The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-15
SEDUCTIVE ASBURY.
How Visitors to the Famous
Resort While Away the
Time
EXPERT WOMEN SWIMMERS.
The Receding Beach In%terfcres
With Lolling in the Sand
Various Amusements.
EXPERT 0 M
specfa1 to the Jsrssu CITY Neps.

is d rSlTdUBG IdoCl1AdtAOA
phere of Asbury Park which rarely
fails to weave its spell over those who
sojourn there during the summer. Ola
and young alike succumb to its intiu-
ence, and year after year they return 10
wander up and down the famous board
walk, or make one of the equally Ia
nous crowd of loungers on the beach,
which, alas, is yearly becoming more OF
a thing of the past. Already, at high
tide, it is Impossible to sit on the sand
save in those places where the walk
forms three sides of a square, this nav
ing been made necessary by the great
storms Of TWO or three years ago wh
But at low tide! The sand plossohls
with umbrellas and parasolS OF StrahSe
and vivid hues, and beneath the Irienoly
screen are ant to be good specimens or
the genus Bride and Groom Tor wnlch
the Park is noted. You may know tneii
conversation, which oftimes are audlpie
TO those sitting near. The summer glri
at the Park is far too wise Ior such Pr
ceedings. She conVerses in low ana as
Greet tones with the gorgeously clau
youth she has enticed beneath her sun
shade, and then proceeds 10 Wiz ms h5
heart with envy, hatred and malice by
openly worshipping House JaneWay OF
Princeton football fame, or some other
eolleg et dtniete e,,i as a n aa SMILE The As
bury Park summer girl likes her men d
Ia bathing suit.
The weather Of the past month has
been greatly in favor of the women al
the beach, for it has been possible to SIT
of spray wantonly in the air, or watch
the glorious progress of the moon III
the clear heavens, and still know that
the dampness has not taken the cur
out of her hair. But aside from such
mundane considerations, the days, which
in the city have been SO terrible, mas
Ra,- haon david nf SI1rhE diSA Cr6RaDle
features. The days dawn clear ana not,
and then suddenly, as the people on the
sand are wondering II sahara can De
springs the sea breeze, cool and refresh
ing, even making thinly-ciad shoulders
shudder at the sudden change. 1t Is hard
to leave. but ever q breeze must stand
aside for the more solid considerations
of dinner and tea.
After the passengers from the Emma
B. have been landed the beach is deser-
ted. BY the way, everyone Goes not
know that the Emma 3. is the dainty
little white yacht which every mornins
bears a load of fishermen and women
10 the Fishing Banks, and every after
non cruises up and down the coast for
tell man a tale of misery of landsInen
who have jubilantly gone forth, only TO
speedily retire to some secluded portion
OF the vessel to mmun WITH nature,
only emerging to inquire when the con-
founded, or something else, boat would
land. When the anchor is finally cast
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everyone in sight on the beach fiocks
DANGEROUS BATHING.
Passengers are taken to and from the
yacht in a rowboat. and if the ocean is
calm there is no excitement. But let
there be a heavy surf running and all
the united skill of the boatmen will not
be sufficient to keep someone from get
ting a ducking, to the huge delight of
the crowd, who have no sympathy for the
sufferers. Ten minutes later everyone is
gone to dinner or tea. with, perhaps.
the exception of one or two indefatt-
gable bathers, banging to the ropes and
Jumping up and down as the waves APP
proach.
The bathing this year has been rather
dangerous, owing to the peculiar forma-
ton of the beach. Just beyond the point
where the waves break there is an alb
rupt drop of nearly two feet, and at half
tide it is impossible for anyone not All
expert swimmer to keep the head above
water. This has greatly intimidated the
average bather and few venture into
heavy surf and treacherous undertow,
which is remarkably strong this year.
Considering this: it is rather strange
hat there lave been so few serious ac-
cidents, although hardly a day passes
that someone is not taken from the
water exhausted by the buffeting of the
waves. Another popularity is the ex-
IRENE GOODNESS of the water at inter-
vals, the change in temperature being
without warning. One morning it was
Il degrees. The next day the ocean lay
calm and still under the rays of a Scorch-
ing sun. and but few cared to risk the
chance of cramps by bathing in water
explained by the fact that a strong
southeast current has been running along
at the Park secuted this solution of the
trouble and declared that an iceberg
must have passed along in the night.
SPLENDID SWIMMERS.
There are some splendid swimmers at
Asbury Park this year and they are not
at all backyard in letting everybody
women, and il is notable that those
who are most at home in the water
wear the PROTEST yet quietest suits.
One young woman a few days ago,
while having a glorious time beyond the
ropes at the Fourth avenue bathing
grounds, was suddenly seized with
young men saw her disappear and sue
ceeded in bringing her TO shore, first
being, almost too much for their com
bined strength. She was the eXoep-
ton that proves the rule that most wom-
en- are satisfied to stay on shore and
display their suits to an admiring null
A couple of Sundays ago a most
Stroiling along the waters edge were
a man and a woman, the latter with her
shoes and stockings off and her skirts
held firmly up. he carried the. dis
carded footgear. Beneath one of the
paviiions the pair stopped and the wonl-
an began a seris of antics which would
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while moved by a mighty impulse every
man and boy nearly rushed to the scene
and gazed open mouthed. With sublime
Inconsistencies she padded up and
down, then seated herself on q pile of
sand and allowed the waters to ripple
around her ankles. At length. firing of
this amusement, she calmly turned about
and tenders first one foot and then the
other to her escort, who, with a similar
lack of embarrassment, put on her
stockings and shoes. Shades of Senator
Bradley, what is Asbury Park coming
to?
HOTEL AMUSEMENT,
Away from the beach, with its mani
fold attractions, there is still much to
do and see. The town is nearly full to
oyeriowing with guests from every part
of the union. The conventions of the
past month nave been a perfect Cod
send to hotel and boarding house keep.
ers, for many of them who came for a
week have decided to stay longer, and
these with the regular guests, fill the
houses until in many cases people are
turned away to seek other lodgings.
The Ocean House, West End, Cole
man, Brunswick and Sunset Hall have
proved favorite resorts and have a
Jolly set of guests. The Ocean has been
the headquarters for contingents from
the various conventions, notably the
there is a very fair display of the prin-
cipal products from the sunny State
which have proved most interesting to
s aafsr guss tIaael flll6 he5ai Is men the and great rssa'
lists, of whom there are nov a great
number at the shore.
Over at the Coleman Marshal p. VIII