The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-11
STORMS AT ASBURY.
Corbe1t Raises One and a
Newspaper Man Kicks
Up the Other.
SUMNER GIRLS INDIGNATION.
Allan McDermott's Morning Ex-
ercise--A Shark Caught Off
Ocean Grove.
SUMNER GIRLS INDIGNATION.
spseial to The jersey citp Ne,es.

in the land; il may be that workshops
and mills are shutting down. worknen are
being thrown out Of employment oy the
thousands and banks are unable to meet
in currency the drafts made upon them;
bnt from the throngs OF beJewelled n
magnificentlY gowned women; the white
f1anneled aud uck .rousered men VINO
lounge about this place in extravaganza
ease; the elaborate hops and other enter
tainmsnts, which occur nightly at the
crowded hotels one would neve imagine
there was a financial stringency any
wher In the land. Saturday evening all
the leading hotels gave hops which one OF
the local Journals. in its Bradleyan en-
thuslasm.d describes as never such scene
of gaity and such pleasure before" Ger
tainly the 1ooref every room in which the
dance took place WAS crowded.. aud not
withstauding the enormous amount OF
stuff we have read or late concerning the
great scarcity OF men at the summer
resort. the ladies appeared to have no
trouble in finding partners. At some OF
the hotels it was necessary 60 ceny adinls-
sion 10 many late Corners on account
OF the crowded condition of the floors.
MIR. James j. Corbett, knoeKer out OF
the great John L.. and now champion
prize tighter of the world, whom hts ad-
mirers consider such q real gentlemanly
fellow that they always speak Of him as
-Gentleman Jim," has unwittingly
raised a pretty muss here. The other
evening after arriving from New YORK
and registering at the brunswick, he did
as everyone else does here, be started out
to stroll along the Board walk. 1t was
not long before he was recognized and
besieged by such a throng eager to clasp
80. ~ y RI I'll at pnophaH thu nnSe of Eullf-
van that he broke away from his ad-
mirers, and. rushing back TO his hotel.
sought the seclusfon of the darkest corner
of the piazza. He was not permitted to
remain there long, Tor In a few minutes
up came Frank Ten Brock, Mayor OF
the borough, and several OF the local
sports, followed by the beach band n a
throng composed OF all sizes aud condi-
lions of Asbury Park society. They
marched up to the hotel, and
after the band had played s.Auld
Lang Syne.', '.The Cat Came Back"
II handed it over TO O'Reilly," "Hail
10 the Chief and other CLASSICAL gems.
Corbett was forced ou5 into the Office
whore he shook hands with a hundred or
so OF his admirers, and stood as the target
for as many pairs of pretty eyes.
THE SPEECH OF WELCOME.
Then John x. Parker one Of Asbury's
shining lights, made Il little speech in
which he declared that the good people OF
Asbury Park were very glad to have
Gentleman Jim with them again, and
thar the present demonstration was u
slfnht token OF their esteem. etc.
When the applause which created this
hud died away, come one i'll what Billy
Devereaux Of The Spray called "a
cracked ice voice" began TO yoclfe rously
clamor for O speech from Corbett. Tue
gentleman slugger blushed and Whispered
...eaeAx,,rx tufnw AIR .1QnRSonJa ear WIN
announced that Mr.. Corbett begged to be
excused az he was a tighter aud not d
ticker, Then the ubiquitous small boy
wanted to know what was the matter
with Corbett. and that old campaign
formula was gone through with several
limex.
Corbett had had enough of this sort of
thing aud was making his way to the
pisza again. when u pretty little miss. in
u gorgeous red gown, came up to him
ana giasped his hand. That appeared to
break The ice and in a short time the
worlds champion was holding a levee
| limited TO ladies. Now, this was all
right as far as il went. u no one VINO
| took part in 1t can see tn at any harm had
been done, But from the communities
| lions whicn have been sent to the loJal
| newspapers, there appear to be several
who think considerable harm had been
| done. One "compiainant' wants to know
| ny what right the Mayor took the band,
which is employed to play on the beach
| for the residents OF the Park, FOR the
| purpose of giving a quasi welcome to a
man inimical to the best interests aud
| sentiments Of our residents" others
have much to say about the brutal prizs
! fights, n'disg listing spectacle of apparent
" respectable young women shaking the
| unciean hand of q common prize fighter
| Mayor Ten Brock is jumped on pretty
! rnnnhlU mud if fha an m npr raqfdHuEs mad
anything to say at the polls here he
would not be much longer the chief
magistrate of the most a~ourishing sea-
side borough in the State.
ANOTHER STORM OF INDIGNATION.
Another storm of Indignation ever
fercer than those which Neptune. Boreas
81 Go. raise along these shores in March
has been kicked up by Walt McDougat
the artist and newspaper man. Las
Sunday he published in his paper a long
story illustrated in his own iuimitabls
style upon this place In which he desig-
mated Asbury Park as the paradise OF
typewriters aud cheap clerks" Phew
Didn't the young ladies who loll on THE
beach during the day IN fetching bathing
suits and dance in the hotel pHrlors In
diamonds and silks ut night. AID the
young men who on the beach affect white
duck trousers. outing shirts and white
Yachting caps which in the evening are
L. CQ8uRoQ lUt Habc1b blO tAA 6th0
hammers, raise a how'll They talked oil
boycottfng McDougal's paper and duck
ing Walt in the swimming pool if they
ever catch him at the Park. Words fail
them to express their Indignation at both
the man who would write sucn a base
insult and the paper hat would print IL.
How McDougal's ears must burn when
the pretty summer girl and her escort
get to discussing him and his story.
Any person VINO gets up in the morn
ing here about five o'clock ana starts
down the road leading to Belmar will
soon encounter a portIy form developed
In a heavy sweater putting along at q
lively rate. The first impression one
gets OF the portly gentleman is that he
IL some athlete training for a contest.
They are mistaken. Aowever, for the
portly form Is that Of Allan McDermott
who has adopted this method oi
reducing his flesh. He Is stopping
at BeImaf. three miles below here,
and rising every morning at five o'clock,
he tfamps to Ocesa Grove and back be-
fore breakfast. Fishing is getting excel
lent from the fishing piers here, ano
according to the fishermen. bass weigh
Ing from tour to nineteen pounds have
been caught. Onc of the net fishermen
canght 4 full sized hammer head shark
yesterday, aud he was exhibited on the