Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
ATLANTIC CITY.
Special Correspondence of The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star
ATLANTIC CITY. October "a. 1908.
Conventions are doing their full share
in the matter of keeping the resort well
| filled with visitors this year Last week
| there were two or three conventions, and
| this week again there are three or four
| Others and so the patronage of the hotels
| has not appreciably changed. except a
| trifie for the better. Among the conven-
| tions of this week have been the Presby-
| terrain Synod of New Jersey American
| Association of Railway Accountants,
Petroleum Association. Municipal League
| and three or four others not so large.
| Atlantic City is truly becoming the ia
vorite gathering place of convention dele
gates. and the time is not far distant
when 1t will be made the annual meeting
place of many of the most important con-
! ventions of the country. The business
men will soon get together on PROPOSE
| ton for the erection Of a large conven-
| ton hall. with all the necessary commit
/ tee rooms. etc. and when that is accom-
| plished effort will be made to have the
| great national conventions of the big po-
| litical parties held here.
| 1t is early for Indian summer but At
| lantic City has been enjoying a spell of
Indian summer weather. 1t has been so
warm here up until Wednesday of this
week that Mayor Stoy was seriously con-
sfdering the advisability of sending an
other detachment of life guards on duty
They were all taken off few weeks ago,
but there was SO much bathing that a re-
quest was made to have them sent back
on duty. There was no municipal appro-
prfation to meet the expenses of such an
emergency, so three or four of the bath
ing-house proprietors dubbed together
and hired four or five of the men to go on
duty for a few days.
There has never been SO much building
or such a demand for cottages in At
lantic City as this fall. There are not
enough cottages to meet the demands by
almost 500. and real estate men are over
run with orders. The owners of prop
erty in Chelsea are rapidly placing cot
tages upon the vacant lots. and they are
either sold or rented before they are in
closed. In many instances they are sold
before the foundations are completed.
The demand is for medium sized houses,
and this is the class being erected Most
of the buildin&is being done in the Chel-
| sea district. which is the most fashionable
| cottage district of the resort.
Rev Sydney Goodman has started his
| fall meetings of the Mems o.ub The
| first was held Monday night, in Morris
Guards Armory, and over a thousand men
from all walks of life were present. The
men smoked pipes or stogies, listened to
| several short addresses by Mayor Stoy.
u.
others. and finished the evenings pleas
ure with an enjoyable lunch. The Rev.
Goodman has service every Sunday
night for the men, and they are privileged
to go there and smoke, listen to short
gospel talk. see moving pictures and lis
ten to short addresses and programs of
sacred music. He gathered together a
crowd of men. many of whom have not
set foot over church doorsill since boy
hood.
Cloudy and somewhat cooler weather
struck the resort Wednesday, but it has
not interfered with the pleasure of large
coterie of golfers who are located in the
resorts hotels. The golfers. or at least
| many of them, have come down to have a
| little practice on the local course before
| entering in the fall tournament, which
| has been set down for November 5, 6
| and Z. The tournament this year will be
| those Of the past. Already quite a large
| list of entries has been received by Sec
rotary Walter E. Edge of the local club.
| Entries will close the 4th, the day after
| election. and those who wish to play are
! requested to make entry as early as pos
sble.
| Miss Elizabeth Marshall of Trent on
| while walking along the beach the other
day picked up clam, which had been
| washed up by the ocean. She was about
to cast it away. when something inside
| the shell attracted her attention. She
took a small piece of stick which she
| found near. pried the she'll open and took
out an almost perfectly pear-shaped
pearl. She took it to a local jeweler
who is having it polished up and will
make it into handsome pendant to be
suspended from a gold-bar pin. 1t is
worth about $45.
| cludes Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Ball. Miss
Beatrice Ball and Miss Hunt. is located
at the Marlborough lenheim for an ex-
tended stay.
matron of Washington D. c., is spending
| several days at Haddon Hall. She is &C
| companied by her son, Master Charles
| Carey. who is entertaining Master Frank
| II. Lumming, also of the Capital city.
| They expect to remain at the shore for
| a few weeks.
| At the Hotel Raymond are Mrs. E. w.
| Reach and Miss A. NJ. Wright of the
| National capital. They will remain at the
| shore for a fortnight.
Mrs William T. Henry of Washington
| is at Galen Hall. Mrs. Henry is accom-
panied by Miss Irene Mayhou of New
| York city.
| At the Royal Palace Hotel Mr. and
| Mrs. f. r. Cunningham and their daugh-
ter. Miss Mar aret. of Washington are
| occupying a pleasant suite of rooms for
the remainder of the week.
The following residents of Washington
I have registered at these Atlantic City
hotels during the week:
| Hotel Bothwell-H. II. Hahn.
| Craig Hail.. Mitchell.
! Hotel Ethlyn-Mr. and Mrs. ]. Patton,
| j. S. Walker.
| Hotel Holmhurst-Mrs. A. Hughes.
Haddon Hall-Mrs. William r. Riley,
| Mrs. Coleman.
| Hotel Lamborn-Mr. and Mrs. c. n.
| Ernst.
| Hotel Norris. B. Mcintosh.
Hotel Morton-Miss f. S. Slime.
Hotel Pennhurst-Mr. and Mrs. f. r.
| Watts.
| Hotel Rudolf-Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
| Henning.
Hotel Wiltshire-Mr and Mrs w.
| Greene.
| Youngs Hotei-Mrs. F. A. Wolff
| Dr;ooe~e uh. Nv yu.,c<1.