The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15
ATLANTIC CITY HAS
NEW BATHING FAD
Visitors Using Auto Tires to
Coast Them Over the
Breakers.
TAFFY RECORDS BROKEN

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 1.-THE August
rush Is on, and 1t Is bigger han ever
this year. Although the boardwalk has
been widencd many times during the past
few years. II Ia crowded every clear
night all the way to the rails. and II II
were not for the vast number OF people
accommodated on the piers and in the va
rious places OF amusement the sid
avenues would have to be used by those
seeking a promenade after Q o'clock.
Just how many of the visitors crowd
onto the piers can he Cleaned from the
turnstiles at the three largest on special
nights. and that means every night now.
One Of these structures averages 10000
TO 10000 an evening. and the others are
only a few thousand below that. In a
single night a conservative estimate
would place over 10000 on these piers.
In addition there are three other struc-
lures drawing fair sized crowds. The
cabarets. cafes. movies, skating Kinks.
exhibition halls and theatres care for
about the same number, so II Is not hard
to Imagine the proportions of the jam
about 5 o'clock each night.
Tary stands along the boardwalk re-
port their greatest seasons business.
Fully 40 per cent. OF the visitors carry
home or ship by parcel post several
pounds of the scashore confection. while
everybody who comes to own invests In
AT least one box for personal consump-
ton on the first or second day OF his
%sojourn.
Inner tubes have replaced surf boards
in popular favor for ocean use In coast
ing over the breakers. Motorists take
some of their old tubes, nave them vui-
canized and then carry them TO the
beach. One tub will support a half
dozen people without difficulty, and those
who do not swim grip the tubes while
they bounce over the combers. The
swimmers take them out into deep water.
Mt them over their shoulders and behind
their legs and then sit FOR hours. bobbing
up and down on the long swells.
Corn roasts are amusing the younger
set along the beach. Big. cracking BON
fires are built along the strand opposite
the cottage colonies and the sugar corn
Is toasted over the embers as the flames
die down. Surf clans dug by the
bathers along the sand bars are baked
for dessert"
Superstition nights were the vogue
along the Boardwalk last night. All the
cafes and the piers put on special at
fractions in honor OF the %Friday-thir-
tenth combination. awarding prizes in
contests that were typical of the time.
Small black cats were the trophies given
at one cafe. while another gave away
mirrors with fake cracks painted across
them. Most of the dance floors had lad
ders suspended SO that the dancers had
to glide under them.
Several big charity bridge parties and
dances have been arranged by cottagers
FOR the coming week. Their are half a
dozen homes maintained here partly by
endowment and the balance from popu-
lar subscriptions and donations secured
through affairs Of this character. More
than 1000 little cripples are now re-
gaining their health and use OF their
limbs through the treatment they secure
in these institutions.
Among the recent arrivals from New
York at the hotels are:
Albemarle-W X. Simmons, Mrs. Il.
Y. Silverman. Mrs. II. H.. Johnson. John
]. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Z, IL. Flower,
Miss Charlotte Flower and r. w. Ross.
Wiltshire-James Kuhn. l.. J. Carr.
q. II. Carr, r. n. Voorhees,. Miss Thedda
Hais. James Sarris-n, j. =. Tattam.
Harrie l.. Clifford and Miss Laura
Clifford.
Loraine-Mrs, NJ. J. Bloom. Miss
Grace Bloom, Mrs. l.. I. Martin. Mrs.
Emma L. Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l..
KATE. Mrs. Gonzales and l.. X. Matas. .
! Raleigh-Mr. and Mrs. Henry NJ.
hurry. NJ. q. Kirkbride. NJ. e. Kesten-
baum. Miss $. T. Haigh, q. s. Handy.
Miss NJ f.. Kane, James ]. McGouEh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles It. Albers.
81. Charlcs-Mr. and Mrs. Branden-
burg Mr.. and Mrs. j.. X. Baker. d. w.
lOnkers. Miss A. j. Eddy. r.. g.. Belts.
II. n. Condict, Mrs, Florence Scott and
Walter Il. Blaine.
Lelande-Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Weiss,
Mrs. +. q. Schell. Mrs. +. l.. Boyd. Mrs.
Minta Wiley. Mrs. Charles Gimbel,
In.x., Y nan. a.l L. Nat. NlT-.-.
New Merion-Oscar Strauss, l.. c.
Young. Mrs. Edward POLITE. Mrs. Martin
Greentree, Miss Marion FILLMORE and
Henry Eggers, Jr.
Royal Palace-Mr. and Mrs. e. NJ.
Eaton. Mrs. g. II. Steven. MIR. and Mrs.
G. r. Upper. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred A.
Moers. Mr., and Mrs. Alfred Guidet.