Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-21

ment The Hotel Frontenac, Kentucky ave-
nue. near the beach, has reopened after un-
dergoing thorough refurniShing and remod-
cling F. N. Pike, proprietor of the ROYAL
Palace Hotel, who has been one of the pub
lic-sprited men advocating the building of
great convention hall by the city, has de-
cided to give the authorities an object les
son by putting up one on his own account
as an annex to his hotel. Plans have been
adopted and the building operations will be-
gin at once 1t will have seating capacity
OF over 1,OOO, and has already been engaged
for the seventh annual assembly of the
Jewish Chautauqua in July.
The long list of heavy real estate trans
actions which have been recorded in the
past few weeks was added to the other day
by the sale Of the famous Seaside House
when MeSsrs. Charles Evans & Son trans
ferred the property to George Lppincott
and William H. Bartlett for $3.50 600 This
is a. the rate of about 81, 600 per front foot.
which was the record set by the recent sale
of the Hotel st. Charles. Messrs Evans
will continue to conduct the Seaside until
November l, when they will vacate and
Governor" Evans will retire to private life
In this transaction Is briefly told the amaz-
ing strides made by Atlantic City as a
pleasure resort within less than genera
ton. This property, together with several ad-
joining beach-front lots, was purchased by
Mr.. Evans little over thirty years ago for
$25,OOO. The value of all the property in
cluded in this purchase is now more than
$l,ooo,O0O In the open market. The new
owners are local men, whose investment
illustrates their faith in the future pros
perty of the resort.
hotel at the ocean end of st. James place
will open March % under the management
of its proprietors. Messrs. Smith and Ba-
Earth.
elusive visitors to Atlantic City is the pri-
vate rolling chair. The first one to make
Its appearance on the boardwalk was an
exquisite shell-shaped chair of mahogany
fv, ri oh 1rtv -,
On panel on each side Is the crest of the
owner. 1t Is propelled by a stalwart foot
man In livery Of dark green. A still more
elaborate chair is owned by beautiful wo-
man who has created a sensation on the
boardwalk. but who is unknown. She oc-
cupies cottage in the Chelsea district and
is here alone with her servant.
tShe spends much of her time on the
boardwalk and her attendant Is a stalwart
negro in black livery. The chair is white
wood trimmed with turquoise blue. An
other private chair Is owned by a Washing
ton invalid. 1t is really & Sedan chair on
been the sensation of the week on the
boardwalk.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, the famous con-
federate soldier and New York jurist, has
been here for a month recupera ting from
an attack Of nervous prostration, and it
has only been within the past few days that
his presence was known. He is recovering
rapidly and sI h, his picturesque figure is now
Ex-Queen "Lip' of Honolulu Is some
place in Atlantic City, but her exact where
abouts are unknown. She came here sew
eral days ago from Washington, but a
search Of the hotels failed to locate her.
The hotel proprietors admit that they would
have drawn the color line even in the face
of royalty had she applied for admission to
them. 1t is thought that she was fore
warned Of sthis. and that she Is quietly
stopping at some exclusive cottage.
The Baroness Won Hengelmuller, wife of
the Austrian ambassador at Washington.
Mrs. Richard H. Townsend and Miss Town
send are at the Hotel Chelsea and will re-
main until after Easter. She will be Joined
by the ambassador later in the month
Arrivals at the Hotel Iroquois.
Washington-Mrs. A. A. Phlegan, Mrs. B.
F., Lyon. Charles e. Kern, wife and chill
dren. T. H. Alexander. wife and son. Miss
Elsie Treadwell. Miss Edyth Treadwell,
George N. Anderson and wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Vernon. G. v. Hope. Mr.. Horace
B. Lewis Miss Bessie. e. Lewis, Master
Samuel Lewis. Fred X. Savage, Miss Ade-
laide v. Bryant, Mr.. and Mrs. A. " Bell
more. T. A. Stockton. Robert G. Herner,
Charles H. Wilson, wife and daughter.