Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15

/ fashion that has never gone out or
vogue. 1t is a method of keeping track
/ Of Ocean Grove children. "Since there
are no drunken persons here" said he,
lit is impossible that harm can come
to youngsters. l desire therefore that
my young relatives have as much lib
erty as possible and to secure this l
shall set them adrift upon the sand
properly labelled"
Upon the back Of each he pinned a
card which read:
&&&&s %&*%&% *%St$ -
My name is Johnnie Doe.
1 reside on Bath avenue.
Please send me home at u o'clock.
. = = = >
Curious passers-by read the cards
and the tots were towed home by
friendly hands at the appointed time.
That custom has prevailed from that
day to this; and if you go to Ocean
Grove this week I'll venture to wager
that you will find anywhere from one
TO one thousand children upon the
sand, all ticketed for transportation at
the proper time.
p's thies, -, -,nt,J- \ our can no as you
pIeaSe. You do not have to dress up.
A canvas yachting cap and pair of
white duck trousers with any kind Of
shirt and suspicion Of old shoes
are about all you need In this simple
array you can wander out from your
breakfast Of corn cake. blue fish.
creamed potatoes and grace, and fetch
up at one of the pavilions Here Won
VIII ind bread, pleasant seats. plentv
OF music and a beach full of bathers tn
anuse you. UncOnsciOusly YOU linger
ana when noon comes YOU wonder
wnere the morning has gone.
Inc afternoon is no different al
ocean Grove except that Won crawl /
under the pavilion and go to sleep. and /
lne evening is different only in that /
II is dark and there is singing coming
from all directions, the Chanting of
rellglous societies that center in the
interior of the grove aud hold +bair
summer revivals there. You WON'T no
ie'e IL ana l don't expect you TO. but
ne charm OF Nearer My God to Thee"
Keeps over you and you find Yourself
'IeaIlng toward the great round Audi-
Drum and listening unconsciouslv 70
ne silver voice Of DR.. Newman. who
,oes over his funeral sermon uDon
rant and his Grafton upon the death
u young Leland Stanford-only in
lher Words-and you stop and listen
onger than you thought YOU would
.onuerlng no longer that a millionaire
III pay $4,000 for a eulogy in such
iINered words, or that a Washington
'aIesman will offer 800 per SUNDAY
)r a table grace murmured in those
oundS OF limpid sweetness.
That is Ocean Grove. and when tho
ly DeIore you come, you pull yourself !
'gether enough to go Grabbing on
marx River or mint hunting I'D with
lie Nate Salisbury and Maggie Mitchell
'oWd on beyond toward Long Branch
gust TO make a shOwing-you feel
lat you have done very well indeed.
on do not get such a chance often to
t your brain lie so fallow.
Asbury Park is different. Here Won
rtainly can flirt if you want to. for
ere are pretty girls in shirt waists.
ere there are genuine hops. and Won
n have a rafting good time
AsOury is as famous for Founder"
'adley as Founder Bradley is famous
AS0ury This gentleman, the first
omoter and the virtual owner of As
ny Park, objects to the term Found
and has tried various ways to get
/ Of it. One season Robert Ingersol
ggested the giving of a prize to those
10 would leave it off. All the sea
n there were notices posted that 4
Id watch would be given TO each
wspaper correspondent who would
lite Mr. Bradley-proprietor or own
not objected to-" But by the end
the season Bradley was Founder"
IRE than ever.
Every year Founder Bradley does
" things which unintentionallv keen
n before the public. This season.
sides building a Lovers Tower. he
ued a manifesto that the boys Of
lnceton who thrOng Asbury Park
ISL have at least an inch and a half
sleeve in their bathing shirts. The
lowing day was rainy and all the
lei parlors were filed with young
n sewing modest ruffie in the arm
eS OF their bathing suits. It is I'M
stood that Founder Bradley abom-
ties Shawls. and particularly objects
seeing one wrapped around two peO-
in summer girl fashion.
yclists love Ocean Grove AMI As
Y and come here from Denver and
Rocky Mountains, yes. and from
Ilco TO wheel. Broad roads. no fear
drunken men, and many little pavil-
s. LIQUID of cOu,.Sn aro H. c--..-