The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-14


tire of things they can at any moment
reach the city in few hours. They
present union of coast and verdure I'M
surpassed, and the presence of city con-
veniences in cottages, hotels and even
shopping quarters leaves little to be
missed. And then the contiguity of
host of other popular resorts-Asbury
Park, Seabright, EIberon, Ocean Grove,
Atlantic Highlands and Normandie-by-
the-Sea-is great attraction to the So
ciety loving New Workers.
Amusements succeed each other at the
various points thick and fast. When it
is not horse racing at the Branch, it is
bicycle race at Asbury, a tennis tourna-
ment at Seabright or a formal dance to
a charming band at the Highlands, and
all through distinctly separate quarters
with a varied scheme of amusement as
easily reached as may be different quar-
tiers of New York itself.
One is sure also to meet host of in
terestfng people. Actors, authors. mu-
sicians, artists, who cannot sever COM
munication with the city through the
holidays, swarm the Jersey coast. You
meet them with the mask thrown off all
a-pleasuring, from the leading man who
has been the winter idol Of the matinee
girl to the poet, painter or singer who
has been hitherto farof beloved mys-
terry.
To enjoy Long Branch one must drive
a great deal. The private vehicles are
very fine, and those who have not their
own and cannot afford to hire good
one regularly will lose the principal op-
pOrtunity for display and rendezvous.
The bicycle is in vogue, but it will not
replace for the summer girl the loung-
ing carriage seat, where charming frocks
and pretty poses disclose her at her best
in a way the bicycle never can. Morn
ing and afternoon the drive skirting the
ocean presents a moving panorama Of
luxury and display not elsewhere sur
passed, and if you cannot be a member
of this daily and much lorgnetted show
you are lost cipher at Long Branch.
At Atlantic Highlands.
Atlantic Highlands, close by, is diff
ferent There you can enjoy the best
there is without a fortune. Cottage rent
! is not exOrbitant. You can get from
! June to October a pretty, coolly furnish
ed 10 to IL room cottage, surrounded by
a wide hOneysuckled veranda, for $500.
/ Unless for specially planned functions,
people do not dress much. The high
lands, which are simply a succession of
thick leaved, lifting woods, slope down
to the lower bay, which, being still wa
ter, makes an encouraging place for
! young swimmers to learn. Those who
want surf bathing drive or take the
eight minutes train journey to High
! land beach, where they can get all the
bufeting they want.
The bathing costumes are all quiet,
and as there is no smooth beach the all
| day lounging in startling attire of both
men and women is thing unknown.
There is no parade ground either for
walking or driving Long Branch is
duplication of city life during the sea-
son. One can't go out there on foot or
in carriage unless prepared to be crit
I ically focused.
Atlantic Highlands folk turn out from
their cottages, nesting in verdure,
dressed as they might in the New Eng
land rural center, and take long walks
to the Navesink Highlands, to Locust
Point, ramble idly through the woods,
sit on the several piers running out into
the bay, drive to the Branch as informal
outsiders, not on exhibition, to Sea-
bright, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or any
other resort they may care to enjoy
without the trouble of dressing for it.
Cottage life is the principal one.
There are several hotels and boarding
houses, at the latter of which one may
put up comfortably for about $12 week
in a good sized room and with good,
liberal table. Hotel rates are 81 day
| The old Methodist church has this sea-
son been converted into an amusement
casino. Here capital mixed band plays
every afternoon and in the evening a
string orchestra On Saturday evenings
the subscription dances of the cottagers
are gay and exclusive There is plenty