Middletown transcript., 1894-07-07

| Times; Judge Paynter, Georgetown Demo
crat.
PENINSULA PRESS PERSONALS.
Col Cooper, the genial and affable chair
man of the executive committee. is entitled
to the thanks of the Association for his
careful arrangement of every detail for the
comfort of the members while at Asbury
He has the happy faculty Of making every
one about him have good time.
The Badge of the Peninsula Press
Association is as pretty as any here. 1t is
as neat and artistic, and credit to the taste
of our Chairman.
The Ashbury Electric Car line carried
delegates to the N. e. A. all this week free
of charge, their badges being their pass
port.
TOLLS were not collected from the men,
bers Of the Press in A~hbury this week.
They were given carte blanche to the city.
Bob Burdette fooled the Convention
an address and never turned up. But that
is way, Robert has, as our Middleton n
readers well remember.
The fireworks which were witnessed
from the Atlanta veranda on the evening
Of the Fourth was as fine n pyrotechnic
displaysas as one could see.
The various excursions, receptions and
and other entertainments which have been
given to the Editors this week will be
among the most pleasant memories some
of us may ever have.
Mr.. AIoreau, editor of the Freehold
Transcript, formerly of the Middletown
Transcript, was in attendance at the n. E.
A. His Delaware associates were glad to see
him again. He was accompanied by his
wife and sister.
The Haunted Swing" was one of the
giddy diversions of the Peninsula editors.
Those that did not try it wish they had
Trips to Long Branch were very popular
with the editors, the wives and daughter.
Scott Roberts, the veteran editor ofthe
Peninsula received an ovation from the
other members. He has warm place ih the
hearts of his comrades, as was shown i'll
their greetings.
The bachelor editor. who never had a
wife in his life is OH hand and as popular
as if he were thrice married.
Editors have some of the weakness of
the common herd' judging from the
eagerness with which they scaned the
papers to see if their names were in all
right
Marshall P. Wilder, the funniest little
man that ever stood before an audience,
was one of the pleasant surprises for visi
tors to the convention oil Tuesday night.
He said he wnu;d tell few stories. whici!
unfortunately were old ones, for said he
In these days fiIfl it as hard to find
new story a> il 10 find a Democrat His
stories however we're not only well told but
we'll heard, and everybody forgot Bob Bur
dette was to have spoken. Mr.. Wilder is q
humorous writer and speaker of unusual
ability, and his jokes upon his own dwarf
ish physique were among the funniest We
ever heard
Two of our ladies' wearing Peninsula
Press badges were caught out in the rain
one evening, and being way from home
took took the electric cars. and did not
know they had no money with them till
tie conductor called for fares. Remember
ing their badges however, they thought
maybe, they could 60 on their merits, but
but twas no go, the fares must be collected,
Then they began to feel embarrassed, and
knew not what to do. But there were
editors on the cars and moved by fraterbal
ties. One who proved to be from far away
Washington State, kindly and courtously
paid their fare. Cards we're exchanged, and
the Washington editor promised to call be-
fore leaving for the uorth west. If there is
any sequel to this little episode, we may
hear it, for we shall keep sharp lookout
for tine Peninsula ladies and their Wash
lug knight
The Peninsula Press admitted women
as members of the association at the annual
meeting on Monday, and granted the two
women editors Of the peninsula all the
rights and privileges of the organization.
President Higher, in his dignifed and
courteous manner extended cordial
welcome to the sisterhood, and said,
heretofore there had been no women
editors in our territory, and that there
were few women with brain and nerve
enough to run newspaper. With all
difference to the President however, we beg
to differ with him, for there are plenty of
women all about US with brain and nerve
enough to run anything that in the pro
vidence of God and the annal progress of
the age, comes in their way. Brain and
nerve are not dependent upon locality or
sex. but opportunity.
Asbury Park, July 5th, 1894.