. Book of the Royal blue . ty on the habit-able globe. It is one of the most remark-able combinations of the age. Some resortsare noted as exclusive: some as popular;some are frequented by politicians; somehave sporting renown; some attract themoneyed and leisure classes; others are thehaven of those who have but little moneyto invest and want every pennys worthback in dividends of am\isement and City, alone, is the resort at onceof both the classes and the masses. Mil-lionaires, teachers, clerks, diplomats, societybelles, merchants, society leaders, working-men, office holders
. Book of the Royal blue . ty on the habit-able globe. It is one of the most remark-able combinations of the age. Some resortsare noted as exclusive: some as popular;some are frequented by politicians; somehave sporting renown; some attract themoneyed and leisure classes; others are thehaven of those who have but little moneyto invest and want every pennys worthback in dividends of am\isement and City, alone, is the resort at onceof both the classes and the masses. Mil-lionaires, teachers, clerks, diplomats, societybelles, merchants, society leaders, working-men, office holders, ambassadors, literarymen and women—one could not mentiona single class of people that at one time oranother has not its representatives at At-lantic City. It is equally the city of theFour Hundred and of the millions, andeach class Is equally at home in its com-prehensive bounds. More than any other city in I Himi ATLANTIC CTTY, BRIDE OF THE ATLANTIC -I .U-^,i^^:^l:.,.l_. ^^m^i;?^^ Mf Iff- r«^. &.. ■^^ it expresses the perfect adaptability of theAmerican character. Any other place withsuch a heterogeneous population would finditself confronted with a problem of con-fusion worse confounded. Not so AtlanticCity. There is not a more orderly, saferor more easily running municipality in thecountry. It welcomes every need, and itadapts itself to every need it receives. Onemay live luxuriously or modestly, accord-ing to ones means and inclinations, thoughthis may be said of almost any Americancity. But one may live here not only inaccordance with ones means, but also inaccordance with ones tastes—a very rarequality in any large center. Does one likebustle, excitement, shopping, driving, busi-ness? There are the smooth, level streets,the shops, the banks, the wheels, the autos,the horses and carriages, the theaters, thesports—what one wmIIs and has at one solitary in habit, sick in body, shun-ning the crowd, longing for silence andrelief far from the
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