The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-05

BOHEMIAN ASBURY
Party Of Young Ladies Go
Padding and Are
Snapped.
GROVES NEW ORGAN
Will Cost $500 to Com
nemorate Mr.. Stokes
Result Of Summer
Begging.
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odus from here his morning was some
| thing awful to behold Every outgoing
train went off loaded, though the passen-
gers did all the kicking necessary and
ticket buyers had to stand in a long line
| reaching to the street after letting their
train slide by in utter despair. Labor
Day usually ends Asbury's season Of gale
ty. and thereafter the resort assumes its
winter garb. though this year the season
has been somewhat extended. The beach
band will continue in it's oblivion of dis
cords under the glare of electric lights
till probably the fifteenth of September,
and services in the Ocean Grove Auditor
ium will continue for a time at least,
pending the amount collected in the bas-
kets at each service.
Ocean Grove is noted for her begging
propensites. Everything she possesses of
a religious character is a result thereof.
In fact the greater part of each service
consists of begging, all done either in the
name of the Lord or MI. Stokes. rms
year the result is a grand new organ,
that is it will be. The hour before each
service is devoted to the art OF begging,
and they beg until a certain sum is raised,
the ten thousand dollars necessary to IN
sure the placing of the instruments has
not vet been raised, which probably ac-
counts for the continuance OF the
Auditorium services. Then organ when
completed will cost fifteen thousand. II
is in honor OF Mr.. Stokes who is not for
gotten, even though dancing 0 goes on
within the very limits of the Auditorium
grounds and playing cards may be
brought within a block thereof.
However. with the closing of the sea-
son comes an end to one nuisance for ten
months at least-the discontinuance or
toll collecting on the Wesley Lake
bridges. Perhaps ere next season some-
thing will turn up that poor Ocean Grove
may be rich enough TO support these
bridges without the cent per capitum. Al
least. Founder Bradley should make a
start as one of the bridges is owned by
him and he is the man who lives for
naught else but to benefit the public. To
be sure he has but one voice in all muni-
a~uctioneer's magnitude, all sufficient UNI
to its end, and perhaps, were he to exert
it a little more in this matter, the penny
nuisance might be abolished.
More and more each year are AsbuTy
Park and its ~neighbors bordering on the
Bohemian. Even the Ocean Grove police
of today actually allow ordinary persons
on the holy sands after nine O'Clock at
night But yesterday a party of young
people broke all the laws Of propriety
when the young ladies took off their tri-
eolored hosiery and waded, infant fash
ion, far out into he sea. From all sides
rushed the crowd gathering in volume TO
view some drowning scene as is the gem
eral supposition whenever a crowd gath
ers on the beach, and out came the pro-
hibited cameras by dozens and snap shots
were taken. 1t was great sport this femi-
nine wading about. but when the
young ladies returned to find some
mischievous urchin had filed the silken
dainties with sand and then dipped them
in the sea. for solid shape" consterna-
ton was added to the merriment. Never
mind, the young ladies were not going to
stop at a little thing like that. Some of
them resided as far away as North As
bury. So dumping the sand from their
hose and %redipping them in the water,
these up-to-date girls sat down on the
sand, drew on the wet hose. oblivious
whether or no suspender of elias
tic hose supporters were advertised, while
even the sun bIushingly peeped out of the
corner of his eye then hid behind a cloud.
Really, vaudeville is not needed at the
s~eashorei
Bathing during the week has been
pretty-so have the bathers-and any num-
Der of pretty suits have been seen in
consequence. One bather, whose weight
might be a test for any scales was per-
cefved yesterday seaching for something
suspended by a golden cord from her
neck. After a few minutes of breathless
anxiety on the part of the crowd who
naturally thought the bath key was miss
ing, she produced a dainty fan and APP
preaching a guard she gracefully tipped
the fan from behind which came, .swiTl
you please tell me the time??s then trip
ped up the walk ~unmindful of her two
hundred odd pounds tanning herself into
a ~bathhouse and doubtless into street
attire.
Among recent arrivals from Jersey City
are:-Mr. and Mrs. o. H. Gubleman. at
the Ocean; A. ]. Corcoran, Z. A. Dewitt,
A. r. Goodyear, at the Devonshire; Mr..
and Mrs. w. P, Smith, at the Franklin;
Mrs. c. w. Stillman, Miss Stillman, at
the Northern; Albert Brewer, w. B.
Hovendon, at the Hawthorne; George B.
Acherson, Miss B. u, Thorn. at the
Coleman; Miss e. L. Gathrer, Miss L.
Darrah, w. c. Brown. at the Brunswick:
w. Ormiston, C. w. Lemken, J.. A. Lem
ken, at the West End; Miss Suzana
Sands, at the Deyonshire. Asbnry Park;
James r. Whyte. Howard Whyte, at the
New Arborton. Ocean Grove.
Mr. Frank Hague was the guest of Mr..
Walter Dear, Ocean Grove, over Labor