The Washington herald., 1907-03-03
ATLANTIC CITY PLANS PARADE
Seashore Resort to Have a Great
Show on the Boardwalk.
To Build Tree-lined Avenue Through
Heart of City-Bands Play and
Dancing I'm Vogue.

Atlantic City. March maids and ma
/ irons are to-day preparing for an excep-
( tionalIy brilliant parade on the Boardwalk
/ tomorrow This Sunday turnout is one
/ Of the interesting features to the vast
majority of visitors to the resort.
/ Il IS estimated that there are more
| than 500 strangers in hotels. all Of them
/ more or less prominently identified with
/ social circles I'm their home cities. Most
Of the visitors are accompanied by big
p trunks, which are suggestive OF fashion.
able clothing and pretty millinery. The
/ weather has only occasionally permitted
( the wearing Of stylish costumes. A few
I Of them have appeared and commanded
admiration However, tomorrow. If the
sun shines, II is expected that the prone
/ made viii be "a scene of unusual gayety
and splendor Of everything that is up-to-
date
The remarkable condition has been re-
/ ported by some Of the leading hotels that
! they were unable to take care Of all ap.
plicants for apartments. This announce
ment so early IN the season is a crafty
+ ing Indication Of the rapid development
/ of the Lenten season. These congested
/ periods, it has been noticed. have oc-
/ CURED from Saturday until Monday. II
f is due to the vastly increased number OF
patrons who delight in coming from
+ Washington, Pittsburg, New York. and
/ Philadelphia to the shore for two or three
days recreation.
Every night the Boardwalk is illumi-
mated with 1000 electric lamps, which
light the espIanade with the same bril-
liancy that makes il 90 fascinating in
summer. Piers have started full bands
and big orchestras for the entertainment
] of patrons Although it is the penitential
/ season, dancing seems to have many dew
/ otees in the casinos and on the piers.
The absence Of city parks and arboreal
beauty in the resort has been recognized
officially by the authorities who have en-
ployed municipal Landscape EXPERTS "a
draw them plan for identifying the city.
It is the intention to arbitrarily build a
hundred foot avenue through the thicklv
built UP section of the city, starting from
the Inlet and running down to Chelsea. a
distance of more than two miles. By the
gradual recession of the sea from Pacific
avenue to the beach, there has been left
strip in many instances 2,1o0 to $500 feet
in length. Down this new drive If is the
intention to run lawn planted with trees.
In order to make the public improve
ment for the boulevard. IL viii necessitate
the tearing down Of hundreds of cottages
and boarding houses. The cost will ex-
coed N,5O0,0O but the city will recoup the
expense by assessing benefits. There is
also plan to create a lawn on the beach
on the outside Of the Boardwalk. Advice
is soUg, [ on the point of the wholesale
planting of shade trees by the CITY. where
the avenues are wide enough for their in
PRODUCTION. Property owners individually
have become inoculated with the CITY
Beautiful fad. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars will be spent on these improve
ments by both the city and property
owners.
A notable visitor is Mrs Dan Hanna OF
Cleveland, daughter-in-Iaw of the late
Senator Hanna. Mrs. Hanna came here
TO escape notoriety that came 10 her
through reports that she had instituted
proceedings in divorce in Ohio.
The cornerstone for the new City Hos
pital, on Ohio avenue. near Pacific, was
recently laid in the presence of large
number Of visitors and residents. It is to
be a handsome structure, and, in addition
to four wards, will contain a large num-
Der of private rooms. The new building
viii be in harmony with "a large number
of general improvements which are under
way and in contemplation.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Barbour and
Miss Marguerite Barbour have Joined the
Washington colony at the Brighton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Hollys, of Baltimore,