Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
Atlantic City.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, September A.
Atlantic City's big excursion season
will officially end with the departure
of the Labor day crowds, but hotels,
big and little, report a constantly
growing influx of well known people
from a score Of cities coming back
from mountain and northern resorts
for a shore visit before returning to
city homes. Names of we'll known
people are beginning to appear on
hotel registers. especially along the
beach front, and Boardwalk amuse
ments will take on a higher tone with
the coming of the discriminating fall
colony. The yachtsmen are preparing
for number of events during Septem-
Der and a score Of big cruising yachts
are anchored in the inlet with parties
of fishing enthusiasts aboard. The
bathing continues fine and a number of
lighthouses of the better class will be
kept open for the September bathers
All the big hotels will continue their
dances and other affairs and added in
| terest is being taken in the Northfield
and Seaview golf clubs with approach
of the regular fall tourney season:
Seashore folk paid their annual so.
cial and financial tribute to the men of
| when the annual ball of the strand
guardians was held on the Million Dol
lar pier. The money raised by the an
| nual event which has become shore
feature. goes to a pension fund Tor the
live savers and folks in every walk of
society contribute.
With the season not yet closed be-
ginning is being made on the rebuild
ing and enlargement OF beach1ront
hotels which proved inadequate in size
to accommodate the summer crowds.
Contractors started the addition to the
Hotel Rudolf, which will shoot twelve
stories into the air and over $4,OOo,Ooo
will be expended on the Improvement
before it is completed. The st. Charles
and the Strand also are to be enlarged:
Clarence Beall of Washington is at
the Dennis Mrs. w. E. Fitzpatrick is
entertaining Miss Laliy OF Goa.esslliee'
Bloch is another Washington visitor
at the St. Charles
Miss Agnes NJ. Holland and Miss
Annie Mccormack have Joined the
is. Crosley and Paul Crosley. the latter
naval officer, were among the weeks
visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Watson of
Washington are at the Traymore. Mr..
and Mrs A. H. Snow are at the same
hotel. A. L. Satterthwaite and Z: II.
Smith motored to the shore from
Washington early In the week; lsaoor
Rayner. Joseph Crowley and Hugh 5:
Cumming registered at the Traymore
from Washington this week.
Mrs. H. F. Matthews. who Is here
from Washington, entertained party
Louise A. Schmidt and Miss NJ A:
Schmidt are here for the remainder or
September.
Capt. William samuels, who spent
portion of the summer at the Dennis.
left for Washington this week. T. P.
Kane. an official in the Treasury De-
partment, is here for a vacation visit.
Miss Madeline Schneider. Miss Irene
Meyers and Miss Lillian Payne. who
have been touring the Canadian re-
sorts, are here for two-week visit.
Mrs G. c. Christman and Morris c.
Christman have Joined the Washington
colony at the st. Charles. Miss Mary
Evans Of Washington is visiting friends
lat the Grand Atlantic.
Col. c. L. Launcheimer of the Marine
Corps, who has been here for some
time. left for Washington this week:
Point graduate. left this week to join
his command.
Odell S. Smith is at the Dennis this
week. A. B. Coppee. who has been
regular summer visitor to Atlantic City
for fifty years. is at the shore until
October.
Miss Josephine Devlin and Miss Ruth
Devlin. who have been visiting Mrs. l..
G. Spaulding, have returned to Wash
ington.
Mrs. F. F. Brightly, who spent the
summer at Poland Springs, has arrived
at the Brighton, where she was joined
by Miss Katherine Gilmer George r.
Steifel came from Washington this
week to join his family at Tabor Inn
Mrs. G. B. Worth of Washington, who
is at Tabor Inn. is entertaining Miss
Ray Gibson. c. J. Cusack of Washing
ton has joined his family at the same
hotel.
Mrs. NJ. E. Hurney and Rev F. J.
Hurney of Washington are at the
Phillips House this week