New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
ASBURY PARK THRONGED.
COTS IN TIE rs,--s.E. PARLORS rex
LATE ARRIVALS TO Si.Erf- On.

Asbury Park. Aug. 5 (SpeciaD-There has been
20 let up shis week in the onward march of pleas
ure seekers from the metropolitan district to this
popular prohibition resort In fact the newcomers
We're more numerous than before. all past
records of railroad travel having been broken For
the first time this summer. the big hotels on the
sh"re Iront were Obliged TO display the Standing
Room Only" signs, and in many instances late
toinerS VINO had neglected To book accommodations
IN advance We're Obliged 10 sleep on cots nut m n,
the ho'eI parlors- The same congested condition
EXISTS IN Ocean Grove. where twenty thousand
Nethodists are enjoying an outing by the sea while
pdrtclpatlng IN the special religious services
There have been social functions almost virbou+
number AT the leading hotels during the week
owing TO the intense neat many of these were held
on 'he hoteI pazzas. and the innovation was voted
great success by the participants Up at the
Hotel Monmouth on Wednesday evening a shirt
waist mop was given the spacious porches The
dancers including the men, wore shirt waists
Nilitarv euchre was the attraction at the Hotel
brunswick on Thursday evening The midveex
iuii tiresS reception in the Coleman House Casino
on Wednesday evening was largely attended AZ
was childrens night the Ocean Hotel Wednes-
Gay evening First on the programme was a
uoiNey party and the remainder of the evening
was spent in dancing.
The canOei5ts sUmmering in Asburv Park bav-
formed club, and next Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons the members win compete in races on
Deal Lake The races for viii take place
Wednesday On the following afternoon the women
Will paddle over the haif-mi!e course The win
EerS VIII receive valuable prizes.
TO HAVE BABY PARADE
Ihe biggest days cycling sport ever given I'm
NeW-Jersey is promised at the Asbury Park Ath-
letic Grounds next Thursday. The meet will be-
managed by William \. Brady the New-York the
atTical manager, and $1,000 viii be distributed i'm
prizes. There are seven events on the programme
LIciuultlS TWO paced CAGES in which Harry E,keS
ana Jimmy Michael will be the star confest-
ats Other riders entered for the contests are
-sITf nlt trlahd Major Taylor, Kramer. Cooper
klmbie krebs, Fisher. Leander, Fem. Downing
freeman, Newkirk. BabcOck. Mayo HadfieId Nc
EaGhern, Butler. Oldfeld and Caldwell
,t ne tm3haSers OF the baby parade, TO be held
<AuSuSt 1 nave decided TO supplement the parade
with a children's festival which will be held in
Ine evening IN the beach auditorium. A feature OF
the festival will be reception TO her subjects bv
Iltania, the goddess of fairies Thus far nearly
one hundred babies have been entered for the
parade The entry book will not be closed before
pect TO have three hundred entries.
The Summer School of Theology has been in ses-
tlnue until Thursday of this week. Bishop James
n Fitz1ierald president of the Ocean Grove CamD
Meeting Association is dean of the school, and the
faculty includes well known of the various de-
nominations. The Rev DR.. George T. Purves
New-York CITY is Scheduled for TWO lectures nv
Its Purpose, Teaching and Historical Value and
st PauIs Epistle to the Philippians
ROSSiniS "Stabat Mater rendered on Thurs
day evening in the Ocean Grove Auditorium by the
festival chorus of four hundred voices. led hy
Professor Tall Esen Morgan: The soloists were
Alexander MCCiuirk and Herbert WitherspOOn.
Next ThurTday evening the Children's Musical
will number one thousand voices.
SOME OF THE NEW ARRIVALS.
Senior Gonzales de Quesada. who represented the
province of Pinar Del Rio in the Cuban Constitu-