New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
ATLANTIC CITY
Warm Days Filled Beach with
Merry Crowd.

Atlantic City, April 24.-Rearlng
sand castles became a popular outdoor
seashore sport this week. The tenn
perature suddenly jumped to summer
heat and grown-ups followed the
youngsters, who abandoned their glass
inclosed hotel playrooms and took TO
the beach with buckets and shovels:
More regular bathers appeared, and
some Of the more canny bathEouse
magnates opened up their places and
reaped an early season harvest by
furnishing suits for beach strolls and
short plunges in the breakers. Golfers
toted their clubs TO Seaview for the
amateur tourney there, while others
practised over the Mortified links 10
get ready for the annual spring tour
rament of the Atlantic City Country
Club, which draws many players from
the metropolitan district. Hachtsmen
took advantage Of the fine weather to
try out the navigation of me ne"
channels being dug through the Inlet
entrance and the kite-fylng enthusl-
asts who furnish amusement for board
walk spectators were out with their
aircraft.
Visitors are gleefully looking for.
ward to a possible cut in the price OF
trips through the air following an
nouncement that several well known
pilots of hydro-aeroplanes Will he on
hand this summer seeking custom. Inc
high cost of flying deferred many from
the trips over the beach and breakers
last wear, but, with several air pilots
dickering for patrons, it is believed that
the sport will be one of the cheapest
of seashore pastlmes.
Shore epicures are gleeful over re-
ports brought to shore by fishermen
that a new lobster colony" has been
discovered on a stone reef few miles
off shore. Sportsmen OF the yachting
and fishing colony dumped tons OF
stone on the banks several years ago
in the hope of Turing deep-sea fish 10
the spot, and the experts IN piscatorial
lore claim that the stone bed has
lured the Holsters from the breeding
grounds established by Federal oiil-
Gals near the jetties at Cape May. 80
far the Holsters captured on the new
ground have been small but it is as
serted that they have the flavor of the
real Broadway article.
for weekend trips to the shore and
extra trains have been in use to-day
and tonight to carry the newcomers.
Railway officials have announced that
summer schedules, both of extras be-
tween Philadelphia and New York and
the shore and of excursion trains
from other points, will be placed in
the running earlier than usual.
Cardinal James O'Connell, of Boston,
is among the notables here. He is at
the Strand, with his official suite.
Bishop p. J. Corrigan, of Washington,
another high official of tho Church, Is
AZ the Dennis. Walter Camp and Mrs.
Camp were on the Boardwalk this
week. with Miss Janet Camp. Or.
Woods Hutchinson and Mrs. Hutchin-
SON registered at the Marlborough
Blenheim early in the week.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Romano Brown have
ioined the New York colony az the
Marlborough Blenheim. Mr.. and Mrs
G. c. f. Bent and Miss NJ. I. Bent are
al the same hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Harding, OF New
York. are at the Dennis. CharIes
Spicer Hart is another New lorS ViSi-
tor at the Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rankin ana
Alexander Rankin have joined the New
York colony at the Strand. Mr. ara
Mrs. Wales B. Lounsbury, OF BROOK
lyn, who are at the Strand LOT the
month, are entertaining MIS- Joseph
Bowman, of Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A Caldwell and Nj:
and Mrs. r. w. Anderson have arrived
al the Wiltshire. Mrs. Alfred Hogg
and Miss Eta H. Hogg, of New YORK,
are at the same hotel.