Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20

y Tt4-@SSNO and country mas Iun
ANNSH SSE- bled about in the surf
I AI4 - ridden in the carouselle
Is and toboggan chute
< and, after partaking o
a hearty lunch froI
his pasteboard box. has departed, leaving trail
of peanut shells. paper bags, boxes and frag
ments of his chicken sandwiches to mark hi
entrance and exit. Every day this week ha
been marked by the sudden advent of iron
5000 to 600 visitors for days pleasure.
As soon as they arrive, wholly disdaIning tn
stages and electric cars they make bee lin
down Goodman avenue to the beach wher
their mirth and jollity are unrestrained. Thougl
IL would seem that every one, within day
ride, has at some time, in its 20 years history
been at Asbury Park, vet many OF the excur
sion throngs from the cities are dlsmayed an(
confused when they alight from their train
and notice the solid blocks of brick business
houses around Railroad Square. Then ensue
game of follow-your-leader with, often, sur
prising results. All desire to get to the beachbI
the shortest route and all spurn other meant
o6reaching it than by walking. SO, 1t has hap
pened. that crowds of these festive pilgrim:
have inquired for the beach after walking Z
mile through the hot sun, back in West Asbury
Park. Like caravan in the desert, they have
been turned about toward the brinY oasis which
they sought. Still others follow an ignorant
but naughty leader, who will ask favors of nc
one, around through the Southern part OF
some parade OF an hour or SO, they at last bring
up at some point on the beach, and Tor all that
day the self-assumed leader is the hero of the
occasion.
THE DANCING FRoLICKING VISITORS.
Nearly every excursion contains large par
ties who want to dance, and after bulletin e
with the sporting waves and fighting each
other with handfuls of sugar-brown sand, they
wander of in search of terpsichorean pleasures.
The hotel rnen Ia not relish ba r1rasanca of tba
great multitudes of temporary sojourners and
will not allow them the use of the hotel
orchestr2s or parlors or bathrooms Yet there
are numerous halls about the place which are
let at very low prices, and in these the happy
excursionist and his inamorata dance merrily
until time to board their train for home.
The Excursions. growing more and more
numerous every season, appear now as if they
might soon cause serious consideration on the
part of the authorities as TO whether their
presence is desirable or not. This question is
already decided negatively by leading hotel
men and the wealthy cottage population. The
excursions are largest and most numerous
during the height Of the season, when the
place is most crowded The little money spent
by these day visitors is garnered by the rail-
roads, bathing establishments and cheap shows
along the beach. So far as advertising the
resort is concerned, the excursions are of no
account. The place is more widely and better
known by means of its prominent guests and
by newspaper representation. The great. ex-
cursions tins week have come from Phiadel-
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City and Newark ana vicinity.
WEALTH AND BLOOD AND FASHION.
"A better class of people are now freuuenting
this resort than ever before. The change has
been gradual, but yet plainly apparent to the
regular visitors here. The place. with its ad-
joining neighbor. Ocean Grove is an attractive
little city with all the city comforts and lux
uries. And, though this be true vet the So
journer here finds the delights of quiet retire.
m Df mi
tudes, and gently receding beach with the ever
changing ocean, all within easy distance of his
S5-a-day hotel; or S6-a-week boarding house
'Tis this fact which allures more and more neo-
pie of wealth and high social standing TO this
resort. The change between a luxurious CITY
home and city conTeniences and the comforts
and facilities OF the many superior hotels here
is not now so vivid and painful a contrast as
during the early history of the place In fact
Asbury Park and her near neighbors Ocean
Grove; boch Arbour, lnterlaken, Deal, and
Avon-by-the-Sea compare most Iavorably with
the most noted resorts in the world for the
wealth, style. culture and social eminence of
their habitues
An Invaluable class of persons. almost nm.
noticed a. all seaside resorts is the life guards
or bathing masters at the bathing grounds
For miserable pittance, scarcely as much. in
most cases, as that received by hod carrier
these brave, hardy men stand about half
naked day after day in the summer and ner
form acts Of heroism which are almost invari-
ably taken as matter of course. Half sub-
merged in the briny surf for hours each dav
they are called upon to risk their lives eyery
hour IN the rescue of some venturesome or mn.
fortunate bather For this exposure they re-
ceiTe-their wages and a "Ihank you" Not
intrequently words of wrath and reproach are
bestowed upon the life-savers for yery pron-
eTly, seizIng drowning persons by the hair, and
SO tGgging them ashore. In this locality these
men are largely drawn from the United States
lie lsafings stations along the New Jersey
coast. These stations are nearly all closed
and the forces reduced during July and
August.
DIeGERs OF DEcAYED srUMPs.
The New Jersey State Dental Society has
been in session here since Wednesday The
convention terminated with last nights meet
ing in the ball room of a leading hotel. Among
those taking prominent part were: President
Dr. s. c. g.. Watkins, of Montclair; DIR. L. E.
Reading, of Trenton; DR.. ]. A. Osmun, of New
ark; DR.. I. s. Marshall, of Chicago; Prof
James Freeman, the eminent dental professor
in the University of Pennsylvania: Prof
Charles Mayer, of Springfield. Mass; Prof. C.
N. Pierce, of the Pennsylvania Dental College:
Prof. Charles B. Atkinson, "The Father OF
Taught Of Philadelphia; DR.. r. Mclean
Sanger, Of East Orange; DR.. William II. Tru-
man. of Philadelphia: Prof James Truman NJ
D., of Philadelphia; Dr. P. +. Luckey, of Pat
erson; Dr.: Charles W. F. Holbrook, of SsEark;
DR.. F. c. Barlow, of Jersey City; Dr. R8.Kan
Woert, of BROOKLYN; George Evans Of Ecg
York; DR.. James G. Palmer. OF New Bfanse
Gaylord, of New Haven; Dr. al. 81 Abond- 4
schien and DR.. T. S. Waters. OF Baln.aore
Rev. Charles H. Yatman, OF PhilazcIphis. 1
the well-known evangelist is the leader
of the daily meetings for syoung people
held at o'clock IN Ocean Grove. He has in
formed his tn Ousands of young followers that
they must not dance, 1irt, play cards read
novels nor smoke. and that they must abstain
from all questionable habits and induIcpnces
The edict is not received with great enthus-
iasm. Dancing and card playing are forbidden
absolutely by the authorities of Ocean Grove.
Asbury Park will tomorrow enforce its new
ordinance against merchants who display their
wares on Sunday. The Chief of Police has re-
ceived orders TO close mp the cigar and drug
stores and to enforce the provisions of the anti
Quated Vice and immortality act. This means
lin case the order is enforccd-that the crowds
who will be here tomorrow must bring their
soda sater and cigars with them, or else do
without them The druggists, however, say
they will keep their soda water fountains fizz-
Ing Sunday, and, if compelled 10, step up TO the
Clerks Office on Monday and pay the usual fine
ofS5.
CHAUTAUQUA's FAIR GRADUATES.
To-day is the POST Graduate Day" of the
Ocean Grove Sunday School Assembly. This
evening jay Chester Wilson, Of PHILADELPHIA,
gave a public stcreopsicon lecture on The
Climax OF Fifty Centuries" The vast open
air auditorium is filed nightly by thousands of