The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
Big IMPROVEMENTS
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Crowds So Great Hotels Must
Enlarge-Ball TOssers Are
Barred From Beach.
FISHING rs EXTRA GOOD

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., July lo.-Vis-
itors at this resort felt so parched all
week trat the s%prinkles OF rain on
Thursday came as a welcome relief. Fol-
i've days the city has been damned with
prohibition cohorts. here ~ttendin the
sixteenth annual convention of the Anti.
Saloon League of America.
The season Is on in full swing now
and hotel men and amusement purvey-
Os along the boardwalk are showing
bookings that assure a season OF great
prosperity.
Firm In the belief that even the rec
o-ds established this season will be sur
passed next summer, the proprietors OF
large hotels on the bclchfrunt are award
Ing contracts for Improvement that Will
add 10 their capacity. The Hotel Ru-
dolf Is to have a 100000 annex and
the big uptown ~caravansary IL to be
generally remodclled this fall. The same
Is true Of the Strand. which only a few
years back was doubled in size.
Because OF the size of the bathing
crowds the beach authorities have SHE'D
N all ball tossers and relegated the
beach ponies TO the inside of the Board
walk The girls nave brought u a
new surf headdress. 1t looks like an
~ayiator's helmet. fitting close 10 the head
and down about the hack of the neck.
The true water nyinphs 1T them on
over their beach caps when they enter
me water and remov them when they
come out. II obviates any chance Of
wsttlng the hair.
Boardwalk amusement kings. always
following the trend of popular favor.
lave started midnight dances and roller
skating parties on the piers. The regu-
lar evening sessions close down at IL
o'clock, but AT midnight IA new force of
attendants and instructors come on duty
ana the fun is continued until 3 or 4
o'clock in the morning. The stunt has
attained tremendous popularity in a
weeks time.
channel bass are running and some big
catches have been made. Several Ash
nave been hooked-and brought ashore
weighing close to fifty pounds and
mere is keen rivalry among the sports
men for the seasons prize. David
barrett of Catskill, y. Y. landed a
beauty weighing slightly under forty
hIre pounds OF Wednesday.
Swimming races for both sexes be-
tween the piers a hundred yards out
IRON shore are now arranged twice
each week by athletic enthusiasts of
me cottage colony. At the big Hygeia
100! match races are held each week
with big turnouts.
The new automobile route across the
meadows from Somer's Point to Long
l,rt ~ fast nearing completion. II
VII be ready for the motorists early
,eN month, giving a second entrance
70 the resort.
Among the New York colony at the
'nesei are. Charles H.. Drew, Mr..
ana Mrs. L. s, IIill, Mrs. Frederick
'eok, Miss Florence Cook. Mr.. ard Mrs.
Iphn r Daniels, Miss Edyth Hackett,
, Foster. Mrs. John Baynes. II. g..
fa!S, Mrs, Il. VI. Taylor and Mr.. and
Mrs Stmucl Fulton.
heg. stored at the Wiltshire from New
York are. Mrs. f.. +. Broome, :. c.
ii2'eo-'", Miss Marjorie Beach, Miss
trace N Beach. VI. II. Hin. Miss Edyth
'amre, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weston
ana \ H. Wire.
y l'''rcsting party OF New Workers
SS,.Io.lf .ls at the Lorraine include +.
~ Wei Mr.. and Mrs, L. X. Randolf,
Mss ppr1thy Wagner, Miss Sophia
Masrcr Frank Walsh. Mrs, James
TIaHc.inn, Mrs. l.. *. Plohm, Mr.. and
M-s j. II Llewellyn.
c." York arrivals Mr.. and Mrs. q. w
p ] r. Saarp, Mr.. and Mrs. A,
~ " t.Sido, Charles NJ. Sommer-
,.e' N' and Mrs. II. g Eulen. Mr..
e. N- + NJ Chandler. Mr.. and
u ~ T. Basset. Donald Burrow,
nt,''d W. Hanna, Mrs. NJ. Il. Lang,
PES N|'garet Lang, Miss Margaret
'N Mrs. John Dwyer. Kenneth
l'. AIS Alfred Nicholl, Joseph 4,
I,'P'.. Master Siceel. Mr., and Mrs,
"'F a. Dtuedlug, AIR. and Mrs. Martin
" Dr. .Il.
I0e Sow York contingent at the ST
'i' ."lud Miss Ressie Cornell. y
o". NJ John Hearst, Mr.. and
T." ". GLOW. Mrs. +, A. Fulton
a. u |i.rmal Mrs. Edward RafYloer
''"" I'Afiloer, Il. Il. Brown, c. T.
".. ~ , l.ilabeth La Rowe. II. w
v,,'''.' Mrs. W. r. Kilfer, Mr., and
'"' ''.-gc \. Dodge, Charles c.. Aud
O., % .b.fo''" IL entertaining the
~ "y''"''t visitors from the metropolis
b. Anderson, Mrs, NJ. a. Corn
" ana Mrs. Alfred A, Wheat
H. |"pari, Mr.. and Mrs. n. G
,"' 81 Montgomery, Mrs, VI. +. Cos
" Margaret T., Early, Bernard
VA" zen, n y, C0rwitt, Mr., AND
e McSorlcy, Charles Stelz.
N',l'f X at no Dennis from New
WIZ t' \ r Voorhees,, Miss Kathryr
- w., MIS-. VI /" Gorge, Miss Vera
vFn' .. and Mis-, \. X, Holder
Il. \ " 10, NJ and Mrs. G. d.. Ber,a
y son, MISC Ida Emmons. J
FaF' Mr.. aud Mrs. Joseph julie
81, 'h' "s y, Godfrey.
Hn''' l- rrccut New Yori; arrival.
SH- Han are Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]