Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
AFTER THE SUMNER GIRLS.
Mr. Bradley Institutes Reform in Sew
eral Particulars.


| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ASBURY PARK, n. J., August 3, 1900
| The summer girls are again after
Founder" Bradley's scalp. The Auto
crat of the Beach has opened war on
the summer girl and her beau several times
| this summer. First he told her that she
must not walk through the streets in her
bathing suit. Then he directed his police
men to make her quit "Spooning" on the
sand nights; now he has taken measures to
| make her spoon" with discretion, if at
ALL on the fishing pier, which, on account
of its being dimly lighted, has been most
popular resort for "spoOners" all summer.
The principal social event of the week
was the college bazaar at the Auditorium
for the benefit of the Isolation Hospital.
| The entertainments evenings We're under
the direction Of the principal hotels. The
Coleman House had the opening night,
the Columbia the second. Hotel Brunswick
the third and the Lafayette the fourth
evening.
]. c. Bone is spending fortnight at the
Surf House.
Z. E. Patton of Washington is at Sunset
Hall.
Mr.. R. NJ. Strong is with his family at the
| West End.
S. b. Caldwell. the United States consul
at SaVille, Spain, is a guest OF Holly Ter
E. H. Moran, consul general at St Thorn
as, West Indies, is spending a few weeks
here.
Prominent arrivals of the week at the
Coleman House are Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Sloan and son and Mrs. a. d. Bliss and
daughter of Washington
Fredericksburg, Va, is represented at
the West End by Mrs J. s. Wallace
The Washington colony at the Hotel
Brunswick has been increased this week
by the addition of William o. Baldwin and
R. ]. Watkin.
w. S. Fitzgerald and E. S. Fitzgerald
are Capitol City guests at the Surf House
Mrs. Z. Y. Chapman of Washington is
summering at the Holly Terrace
The Northern is entertaining j. l.. Comm
ton and IL. l.. featon of Washington
Miss E. V. Middleton of Washington is
taking prominent part in the social life
f. NJ. HoadIey of Washington is spend
ing a leisurely fortnight at the Surf House
Mrs. Frank NJ. Porch and Francis NJ
Porch. jr:. are late Washington arrivals
at the Clifton.
A Washington party at the West End in
cludes Mrs. p. S Albright and family, Mr..
and niu Mrs; F. G. Parkson and family;
Burns of Washington are at the Berlitz.
Harry NJ. Fisher, jr., Colonnade; Mrs b.
HartZ. at the Colonnade. and Mrs D. H.
Macdonald, at the Wellington.
Kilt as Fighting Dress to Go.
Glasgow Correspondence Chicago Record
The Highland brigade seems to be bavin.
a very hard time in South Africa. Every
list of casualties that comes from the front
contains many names of Highland SOL
diers. and yet, curiously enough, the bril-
gadc has not of late had much share in the
work that produces what is vulgarlv known
as glory" They have always been i'm
hard places, where stiff marching and con-
tinual guerrilla tactics on the part of the
Beers have had to be negotiated. Conse
quently, although they figure largely in
the casualty lists they do not appear
prominently IN the dispatches. Officers and
men must be longing for an opportunity to
show what stun they made of before
the campaign closes. They showed this at
Magersfontein and those other terrible
places in the beginning of the war, earn
ing undying fame for themselves; but these
battles were blunders at best and are not
likely to be quoted in after years to the
credit of the British army as a whole
Speaking of the Highland brigade II ia
curious to notice the reversion of feeling
that has taken place lately with regard to
the kilt When the war began our most
rabid patriots were up in arms against tho
idea of superseding the kilt with any dress
that might be more serviceable in actual
warfare. Now, however, a change is talked
of quite calmly, and, although it is tacitiy
understood that the big scheme of
army reform which the government has
up its sleeve" Includes the abolition of the
kilt as a fighting dress, no one seems in
clined to protest. The fact is that the
South African war has demonstrated to a
nicely its utter unsuitability for active SER
vice under modern conditions. AS a fight
ing dress IL Will have to go, but we hone
to keep 1t for many generations as a parade
uniform. 1t is too picturesque and has too
many romantic associations to be Alto
gether done away with.