Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11
ATLANTIC CITY NEWS
HOTELS RFOPENING AND FILLING
WITH GUESTS.
Washington Visitors Who Are Enjoy
ing the Lenten Quiet-Late
Arrivals.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March 10, 1905.
Shoreward comes the social set of many
cities. They find dual pleasure in residing
at the resort during the penitential sea-
son. The sea air is invigorating, and the
gathering here of the various elements of
fashionable society offers opportunity for
more or less formal exchanges of greet
ing and indulgence in minor affairs of a
social nature.
Another weekend rush that will fill all
unoccupied rooms in the beach front hos
telries by tonight and serve also to give
the smaller hotels share of the early
spring patronage, set in yesterday The
trains yesterday and today were crowded,
and it is expected that new record for
travel will be established for early March
Fine weather filled the boardwalk with
promenaders today from the inlet to Chel-
sea.
There is promise along the whole front
of an exceptionally fine bathing beach next
summer. The bar responsible for a dam
gerouS slough last year from Connecticut
avenue down very nearly to the steel pier,
has filled in, making the beach perfectly
smooth 200 feet further seward than the
oldest residents can recall.
The unsightiy ruins of last December's
fire above Connecticut avenue are to be
removed, and with the boardwalk widened
twenty feet. and portion of the wires
along the ocean side placed in conduits
out of sight, the beach will be more at
tractive than ever before.
The annual spring dance of the Entire
Nous Club, at the Hotel Chelsea a few
evenings ago, was one of the leading So
cial events of the season.
The Hotel Lorraine, on st. Charles place,
which opened recently, is enjoying most
prosperous spring season. The house has
been thoroughly renovated, private baths
added and otherwise improved. 1t is under
the popular management of Charles z.
Wagner.
The Ponce de Leon. on Virginia avenue
near the beach, has reopened for the season
under the management of Mrs S. E. Swee-
ney. The hotel has been improved and re-
furnished from top to bottom. The bookings
for the spring season are the largest in it's
history, and all indications point to rec
crd-breaking season.
The Westminster Hotel, on Kentucky ave-
nue. near the beach, is now open for the sea-
son under the management of Mrs. Charles
Buhre. The house has been beautifed In
many ways, and one of the most attractive
features is the cosy sun parlor, inclosed in
glass.
The Hotel Raleigh, at the ocean end of st.
Charles place, one of the beSt-appointed and
most fashionable hostelries of the resort,
opened for the season few days ago. C. c.
Sh1nn, the proprietor, anticipates a most
prosperous season and has made special ar
engagements to accommodate large influx
of Lenten guests.
The Hotel Gladstone, handsomely remod-
eled, redecorated and renovated, will open
for the season on March 30. This hosiery,
which is one of the most popular and best
appointed ones in Chelsea, being situated at
the foot of Brighton avenue, will be under
the management of N. w. Collins, who ex-
poets to entertain large number of guests
during the Lenten season.
The Argyle Hotel, on st. James place. has
been leased to Mrs. Dougherty of Philadel-
phia.
The Cedarcroft, on South Carolina avenue
near the beach, has been leased for the sea-
son by Mr.. Van Church, who has been pro-
prietor of the Grand Central Hotel, in West
Virginia. for some years After being reno
waited it will be reopened in a few weeks.
o. c. Miller, formerly of the Seabright,
has leased the st. Claire. on South Pennsyl-
vania avenue, and will reopen it for the sea-
son on April 5.
A million stfckers are to be issued by the
Marine Trust Company TO all persons who
want them, to the face of which Is printed,
in blue and white, the city colors, the re-
mark President Roosevelt recently made to
the committee which invited him to the
board OF trade banquet: "A man would
not be a good American citizen Il he did
not know ~ At2antie City. =
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