The sun., 1900-08-20
TRILBY PARTY AT ASBURY.
TWELVE WOMEN COMPETE IN A BENCH
snow or FEET.
Judre. We're Men and Spectators were Ahowee
20 Examine Exhibits BEFORE Prizes Were
Award.d-Toundsr bradley h Down ON
the shirt waist Man-wont Last. lie says.

AspuRY PARK, Aug. ls.-Mr. Bradley>-and
there Is never any mistake at hbury PARK
es 10 whom you mean when you say Mr. brad-
ley-sat on tho boardwalk this afternoon
and discussed shirt waists. trlple-reefcd bath
inc suts and the general subject Of seashore
morality. lie took bis text from a new pla-
GARD which he has caused 20 be put up on tho
pavilion at the foot Of Goodman avenue u
the plaoard--has a quotation from letter
written by an indignant matron on the SUD
jsot OF improper bathing suits worn by men,
Disgusting" Ia the term the mntron apphes
20 some Of the surf costumes which youths.
md even elderly men, are In the habit OF put
ting on when they go In swimming before
folks and then dlsport themselves on the sand.
Below this ringing protest, which Is quoted
in full there Ia Mr.. Bradley's official indorse-
ment that there Is weight In tho complaint
and bis Official direction 10 the boardwalk
police 10 see to It hereafter that the impro-
prietles complained of are discontinued.
-It's all Of a piece with this shirt-waist busi-
mesa said Mr. Bradley refectively. The
shirt-waist men are on the increase all the
time WHY. even one Of my officers here got
touched with the disease and appeared right
here on the walk about his duties In shirt
waist. don't like the shlrt-walst man. 1
told the oflcer 70 90 and put on his coat and
wear nlS Dhuko on MS Codt' ltos 'hio oAi' y
waist business Ia spreading amazingly. pre-
diot that II will spread even more. ! think
It will 60 on and on 10 such extremes that II
will kill Itself wear itself out by its own ex-
travagance before the season is over. Tho
newspapers help TO spread II, Here one OF
our local papers only the other day announced
that at such and such hotel the landlord had
let down the barriers on shirt waists and that
shrt-waist men we're now permitted In the dining
room. What the consequence OF hatf
Why another fresh impetus TO the fad. OF COURSE
and more shirt-wGist men breaking out all
sWell, this thing the lady complained Of
Il lad In tie same llne--but worse OF course,
II ha' broken out at the bathing places a..
on the subject only the other day Members
Of her family were here ard che wanted TO
here-the kind mean, that are meu toned on
the placaTd there. The Objectionable things
are tho trunks The trunks are short enough
anyway but the young men make them shorter.
They take tuclSs IN them and roll them up
that ". those do who think they have got
,o soetisnd I T. uI in Scotland when young fellow
thinks he has got good pair OF legs the nrst
thing he wants 10 do Is to get into kuts. hlIis
are a relic OF barbarlsm. anyway. Well, TINS
barelegged business got to going too fsr ana
the bobtall Jersey business got to going 700 Isr
ssTse fsI a. 6S GsS tuno there But
they got to having them shorter and shorter.
40 Tor a week or 80 back we have been holding
a strlcter rein on things We have had no
trouble about the bathing suits Of the women,
Il has all been with the men,. We have called
down a number Of them and told them their
bathing suits were not what they should he.
They knew well enough what was the matter.
As soon as we SPOKE to them they commenced
letting out the reefs that they had taken in
Il have been accused OF being Puritanical
and crank and al sorts Of things, Now
keep keep tSis place decent. so that man can have
his wife and daughters here without having
them exposed to exhibitions that are 3feOsiys
in the, American Sunday for one thing and !
rom church may not be annoyed by the crowd
and confusion on the board walk, ! don't
believe in being too sectarlan but do believe
in recognizing that there ls such q day as Sun
day as we Americans Of the old school were
brought up TO know H.. ] was brought pp q
used to have love a Sunday service OF any
kind that IL moral. 20 TO the Catholic service.
tn the ERsGsp 1s ssycs SToss and ns dr
sermon here that would have done credit to
Methodist pulpit.
trains STOP S Rere e snd hsy nSEn % H Sn ne
On N the time tables that DE trains don't stop
A'sf Mr 'pBaSaSle BTaalev. views on -rrlby Parties
we're not gathered IrTiby Psries f,S are a new Ney
~Triiby Party" might be otherwise described
as bench show Of feet a stiles invented
the Grand Avenue Hotel to get up something
new. Donksy partie,A A had begin to Pall pro-
day evening hop had become STALE, gat and
unprohtable. There was demand upon
ss. for ;9mSth2s Ss ss. les F.se to the
Of ladies' feet. There were gasps at Stlles's
rashness there was even holding up of hands
But on the other hand. there we're arguments,
Even Mr. Bradley !! was advanced admitted
and allowed exposed feet on the boardwalk.
The uplifted hands were lowered. but sul
there was a dubious ~ shaking OF heads
go e1 into the thing think i'd wear those sen new W
cloeked silk stockings. I've never had them
And so It vas settled. The "rrilby Party.
There aS5 Sr to be three preds
civil enclneer, Of the Long Branch Railroad.
upon upon Mr. Stiles to act With them as the third
For several hours the three judges pored
stop ks there % o. One % of them, Il is said. visited H a1s
local physician and obtained from him tho
necessary requirements Of a perfect foot. In
result was that before the contest began the
Judges we're deeply versed In foot lore
SSe Pasf Sheets s ds seSo5 n
gether and these served as a curtain Behind
this screen on platform were the contestants,
twelve In number. Alto o'clock. with tho dining
room thronged with guests, Mr. Schroeder
who acted as master OF ceremonies,
announced that the contest was oppn
Twelve dainty ankles pTotruded from a pro-
fusion OF lace skirts and the spectators were
Invited 10 come forward and examine them
FAm.liariues with the contesting feet were
sternly barred by the master Of ceremonies
up and down the line, several times, walked the
spectators passing Judgment or criticism on
the feet. One ~ the onlookers had the atdacty
TO raise the curtain In an effort to find out 70
whom one Of the feet belonged The Judges
sat down on him heavily. After five minutes
review Mr., Schroeder announced that the
Judges would now take their turn, and deter
nino who were the prize winners. Mufled
laughter came from behind the curtain al times
As the examiners picked up some particular
foot In order 10 study Its anatomy more closely
IL was observed that the extensnr brevis digl-
forum OF one contestants foot was not SUM-
ciently developed and that there was a depres-
sion In the plantar region
The tarsal bones of another were all RIGHT
but the sesamoid bones did not come IN 10
what Trilby possessed. In the case of stil
another the dorsal C7iboides were too small
and the metatarsal liRanent of the flfth toe
did not show up well One foot was thought
by one Of the Judges 10 be entitled to first prize
but II did not rass muster with the others be-.
cause the internal lateral ligaments Of the
phlanges were not full enough. When the
glance faultless they studied long and earnestly
al hat ~ IT. III Il -