New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
ATLANTIC CITY
Willie Boy Startles Boardwalk
with New Style Slit Trousers.

Atlantic City, y. j.. Aug. eff last win
ter's visitor who could not understand
why the Boardwalk was being widened
were here now ne would understand
With the regularity Of the suns going
down, the Wooden Way is damned from
shop lire 70 rail and from Chelsea 10 the
Inlet The piers. too. and all the many
and diverse amusement places along the
walk are thronged on Monday night
last. and Monday evening is supposedly
the thinnest In point OF crowds. the en-
trance TO the Million Dollar Pier was
TANNED with humanity trying 20 get In,
damned so thickly that policemen would
not permit baby carriages TO be wheeled
through the portals.
Newspaper men have heretofore touched
upon the sartorial fobles OF milady on the
Boardwalk with a half cynical and rather
detached air. but the question has been
brought much nearer home and has be-
come a vexing one. Mankind has fallen
from his high estate and has appeared
on the Boardwalk In split trousers. IL oc-
CURED on Tuesday last when a willie"
who said he hailed from Baltimore.
stepped forth from the sheltering portals
OF q beach front hostelry into the white
! bright light that beats upon the Wooden
Way-in the splits.
And they were split-from the hem"
to the knee. and displayed a length OF
green sock. no. hose that would beat any
Irish green harp flag 70 a fragile.
or course 'newsie" broke IN: Hey,
mister, you're pants is ripped" This an
nouncement. Is no modulated tone. at
! tracted the attention OF the grown-ups.
and Willie" from Baltimore became the
"cynosure OF all eyes" in no time
can you beat III" asked the girls.
But the pressure became too strong
and Willie" soon faded whence ne came.
and peace and happiness and the spirit
OF good will settled down once more upon
the Via by-the-Sea.
These are the days when a stroll on the
Wooden Way gives the observing visitor
more sensations and new experiences 10
the hundred feet travelled than any other
spot on earth The world is here. ana
the worlds wife. and their Joint progeny
and all are having the time OF their lives
The bands are blaring. the hotel orches-
tras are aiding the gustatory delights of
multltudes. and the little German bands
are serenadng the summer girl and sum
mer man on the porches OF the side street
hotels.
On the Boardwalk itself are all manner
OF attractions TO separate the unwary
from his hard earned nickel or dime
the great aerial thriller" whereon one
u,n IN, 70 ha oh
ney pots and views the city and sea at
dizzy clip; the Magic Waltz Dream.
patterned after Ye Olde Mil. but with
cages instead OF boats. the Spirit OF
Niagara, wherein one sees the wonder
full In waterfalls. and numerous lesser
catchpenny advertisements that lure the
stroller from the open air for spell
Within the month the eyes OF the golf
ing world will be turned on the doings or
not only the best or American profess
SIGNALS. but the flower OF the foreign
players down here by the sea. Harry
Vardon. exponent OF the world renowned
push shot. and five times the open British
champion: Edward Ray. who drives won
derful distances and who won the British
open last year; Wilfred Reid. of Banston
Downs. not a champion but fine player
none the less; Arnaud Massey, one OF the
best professionals France ever turned out.
and u man who has been champion of
both his own country and Britain. ana
Louis Teller. another Frenchman OF re-
nown. will participate In play at the At
lantic City Country Club during the latter
part CT August.