Evening star., 1909-08-29
At ATLANTIC CITY
The Midsummer Throngs Are
Having Fine Weather.
WITH THE TENT COLONY
Dwellers Under Canvas Are Well
Pleased.
SUNDAY CLOSING UNPOPULAR
Many Do Not Like the Rigid Blue
Laws-Capital
Guests.
WITH THE TENT COLONY
SUNDAY CLOSING UNPOPULAR
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Atlantic City has been blessed with the
most perfect weather that can we'll be
Imagined, and the midsummer vacationist
should send US vote OF thanks. Clear,
cool air, bright sunlight and pleasant
breeze and, best of all, the surf just the
right temperature for bathing, have made
the resort the magnet for throngs.
Everything Is overflowing with people.
One goes to the theater and every seat Is
occupied. or to the piers and has to hunt
for chairs. The beach chairs are all
filed and the Boardwalk and beach
packed.
Next month Atlantic City will welcome
the knights Templar. and the Atlantic
City Commandery of the knights Tenn
piar are already training for the big
street parade and costume drills to be
given here, when thousands of Templars
from all over the state will invade the
resort.
The Templars will come to the shore
during what has been designated as Ma
sonic week." when the city will have as
its guests a distinguished visifatlon Irom
nearly every branch of Masonry.
With the Templars there will be the
Shriners, the Tall Cedars and others.
It was crisp. cool, sunshiny morning
this week when we strolled into the tent
how the tented city had wtthstood the
recent storms led to some questions: oh.
storms we just enjoyed them; we have
been coming down here for four years
and rent these comfortable tents. said
one old lady. who was standing in the
tent doorway. II love the restfulness OF
the life here; the very worst cases OF IN
somnia are sure to be cured here. There
is nothing more soothing than to go 70
sleep with the sound of the tent curtains
gently tapping In the sea breeze and the
long, soothing sweep Of the breakers on
the beach. Even rain on the tent roof
sounds soothing and pleasant, for we are
dry inside.
e"Yes, there must be several hundred
of US here. We return year after year
and are all very sociable.
One Of the mysteries of human nature
IL the great audiences that sit watching
the base bali played on the record board
at the Million Dollar Pier and Young's $
Ocean Pier. These people have come
down from the city ostensibly to get away
from former interests and to luxurtate IN
great ocean Instead. they coop them
selves up In stuffy auction rooms and
ha&gle over dusty rugs. or SIT inside the
pier watching the records OF the national
game.
offerings Of surf bathing. sailing and fine
vistas of water to refresh city eyes, all
goes for naught. Being indoor people
nine-tenths of the year they cannot shake
on the habit.
Atlantic City being in the throes of a
Sunday-closing proposition 1t is hard to
predict what effect an edict OF that sort,
really enforced, would have on the place.
Many outside papers predict dire Things
IL the Sunday blue laws are enforced NO
one can prophesy with certainty. 1t would
really seem as IL there were enough out
door attractions to Offset the saloon al
iurements. but the sight Of the auction
hends and indoor base ball cranks glves
MS cause to doubt.
The Hotel Ostend is entertaining Louis
Toledo Herrate, minister OF Guatemala,
who il staying here for the season, ac-
Theodore Porter. U. s. N, Of Baltimore
IN here with Mrs. Porter. Admiral Rocker
and Mrs Rocker of New York, Mr.. an6
Mrs. Frank Elliott of Hagerstown, Md.
are among the we'll known people here.
Gen. II. r. Anderson. u. s. A.. OF Bal
timore, with Miss Anderson and Miss
Ruth. is at the Hotel Dennis.
The ST. Charles is entertaining a noted
churchwoman in Mother Perpetua, su.
perior OF the General Sisters of the Holy
Cross. st. Mary's Convent, Notre Dame
Ind.
Mr. p ]. Haltigan of Washington is al
the st. Charles.
Mr.. Philip T. Lorimer of Washington
is staying at the Hamilton Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs 6. H. Calvert are making
a stay at the Glaslyn-Chatham.
Mr. Frederick w. Pratt Is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Dickens. wife of Admiral
Dickens of Washington, who is stopping
at Haddon Hall.
Among southerners at the Hotel Strand
are Representative and Mrs. Ollie NJ
James of Kentucky, Judge Mason OF
Fredericksburg Va. who Is with his son
H j. Wallace, mayor OF Fredericksburg
and ]. E. Beale OF Washington.
Washington people registered at Allan
tic City hotels:
Holmhurst-Mr. and Mrs. w. cowhig
Mr. and Mrs j. Roth. Miss M Stehi.
Raleigh-Mrs. A. Morse, Daniel B
Morse. Minnie Hartman. Lulu G. Hart
man, James B. Sherkels, ]. B. Miller.
Loraine-Mr and Mrs B. F. Harris and
family, Herbert Rich. Melvin Rich
George Galloway. Emery Marvel, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Valentine.
Rossmore-Joseph w. Ireland, G
Schmidt. Robert Miller, P. D. Hirsch
Phillips House-Mrs. J. Harrison, Mrs
H. Gambrill.
Haddon Hall--M E. Newman, F. M
Mccarthy, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Walker
Miss Walker. c. NJ. Murdock. Mrs Carl
Casey.
Ponce De Leon-Mary F. Madigan, Cora
Gar-ity. Ida Garrity. E. r. Moseley, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Boice.
Monticello beth Phillips, Kath-
ryn Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Terry
Avoca-Mrs. J. Bean, Miss D. Schmidt.
Chalfonte-C A. Lehman, A. R. Darrah,
r. L. Harrington.
Warw.ck-Mr. and Mrs Stewart Miss