New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15

| THE RESIDENTS LIKE THE ANTS. WORK IN SUM
MER AND ENJOY LIFE IN wINTER-wREcKs
PROVIDE THE ONLY EXCITEMENT.
A summer resort in the summer and the same
summer resort in the winter two different
places. If the paradox may be parooheu' Inc
change OF seasons brings a cnange OF sce"eS'
Should YOU by any chance visit in midwinter your
favorite August resort. return to 1t at any tine
between October and April there IL strong pro
liability that you would begin at once 10 cast ABOUT
for different outing place for next summer III
any you would BE- startled by the unfamiliar
not 10 say uncouth appearance OF the place III IL
happens that your summer resort Is a seashore
town. II is altogether probable that your disap-
pontment will be keener than If you have been IN
the habit Of passing your summers IN some noun
tain fastness or by an inland lake
Asbury Park may be taken as the typical seasnore
resort Being perhaps the livellest in the not sea-
son. il furnishes the sharpest contrasts as the
months roll around. How does the place look III
the winter? A habltual summer resorter VINO re-
Gently went down there business described IL as
having "na'ed-up appearance The nalins-up
process begins at Asbury Park about September J.
when the largest hotels close their season After
a few DAYS airing these big wooden houses, WIN
their tiers Of verandas and their mathematical
columns Of windows are nailed up for winter Keep
ing-put in cold storage, as 1t were Some Oh the
larger hotels remain open through September ana
most Of the smaller houses entertain dwindlins par
ties OF guests throughout that month; but by the
first week in October the entire seward section on
the town presents a decidedly naled-up appear
ance
At this time Of the year there 10 hardy an H.
habited house within a quarter-mle OF the ocean
at Asbury Park and ocean Grove-the dstrlct most
populous from June TO September. 1t Is possible
for one 20 walk the entire length OF the ocean
boardwalk. with eyes wide open, and behold no Nv
ing being. To all appearance that side OF the town
is deserted village. 1t is asserted that some OF
lpay
stack furniture against the doors and windows on
the inside 10 serve as barbados against the pos
sble entrance Of cod-weather burglars
1t is remarkable fact that few housebreakings
occur where so many buildings are left unoccupled.
Occasionally landlord returns in the spring to
find his furniture turned topsy-turvy and some OF
his bed or table linen gone but such cases are IN
frequen' Owners of property In the deserted dis-
trict who leave their houses without Waterman
ar required pay higher rate OF insurance imam
would he exaoted If the house were occupied the
year round Some of the hotel men go TO Florida,
where they conduct winter resort hotels, and thus
fill out the year; but majority. in the language
Of a permanent resident who claims to know what
he is talking ABOUT. "eat snowballs that 49, tney
rooms in their own hotels and live off the proceeds
the Should # qsPRRsn that that the
of eating snowoaLs loses It's humorous aspect;.
What do the people 90 IN the winter nIa Sn0u o
Asbury PAX and its edjonng suburbs Is IN she
uelghDOrhOOd
agriculture There is not so mucn az an N'V gct
garden in the limits OF the tp dron IF IA.
unique Necessarily there are many idie people III
h % on mater the Of nqSss w vG1 cae
the summer population; hustie Ior Lhres n'uisiS
d ibevearround place where there's somethn to
DO all the time and you can Keep yoIf o,ooa Sar,
the rush is on to keep us through the cold spell
we're in hole. and next season we hustle 10 get
In the Summer time the residents have time to
dance Their dance comes later. There are several
public and private halls where "grand balls ana
receptions are held frequent intervals throughout
the w bn ba ball and divers others
but here as in nearly every and city. there Is
S1 has Been tcrap o as ike and pa into
separate dish. This set has its own exc usive cruz
cepfions and balls win The balls ana the he, church
socables and the fairs the young people ma plenty
on Sundays the population appears IN best BIB
and tucker. goes to one Of the numerous churches
which are open all the year. returns home and eats
dinner. and then saunters down 70 the neach IN
weather is foul. and there is any prospect Of
storm the population brings forth its rubber boots,
teced from the dashing spray patrols the beach IN
gisd Gi t x1may fond o. zhpwreck
such an accident gives him something to see some
thing TO talk about until the summers guest.
begin to arrive and then something tell the visit
ors about The average citizen will cheerfully arise
in me dead of night, while the rain IL pouring IN
down to the beach at the first hint OF wreck:
Whether he goes to TO see II Ia a fact that
he goes. and there IS nothing that can make MN
run faster than the news that vessel Is 1eins
driven on the beaches. The Government should ar
range to take the census Of seashore towns al a
time wher there is a wreck on the beach: 1t would
save time and trouble.
When the steamship Irrawaddy stranded at As
bury Park recently there was a lively time
People came from all the neighborng towns TO get
a sight % the big ship lying on the sands and the
whole population of Asbury Parl, viewed IL again
and again During the week that il lay there, the
beach was relieved of its deserted aspect. some or
the towns inhabitants almost literally camped out
on ~. fshi rip gO
the scene There Is romance in a shpwreck, espa-
cally when Il about the only thing that happens
in a whole winter.
Unless there is another wreck the people OF this
big summer resort will have no further excitement
until next summer with its incoming crowds, its
thousands Of trunks and its various diversions ar
rves and draws out the nails.