The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-17
Sights and Scenes at
Delightful Asbury.
Breezy Letter from the Seaside Resort
Where White Tights Are Not Allowed.

Asbury Park. Aug. 1s.-Asbury Park
Is q pocket edition Of Paradise. NOT
that II is SO small-but somehow. most
of us imagine the garden or Eden 10
have been an immensely big place IN
which Grandfather Adam and his wife
were a trifie lonesome. else they would
scarcely have thought OF taxing a
boarder whose cultivated tastes IN fruit
were destined to get them into trouDie'
1t Is not mentioned that the historic
Eden contained a board walk, tobog-
gan slide, a crystal maze. an electrical
Casino. or a merry-go-round. In these
resnects as in several others, Asbury
PARK has the advantage. There Is no
nlace under the sun just like II. Differ
ing from Spring Lake. 1t is neither too
exclusive nor too slow. 1t Is unlike
Atlantic City In not being too rapid nor
mobbed by cheap excursions, neither
can II be classed with Ocean Grove as
Bar Harbor. but you have a better time.
In fact 1t Is like the girl In the Tara
ra song-"right as right can be-" No
where else is there such fine. well
kept board walk Of such generous di-
mensions Offering such alluring delghts
to morning and evening strollers. No
where else along the coast Is such
bicycle speedway for the exclusive use
of wheelmen and women. Nowhere else
can such big turtles be seen ON eXhl-
bition. No one but Founder Bradley
gives prizes for big turtles and then
turns the same interesting creatures
loose, Offering other prizes for their re-
capture Nowhere else can you take
your baby and win prize for the same,
and also for carriage. robe and decora-
tions. Nowehere else along the coast
except at Ocean Grove II is dry
not only on Sundays but all the time
and yet throngs of people come mere
who are constitutionally like Chimmie
Fadden's Mr.. Paul as regards o's
'tirst."
To sum it all up Asbury Park IS
complete in its order. Its sanitary regu-
latlons and its general provisions FOR
the comfort of dwellers within Its
gotes Senator Bndley's restrictions
are not irksome, and the captious ones
who find them so have the privilege OF
remaining away from the resort.
One of his recent edicts illustrates his
promptness of action when in his judg-
ment a decisive stand is necessary. AT
the recent great bicycle meet certain
club> containing many young women
wer in the parade wearing striking
cos mes of white tights. white jackets
an1 caps and mounted on wheels the
frames of which were enameled IN
white. The whole effect was somewhat
startling. 1t started Senator Bradley
at least, and the celebrity with which
that white club vanished from the pa
rade, reappearing in more sober habili-
ments, was astonishing. There were
some grOwls heard from riders and
spectators but these did not alter the
edict; the tights had to come off.
wha, Bradley Did Not See.
But the senator isn't ubiquitous;
neither are his officials. Occasionally
a few antics escape his eagle eye. 1t
isn't as unusual as in Wilkes-Barre to
see a girl in giddy boomers. There
was one down by the Columbia this
morning. They were pale gray, the
boomers I mean, and however lovely
they might appear on the wheel they
were certainly not joy forever, as she
stood by its side with her feet rather
wide apart and her hand in her pocket.
I really believe the fact that boomers
have pockets is the real temptation
they offer to women for wearing them.
She wore sort of coat that came half
way to her knees, and her appearance
was kind Of cross between DR.. Mary
Walker and an English jockey, whose
style Of cap she affected. Altogether, l
Inlnk II StHutOT hdd hdpPVh0t
along Just then, the spectators would
have enjoyed a lively scrap, for the
girl looked as If she would defend her.
self.
He missed another opportunity this
week in failing to catch a girl bathing
in an entirely white costume until she
had been at ii for some time. She did
not obey the mandate OF the stern-eyed
policeman with the alacrity that was
expected when he urged her to come out
and get on some other things. She was
plump and pretty and the mohair suit
glistened silvery in the sun whenever
she bobbed up on top Of wave. She
could swim and the spectacle Of white
stockinged shapely legs, defiantly wav-
ing in the surf as she emerged from an
airing expedition, made the officer
frown. and he stamped wildly up and
down the sands. insisting that he would
be obeyed. She came out when 1t
pleased her to do so and was followed
by the admiring glances Of big throng
that had gathered to see what would
happen. But she hasn't bathed since
in white suit.
For a man who has the perpendicular
conscience and the blameless character
alleged to be possessed by Senator
Bradley. he has the most pronounced
prejudice against white apparel. One
would fancy him as desiring to have all
his subjects arrayed in spotless snowy
garments. hut he really seems to favor
blue flannel for women and linen dust
ers for men when the latter come out
Of the water.
Girl with the Yellow Belt.
Indeed. there are frequent sights that
the autocrat Of Asbury does not always
behold, else he would probably be in a
series of fits a goodly portion Of his
time. Today there was girl in a
yellow handkerchief and a black suit
trimmed with yellow braid who was
scarcely visible on account of the all
pervading presence Of high umbrella.
Neither was her companion, who, for
convenience sake and with a view to
unobtrusiveness had his legs buried
In the sand while his head was repos-
ing in the pretty girls lap, one arm
about her slim yellow belted waist and
his other hand industriously, holding
her brown palm. Her feet were stick
ing straight OUT In front Of her on the
sands; one pink toe had struggled
through her stocking and was aggres-
gively and pertly in evidence, hut she
WAS not at all embarrassed. She Is O
nice girl. too. and like Queen Isabella
In 1l42 rs a model of proprfety on ordl-
nary occasions. she Is Pennsylvania
girl from town not a thousand miles
from Wilkes-Barre. and would no more
think of dtsporting herself In a short
petticoak In her stocking feet, with an
expansive hole in the toe of one foot.
or Of sitting on her fathers vsranda
with a young mans arm about her than
she would think of turning somersaults
on the front lawn before the gaze of
an admiring public. But the seaside
changes all that. and isn't II queer when
you come to think of 1t? Now a night
gown II q nice. modest piece Of ap-
parel. 1t clothes maiden from neck
to heels in pure folds displaying, per-
haps. me soft curve OF the throat and q
rounded arm with a dear dimple in