Evening star., 1909-08-22
At ATLANTIC CITY
Biq Storm Last Week and Its
Incidents.
GOOD BATHHOUSE STORY
Big Prices Paid for Several Build
ing Sites.
THE VERY RECENT ARRIVALS
Hotel and Boarding House Keepers
Are Extending Glad
Welcome.
HE VERY RECENT ARRIVALS
cial Correspondence Of The Star.

ATLANTIC CITY. August 81, 1919.
Notwithstanding all varieties of wealth
er during the early part of the week,
Atlantic City. has not lost its good ma
ture or it's high spirits. The first thing
it did after the storm had rioted it.
self away was to send the Atlantic City
Golf Club team over to Cape May and
beat the Cape May lofters 10 to 8.
People slept under double blankets the
most of the week, and when the summer
girl wearing an ulster over her lingerie
dress was asked why she did not go over
to see the Ocean City carnival she
replied that she would really love to go,
but it was a water trip and she was
afraid OF meeting icebergs.
The last of the week saw gradual re-
turn to normal pleasant weather, and
the people rushed into the surf in great
numbers. begrudging the day or two of
angry breakers that prevented them
earlier in the week.
y big storm struck Atlantic City dur
ing the early part of the week with the
wind blowing at the rate OF thirty-six
miles an hour. Not to be outdone, the
Old ocean got on a rampage and laShed
the piers and threw breakers and spray
up on the Boardwalk. 1t was the most
severe storm In Atlantic City since 1889.
The breakers rolled inward with great
sea that no life guard boat was launched
all day, although there were several
hundred bathers who went in anyway.
A little child was blown through the
on the sand below, but no harm was
done. Rolling chairs were blown over
and awnings torn to shreds.
A. serious accident occurred when
rolling chair went over with a woman
inside. The womans head was jammec
through 10 nF la 81 IA
and her neck badly cut. The chail
pusher slipped and the chair fell on him,
cutting his hands and arms badly.
The vast crowds of people who want to
go into the surf. and all about the same
hour, is making the bathhouse problem
rather serious. The bathhouse barons as
rule, try to please their patrons, but
now and then some of the employees need
a calling down, and one of them received
IT this week at the hands of an irate
Philadelphia man. 1t seems that the
man and his wife had engaged a COM
partment for themselves. and after taking
their dip in the surf, returned to dress
In the meantime. the bathhouse man had
rented the room to third party. While
the man and wife were in the early stages
of toilet. the bathhouse man demanded
to come in and get the third partys
clothes. This was refused, for time,
door. while the lady inside was still
dressing. The Philadelphia man had him
arrested and held under 5000 bail TO
keep the peace, and S400 TO wait the
action Of the grand jury for assault.
Whatever the outcome it is a timely
warning to too impetuous bathhouse lords.
Some of the wealthy class of people
here have instituted new phase of bath
house, which bids fair to be very popular
with those who own automobiles. They
simply jump into their machines when
the bathing hour approaches and whizz
down to the foot of one of the fash
ionable avenues. to spot near the water
There they pull down the shades of the
automobile. don bathing attire, and go
out on the beach, leaving instructions
for this unique movable bathhouse to re-
turn at a stated hour. Some of the
machines are fitted up with every luxury
inside, and a maid to button and unbut-
ton and readjust tousled chignons
That the tremendous crowds which
throng to Atlantic City are making 1t a
very prosperous place needs no words 10
affirm II when the sight OF new extern
sons to hotels and new buildings of a
substantial nature are constantly going
up.
Down at Chelsea the ERODE property be-
tween Morris avenue and Chelsea avenue
was purchased for $500 a foot, to be the
site of a quarter million-dollar ~hostelry
by William H. Steble. a real estate man
of Philadelphia. The ground for the
hotel came to 100000. the highest price
ever paid for ground in that section. The
new motel VIII De a ITGpToOI STRUCTURE OF
granite, brick and concrete. and Will cost
SaJo.o1o. Work will begin shortly and
the structure will be completed by July
OF next year.
The Hotel Ostend. at Boston avenue and
the Board walk. in that same section. will
have new addition containing eighteen
rooms and four baths. at an estimated
cost to Mr.. Clarence Bush, lis owner, Of
S29 COO
The Hotel Strand, on Pennsylvania ave-
,1-.a he pna arfiyya al iS frii1 IL
ing a handsome new and substantial addi-
ton. reaching to nearly the Boardwalk.
Under observation of Lieut.. Hamlet of
the United States revenue cutter service,
members of the Atlantic City life-saving
station went through their usual quarter
iy inspection and drill Similar inspec
tons are held every three months. The
drill includes the lowering of the surf
boat maneuvers OF the buoy and line, and
well as firing the life line. All this great
ly interested the thousands of inland
visitors who were on the Boardwalk while
it was going on.
Among Washington people at the Chai-
fonte are J.. S. CasWell Mr.. j. Louis
Cough and son. and Mrs. Z. B. Sweitzer.
Among those of note at the Marlbor-
ough- Blenheim s Gen. James II. Will
son, a civil war veteran, who was in
charge of a cavalry division of Grants
army and who personally captured JEFF
ferson Davis
Among the Washington guests at the
Revere are Miss Isabelle Young and Mr..
Frank Fuller
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Finckle and Miss
Finckle OF Washington are spending a
fexa lie Mt he pnr dc