Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

every respect-number of horses entered,
which is over four hundred. number of
prominent people present, and the brilliance
of the social function given on show even
| ing.
J The West End Hotels horse show fete
| Thursday evening was attended by not less
| than five thousand people. and at least a
thousand participated in the dancing, which
took place on an immense platform which
was erected on the lawn which extends
from the hotel cottages to the edge of the
forty-foot ocean bluff. The famous It'll
Regiment Band of New York furnished the
music for the merrymakers. and between
the dances costly pyrotechnc display was
given from the pavilion and bluff. The
West End Square and ocean boulevard for
blocks around were thronged with the turn
outs of the cottagers and hotel people who
came from all the nearby resorts to wit
ness the spectacle.
The garden party which the Elberon Ho-
tel gave last night was the prettiest one
that has been seen upon this shore in
many years. The casino was brilliantly
decorated and Illuminated and dainty
supper was served on the lawn, which is
without doubt the finest on the Jersey
coast. and on the verandas. There were
several hundred wealthy cottagers and no
tel people present.
The Hollywood reserved its horse show
function for this evening, and the spacious
lawns around that celebrated hosiery pre-
sent scene which for brilliancy and gaiety
would be hard to match. Streamers of
buHlAHS ana 1IaSS OF all nations nOat over
the lawn and vari-colored electric lights are
hung from various points on the hotel
across the lawn and through the trees
Swimming matches are receiving good
deal of attention at this resort this sum-
mer, partly because there are an unusually
large number of lady swimmers here.
The news that the famous Hollywood pool
is to be rebuilt has been received with
great enthusiasm. especially by the older
visitors to the Branch" who remember
when. until within three years. the pool
was the most highly patronized and the
best appointed one anywhere on the At
lantic coast 1t was built by the late John
Hoey and fitted up by him elegantly but
it was closed in SO and has since become
considerably dilapidated. The plan now is
to enlarge it a good deal and to build
around 1t a casino.
The wealthy cottagers at Elberou two
years ago organized the Elberon Beach
Club, the main object of which was to pro-
vide exclusive bathing privileges for its
members, their families and guests whom
they choose to invite. The club is very
popular, so much So in fact, that twenty
new bath houses are now being built The
club is open from June to October II, and
Is very exclusive Mrs. Robert MacGy of
New York was the president. and among
the other moneyed people who take their
dally DIP in the ocean there are General
Thomas I. Eckert of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, Colonel John A. Nc
Call of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. United States Senator James Smith,
jr., of New Jersey, William D. Guthrie
William D. Harper, ]. C. Watson. Mrs.
George NJ. Pullman, George NJ. Pullman.
jr., John L. Lockwood Robert H McCar-
ter, Franklin Murphy DIR. Joseph B. Bis
sell, Richard Deeves, H. H. McLay Mrs J.
Edgar Thompson and William Campbell
Clarke.
Norwood Park cottagers gave a very
largely attended benefit entertainment this
evening at the Casino for the Monmouth
Memorial Hospital. Two one-act farces.
arranged by the Norwood Comedy Club.
were produced lei on Parle Francois
and Betsy Baker,
Hollywood has entertained no less than
dnree counts during the past ten days.
They were Count des Carrots of Paris
Count Clinic of Ron and Count du Pare
of Paris. They came down to see the horse
snow and will remain until the latter part
of next week.
Dining out of doors has been fashion
able feature of Hollywood life this season
The tables are spread on the big stretch Of
green fronting the ball room. and in the
evening they are Illuminated by strings of
incandescent lights. The effect is very
artistic.
The evening performances of "Pinafore''
at Pleasure Bay have attracted big crowds
to that resort nightly. AT the close of the
opera. tfere are usually from three 10 ten
supper parties given in the Avenel, On the
northern end of the grounds.
Inc largest supper of the season was
given this week by Mr.. George w. Young
of New York. whose guests were made IN
OF his friends who are spending the sum-
ner along the shore, either in cottages or
as hotel guests
Manager A. j. Murphy of the Avenel has
arranged for concerts by Anton Heindrs
Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday and
Friday afternoons. The programs are be-
gun during luncheon hour and continued
until four.