New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Holiday Shoppers
Crowd Boardwalk
AT Atlantic CITY
Parade of Rolling Chairs
Filled With Christmas
Packages Indicates Big
Events of Yuletide Nature
spocial Dispatch to The Trlbuns


ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. t0.-Christ-
mas shopping began in earnest along
the Boardwalk this week. Women of
tho visiting hotel colony impressed
rolling chairs into service for their
shopping tours and chairs piled high
with gifts were among the novel sights
on the big promenade. Holly and
other holiday green's began to appear
and vendors of mistletoe started a
booming business among the younger
folk. In the hotels new arrivals with
amily parties insisted on having
closets with locks for storage of the
gifts for the Youngsters and already
the principal hotels have out their
scouts inspecting and marking down
the MANN 9th trees which are to be the
centers OF their celebratory activities
on Christmas Eve.
State highway officials made a big
hi. with the winter motorists by clear
ing the roads in the interior of the
state of the heavy snowfall of the
early week. New arrivals reported that
the highways were entirely free of
snow and ice and number of tourists
came from New York and other cities
with stories Of the beautiful winter
Big business meetings of the week
we're the conferences between repre-
sentatives of the National Stove Manu-
facturers' Association, who are at the
Marlborough Bienh elm, and the dele
gates from the Stove Molders' Union
making their headquarters at the
Alamac. Farmers and others inter
ested in crop improvement attended
the joint sessions o. the New Jersey
State Grange and the State Horticul
tural Association, which met in ths
Vernon Room of Haddon Hall.
A number of prominent New Yorl
folks and visitors from the New Yorl
district are among the new arrivals.
Jerome B. Travers, former amateur
golf champion, arrived at the Tray
more with Mrs. 1ravers. Mr.. and Mrs
Robert R. Forester arrived at tn,
same hotel from New York. Mrs
George Fryhofer, who has been at Palm
| Beach, is among the newcomers at the
Traymore. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest n
Miller, of New York, and Mr.. and Mrs
bradford II. Scott, of Hartford, Conn.
are among the patrons of the Traymore
Mr.. sA.d Mrs. John Fitzgerald and Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Foster have joined
the New York colony at the Traymore
William S. Hogencamp, Miss F. V
Hogencamp and Mrs w. D. Ward ar,
in party from Nyack at the Marlbor
ough- h-Blenheim. Miss Catherine S
Hanley, of Yonkers, is at the same
hotel with Miss Elizabeth Shannon, o
kennybunkport, Me-, whom she is en-
tertaining. Mrs. Foster Gilroy of New
York, arrived at the Marlborough -Blen
helm accompanied by Mrs. E. B. Howe
of Winchester, Mass Miss julia Gul
den, Frank Gulden jr. and Charlie
Gulden are members of party from
Hampstead at the Marlborough Blen
helm.
Mrs. Harry Collins is with Mr.. an,
Mrs. z. F. Mack, of New York, at th'
Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Marchold
of Short Hills. are at the Dennis fo'
the month of December Mrs. A. F
Farley, of Brooklyn, is entertaining
Mrs. NJ. M. Mitchell and Miss Mitchell
at the Dennis. Mrs. Hamilton Conove,
is with Mrs. Albert C. Milligan, o
| Elizabeth, at the Ambassador. Mrs. G
0. Strickles and Mr.. and Mrs G. c
Francious are in New York party a