Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-01
BICYCLERS At ASBURY.
Wheels Are All the Rage This season
at This Resort.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ASPTTRY PARK Nj In


CORRESPONDENCE Of The Evening Star.
ASBURY PARK, NJ, July %. 1894
Asbu-y Park has gone bicycle crazy.
Nearly every man. woman and child in the
place owns one or an apology for one, while
the summer visitors have hired wheels from
the large bicycle repositories with such a
zest that the formerly well-stocked estab-
lshments now look like vacant warehouses.
? Little bicycles, big bicycles, tandems. tri-
cycles of every description and even veloci-
pedes swarm the ocean drive day and night
and make carriage riding a dangerous ope-
ration. The boys and men wear blue knee
breeches and sailor caps, while the pretty
rnaidens don their newly purchased bloom
ers'' with all the mOdesty and unconcern
becoming a sweet miss of sixteen. and. hav-
ing mounted the whee.s with all the skill
and precision Of an old equestrian. speed
away, followed by the admiring gaze Of
many a gallant youth.
F'hrtations on wheels are all the rage, and
the ocean drive between -,sbury Park and
Long Branch Is crowded every night with
spOrtive youths and coy maidcas- The cy-
clers find plenty of ice cream and soda
water al each end of the route, and many a
little miss who has made the run to Long
Branch comparatively alone rides back with
infatuated colleSian by her side. while
the head lights on the other wheels loom Up
Another halt Is generally made at Elberon
or Deal Beach. from where the happy
couples complete the spin to Asbury Park
with the ocean roaring on one side, white
the other are the brilliantly lighted caravan
saries. from which float forth on the everi-
ing air strains of music dispensed by the
hotel orchestras. 1t is needless 10 say that
oil the WashingtOnians now at the resort
join the cyclers and appear to feel much
at home as though they were taking Il spin
on Pennsylvania avenue
The Good Roads bicycle tournament. which
takes place at Asbdry Park on August 80
and 81 and September /. has caused a wide
spread interest in the cycling world. The
Asbury Park Athletic Association will have
extensive improvements made on the track
Immediate so that the flyers may have an
opportunity of lowering records and fighting
out the championship. All the prominent
riders of the east have written the secretary
that they will be present. Among the prunli-
nent riders who will be sure starters are
johnson, Tyler. Sanger, Bliss. Bald, q. Mar
shall Wells, the champion OF Canada; Titus
and Mcdonald, the New Jersey riders; Muir
ply. Royce. Taxis, LumSden, Citizens, Ed
wards Of California and other motel riders.
The fourth annual convention Of the Chris
tian Alliance Is now in session al Educa-
tionaI Hall and will continue until June 80.
The services open daily with a prayer and
conference meeting at $50 In the morning
and continue, with two brief interHltsSions.
till late at night The last day of the ses-
sion is set for the day of healing" when
the halt and the blind and all manner Of
sick persons are invited to present them
selves for physical healing. Many wonderful
cures are looked for The work of healing
is to be accomplished by prayers and the
laying OF bands.
The Kings Daughters met for their an
nual conference In Ocean Grove Tuesday
morning. At the opening service DIR. i. III.
Stokes. president of the Ocean Grove Assocl-
alton. welcomed the numerous delegations
of daughters 10 the resort, after which
many reports from the field full Of interest
and encouragement were read.
The brunswick COfilliOn-
Judging from the large number of WASH
ington people who participated in the grand
cotilliOn blanche at the Brunswick last
evening, 1t would seem that the bal poudre
was given in their honor almost exclusively.
However this may be. the affair was one
of the brilliant social successes recorded on
Asbury Parks schedule of society events
this season. The cotillion abounded in novel
dances and figures the most attractive OF
which was a stately minuet, arranged by
Mr.. Albert ID. BooZ, master Of ceremonies,
especially for the occasion. In this dance
there were eight couples-among them three
Washington belles-all attired in full en-
pire costume Of purest white, with white
wigs while the gentlemen arrayed them
selves in the costume of the old court re-
CINE and powdered their hair. Miss Turah
Cuttings of Washington with Mr.. James l..
Taylor Of Brooklyn had the honor of leading