Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
AT FAMOUS AsBURY.
Summer Pleasures at This Popular
ScashOre Resort.

SsshsssSE aCubuEeB fODuIur
Sc0shOre Resort.
Correspondence OF The Evening Star
ASBURY PARK. n. J.. August s, 1897.
Inc annual water pageant and carnival
on Wesley Lake. which has come to be one
OF the most interesting and beautiful
events of the summer at the twin-cities-
by-the-sea," has been set for the evening
OF August IA. Unusually elaborate prep
arations are being made by the board of
trade or this place and the Ocean Grove
camp Meeting Association, and the carni-
val p:lmises to excel in splendo- any of
Its eleven predecessors. Wesley Lake is
mirably situated for such an exhibition
The thousands of summarizes view the
spectacle from Its teiraced banks. and the
noteis and cottages which surround the
beautiful sheet Of water are always gor-
geousiy Illuminated and decorated on car
nival night.
Friday evening will be young folks
night at the Hotel Brunswick That mn
has about three score of graceful young
dancers. who will take possession of the
casino and enjoy Juvenile hop.
The M1kddo german at the Brunswick on
the evening of August "a will be the larg-
est social event of Its kind on the coast
this season. Mr.. Will ]. Dean, master of
ceremonies. has arranged for a professional
costumer in New York to come down and
decorate the beautiful women who are
summering at that hotel and the two or
three hundred invited guests from the
other hotels and the AsbuBy Park cottage
colony.
An Influx of Visitors.
The bonifaces look happier these DAYS
than they have any time previously this
season. The influx of visitors which
struck the town a week ago has con-
tinued during the week. and the hotel
keepers. who before were fearful of a
thoroughly slow season. are now happy
again. AS many as sixteen hundred trunks
have landed at the station in one day.
That there are some bicyclists in this
nefghborhood may be inferred from The
fact that four hundred and twenty-five
wheels came in on the trains of one day
this week.
Surf bathing has resumed its natural
place at the head of all diversions at this
resort. Tie recent storms so altered the
beach that bathing is much more comfort
able at most of the grounds for the largest
proportion of those summarizes who lake
a dip i'm old Neptune-the waders. The
temperature of the ocean has ranged
around 40 degrees this week, which is
about as high as 1t ever gets. Between
1000 and ], 100 festive bathers were counted
in the surf at one time on Tuesday.
The champion young swimmer of the re-
sort Is George Barber, who is summering
at the West End. Although but fifteen
years old, his strength and skill enable him
to perform some daring feats in the water
He had half Of the bathing masters and
beach police after him on Wednesday
when he swan straight out to sea a half
mile. The officers have forbidden him to
repeat the undertaking.
Washington Visitors.
Miss Claudia L. Miller of New York and
Miss Miller of Washington are typical
summer girls sojourning at the Lenox
They are enthusiastic and daring bathers
Mrs. A. Behrend. Miss Florence Behrend
and Miss Esther Behrend OF Washington
are at Norwood Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. W. Karr and family Of
Washington are at the Brunswick.
AT the Atalanta are Charles F. Rossner
ard w. Bragaw of Washington.
Mrs. S. c. Jones and Miss s. L. Avery of
Washington are at the Madison.
Mr.. II. White, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Francis and A. w. Francis of Washington
are at the Ashland
c. Hughes of Washington is at Sunset
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jeffry Of Washington
are at the Albemarle.
Miss A. Brown, Miss B. Brown, Miss V.
Brown and DIR. and Mrs. r. Kingsland Of
Washington are a the Ocean Hotel
the Colonial.
w. A. Smith of Washington is at the
Plaza.
Mr.. H. Clay Evans and Mr.. Brooke of
Washington are stopping at the Washing
ton.
Miss Louise Park, Miss Mary King and
Arthur ]. F'lagg of Washington are at the
Montauk.
Mrs. James P. Young and Mrs. ]. T.
c. w. Miller of Washington is at the
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