Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
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The Fourth Of July Of 1905 was the most
successful in the history Of this resort.
There were more people here than on any
other single day since Atlantic City went
into the resort business. There were over
2O0, 600 visitors. and tens Of thousands still
remain. Atlantic City has not lost its cum
ming, and everything looks promising for
the biggest season on record here. The
older Atlantic City grows. the popular YER
dict Is that 1t Is better, buster and Digger
than ever. The resort cutdid Itself during
the past week, and it will keep on outdo-
Ing itself. There were no serious accidents
or fires, and thousands OF bathers disposed
themselves on the strand and the SURF
last Tuesday. The entertainment PROVIDED
guests and citizens on the Fourth cost the
Atlantic City Yacht Club thousands of dol
lars, and Commodore Kuehnle and his TEL
low officers and members of the club are
now considering plans for making the beau
tiful clubhouse on Gardeners basin the
scene of many brilliant social functions
during the winter, autumn and spring
months Atlantic City has had a glorious
week The weather has been ideal, with
cool breezes from the ocean and delight
full temperature of the water Altogether
the week of the Fourth was a record
breaker. The city never had such CROWDS
one that argues well for very prosperous
conditions from now on until the last OF the
summer crowd departs. Everything is full
of life and gayety in the hotel district ana
along the Boardwalk. All the big hotels
are filed to overlooking, and the smaller
houses which do not have their share or
patronage are an exception Up ana GOWN
the Boardwalk an innumerabie most OF
smartly dressed people daily and nightly
fill the widened section of the promenade,
and the ocean piers and places of amuse-
nent are crowded as never before. Inc
festooned electric lights brightly illumi-
nate the Boardwalk at night and gives IL a
farylike and inspiring scene.
According to the state census just taken
Atlantic City now has permanent popula-
ton of $1,000. which is an increase OF
about ZOO over the figures of the red
eral census in 1900
The Pennsylvania and Reading railroad
companies are to be appealed to by Joint
committee for the local board of trade and
the Hotel Mems Association for aid in the
erection of a convention hall. A meeting
was held at the Chalfonte few nights ago
with this end In view, and the committee
advocated the purchasing of the United
States government building at the st.
Louis exposition for a convention hail. The
structure is 500 by go feet, and cost $500, :
600, and can be purchased for $4,000. 1t
holds between 1900 and 10000 people, and
could be moved here in sections. The SEN
timent of the committee is that conven-
ton hall should be located either in Chel-
sea or the inlet district, convenient to the
trolley lines. and that the most feasible
way to secure the erection of the hall is
to obtain the cooperation of the railroad
companies. The committee consists OF "A.
T Bell of the Chalfonte A. G. Mcclellan of
the Pierrepont, w j. Busby of the Dennis
and Carlton Godfrey, president of the board
of trade.
Atlantic City's newest hotel, the hand
some Princess, just completed for Charles
B. Prettyman, on South Carolina avenue,
near the beach, was formally opened a
week ago and the advance booking Will
fill the house all season. The hosiery was
lavishly decorated, and was as pretty as a
picture most excellent taste having been
used in the selection of color scheme and
fittings to match. Proprietor Prettyman
and Manager w. H. Nelson received many
beautiful floral tributes from friends The
Princess has accommodations for 400
guests, and is d most complete and modern
ly appointed hotel in every sense of the
word. The rathskellar and cafe excite the
admiration of all visitors.
Complimentary fishing and sailing trips
for guests are an innovation introduced here
by Manager E. NJ. Duncan of the Willmell,
a delightful hotel on Vermont avenue. Mr..
Duncan tried the plan while proprietor o OF !.
a Florida hotel, and found 1t so popular
that he will revive it here by giving a
series of weekly sailing parties.
The La Shell is a conveniently located,
attra ctively furnished and carefully con-
Quoted hotel on South Carolina avenue
near the beach. 1t has bookings which as
sure a busy and prosperous season.
The American Institute Of Homeopathy
will meet In Atlantic City in 1906. About
1000 doctors are expected TO attend the
sessions.
The annual meeting and banquet of the
National Association of Morocco Manu-
facturers vii be held at the hotel Chelsea
next Thursday, July -. Over a hundred
members will attend and most of them Will
spend the weeks end after the meeting
here.
eft Association Of the Sons of Veterans will
hold their July meeting in this city instead
of in Philadelphia They will convene at
the Grand Atlantic Hotel next Saturday,
July 10 remaining here over Sunday.
The Hotel Rudolf has been selected as
HEADQUARTERS for the international Stew
| ards Association, which holds it's annual
convention here on September and D.
Arrangements have been completed for
the annual convention of the Supreme
RColng Fraternal Mystic Circle, which
convenes here next Monday, July 10 The
business sessions will be held In ODD Eel
lows hall and the Grand Atlantic Hotel
Will be headquarters for the supreme OIL
Gals.
The artistic sense for which the people
of the mIkado's land are celebrated has
been employed in making the new japanese
room in the Hotel ellsworth as dainty and
altogether charming a place as one could
readily conceive. The Japanese room,
which last summer was the palm room,
| has undergone transformation as COM
plete as 1t is beautiful. The formal open
| ing of this delightful resort took place to-
| day and was largely attended by many
| fashionable folk.
The Fourth of July souvenir of the Hotel
| Ira ymore was a pretty dinner plate of
| Haviland ware, decorated with flags and
| frecrackers, burnt in in colors and with the
| days menu burnt in in gilt. Every guest
| was presented with one of the plates,
which are highly treasured
| Well filed with guests and with very sat
| isfactory advance bookings, the Hotel Ag-
! new opened a few days ago for the season.
| This big Chelsea hosiery has undergone a
! thorough refurnshing and improvements
! representing d large outlay, and Proprietor
| L. r. Champion will continue to improve
and make it one of the best hotels in this
! city.
! One of the most pleasant social functions
| of the hotel colony was a largely attended
| progressive euchre party given at the
| Ponce de Leon by the guests few even
| ings ago. The parlors of the hotel were
| tastefulIy decorated with cut flowers for
| the occasion and twelve tables were en-
gagged.
! a musicale was one of the pleasant events
! of the week at the Hotel Chetwoode. A
| collation. was served after the entertain
ment.
| Cottagers and hotel guests attended re-
| ception and dance with which Ventnor's So
| cial season was inaugurated at Carisbrooke
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