New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
ATLANTIC CITY
No Lack of Diversion in the
Lazy Hours Spent by the Sea.

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Lazy Hours Spent by the Sea.
Atlantic City, July l9.-All along n.
whlte-lt Boardwalk are amusement place,
of every description, and the inlands,
down for Whit Of the sea need not lae.
diversion in his nothing to-do" hour;
The Wooden Way is a veritable Consv
Island at nightfall when the electric,
begin 10 burn. No loud barking Ia al.
lowed. but the stream Of people pourtn,
into the amusement palaces in the early
evening evidences the desire OF the gres,
majority Of promenaders for an evening,
entertainment.
Music. too, is playing larger part IN
Atlantic City's catering to the cultivated
taste of It's throngs Of visitors than ever
before, and the resort has each season
presented something worth while along
substantial musical lines, from Sousa ten
years hence to Victor Herbert to Ysays.
TO the Fadette Ladies' Orchestra. Of Bos.
ton now playing at the Exposition Build.
ing on the Boardwalk.
And no musical organization that has
PLAYED" the Wooden Way in recen,
years has registered the success attained
during the present season by the Fadetes
all OF which proves that Atlantic CITY
and her great show espanade by the
waves have advanced from the primitive
seashore place to the cosmopolitan and
cultured playground Of the nation.
The great steel wireless tower at Tuck.
erton. piercing the sky a distance Of s.,
feet and which will rise a total distance
of $50 feet when completed is plainly Wis.
ible from the Boardwalk on clear day.
and knots Of promenaders gather abou,
and point and discuss its wonderful
height.
The new wireless tower is the twin ofa
similar tower on a hill midway between
Hamburg and Berlin. on the other sid.
of the pond Wireless messages will be
sent across the ocean without relayng
when the Tuckerton structure is complet.
cd, and already messages have been re-
ceived from the German twin.
These are hazy. golden days Of summer
down by the sea, with the Boardwalk
and sands thickly covered with happy,
pleasure seeking men, women and chill
dren from every nook and Granny Of the
United States. and from foreign lands as
well. For the foreigner has heard o,
Atlantic city and her far-famed Board
walk, and when business or pleasure calls
him 10 our shores the great Wooden Way
Is always placed on his itinerary.
And the Boardwalk the sea AZ its edge.
and the sons and daughters Of men that
promenade along its cooling reaches. are
a combination that never fails 10 please
The season is approaching its height. and
the summer day is az hand when il Is
good to be al the edge OF the deep
The Boardwalk Church is In the midst
Of its nth seasons work. and is caring
for hundreds Of Boardwalk strollers every
Sunday morning The work of tins
church has recently been approved by the
Presbyterian General Assembly and con.
sequently 1t is a regularly recognized in.
stitution Of that denomination.
Here people gather from al, quarters Of
the earth, and the meetings are having
their usual successful run. sunday morn
ing services begin at 1915. anybody and
everybody is welcome. 30 collections are
taken.
\ total Of seventy-one hfcguards now
mans the Atlantic city bathing beach,
making II more difficult feat for a
bather to drown than to stay or I've
as Mark Twain quantity phrasod IT, IN
deed. the bathing beach of the resort IS
about the poorest place on earth for the
careless bather II he rather rasaly vent
ures beyond his depth He viii be hauled
g. by the guards and lectured FOR his
yenturesomeness and a lecture. every
body knows. is worse than drowning
Atlantic City's popularity with the m
land dweller grows greater and greater
with every passing season. and heavy
invasion Of New York city visitors is he
ing noted during the present MONTH
Among visitors from the metropolis nov
I'm the resorts are:
Ostend-Mr and Mrs. G.. RohtscheA
Mr.. and Mrs Emanuel BIout Miss Jean
nette Blout Miss Mildred B'out Max
Austrich. Thomas Baker Dr. \ T.
Rosque. MIR and Mrs. \. \. Rathoone
Clarence NJ Busch. Miss Emily Pamp'
miua. Harrison Rhodes and George W.
Tryon.
Shelburne-A VI. Kirk. \. II. Narkef'
W. f. McGurk. Henry ~. MctorAle NJ
and Mrs John Pepper. Mr.. and Mrs W.
II. KenguI. Mrs. Ralph V H'lands' MfS
4. l. Bennett and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Meyers. a..
Dennis-Miss Cornelia Redmond. MI
and Mrs. G. :. Baxter, Mrs. Z. B. Hean
and Mrs l. =. Pace.