. Book of the Royal blue . ot anewspaper or magazine ofany consequence that has failed to graspthe opportunity to describe this popular sea-shore resort in its most alluring form. But the description of ten years agotallies exactly with the description of today,barring the splendid changes in the charac-ter of the hotels and the vast impro\ementsin building construction. In the past decade the old board walkwas transformed into a magnificent prom-enade, and hundreds of the cheap catch-penny establishments facing thereon havedisappeared, to give more pretentious frontsto some of the magnificent
. Book of the Royal blue . ot anewspaper or magazine ofany consequence that has failed to graspthe opportunity to describe this popular sea-shore resort in its most alluring form. But the description of ten years agotallies exactly with the description of today,barring the splendid changes in the charac-ter of the hotels and the vast impro\ementsin building construction. In the past decade the old board walkwas transformed into a magnificent prom-enade, and hundreds of the cheap catch-penny establishments facing thereon havedisappeared, to give more pretentious frontsto some of the magnificent hotels whichhave recently been constructed. Thousands of dollars ha\e been spentupon the great pleasure piers, and from yearto year marked improvements are observablein the cleanliness of the beach — its free-dom from castoff rubbish, which generallycharacterizes any pleasure resort attended bygreat numbers of people. Not only doesthe municipality of Atlantic City provide for ATL<iNTIC CITY, •BRIDE OF THE THK BEAfU FKdNT, CITY this cleanliness, but the \ isitors as a wholetake great pride in obeying sanitary laws. Gradually dignity is encroaching uponthe territory of the Midway, and a newmagnificent million dollar pier has beenerected in the vicinity that was once knownas Cheap Side. Compare the modern views of AtlanticCity, in connection with this article, withthose of ten years ago and the improve-ments are in accord with the times, ^et, with all these changes, Atlantic Citytoday is what it was ten years ago, and willbe ten years from now, as far as humanityis concerned. The magnificent ocean isalways the same; the beach as it wascenturies ago. Humanity itself has notchanged since Adam and E\e, and the fol-lowing description of the popular pleasureresort of years ago is applicable now andwill be years hence : For centuries Venice has been celebratedin song and story as the Bride of the Adri-atic, and though her location is undeniablya damp one, th
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