The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-10
THE SUMMER EXODUS
Asbury Park Takes the
Lead in the Popular
Favor of Jersey
City Folk.
The GOVERNOR GOES TO SPRING LAKE
Quaker Hill and Prospect Park Also
FavOrite Resorts-SOcial
and Musical Notes.

1t is almost time for the annual exodus
to 'the country" which in the majority
of cases is simply city spelled with a few
more letters; q city plus a bathing beach
or a mountain, a summer population and
fresh air, and minus fresh vegetables,
rapid transit. gas. and screens for the
windows. Every situation has its advan-
tages. as several philosophers have OBJ
served, and the girl whom cruel fate
compels to spend the month of August
in the city. may console herself with the
reflections that her rusticating friend is
mourning because there is 10 gas where
with to heat her curling irons.
The first week of June decides whether
the season for fitting shall be early or
late. just as the first week of January Is
supposed to forecast the weather tor the
year. II June comes in with cool breezes
and a general atmosphere of spring-like
balm, Pater-familias Is apt to discomfort
ance plans for seaside trips and noun
tain %sojourns, and declare that any rea-
sonable being would Irefer to enjoy FALL
the comforts of home" If, on the con-
trarv, the weather be an unreasonable in
stalment of July heat, with a percentage
OF humidity largo enough 10 reduce his
color to a shapeless mass, papa Is much
u1UE6 lUCllutu w uISCuS6 d way VI CSShpC
out of town. But if the weather is such
an irrational pot-pourri of muggy heat
and cold waves that last two hours, and
vicious little showers that last two min
utes-such Il mixture as Jersey City has
had served up to her for the past ten
days-then, people begin TO pack up IN
earnest and scramble away in their haste
to find some haven where 1t is at least
consistently cool. This explains why so
many society people In this city have an
nounced their speedy departure at this
early date.
THE CITY BY THE SEA.
Asbury Park ALWAYS claims a large
number of Jersey City folk. People seem
to cling to Asbury Park like barnacles to
a ship: they buy one Of those absurd jig
saw cottages. or take II hundred year
lease of the same suite in the same houel.
Mr.. IN Mrs. William Kimball. of Gull
YER avenue, go every year-in fact, they
have already gone. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Dear. Miss Clara Dear. and the Messrs.
Dear, will occupy their cottage as usual.
Mr.. Deunis Mclaughlin is another con-
tirmed cottager. The Rev. aud Mrs. Ed
ward l.. Stoddard. of st. Jonh's Free
Church, always spend some time at the
George L. Werts. Commissioner John p.
Feeney and Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas f.
Noouan are among the politicians who
will make their headquarters there, and
In fact, when, last summer, several
society women attempted to produce the
Allegory of the Great Republic in this
resort, almost the entire cast could have
been taken from Jersey City's ranks there
represented.
ATTRACTIVE RESORTS.
Governor Albeit, Miss May Albeit and
Mrs. Mary Dodd will spend some time at
Spring Lake, n. J. MIR. and Mrs: An.
drew J. Post. Misses Annie and Nellie
Post. Messrs. Andrew. William and
Robert Post will spend the summe at
their cottage ut Blooming Grove, Bucks
County, Pa, a community something on
the principal of Tuxedo. Miss ALBEIT
will, as usual. visit them there. Mr.. and
Mrs. john J. Toffey and family and Mr..
and Mrs. William Toffey will go to the
M~izzentop Hotel, Quaker Hill, near
Pawling, N. Y. Quaker Hill has always
been a fayorite resort for Jersey City
people, aud last eason when Rev. DIR.
Cornelius Brett, of the Bergen Reformed
Church. preac led mt the little chapel
were among those who assembled to hear
him. Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Brett, with Miss
Maud Brett and Mr.. Philip M. Brett will
spend the heated term at Mauteloking. on
the Jersey coast, where thev Will occupy
a cottage. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Herbert Potts
of Magnolia avenue will go to New Hope,
Pike county, Pa. for the ummer. MIR.
aud Mrs. A. +. Wobcke, of West Bergen,
will complete their bridal tou by an eX-
ended cruise along The New England
coast ia their yacht Outoie.
The delegation to Europe from this city
is us yet comparatively small. There are
several WIN are thinking Of" going and
will probably think to some purpose, but
it is as yet too early to be definite. MIR.
aud Mrs. George r. Hitler and Miss
Maude Hitler will not return to America
until the middle of September. on ac-
count OF the protracted illness OF Mrs.
Hitler. The last reports are that she has
been declared out of immediate danger,
but is not yet convalescent. Mrs. Theo-
dore Heisig Of Jersey avenue will sail
tomorrow morning on the Gellert for
Hamburg, and there will be a delegation
of her friends at the steamer to say good
bye.
Prospect Park, Catskill. is another SPOT
where Jersey City people have planted Il
summer colony. AT one time or another.
nearly every member of society or the
Heights has been there, and these are
some fifteen families who spend a quarter
vt every year in its precincts. Among
these are Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mcbride.
the Misses Jean ana Lucy Mcbride of
~Cornmunipaw avenue; Judge Il Mrs.
Ma Gus e. Beach, and Mr.. George Beach
OF Hoboken avenue. Miss Julia Sherwood
of the Heights, Mr.. Thorne p. Sherwood,
Messrs. Louis, Will aud Walter Sher-
wood of Lafayette, MI. end Mrs. Frank
Mallory. Miss"kate Mallory and Mr..