Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-01

HOW THE VISITORS AT OCEAN GROVE ENJOY THEE
SELVES.

HOW THE VISITORS AT OCEAN GROVE ENJOY THEs-
SELVES.
Correspondence Of The EVENING STAR
OCEAN GROVE, August ~ lsss.
There is an uncOnyentiOnaIism about this place
that Is charming. Its freedom from the artinclal-
ties OF fashionable life Is source deep pleasuls
The girls wear loose, fiannel boating dresses aad
felt hats that are positively ugly yet picturesque
IN their ugliness and the boys-but they are sueh
rare birds that I dare not criticize. Some one
amused himself by counting the sexes on the
boardwalk at night TO ascertain their relative
proportions. and the result Of the count proved
that ON ordinary nights there are fourteen females
10 one male, and on saturday ana sunday nights
five females 10 one male. But girls 40 not becOse
alarmed ana avoid the place for Ocean Grove AID
AsDury Park Will In this respect compare TavOIa-
bly, with any OF the other summer resorts. Al
things have their advantages, however, and whan
we haven't the Deaux We haven't the cigarettes.
III one wishes 10 make friends here he readily
do So as every one seems inclined 10 be sociable.
but there Is such delightful sense OF freedom IN
not knowing any one IN 50 yast a crowd and baF-
ing no one Know you. 1 ain somewhat OF a cowafd
In the water, ana 30 spend most OF my time durlLg
the bathing hour on the sand yet who knOvs baJ
that have exhausted myself diving through the
breakers. swimming &C? 1 was very mueb
amused while lying Ia shallow water ana dodging
the breakers by young lady who was clinging -
the ropes just where the breakers struck a IlJtle
above her ankles. She was looking down at nf,
down In the treacheroas water and letting a wash
over my head. 4 suggested In my kindest tones
81 would" She replied, but am waiting for .
little girl"
.sYou VIII feel better n you become wet al
over" said, amused AZ her excuse she relas-
family, YET as N glad 20 De thus encouraged
yielded and came out 10 my side. 'Oh. how nise
this is," sine spaitered, wave after wave sifuek
her shlyering form. She soon became re- kless as
u the fate Of her protege, and. pulling On her
stockings with a rashness that was startling, ca
claimed: II donI care II II Isn't proper. NOBODY
knows Inc, anyway"
II is In just such a reckless spirit tina, we brush
back our bangs. don our rough costumes, ana dOf
our gloves and beadgear. IL - pleasant novelty
10 he able TO shop ride, walk, 20 10 meeting, ana
do anything else one wishes 70 without hat "
There are many mild amasements to be founs
here. such as tennis sailing ON the ocean. rowing
gondOlas plying hltller and Lhlther, decorated
WITH many-colOred cushions flags. ana Chinese
lanterns; nshlng, and last, but not least, prone.
nading on the boardwalk 10 the music OF the banl
and by the Light OF the electric lights You mag
Try your Selsh nss 49, soa w oemoI
The klrmes or the circus over In Asbury Park. but
the two places are 80 closely connected that one
gins, except on sundays. when the line Is strictly
drawn. The newsb0ys on that day Toe the line %
the Asbury PARK SIDE, the bathers dash ana spluts
ter within certain bounds and the bootbiacks 10.
licit your patronage 80 FAR and 20 farther.
There are many very BEAUTIFUL drives In ana
around this locality. We drove 20 Sea Girt the
other day passing through Ocean Beach Key East
Lake Como and spring Lake. We happened 70 D.
mers Of New Jersey wash once a year. whethes
they need Il or not; ana then they come 70 Sc.
Girl 70 perform that interesting ceremony. vehi~
cies OF all ages and kinds Ihronged the teach apo
pushes Catchpennies OF almost every variety do
Q thriving business, but the real fun OF the occa~
SION was found In the Dig wash tuo, the grand oio
ocean. There mothers and GRANDMOTHER expose
their fatness and ieanDess through dIapidatsd Old
calico wrappers cnging 70 The ropes BY the soc Of
the fathers and childreu, all bobbing up and down
IN great SERIOUSNESS. Our trip made more inter-
esIing by a visit 10 the encampmont OF Ihe New
jersey troops near Sea Girt
Very few people care 70 read In the local paper
the little personal NOTICES OF Ihemselyex but then
all Ike 70 see them about ogherk-4obsvfle 7ezasl