Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31
ATLANT|CC|TY NOTES
Hundreds of Visitors Arriving
Daily and More Expected.
LURE OF THE COOL SURF
Automobiling. Golfing, Sailing and
Water Polo Some of Sports.
RURAL REUBEN PRESENT
Has His Troubles, But Is Enjoying
the Bathing Beach and Other
Interesting Sights.
LURE OF THE COOL SURF
RURAL REUBEN PRESENT
Special correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, July so, 1910.
Long trainloads of excursionists came
into the city all week from the south ana
the west, and the resort is gay and full OF
people.
The lure of the cool surf is not long
withstood, and the newcomers lnmeold'e-
~ make arrangements for lighthouses and
suits The beaches are pretty slSht'
filed with long lines OF beach chairs III
which sit exquisitely gotten up young
ladies and their admirers, who Watch the
ioliy bathers and the antics on the Sano.
The Steel Pier, especially on Sundays mas
q beautifully dressed crowd OF people
On it,
Automobile trips over to the country
Club for golf sailing and water polo are
some Of the vehicles for fun at the shofe-
To some of the far inland visitors VINO
have come in on the mldsuiniiel ~ =
sions and have never before poeh 10 d
seashore resort, the bathhouse arrange
ments seem to be dark ana ear soile
mystery. Jest how do We git your CO CO,
ana whar do We git them on, ana 90 ye
hey to walk acroSt the Boardwalk peloi e
all them winning folks to git down 10
the water" All these questions are an
swered time and time again
Rural Reuben stands before the NIUE
iron Gagged counter of the bathing estab-
Ilshment, reads the sign twice. TO make
sure ne is not getting. into some soio
brick game of them Yankees, CAUTIOUSLY
deposits his money, haggles a good deai
over it, scrutinizes with suspicion the
s,,it handed TO him. and is about to fol-
low the isle man when the man at the
desk calls out CHECK your valuaoes
This is another poser and suddenly ne
realizes that going into the water means
heaven or wherever you expect TO go in
the next world, and he remembers grand
fathers quotation: Naked We go into
the world and naked We go out of it.
Cautiously he reaches down for his wal
let-all the money for his Atlantic CITY
vacation is in this best tobacco his
reliable and stable watch. and Mlrandy
picture in the back of it, The paper en-
-relop handed him seems m-m-l-ly
reskv bank TO put them in" and all he s
got to show for it is a brass tag on
string to wear on his wrist in the water
and as to ..trustin' tibet there young chap
at the checking place with them, naoW'
how'd YOU know he's all right? Atlantic
City's got some bad folk in ii, they say.
But he watches three other men cheer
fully give up all their goods and chatteis,
so he finally does the same. He follows
the haughtily indifferent 'aisleman down
the long glass-hoored slippery corridor.
and innocent of the nefarious habit OF
tipping he gets few extra courteSleS
from him. closing his door behind him
sound of conflict with refractory bath
Ing suit follows; pretty soon he energies.
has a long and anxious conf1ab on the
safety of his clothes, and then starts out
the front entrance onto the Boardwalk.
only to be turned back again and directed
down what he calls some cellar stairs.
which land him in shadowy world under
the Boardwalk. He is glad of the shadow.
and would like to linger there. for that
bathin' suit seems awfully inadequate to
appear in before all those pretty girls
on the beach. But into the water he
goes and enjoys it
There are all sorts of unforeseen things
to amuse YOU this year at Atlantic CITY
For instance, you may have in previous
years enjoyed the pretty sights of the
hundreds Of exauisitely dressed girls and
their partners dancing in the big pail
room at the extreme end of the Steel
Pier. This year there is an added interest
In the dances out there, for people are
saving: Its worth the walk out the
pier Just to see the hobble skirts dane
ing There is no adequate language to
describe properly the curious syrat1ons
entailed on wearing the fashionable skirt.
Possibly the sinuous and wonderful cake
walk dancers in the Casino might be able
to get around the difficulty presented.
but the young American beauty is yet
In the throes of learning how to waltz and
DO the barn dance in a four-foot hobble
skirt.
There is also much laughter from the
crowds i'm front of Steeplechase Pier,
which this year has been turned into
veritable Alice in Wonderland place,
where strange birds, twice the size of a
man. wander around. and Chantecler. big
enough TO scare you. is likely TO step up
and look over your shoulder
Secretary of State Philander c. Knox
was weekend visitor TO the shore. He
stopped at the Hotel Chelsea. Gen. Daniel
sickels commander -in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, was also recent
visitor there. Mr.. and Mrs H. b Den
ham of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson Carey of Baltimore and Robert
and Claiming W. Daniel of Richmond,
Va. are others at this house
The Misses Edith and Elizabeth Hathr
Of Careby Hall, Va, are stopping at the
Dstend.
Mrs. D. B. Alexander and Mrs. r. Alex
lnder are Washington guests at the Chal-
ionte.
Frederick Marin of Washington is max
ing stay at Haddon Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sanger. Mr.. and Mrs.
Moses Kahn. Mr.. III. Sanger. Mr. and Mrs.
Wittgeastein are Washington people at
The Lorraine, on st. Charles place.
n. 3. Moon, L. S. A. accompanied by
Mrs Moon. is making d stay at the Ho-
.el Morton.
There are quite a number of southern
people stopping at the Absecon, one of
Inc pleasantest of the Virginia avenue
hotels. Mrs. S. H. Watt of Richmond
Ia. is there. accompanied by her grand
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Call. They will
stay for the season. Mrs. j. c. H. Stark
weather. Mrs. NJ l.. Hallett d. l.. Good
acre Mr.. Louis Kemp. Miss War
ZEN. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Scholes and Capt
Walker, L. S. A. retired, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Golden Miller Mrs w w Evans
the Misses Ethel and Louisa Evans and
Mrs. James n. Grubb are all Washington
Fssitors 10 the shore.
The new Hotel Merton whose pleasan,
rerandas overlook the waters near the
inlet had a goodIy number of southern
gisitors. Mr.. and Mrs Edward White
nead OF Richmond. Va and Miss Whitloct
are there for a four-week stay: John C.,
Hughes with his daughter, Miss Helen
and his, niece. Miss Catherine Hughes