where there is a keener edge
and a more eShilarating snapin the weather.
Indeed, so far as healthfulness is con-
cerned, IL is doubtful IL there is a better
place than Atlantic City from December
TO April to be found in the United States.
on this fact and on its hotels its popu-
larity has become too firmly established
ever to be overthrow. Although the
winter Just drawing to a close has been
one Of the coolest known in years, the num-
Der Of transient visitors and all-winter
sojourners here has rarely, il ever, been
greater. and never in the history If the place
was the outlook for the spring season more
promising than it is for the spring Of 1902.
atlantic City 10 Hold n big Dog show.
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