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necessary TO look out lut TX ANe
however, those that abide in the water
Sometimes 1t takes a whole seasons resi-
dence to teach guests that they are beins
cheated at every opportunity. shortly
after a Jersey City family opened the
shutters Of a furnished house they had
rented at East Long Branch a few days
ago, a colored gentleman appeared at the
door and said he would be pleased to
remove the ashes and garbage.
II charges rs a week and So a month
h h-ousekeeper from Jersey City de-
cided to think it over and came to the
conclusion. that about $40 for garbage and
ashes would be pretty high for the sea-
son.
A few lays after, a tall portly man OF
the same ebony hue also appeared at the
door and announced that the inspector
had sent him around to see about having
the ashes and garbage removed.
Hes been at me couple of avs to
come, but rs been so busy I hasn't had
time"
What do you charger" asked the
housekeeper.
IA dollar a week"
"What?"
"A uutidf " Week.
That pretty high" what would you
ask if there were only ashes?
What would you do with your gar
bage madam
Have it burned.
20. you dassn't do dat. De inspector
| don't low dat. You see dere was a small
| pox case here few years ago, caused by
burning garbage, and since den de
authorities is powerful careful about not
having garbage burned and you dassn't
leave it around"
But the housekeeper comes from Jersey
City and even the impressive manner of
the colored gentleman didn't frighten her.
So she continued to nave her garbage
burned and the ashes she put in the back
yard, in spite of the contemptious glances
| which the ash gentleman casts Upon her
every time he passes by on his chariot.
A weeks stay in the attractive town
taught this same h-ousekeeper to always
ask what it costs before ordering any
| thing from butcher. baker or candlestick
maker. She saw herself more stuck on
a shet of fly paper trhan were the flies,
| when she was charged nine cents for
one sheet. This was especially irritating
| when she remembered the cries of the
| peddlers in Jersey City sc sheets fly
paper for 5 cents"
After spending a summer at Asbury
| Park, Long Branch is a dreadfully disap-
| pointing place. One longs for the lovely
| board walk which is SO attractive. Long
Branch's ocean walk is simply hideous,
with its immense piles and its broken,
| rickety boardh. Instead of tempting rest
full pavilions in which one can sit, there
are a few small private hotel ones, and
one is expected to nominally lake a dip
in order to sit in them.
If children play in the sand, they must
sit where they cannot see the endless
waves which cause them so much
pleasure.
People shrug their shoulders and say
they wouldn't care to go to Asbury Park
on account of the crowds. but people go
there just the same, because their com
fort is assured and because they are
always sure of meeting friends there.
$50
Asbury Park seems still the favorite re-
sort with Jersey City people. A few are
scattered along the coast from Sea Bright
TO Sea Girt. and in the Catskills and
Adirondacks, but the vast majority settle
down in Asbury Park. The boardwalk is
now crowded on pleasant nights. and the
hotel piazzas are thronged on the rainy
nights.
The Brunswick Bicycle Club, of which
Mr.. Benjamin Farriar is Captain, has had
a hard time lately. Several interesting
races were planned and the stormy days
interfered with them all.
The attendance at the hops has not been
affected by the rain. The West End
Hotel has made an innovation in hops At
that hotel there is a formal invitation
hop Saturday night and informal hops the
other nights of the week. Now a feature
has been made of the Wednesday night
hop. At this the dancers wear bicycle
costume. These hops have proved popu-
lar. and the other hotels will probably in
stitute them.
Mrs. w. w. Farrier wore at the Bruins
wick hop Saturday night a handsome
gown of white and pink organdie. At the
Coleman hop Miss Edith Dickinson wore
white chiffon and satin and Miss Eulalie
Dickinson white chiffon and lace. Miss
Ida Demorest wore blue silk at the West
End.
Among the Asbury Park visitors are
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Young, F. E.
Paine, Mrs. A. E. Butler. Mr.. and Mrs.
M. E. Leake, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Everett
Phillips and Colonel and Mrs. Henry G.
Page.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Apgar and Mr.. and
Mrs. r.. Cadogan, all of Bayonne, are at
the Coleman House.
AIfE
Miss Georgia c. Isnard is staying at the
Fairchild.
Mr.. Ralph Perry spent Sunday at the
Coleman House. Mr.. Perry's family, Mr..
and Mrs. O.. H. Perry and the Misses
Perry are occupying their cottage at
Brielle.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Sharper and family
are at the Victoria.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Francis and family
are at the Norman House, Ocean Grove.
Colonel James of Hoboken spent Sum
day at the Coleman House
Miss Julia Bert Of West Hoboken is at