Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17

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more than six miles In extent, and upon
IL an unescorted woman feels as safe as
when accompanied by a party. 1t is well
protected by police regulation and rowdy-
ism is as foreign to that as in well regu-
lated drawing room
The elderly and the invalids enjoy this
great ocean boulevard to its fullest extent.
They can get in a rolling chair in any of
their hotels and with colored man to
furnish the motive power can ride for
hours on this walk and drink In the pure
and health-giving air. The rolling chair
is a great institution and is seen IN no
other place in such large numbers as In
Atlantic City. Thousands of these chairs
can be had for nominal sum EACH and,
incidentally, they are more extensively
used by the young than the old or infirnn.
1t Is great sport for the young and spoon
ing couples to get in one of these chairs
on a moonlight night and ride from the
Inlet to Chelsea or even Ventnor and re-
turn.
An All-Year Resort.
And this same boardwalk has been one
OF the factors in making Atlantic City an
all-year resort. a few years back and
but handful OF people came here in the
winter. In fact. almost any one of the
small hotels could readily accommodate
the winter visitors. But the boardwalk
and the ozone combined to make of II an
al-year resort II was found that the
temperature here is about ten degrees
milder in winter than In almost an yother
northern city and that the place is seldom
visited by SHOWS
Chemists analysed the water supply and
found that II was one of the finest In the
country. The location OF the island five
miles out into the ocean where II was
swept from the ocean side by the warm
breezes from the gulf stream, and from
the landward side by the winds from the
pine woods, made II especially desirable
a ma al nil nrif and Dc
invalids We're sent here to recLperate and
regain lost health.
Naturally. these invalids had friends and
relatives who visited them. and in this way
the resort gained a host of other patrons
II soon grew TO be n fad with people from
Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburg, New
York and Philadelphia To come down here
especially about Easter, and in this way
the patronage grew until this year has
seen almost as many visitors during the
winter as the average resort gets In the
height Of the summer.
Bright Outlook for the Future.
As 70 the outlook for this summer, moth
Ing could be brighter. Every hotel on the
island Is open and doing business now and
many Of the larger houses have been
booked full for all of July, August and
the greater part OF September
In anticipation OF the great throng the
OLD piers have been enlarged and improved
1hey nave Installed bands orchestras.
minstrel, vaudeville and legitimate shows
infant incubators. roller skating Kinks and
every other form Of amusement and en-
tertainment demanded by the class of
visitors that patronize Atlantic City
Bathing house proprietors have over
hauled all OF their suits. added hundreds
OF new robes for men and women and are
now ready for the season. which, accord
Ing to the old notion. opened yesterday.
But there Is no "sea son" in Atlantic civ
in these days. unless one calls the entire
year the season" for Atlantic City is
now literally pattonized from one end of
the year TO the other.