Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21
ATLANTIC CITY.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, February 90 1909.
Larger crowds of visitors than usual
are at the shore in readiness for the
opening of the Lenten season, which
opens Wednesday next. The pre-Lenten
crowd breaks all records. for several hum
dred people came over to spend the week.
end and Washington's birthday. The
crowd of this week is even larger than
that which was at the shore over Lin
coins birthday, and had it not been for
the fact that several additional hotels
opened during the week some of the Wis
itors would have been put to no little in
convenience to secure accommodations.
Two big events of local nature during
The week were the military ball Wednes-
day night and the banquet of the board
of trade tonight The ball was a brilliant
affair and d great success. 1t was at
tended by large number of military and
| naval men from all parts of the east.
The dinner tonight promises to be one of
the best get given. Both affairs under
the roof of the Hotel Chelsea.
Gov. Fort has promised to come to At
| lantic City later in the spring and adj
dress the Sunday afternoon meeting UNI
der the auspices of the Y. NJ G. A. He
has said that the evening of that Sunday
| he will attend the session of the Men
Church conducted by Rev. Sydney Good
man. This church is where men are per-
mtted to smoke or sit i'll their sflft
sleeves and where there is more of gem
| eral entertainment than sermon. The
| governor has been told a deal about the
| work of Rev. Goodman, and accepted an
| invitation to attend and address the men,
which was extended by Rev. Goodman
| through State Senator Edward A. Wilson
n.,n al
the Boardwalk, formerly known Hol-
| lands Boardwalk Hotel, was opened to-
day by the Lawrence Company of Phila-
deIphia after a general renovation and in
stallation of several improvements. The
house will be conducted on both European
and American plan and will embrace
every feature of the most modern and
up-to-date hotel.
The Hotel Fredonia opened today after
having been closed since late in the
fall AS for the past few years, this
house, at the foot of Tennessee avenue,
and one of the most centrally located III
the resort. will be conducted under the
management of G. w. Germany. The
house has been greatly improved and
mOdernized during the closed period. A
number of baths have been added and
other changes made that will conduce to
the comfort of the FredOnia patrons.
Mrs. =. p. Phillips, who leased Coulter
Hall, corner Massachusetts and Oriental
avenues, has rechriStened that hotel and
calls 1t the New Phillips House. Mrs.
Phillips was so successful with her Con-
necticut avenue hosiery that she desires
to retain the name.
The Hotel St. Glare, on South Pennsyl-
vania avenue. opened for the season on
February 10. The house is managed this
season by J. c. and Z. Il. Lewis. 1t is
doing a good spring business.
The Hotel Boscobel, under the manage
ment of Mrs. A. E. Marion. has opened
for the season. The house has been reno
waited throughout and improved and is
| in first-class condition in every partic
ular Mrs Marion has conducted the
house for the last twenty years and has
clientele that is enviable.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Bates of Wash
| ngton are comfortably quartered at the
| Traymore for a stay of several weeks
at the shore.
Mr.. and Mrs John NJ. Kenning are at
| the Dennis.
Cecil II. Wilson of Washington Is en-
| joying a visit of several days at the Ho-
| tel Traymore. where he is entertaining
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Farley of Washing
ton. D. c.. are located at Haddon Hall
for a short visit
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Unsworth are
Washington representatives at the Den
mis-.
Miss jeanette Horton has joined the
Washington colony at the Shelburne.
| The following residents of Washington
| have registered in these Atlantic City
| hotels during the week:
| Craig Hall-Mr and Mrs. 8. G. Orms-
| dorf.
Hotel Continental-W. w Luce.
| Hotel Chalfonte-Mr. and Mrs. l.. T.
| Darrell.
! Hotel Dennis-Mr. and Mrs. r. II. Har-