Evening journal., 1892-08-27

4 wilmington Wan Describes the mtd-
summer Nights Dream That He Had
After Being Spectator and Guest at
the Notable Event-some Events were
Beyond Description.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
Lone BRANCH, Aug 27-Ilaving re
ceived a pressing invitation from my
friend John Hoey TO be present at the
carnival at Long Branch ! took 50 90, a
couple of collars, comb, brush and SNOWY
satchel and did went
Being met at the depot by the best
friend / have on earth-tho everybody
else claims him-we went first to the
private pool, or tank, belonging to the
famous Hollywood IIotel-not a 2x6 bath
house-but glass rooted palace, cover
ing what would be one of our Whining
ton blocks. say from Fifth TO Sixth street,
a wide promenade surrounding the pool,
and galleries overhead At each end below
and above were pavilions, one Of
which was occupied by lines
Band, the other by a number
Of ladies and gentlemen while, seated
around the lower promenade, slipping
their wine or chatting with each other
We're lot of the famous bellies and beaus
one reads Of but seldom sees. In the
immense pool were - well - | can't
describe them. They were diving,
swinging, laughing cheering and so
quick in all their graceful movements
that they would be impossible to describe
AS l had arrived near the close of the
fashionable hour, a great many beau
ties were putting on their land clothes
and was told had missed great sight
by not coming earlier. was satisfied
with what had seen, however. Next
we went 20
John Hocy's Headquarters.
then to the Hotel Hollywood, kept by
his devoted son Fred. There met a lot
~ old friends. After acordial greeting
no, moi. wine-we went TO the races atMon-
mouth park where / was three times
winner i'm every way on and of the track
grand stand, paddock and club house.
After this, in company with Mayor
Grant. Richard Croker. Police Commits
sioner Martin, Smiling" John Kelly and
my best friend we drove to Pleasure bay
and had dinner. II was three meals in
one, or rather more than I usually cat in
one day.
Twas served in slow French style, but
there were such witty stories told in the
interim that the time passed rapidly.
At 10 p m we left for the West End
hotel where the children's carnival was
i'm progress The host kindly led us by a
private path until we reached the stage
from which we not only saw the happy
children march and dance, but got splen
did view of the very large and fashionable
audience. Then back to the Hollywood
we went. where we found the ever genial
John Hoey ready with a lunch for MS.
In the few minutes stayed with the
party on the lawn ! saw such an array of
flags, Chinese lanterns, electric lights,
etc, that | honestly thought of mid
Summer Nights Dream, and wondered
if in the olden days mythology could
imagine such fairy-like ornamentation.
/ went to bed, and as Shakespeare said:
To sleep -pcrchance TO droa 70
There was no perchance in it. didn't
sleep much, but in the little ! got / had
such Dream.
The beautiful lawn of the Hollywood
hotel was filled with fairies. huttering
around the incandescent lights of the
West End hotel, while over The heads OF
the fairies came a troop of aerial horse
men. led by Smiling" John Kelley. OF
New York Behind him was Mayor
| Grant, Commissioner Martin and Richard
/ Croker, Of New York. who were being
pursued by the board of control from
| Monmouth park, they claiming that the
above named had monOpolized all the
/ beauties of the bath and ball room. A dis
pute arose. the fairies were weakening
when. up from the swimming tank of the
/ Hollywood arose bevy of the hote
beauties, and, emptying the ocean over
all the lights, made everything dim eX
ccpt the fire which shone from theii
eyes How the tank got there, of coursl
/ can't explain, but it awakened me.
hunted for il; twas not there, SO
ordered Ice BY the big clock on tn,
mantel in my room found it was
o'clock had only been asleep an hour
but i'm that hour had beaten Monmouth
park S best time
The Clam Bake.
Oh what a day was the next. At
o'clock some go ladies and gentlemen
sat down to an immense clam bake, man
aged by the ladies' Twas treat even
il one didn't eat-to feed by sight
Among the "notablcs' at the eyes
tables were some of the famous people o
America in art, politics. science, fun
newspaperdom, the grave the gay, tn
Gustere, all were there intent ON pleasure
There was the "Tammany table, mex
Carter and Clarkson of the Republican
party,-yet not a word of politics. The
there was John a. Cockerell, with hi
real "side partner and adviser. Mrs
Cockerell, hobnobbing with Frank Nc
Laughlin of the Philadelphia Times
and his beautiful daughter Mis-
Alice; the celebrated bon vivian
Joe Mara and Miss Furman Il won
forget my banjo next time) "O'Bec' hand
ing around bogus glasses of beer a
souvenirs and getting in return til
smiles of all; John Hoey, the genia
chatting with John Kelly Of the smilin
face-B Of the New York Herald film
overybodys glass, save his own-th
/ famous DR. Roberts son. Postl
thwaite, V. p. of Pennsylvania raj
road, diverting attention from himse
by calling ont every now and then MA
, why look so sad?'
4 lady who read in the Herald tn,
! "Postlethwaite was charming fellow bt
got side tracked showed her knowlede
of Danger Signal by saying, "Well, that
. J..