Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02
EOOL SHORE BREEZES
HAVE LITTLE EFFECT
ON WOMEN BATHERS
athletic Members of Fair Sex
who Enter Surf Outnumber
Venturesome Males
Ten to One
FAKE AUTO TRIPS INLAND

ATLANTIC CITY. June 2.---Automobile
/, rims to the mainland to purchase fresh
vsretabIes and flowers from the owners
Df small truck patches are being made by
many cottagers. Jaunts are made In the
.arly morning and the tourists come home
aden with garden stuff. A little later,
ehen the round of social pleasures keeps
he owners of cottages busy all day and
saie the night. they will be satisfied to
hurchase their vegetables In the markets
br from hucksters.
rhe scarcity of bathers is still noticeable.
rhe members of the fair sex taking
6aily dip In the briny thus far have out
numbered the males ten TO one The sharp
winds of the week have made the teeth
N many men bathers chatter before they
strike the surf line, but the women wade
into the ocean with the same abandon as
if blazing suns Of July were warming up
fbe water to the proper temperature for
Comfortable surf bathing. Down Chelsea
|,yay the girls of the cottage colony are
nIready blessed with coats. OF tan that
would make them look unpresentable at
society BALL Even the girls who are
,brone to freclkle are taking chance, but
tbe Young men seem to be waiting for
<kvarmer weather before they start In TAX
Ing q. daily dip.
LETTER CARRIERS DoFF COATS
coatless letter carriers, now a feature
In this city, show that the days OF warm
weather are here. The vast increase In
the number of letters now arriving here
Klves the carriers packhorse loads, and as
fbev have TO Chamber up and down the steps
pf hundreds of cottages on each trip TINS
.style of costume gives them half chance
10 keep cool. Visitors here spend quite
A lot of time in writing letters and postal
4cards to friends in distant cities, and as
dthese all bring answers the mall delivery
has jumped fourfold in the last two weeks.
The ponies have been banshed from the
beach and now the only things iett TO
Ibother bathers are the scrub baseball
matches between hotel walters and chair
pushers These games are always Interest
Ing to the people who hang over the Board
walk railing to watch them, as wrangling
over the decisions of the umpire are al
ways in order and wax warm Win. they
last.
N The first returns from the jitney buses
'tsvere made at the City Treasurer's office
today The operators are required to give
3 per cent. of their gross receipts to the
city Two women are among the drivers
genuine leap-year BRIDE, by her own ad-
mission, will be welded here today. She is
Miss Florence s. White, of Elmira, N. Y,
who will be married to Leroy t. Grant,
of the same city Miss White took out the
lcense yesterday and paid for It herself.
Being inon.residents, they have been COM
PEELED to wait "a hours before the knot
could be tied.
w. Palmer Hoxie. a vocal instructor of
philadelphia, has been here all week. He
has made arrangements TO spend all Of July
and August here.
W. C. wurfnein. Philadelphia business
man. is registered at beachfront hotel for
short stay.
Mrs. Ralph Nazel, of North Broad street,
has opeIfed her cottage for the summer and
will entertain extensively during the sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cochran, who winter
Rt the Rittenhouse. in Philadelphia, will re-
main here the greater part of the sum
mer = "a
Mrs. j. H. Hoover and Mrs K Stewart,
OF Ashbourne, road, are here for the
remainder of the summer months.
Among the recent arrivals from Phila-
delphia are Miss Elizabeth Hut, Miss Mar
garet Lamorelle, Miss Herbert De Woe, Miss
Clair Galligan, Miss Katherine Galligan
and General and Mrs. W. B. Biddle.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Franklin are regis
tered at beach-front hotel.
DR.. II. B. Wetherbee. chemist and dye
expert, of Philadelphia, is registered at a
prominent hotel for the season and is anx-
iousy awaiting the opening of the bathing
beaso
Cottagers lately arriving for the season
Include Mrs. Joseph Stern. of North Sth
ptreet, and Mrs. John F. Coulter, of South
Broad street.