New-York tribune. [volume], July 29, 1917, Page 4, Image 30

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Atlantic City, America's^ Greatest Playground,
a War Relief Centre
British Official War Exhibit, Co-oper?
ating with Red Cross, Draws
Great Crowd of Visitors
By FRANCES FISHER BYERS
Atlantic City, July H. This re.?or1
is well named "The Playground of the
World." At this time of year society
with a lar?? "S"' is conspicuously ab?
sent ?r.d the great American public,
?rum chewing, peanut eating- and roller
coasting to its heart's content, is hav?
ing thin*-? all its own way, and n very
good way it seems to be, for the thou
?.ands who are pouring into the city
every day never fail to drop money
into the Sed Cross boxes and baskets
at the entrances to the piers and other
places of amusement. "Come in and
have fun in the trenche?" rends one
huge billboard. The shock the visitor
'eels upon first seeing this BtatsaSBt
is offset by the well-filled Hed ? ro.?'
box at the entrance to this unique form
of entertainment. On the vast ?tretchen
of clean white sand thousands of lut
I the typical American scene. The mar-1
| l?!e corridors and luxurious reception j
i rooms of these hupe caravansaries are
; crowded with well-to-do citizens from
i all parts of the country. Wives, daugh
1 tcr? and ?weetheart? are industriously
knitting and sewing, like their Miters
on the beaeh and BoardwBlk, while the
; men talk war.
"These visitors all give liberally to
the Red Cross," said Mrs. Hillman, vice
chairman of the local chapter, when I
interviewed her at the Breaker.?, "and
; they were of great help in the recent
I campaign, when we raised $r>,000 in
! three days. Fifteen hundred dollars of
j this amount was made fron' the sale
of patriotic bouquets, made of white
and red carnations and cornflowers,
and sold by our Red Cross girls on the
Doardwalk. In our organization," she
continued, "we meet emergencies as i
The Britiah OfBcicJ War Exhibit on the Million Dollar Pier.
Thi? 4.1 gun wa? taken by an Australian warship from the
German raider Em den.
Members of the Red Croaa examining a German and a French helmet at the Britiah
Official War Exhibit Left to right, Mia? Gage, Mr?. Hillman, Mr?. Loudenalager and
Fred William? ?on of Dr. Gurney William?.
The "Up?et Drill.*,' U. S. Cent Guard. Foreground, in water,
Keeper John Holdik?m, in ?ervico thirty yean.
Red C'roii workers at the British War Exhibit. Left
to right, Miss Weisbrod, Mis? Knight, Mr?. Cohen,
Mrs. Mailman, Mr?. LoudenaUger, M??? Derberg Ansell,
Mra Straua and Miaa Gage
Battery D the morning of it? departure for Sea Girt Officer? in front
ros*f. (*) Captain Frank Soey.,
babies ???I roly-poly children romn und
play, ^/rn!e Iheir mothers and irir-e
knit -?.'l'i <?-w for |*M ?oldier? ?r.??
or?, anrt yi,u uon?J?-r if all the rhi!?lr??n
in the wor!?) ar<? h?ie H .ilino-it ?r?rn<
I? and if all th?- ???rka ;?n<( sweater?
and pajamas an?) rap? will g?t ther?. in
time. I p back of Ike Boardwalk 'he
tower? jind mo?'j'ie ?ike ?lomea <?f the
palatial b? a? h f* ?ilfv.uett?,!
agajnst the ?ky, give a f'-reign touch to
.Z/^sL ?. ?
- ?S
they arise loral disasters on land or
at e?? We have a ?plendid corps of .
? ? work?'r?, ?all volunteer?, and
this is an unusual condition, a? volun?
teers arc not likely to bs very capable.
During the last week we had .100 work
rrn at the lied ?toss headquarter?
?vary day, making surgical dressings
and other ?i.pplie? We nerer average
maa 100 a day. Our entire war
fund to aat? arpouoU to fieaOOO.**
Thousands of Vacationists Suirende
?Dimes for Charity as Readily
As for Peanuts
Mrs. Hillman is also a member of th?
National Executive Board of th? Red
Cross, and was for many years presi?
dent of the Washington section of the
Council of Jewish Women, en organi?
zation with a national membership of
21.000. "At present our Red Cross
Chapter her?," she added, "is deeply in?
terested in the British war exhibit on
the Million-Dollar Pier, for one-half of
the receipts of the exhibit will be do?
nated to the American Red Cross. ?Sev?
eral hundred dollars have been brought
in this week."
Mrs. John T. Beckwith, wife of the
eminent sur^eor., who founded the
beach hospitals ut Atlantic City, lg
one of the leading spirits in relief work
at this resort. She is wull known so?
cially in New York and Washington,
und a woman of great personal charm.
She is a daughter of the late Major
McCawlcy and a cousin of General
? harles L. McCawley, who was promi?
nent in national affaire during Presi?
dent McKinley's terra of office. Her
guardian after her father's death, which
occurred during her childhood, was
i
??
I General W. T. Shern.an. "S? ?g.
I tealize," ehe said, "how my k?.??
I soul are in this army work, ?-.?a?
' srmy woman aiyielf." Mrs, Beck?*
! is president of the Woman's Aa, v
of the V. If, C. A-, ?rltk a Bt^u
of 500. The organization has j???? -
sented 200 comfort kite to th? _,.
Battery P, which left A'.lan-.ic Q%a
week to go into training in th? sjf
lery at Sea Girt. "We have Both?-,,
th?? small boyi and the young mtat
years before this dreadful war br?4
out, and now we are going to ?J? ,?.,
.?ame thin??, a? far at at can, for ?4
soldier and Mitel I ; ?." she ad?l??-I f??
vently. "We have girl? and *oa?
from all walks of life in our orm,?.
, tion, busine-. ami -jroftisionil pt%4,
girls from the store? and oftrti U(
women of the leisure rla?* of ?-*,,.,
This makes our auxiliary an *_?*_?
interesting and efficient one in thu ?>?
relief work."
The city is sending a goodly nuaW
of enliited men to the war, Ml. 1\m
credits include the Nationil Giun
Battory I) and the regular ??_?
Atlantic City bids farewell to BatUry D, Fi?ld
Artillery.
photos ? ar
4'VTtTRH ATIOcYeOL r/lff SFeVm'/CC
Mi.? Gafe, oi the Red Cntt,
? bowing interesting radies ?t*
th? Bntiah War Exhibit.