Evening star., 1936-09-20
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

CTRIKING after Labor day, the
proverbial final curtain on sea-
shore vacations, the hurricane
- found resorts along the Atlantic
Coast largely deserted. The stay-lates
were but q handful compared with the
hundreds of thousands who this Sum-
mer enjoyed the sparkling surf and
breezes that were fresh only to the
point of being friendly.
This year, perhaps more than any
other, there was q tendency among
vacationists to ignore the traditional
date and linger with the fair weather.
Hotels, finding some profit, were re-
luctant to play Home, Sweet Home. "
But the storm has definitely closed
the season at dyed-in-the-wool Sum-
mer resorts. Sturdy boardwalks have
been tossed into narrow yards Of ho-
tells, sea walls undermined and in
some cases contours of beaches radi-
cally changed. However appalling was
the storm in its toll, those who re-
mained at the shore had ringside seats
at one of the greatest shows on earth.
While the season at most Of the
delightful spots along the coast was,
to put it in the vernacular, washed up
by the waves, Atlantic City will carry
on. Hardly had the wind and the
sea begun to. subside before confer
ences were held between city officials
and owners of resort property, looking
to immediate rehabilitation. In other
years it might have been different.
Atlantic City then more or less was
resigned to Summer season policy
looked on ruefully as their guests de-
parted in the face of what many held
to be one Of the incest seasons of the
year-Fall BY dint of perseverance
Atlantic City has spread its fame as
a Winter resort, as well as of the Fall
Summer and Spring. The Gulf Stream
was discovered" close at hand. and
its influence in tempering the Wintry
weather was broadcast throughout the
land
Now activities never halt. The
character of recreation and enter.
tainment simply changes with thu
calendar. Ordinarily, the beach !.
closed to swimmers October l, and The
8-mile sandy stretch Is thrown oper
to horseback riders. And Atlantic
City's vacation snapshot contest still
is open; will be, in fact, until October
II. Prizes in four divisions Of vaca'
ton pictures are to be awarded.
CPEAKING of prize contests in tn
~ travel field, word comes that ,
name has been selected for the nev
Holland liner which is II
make its maiden voyage in the SprinI
of 1888. It's Nieuw Amsterdam. sug
gested by many contestants.
Announcement Of the selection con
tains the hint that perhaps those VIII
submitted the name, which adheres t
the original Dutch spelling of tn
colony which became New York, ma
not cash in. P. van den Toorn, gen
eral manager of the line, has this t.
say: lone of the most popular name
offered was Nieuw Amsterdam, bu
there were many other excellent sug
gestions that deserve further consid
Grafton before the final awarding o
prizes" He says the winner might b
designated early in October.
The ship will ply between Rotter
dam, Holland and New York.
FROM the general manager Of tn
line which operates the newes
queen Of the seas, the Queen Mary
comes a good word for travel on small
er ships. Noting the continued de
mand for accommodations to Europ
through the early Fall, and the popu
larity of the Queen Mary, H. p. Bore
says: But I want to say a word il
favor of the smaller, slower ships
They supply ideal ways to cross tn
ocean in the crisp months that includ
September, october and November