New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
ATLANTIC CITY AFFAIRS
Many Varieties of Weather-Ready
for Golf Contests-An Earlu Dip.

everything from summer TO arctic samples this
week But withal. there has been large number
of visitors at the hotels, and unlike visitors in
former years, they did not pack up and depart with
the first signs of unpleasant atmospheric cond-
tions. The hotels have been well filled right along
and are still enjoying unusually good patronage.
II needs only glance at the Boardwalk any
fair afternoon that the crowd is much larger
than ever before at this season of the year.
Preparations about completed for the annual
spring gols tournament of the Atlantic City Coun-
try Club, which will be held the links at North
field. Thursday. Friday and Saturday of next week.
May ,. and 4. Qualification play to consist Of
thirtysiX holes medal play, will take place
Thursday. There viii be six sIxteens to qualify.
The first. for the governors cup; second. for presi
dents cup: third for the Atlantic City Cup: fourth.
for the Mortified Cup: fifth and sixth for special
cups TO be given those classes. The first and
ond rounds of match play will take place Fri
day and third and final rounds Saturday. AS a
special feature there will be eighteen hole medal
play handicap Saturday. entries for which may
be made up 10 10 o'clock Of that day. special
consolation event will he arranged for Friday for
the benefit of the defeated eights OF each sixteen.
Miss Mae Oliver, Of Germantown accredited
with being of the most expert swimmers among
women of Pennsylvania took ocean dip in front
of the Brighton Casino Tuesday, and the sight
Of a young woman swimming and diving when
many persons the Boardwalk wrapped in
heavy winter clothing attracted a crowd. The
swim the result OF dare Miss Oliver Is a
visitor the Hotel Brighton. and the
house are Harry " Dayton and Walter g. King
ston. both of Newark. The trio or young people
| are old friends and in talking over swimming
feats the young men dared Miss Oliver TO take a
dip in the and so around the stone jetties at
! the foot of Ohio avenue. whieh she did
Among the April visitors here is General A d.
Straus. Consul General OF Nicaragua, member OF
] the diplomatic corps at Washington General
Straus IS not I'm the best of health and the trip
| the shore made in the hope and belief that
/ he would be greatly benefited by the change. Mrs.
| straus and Miss straus accompany the general
| and they at the Hotel Traymore. They viii
| spend several weeks there.
The Business Mems League and the Lighting
! Committee Of City Council are busy making plans
for brilliant illumination OF Atlantic when
that street shall have been paved and made Of
the finest toroughfares in this part OF tho country
The work Of lowering the tracks OF the trolley
| line. and OF paving the avenue IS in progress
and II is said pressure will be brought upon the
officials of the trolley line TO compel them re-
move the poles from the centre Of the street. The
/ committee and the league men want the svenua
brilliantly Illuminated when the improvement is
completed, and 1t may be that scheme similar to
that now on the Boardwalk Will be put In effect.
| Ge0rg" Gould. OF New York here the latter
end Of last week and spent few hours in Atlantic
| City. He ran down in his handsome and speedy
! automobile and made the from New York to
the shore in little over i've hours, 1t was Mr
| by way Of Lakewood
m Of sgT sgehs o1nS Tns e. given at the d Hotel M
guests of the house There were tables. and the
! cluson refreshments were served by the manage
ment. The prizes were captured by Mrs: T. W.
| Canada: T. W. Dalton of Washington; Peter
| O'Benis, Of Paterson and the consolation by the
| Mr. and Mrs. Reginald De Koven are spending
/ some time at the Hotel Chelsea
J Mrs. MAY Isabel Fisk. Of New York accompanied
! lor and Herbert Kaufman. OF New York, Is at
Upton Sinclair. author OF The Jungle" is mere
| Mrs George A. Bartlett and Mrs. l.. A. Gates OF
| Tonopah. Nev.. are among the visitors at the
Charles i. cope the proprietor of the Grand At
! lantic Hotel has just closed a contract for the
| lease Of the Hotel Ostend. formerly the Agnew,
! early in june David P Rahter. Who was at one
| last two seasons has been manager of the Hotel
ana one S OF nc sne GS{ m a Mr. S[e 0na men m r1n 1
the ostend The ossnd Is one one & OF tne an6 largest
| rooms. II is one Of the most moderniy equipped
Mr. and Mrs George " Knight, of Newark are
| spending their honeymoon at the Hotel Raleigh
| Island. are spending their honeym9on at the Hotel
M Mr. and and Mrs Mrs Ravd W Wes T., Of Pba Bnl
! delphia among the bridal couples spending
! Mrs II g LYONS Of Lawrence Mass who have
been spending part of their honeymoon at this re-;
sort, this week went to Lakewood. where they will
aays M nS soHg s Oas aar e fs s4ow o
bridal trip in Atlantic City They made ma % the New
|
! and Mrs b Klug of New York among the
| newly married couples at the Hotel Rudolf
! Lieutenant Commander d; l. wilson u 8. n
etiTed} is spending sking 9R1 fhe Sew f Belmont
NJ and srS Mrs a. J. Drexel Biddle. we'll known
society people of Philadelphia, are spending ten
days at Haddon Hall. n,,,,,,. =,
| State Senator Ernest Tustin, Of Philadelphia Is
! among the weeks visitors at the Hotel Traymore.
! George r. Evans. Of Kentucky, one of the fore
| spending some days at the shore, He is accom-
| panied by Mrs. Evans, and is at the Hote! Tray
MIS-. F. C. Coleman, wife of Major Coleman, and
! Mrs F. c Coleman. jr. wife of Captain Coleman,
| came down from Fort Seward Alaska to spend
! the spring at the shore' Ahey are @l 'ie NC"
Harry Fenn artist and magazine illustrator. Of
Hotel Monticello He Is entertaining his daughter.
! Mrs. D. S. Van Antwerp. o. -,
! NJ J. Clark a railroad man of Chicago, and his
| wife are at the Marlborough -Blenheim.
DR. Reuben Thomas, or BOSTON, Is at the 81.
David B. Provan. of philadelphia president Of
the Pennsylvania Hotel Mems Association Is ut
the Hotel ChalfOnte. ,,. ,r,
Mrs Howard Roberts and her daughter. Miss
/ Helen Roberts of the Quaker City are spending
fortnight at the Seaside House, ,,,, a,
Colonel A. Louden Snowden, a Philadelphlan, ana
George A Cotton. OF the same city, were among
the Visitors in the early part Of the week
G. w: Fairchds yice-Rreside@nn @ OIL Ine 5 SuaIu y ;t
of rooms az the Hotel ChafOnte for himself and
Mrs. Fairchilds Tor a fortnighss stay ',,-.,,,, =,
Bird s Coler Borough President OF BROOKLYN, IS
spending some time here for the benefit of his
health ..., o,,,f,ot,,-or og OAKLAND
cal has engaged apartments at the Marlborough
Blenheim for a month. lie Is accompanied ny MS
wife and daughter and J: ". Kline;
Dr. DE Bertin, physician OF Farls' Is al the
Mrs l. II. French wife OF Major French. Of the
cedric and George has Joined a party OF friends
from New Rochelle at Haddon Hall
Major Gresham. Of the regular army, accom-