Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25
DARING BATHING SUIT
QUICKLY BANNED BY
ATLANTIC CITY GUARD
Wearer of French Costume Sent
to Shelter by Beach Censor.
Crowds Hoot and Jeer
Fashion Innovator
CLEAR AWAY FIRE DEBRIS
Offers Made for Site Of Boardwalk
Confagration-No Deci-
sion
Rn a stnn correspondent

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. ga fem
inlne bather who expected to create a
sensation on the beach yesterday walked
along a side avenue. her bathing dress
covered with raincoat. When she
reached the checking station at the loot
of the avenue and discarded the coat the
people standing near gasped, but she
quickly made her way TO the beach
Immediately she was surrounded by
crowd of bathers who wondered at her
daring in wearing a one-piece, ught-nt-
ting bathing suit, cut in true french
style. The censor of the beach, police
man who looks after bathing attire Whlch
might offend modest visitors, came run
ming from his station. When ne saw .he
dress of the young woman ne husueu neI
TO the checking station and made her uoh
her coat.
The crowd followed the young woman
hooting and ieering her, and BoardWalk
promenaders dashed across the walk 10
| the land side II was the first attempt
| this season of a woman to wear suCh a
| costume and the reception handed 10 the
| innovator i'm styles probably VIII ueter
any others from attempting TO orlhs it iot.
| eign fashions In bathing apparei i''o
general use at this resort
Contractors clearing away the debris
| from last weeks Boardwalk hre ueclare
| the entire site will be cleared before the
| end of this week.
Mayor Riddle. who is the largest owner
| of stock in the syndicate controlllnB lhe
! site where the fire occurred, has not yet
| definitely settled on the improvements
which will be made there. He has a large
cash offer for the land, one from a hotel
which intends enlarging, and another
| from n company that proposes keeping the
| Boardwalk site clear of high buildings
so, that there will be no obstruction TO the
view of the guests of large hotels In the
! vicinity.
There has been some agitation over the
| removal of the huge electric signs on the
beach front since the fire. Many people
| declare they are menace, both in the
| times of high winds and when fire oc-
ours. The high rentals paid by ad-
vertisers for these signs Will prove a big
obstacle in the way of removing them
One sign. which costs less than SlOOC
year for maintenance, brings in rev
enue of $1,000 a year to the owner OF
the property on which It is built. Others
range in price from $1,000 year upward
The city authorities have passed strin'
gent regulations about the manner In
which they are erected, and they are al
strongly guyed, with beams of steel as g
bottom foundation. so that the stronges
winds do not even sway them.
At the last fire the huge sign fel
down, like a deck of cards being riffled
straight into the flames and did not bulge
outwards, as expected Many property
owners are in favor of retaining thu
signs, as they say the light effects are
much enjoyed by visitors.
Among the Philadelphians here are:
Mr. and Mrs. Max Pinker. of Wes
! Walnut street; Mrs. Charles Knittel. Mis-
Josephine C. Zegler, Mrs. Maurice Il
Bair. Mr. and Mrs. George e. Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. T. Marion. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Founders, Dr. William Diehl, Mr.
and Mrs. John Dooner and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Gage, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Hess, Miss Gertrude Sugerman
Miss Daisy A. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Coons, Mrs Herman
Kohn Miss Selma Kohn, Miss Bernie
Toland, the Rev. J. J. Duffy, the Rev
p. ]. Hamilton, A. e. Libbey, Fred Roth
A. Leslie Gilliams, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Caldwell Poulson, Mr.. and Mrs
r Stanley S. Cline, Mrs. w. f. Butler, Mis-
Eloise Willard, Miss Eva Foy, Miss Jos
ephine Dolby
5 Mr.. and Mrs C. Herbert Kochsers
berger Mrs. Samuel A. McDougall, Mrs
, John L. Pile and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
= Andrew j. Morrow, Miss Helena Wilbur
= Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Slater, Mr.. an
Mrs. William Lorde. E. X Sloan, Mis-
} Elsie Burrows, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel S
r Hazlett and Mr.. and Mrs. S. Sterlin
| MattSon.