The Washington herald., 1917-06-17
LIBERTY LOAN Big
IN ATLANTIC CITY
Nations Playground. in Strenuous
Campaign. Raises $I.50O.OOO.

Nations Playground. in Strenuous
Campaign, Raises 81 100000.
"A Atlantic CITY June is.sG ese,,ysIg sn@Dsiag
for the sale Of the liberty loan bonds.
that half-million dollars more than
the million allotted to q city OF oO,vOO
population was subscribed. Notning
was left undone TO bring the big
bond issue before the public; EvefE
responded literally. The city life
Guards Association purchased .wo
81 900 bonds. The Police Beneficial
Association bought q 1900 bond.
Letter carriers and postal employees
were equally generous.
Every .woman's federated club
bought bonds as well as church socie-
ties. Bridge parties gave up playing
for prizes, and rsed the money saved
to buy bonds. Suffragists alone sold
10000 worth. All the hotels and
mercantile establishments along the
their support Of the bond Issue. which
by the way. Is an index Of the pros
pertty OF the resort. Employees OF the
Hotel Traymore pledged SIS. 900 for
bonds. Of which amount the walters
alone purchased 5000 This Is
membered that twenty-six races are
represented on the Traymore pay roll.
and many OF the men are foreign
born.
Atlantic City will next show its
patriotic fervor by planning a sane
and solemn Fourth Of July, although
solemnity, heretofore has never been
especially characteristic of this city.
While all the details Of sthe Fourth
of July rally have not yet been de-
cided upon, Mayor Bachrach has made
himself quite clear on one point. and
that is that it will be a noiseless
Fourth.
The mention of the Fourth Of July
usually calls to mind aquatic events,
for 1t is then that the yacht clubs
are usually in full swing. This year,
however. the Chelsea and the Atlantic
City yacht clubs win not hold open
house, and there will be no dancing.
mittee appointed by Mayor Bachrach
as a war measure has filed the result
OF the census taken to ascertain the
efficiency Of Shore womanhood, II Is
possible to find out how many bach
elor girls there are In the resort, and
The most important thing is that there
are 1900 women over 16 years
OF age who have pledged themselves
to give their time to their country
II necessity demands It., and 10 do
work hitherto required of men. Wom-
en- have pledged themselves to act as
walters. telegraphers, motor drivers.
bell-hops .ticket-takers. hotel clerks,
janitors, street-cleaners, and various
other branches OF service. Hundreds
volunteered to act as hospital assist
ants and to do the various kinds OF
sewing required by the Red Cross.
Atlantic City Is still continuing rs
propriety campaign" The authorities
have been successful in eliminating
tortune-tellers and all manner OF IA.
kris from the Walk. Now the mayor
Is waging war on the moving picture
owners, so that visitors wherever they
go Will see nothing that is not strictly
proper.
The Summer Girl was never more
iovely than she Is this season. she
Is now going in for field blossoms
and the daisy hat is quite the latest.
II is built OF either black or white
straw, with the crown banked with
daisies and the brIm outlined with
the flowers.
The knee cuff is the newest wrin-
kle In surf attire, and looks very
smart on a black satin costume.
among anne aioeStGr osSep tb1nv G5 puSIic safety
and what is not proper for bathing
girls to wear. Girls may bathe
without sleeves, but never without
stockings, was his command to the
Surf Maid OF 1917.
Rumors to the effect that train
service to this resort would be i'm
paired because of war conditions
were given quietus by the an
nouncement that the same train
SerVice maintained last year by the
Reading and the Pennsylvania rail-
roads would be continued this year,
and the service will also be further
perfected by the addition of several
trains. The new schedule will 20
into enect July l, when it will be
possible to arrive and leave this
city every hour.
The Bowman-Her Morgan Hotels
Corporation has taken over the de-
Velopment of the famous Bowery
Arkansas avenues. The deal is said
to entail an investment of $4,000
200. The new hotels, which are TO
be the last word in construction,
VIII be known as the Atlantic Bilt-
more, Atlantic Manhattan, and the
Atlantic Commodore. The officers
OF the new corporation are: Presi-
dent. John Bowman, of the Hotel
Biltmore. New York City; vice pres
ident, Edward Tierney, Binghamp-
ton, N. Y; treasurer, David Reed,
former owner of Park Avenue Ho-
TEL New YORK City, and secretary,
Charles z. Gehring.
Judge and Mrs. John ]. White are
entertaining the members of the
New Jersey Court of Errors Ind
Appeals at the Marlborough-B -Blen-
helm over the weekend.
Gen. Benjamin lie Fevre, former
Representative from Ohio, returned
this week to his old homestead, af-
ter spending his fifth winter in At
lantlc City.
The executive committee Of the
National Association of Letter Car
riers will convene at the st. Charles
Monday, June IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Bowie have
taken apartments at the st. Charles
and will remain for a fortnight.
William 7. Carnes, inventor of
the Carnes torpedo, is at the Tray
more for a rest, after having COM
pleted the invention of a bomb.
Mrs. g. ]. Strickler. Miss Eva Strick-
Ter, o. NJ. Strickler, and Irwin Muir
ray motored from Washington for
the weekend.