New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
FLORIDA OF THE NORTH.
What Admirers of atlantic City
NOt0 Call 1t.

Atlantic City, Nov. (SpeclaD.-This resort may
we'll be called 1.-The Florida of the North If the
power that controls the making of the weather
VIII give as fine days the rest of the year and
the early part of the new year as those which
nave been enjoyed thus far this season. There was
Il htte storm in the middle of this week. and the
soif tournament of the Atlantic City Country Club
started in the rain, usual. But the weather has
oeeh the finest, taken whole that Atlantic City
has ever had in the fall of the year since it be-
came popular For that reason there has
peen an unusually large number of visitors here.
Inc hotels that remain open all the year are being
well patronized Beside those who come for a stay
OF a week or longer, hundreds of automobile par
Ties have been making this resort the objective
point of their pleasure runs from New York Phila-
delphia and other cities further distant.
The weather has been remarkable in that 1t has
been especially peasurable for yachting and fishing
AS rule. all the pleasure boats of the inlet fleet
have been sent TO their winter berhs or converted
INTO fishing boats by this time of the year but thus
me ne rest OF the fleet is sti! doing fairly good
business IN taking out pleasure parties.
tlshing has been exceptionally good. A most
unusual catch was made the other afternoon by
Miss Bier was with party from the Hotel Rudolf,
ana ana they were hshing some ten miles off the coast
id enc nad a good length OF line and suddenly eX-
6Gto 6amed' o Qh t fudge! Ny line IS caught on & the
York, who of the party, went 10 her assistance.
and between them they landed a lobster which,
pounds t is the % rSt time that lobster has been
caught with hook and line for number of years
girls have repeatedly asserted there was a super
abundance OF the two-legged variety along the
beach in july and August.
The members Of the Atlantic City Country Club
cess of their fan golf tournament, which ended
today. They have never had tournament before
IN IN which there were as many entries nor In which
there was such a great interest Some Of the fast
spirit Of competition was up to the boiling point
Beside the players there were hundreds Of persons
tho case with former tournaments Goflng is on
the increase in Atlantic City. and there is hardly
persons playing on the links at Northaeld. Almost
siog b nSoi Mo pay M solt b az 9 CO.. , I1D g
few days weeks. for tickets con be secured from
almost any of the hotels that Will give the pryi-
leges OF club and grounds during a stay at the
shore There is no more po,HrssaWTe lug course any &
seashore. and from the club grounds one has a
The landscape is beautiful and OF such a character
that one never tires OF II.
come over to the shore TO spend the month ot
& They "a, are t at the the Hotel & 6 Chss9S %
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Hawley Of New Haven. are
have been doing New York and New Jersey. and
spent the week here at the Hotel St Charles. They
ant, to resume their tourney, which will have for
{S G tS p9t 9r bev He % make tour Of Vrsn
and then return TO their home I'm the Nutmeg state
honeymoons at the shore are Mr.. and Mrs. 4. y.
Smith. Of sunhury. Penn and MI and MS MS n, n
Charles E. Dodson. Of Philadelphia. inspector at
the United States Mint. has been spending the
week at the Hotel St Charles.
Frank p HILL of Brooklyn. president OF the
National Librarians Association, and one of the
leading students of American and English ltera-
ture, has been spending the week at the Hotel
Traymore.
Matthew w Wood. retired New York merchant,
accompanied by his family. came to the shore in
an automobile In the early part Of the week and
secured a suite OF rooms for prolonged stay at
the Hotel Morton.
Mrs c. s. Rowland. W. S. Rowland and Miss
Rowland OF Syracuse, are spending couple OF
weeks ut the Hotel Dennis.
Frank Lecoult. Charles Matheson H. A Petz
y Austin and George A. Selger,
ir a party of New York clubmen, made the run
here by automobile Monday: They lunched at
the Hotel Chalfonte took I'm all tho sights along
the boardwalk and returned to New York late In
the afternoon. 49,,
several DAYS at the Hotel St. Charles.
Among New York women who have been spend
ing the week here are Mrs. T. w. Ravelle. Mrs
William Henneberry and her daughters. the Misses
May NJ. Henneberry and Jean Henneoerry. Ihey
are at the Hotel St. Charles - a..
W A Ayres of New York is spending n little
tIrne at tho shore. He IS panied by his wife
and daughters and they at the Hotel Iroquois.