The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-27
Society Iopies.


She was a vivacious. pretty maiden
robed in a white duck suit. the waist OF
which literally covered with college pms
and buttons. It was on the veranda o.
a large hotel and she was entertaining q
number of her friends with an account
Of the souvenir buttons. pins, etc. Yes,
said she, II use these, touching tbs
various buttons and pins. 'as passports
You know up here on the st. Lawrence
part of New York many OF the waters
in the hotels. pursers on the river poats'
ETC.. are college students. Why, II was
only yesterday that a party OF us went
over to the Columbia to dinner. Inc
hotel was crowded, and the head waiter
told lis he was sorry he could not accom-
modate us as the hotel was crowded l
stepped forward and asked him II he
would not please try. Just then his eye
caught my Columbia pin. He wore a
fraternity badge from that college. JUST
wait about ten minutes, said he, ana III
less than five we found ourselves COM
fortably seated at a private table Win
every possible attention it is in the realm
Of walters to bestow. That is only one
instance. / could recite many more IN
which my college pins have served as
promoters of comfort"
Such a very popular means Of loco
motion has the bicycle become that one
naturally expects not only to IND me
wheel itself in every spot on the face OF
the globe but roads especially constructed
for its use, and few people who now
happen to possess them calculate taking
a Journey without their wheels. Such a
thing as first inquirihg whether there is
any place to ride being entirely out OF
the question.
Much fun was caused a few days ago
by the appearance of an enthusiastic
eyclist and his wheel at one of the hotels
at the Thousand Islands. Few of these
Islands. as is well known, have been
graded, paved. etc, even pedestrians
having trouble in exploring any one OF
them on account of the rocky soil. over
which they must climb. The wheelman
really expected to enjoy the scenery
mounted on his inanimate steed, and look
ed amazed when told that even horses in
that rocky country were out of the aues-
tion. Two of the islands out of the en-
tire 100 have been graded and paved.
These are Thousand Island Park and
Round Isle. Here a wheel may be used,
but for so short a distance that they are
few and far between.
But even if we have not with us the
wheel in the rocky parts of the country
its influence is. and always will be. felt.
This refers to the costume for both man
and woman. 1t is the most convenient
and popular form of neglige donned for
a mountain climb. q boating party, fish
ing excursion. etc, while for loungtng
there is nothing to compare with it.
Society has taken it up as a fad and
Judging from photographs taken OF the
large hotels at mountain or seashore one
would be led to believe that each hotel
was entertaining a delegation of cyclists,
even though in many of these places the
costume is quite as much of the wheel
as one sees do you ride a wheel?' is
now the query when addressing a party
in bicycle costume, not 81 see you ride
a wheeI,sf as was the greeting of a few
seays back.
The ladies at the Brunswick Hotel,
Asbury Park, are stfil busy making
housewives for the soldiers at Sea
Girt. This making of housewives" has
become quite "a fad all over the country
and Sea Girt is not the only camp bene-
flied by the industry. The girls make
these little housewives and then, quite
independent of the Red Cross or any
other society. mail them to several sol
diers whose names they happen to chance
upon. not forgetting to enclose a card
containing the name and address of the
donor. IN. this way the girls can ac-
cumufate quite a, packet of letters from
the soldiers benefited. These they tie
with red, white and blue ribbon and keep
in a safe and sweetly scented corner of
the bureau drawer for reference when
visitors call. In many cases the Boys in
blue send back buttons with their let
tiers, which are priced quite as highly.
So
A short time ago the engagement of the
Rev. A. EImendorf. rector of the Church
OF the Holy Cross, to one of the members
of his congregation, was announced and
discussed as being something unusual.
AS a rule, In nine cases out of ten these
single ministers seek matrimonial DllSS
outside of their own congregations. Now
the engagement of Mr.. Elmendorf's as
sistant, the Rev. MacNeil, to Miss Lila
Harrison, of Carteret avenue, also a mem
her of the Church of the Holy Cross, is
announced. The coincidence that both the
rector and his assistant should since their
connection with the church, each be-
come engaged to a member of the eongre-
cation is. to say the least. noteworthy.
Drs. William Pyle and c. E. Putnam
are still fishing in the st. Lawrence, off
the Thousand Islands. Fishing in this
part Of the country is good this season
and it is not uncommon to see floating
over one of the fishing boat the little
white flag which marks the fortunate
catch of a muskalonge, the rare prize fish
of these waters.
THE party who left the city about two
weeks ago for a camping out life al
Lake George, among whom were Messrs-
Edward Suter, Fred Fury and James
Pyle. has returned none the worse for
an extra coat of tan. The party had ex-
cellent weather, only e~ncountering one
storm of any account. This was mostly
felt by some of the party who joined the