The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-22
BABES AT ASBURY
Twenty-seVen Jersey City
Tots in Line Yes
terday.
FEATURES OF PARADE
Mayer Children as Bride
and Gro ON The Par
ticipants
FEATURES OF PARADE
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Especial to '"rhe Jersey City News."1
ASBURY PARK, August 90 1901
Twenty y-seven Jersey City tots all the way
from ten months to nine years in age
enhanced the baby parade here yesterday
iafternoon--about twenty-fourth of the
*entire parade -all well behaved children.
They were:--Dorothy E. Combs, Leo
James Whitehead, Loretta Jeanette
Perry, Margaret O'Nefll, Maurice Mayer,
sFlorence Mayer, Violet Mayer, James Bill
Elington, Constance Ellington, Reginald
Billington, Muriel Walton, Ruth Walton,
Eugene Walton, Lester R. Williams, Ross
\ Williams, Myrtle Hale, Lillian Kretzer,
Henry Haase, Jr., L. George Goode,
Anson Goode, Edwin Godfrey, Jimmie
Duff. Ottilie Rose, Margarite Kunst,
Mabel Teese.
There were just 622 children in line. be-
longing to almost many of the proud
est mothers in the land each mother ex-
pectantly sure of her child winning
prize But alas! the prizes We're just 500
short from the mothers standpoint.
The judges in the doll coach division in
cluded Colonel G. w. Blauvelt, New York;
IS. G.. Negus, Jersey City; Mrs. B. o.
Bowers, Plainf1eld, guests at the Minct
House, and prizes were awarded Mollie
Gravatt and Ruth Cook, both of Asbury
Park.
In the go-cart division the judges were
B. Rodrfaue, Pittsburg; Thomas Cos
grove, Braddock Pa; Mrs. A. H. Par
sons, Philadelphia, and prizes were
awarded: First prize, Edna M. Haffner,
of New York. loving cup from A. w. Cor
nelius, Asbury Park; second, Robert w.
sJeweson of Brooklyn. third, Leo J. White
head, of Jersey City, fur robe; Eugene
Labar of Scranton, Pa; Preston c.
Hornby OF New York, Margaret O'Neill of
Jersey City, Adelaide Dobbins of Tren-
ton, S. H. McNair of Brooklyn, Edith M
Albert of Pittstown. Pa.
In the baby coach division the judges
were Judge Otto Grouse of Jersey City,
E. c. DeVilleverdi of New York, W. 7.
Stillweu Of Baltimore, Mrs. Samuel Craw-
ford of New York, Senator Wood Mckee,
and prizes were awarded Virginia H. Kel-
sey of Asbury Park, Eva Gravatt of As
bury Park Dorothy F9itcroft of Paterson,
James B. Giffard of Asbury Park, Will
lard L. May of Brooklyn, Florence E.
Starks of New York, o. NJ. Condit, Robert
Hampton, Dorothy Bamman and Leonard
Nodine Of Ocean Grove, Florence A. Dick
enson of Asbury Park, Maurice Mayer of
Jersey City, Evelyn Lighthipe and Bryan
A. Spitzer of Orange.
The winners in the express wagon d.
vision were Belle H. Keutgen, So in gold,
and Mary E. Brown of Asbury Park.
It was certainly a gala day for Asbury
Park, making up tenfold for the omission
of the baby parade last year The Queen,
Miss Grace Crawford. looked resplendent
as she sat ON her throne of state in her
pavilion, surrounded by her ladies' in
waiting. She was gowned in royal robes
of white and gold with jeweled crown.
Her robe was of rich red trimmed with
ermine. Mr.. T. Frank Appleby of Asbury
Park acted as her secretary She was
in her place at four o'clock and announced
by trumpet blast that she was now ready
to review the babies and the parade start
ed. led by the Baptist Boys Brigade.
commanded by General A. G. Kenyon. The
ocean Grove Cadets, commanded by Major
%. w. Kitmer, kept order along the line
of march.
The first division of the procession was
for doll coaches in any decoration, includ-
ing the costume of child. When this d.
vision advanced to the grand stand
burst of applause arose for the dainty
babies.
Jersey city certainly had cause to be
proud of her representation and several
prizes went to her babies.
Margaret O'Neill of Jersey City,
sweet little miss of three summers, in
carriage completely covered with fresh
roses, smilax and silken ribbons, was
enthusiastically applauded by the great
throng at almost every STEP
Proudly walking in the procession were
Florence and Violet Mayer Of Jersey
city, preceded by toddling boy garbed
in the vestments of a priest, carrying
the marriage certificate, with the Mayer
children for bride and bridegroom, dress
ed in full nuptial garments.
Master Leo James Whitehead of Jersey
City, seventeen months old, occupied one
of the pretty go carts artistically decora-
ted with pink and white roses. Muriel
Whitney, of Jersey City, received prize
in the pony class.
Although as on previous occasions the
parade formed in the Auditorium the
line of march was Ocean avenue instead
of along the board walk, and thousands of
people were lined up on each side of the
road, while those more specially favored
occupied hotel and cottage windows or
piazzas. 1t was without exception the
best baby parade Asbury has ever wit
messed The prizes were distributed in
the evening in the Auditorium where a
childrens carnival was held.