Evening star., 1900-08-18
HEAT CHANGED RULES.
Bathing Beach Lively Last Sunday
Arrivals From Washington.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ASBURY PARK, n. j., August 16. 1850.
The long-drawn-out controversy over the
shrt-waist man has been definitely settled
at this resort in favor of the coatless ones
Founder James A Bradley is certainly
living up to the words he uttered in public
several months ago to the effect that he
believed in keeping up with the trend OF
affairs and that certain rules and restrlc-
ticns of years ago could not properly be
continued now. Last Sunday all of the
bathing pavilions on the ocean front. which
are, by the way, owned and controlled by
Founder Bradley, were kept open until
O'Clock 1t was the hottest day that As
bury Park has had this season and it
seemed If the whole town was anxious
to get into the water. The force OF bathlnS
masters ana ASSISTANTS was mere aSed,
which gave every one an opportunity for
the cooling surf plunge.
Thursday night everybody turned out TO
witness the lake carnival, which Is given
annually the pretty sheet OF water dlVld-
ing Asbury Park and Ocean Grove. The
committee this year was more Industrious
than usual and the carnival gwen under its
direction was the handsomest ever a
here The bridges We're brilliantly llLmi-
mated with electric lights and lanterns, and
from big floats in the center of the lake
fireworks were set off continuously during
the procession of boats. There were over
200 small pleasure craft in line and all of
them were eXquisitely decorated and illumi-
mated with streamers Of bunting and Jap
anese lanterns. All Of the houses along the
shores were lighted with fantastic lanterns
and cOlored fires.
Thousands of the summer visitors ran to
the Opera House fire Sunday morning, and
breakfast rooms in nearly all of the hotels
We're deserted until late hour. A big BEN
eft is to be held for the nine or ten families
made destitute by the loss of all of their be-
longings, and the performance will be held
in the casino of the Coleman House, which
has been offered by the proprietor, Frank
B. Conover.
E. c. owens, the Washington hotel man,
is stopping at the Coleman House.
Rev. J. Fischer, a Presbyterian clergy
man Of Norfolk, Va, is spending a part
of his vacation here. He is guest of the
Commercial.
Miss Beatrice B. Wolford and Miss Lee
of Washington are making Asbury Park
their outing place this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Koch are late Wash
ington arrivals at the Laurel, where they
will remain until September.
j. l.. Summers of Washington arrived at
the Ocean Wednesday.
The Victoria is entertaining Mrs. DIR.
Ruchett and E. E. Pilsam of Washington.
Charles Graft is a Washington guest of
the Metropolitan.
A prominent Washington man at the Cole
man House is n. R. Bliss.
Miss F. E. Levy is a recent Washington
arrival at the Mansfield.
Alexandria, Va, is represented at the
Ocean by J. Hanson Price.
A Washington party at the Commercial
Is composed of Mrs. Joseph Conrad, Miss
P. ]. Conover, Mr.. and Mrs. p Mattingly
and P. A. Coleman.
Mrs. E. T. Chapman of Washington is
sojourning for a fortnight at the Holly
Terrace.
A Richmond guest at the Albemarle is
w. Nelson.
Miss Pimper Miss Mabel Pimper. Miss
Kayser, Mrs. E. Hart and Miss Louise
Hart compose a merry Washington party
at the Madison.