Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
CARNIVAL WEEK.
Glories and Beauties Of the Program
49,, for Four DAYS.

49,, for Four Days.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
AsBURY PARK. N. J.. August 20. 1904.
Asbury Parks big annual festival, the
carnival and baby parade. will begin next
Monday. The preliminary festivity of the
period, the queens dinner to her maids and
the members Of the Carnival Association.
was held Thursday night at the Coleman
House. The Invitations were issued by the
queen, herself. inviting the diners to Cole
| man Castle" The dining room and table
decorations were of bridesmaid roses and
smilax, and the souvenir menu cards bore
full length portraits OF the pretty queen.
Assisting Queen Titania in the entertain
ment of her friends were her maids OF
honor. - 7-'-
The program of carnival week is as fol-
lows: Monday evening. the queens corona
ton ceremonies in the Beach Auditorium.
The old building has been transformed by
| the decorators into woodland dell" the
side and rafters being concealed behind
thick banks OF greenery and the outdoor
eject enhanced by a running brook,
| spanned with pretty little rustic bridges.
The coronation ceremonies will be the first
OF the evenings entertainment and will be
followed by numerous pretty fancy dances,
solos and choruses by the children from
the various hotels. and will conclude with
a little comedy. in which the modern sub
stitutes for Mother Goose's" characters,
drawn from the colored supplements of the
Sunday papers. will engage in funny 1T
tie show.
The second day Of the carnival will in
clude the firemen's parade In the afternoon
the fete Of masquers on the esplanade in
the evening. which will be followed by
dances In the Beach Casino and Arcade and
also masqued balls at eight OF the leading
hotels
| The big baby parade will be Wednesdays
feature and 1t is expected that over 2,O0O HIT
tie tots. ranging from twelve. years down.
ward. Will be In line. The parade will include
nine divisions. The children will proceed
southwark on Ocean avenue, passing in
review before the queen and her court on
Beach Casino, and return for the distribu-
ton OF prizes, which will be adjudged dur
ing their march.
The Deal lake water carnival, this years
new feature, will take place Thursday.
There will be numerous races in the after
noon, for which both boats and canoes are
entered. and at night there will be a gor-
geous illumination OF the lake and the
lake-frontfng cottages and hotels, which
will furnish a setting for a magnificent pa
rade Of boats and canoes, with numerous
handsome floats. all of which will be gaily
lighted with Japanese lanterns
The past week at Asbury Park has been
the most delightful of the whole summer
season. The weather has been consistent
ly clear and every form OF outdoor diver
sion. especially the bathing. has been decid-
edly popular. The beach crowd Of the past
seven days has surpassed anything hereto
fore known at Asbury Park, and this. not
withstanding the fact that there were at
ternoon and evening concerts in the Ar
cade. several dramatic performances at the
Casino and the Park Opera House had ex-
cellent companies. playing to large crowds
every night Of the week.
A children's hop was given at the Hotel
Lafayette last Tuesday evening
The little folks of the Coleman House en-
joyed big hop last Monday night
A pretty dance, which was preceded by
a musicale, took place at the Albion Tues
day night.
A musicale occupied the attention OF the
Marlborough's patrons early In the week
There were euchre parties at the Feni-
more, the Madison, the Manhattan and the
West End Tuesday evening, and all four
Of these hotels will entertain with formal
dances tonight.
The Hotel Brunswick's weekly program
included a large euchre party. progress
sive whist party. and Tusday evening and
tonight there were formal dances in the
Casino
Sea was held Wednesday night.
Miss Helen E. Gordon Of Washington
with her sister, Mrs. ]. NJ. Slarrow Of Bal
timore, Is at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 8. Graham of Seattle
Wash, are guests at the West End Hotel.
where they will spend the remainder of
the season.
Miss E. Anderson of Washington is at
the same city.
Among the Washington contingent at the
Elberon is Edmund l.. Finch.
Notable among the Westinghouse at
the Richards House are Mrs. E. G. Bailey
and her son. o. H. Butler of the same
city ia also a guest at this hotel.
Among the Washington contingent at the
Brighton Is r. Golden Donaldson. He will
spend several weeks here.
The West End Hotel register bears the
signature of r. ]. Hunter, prominent resi-
dent of Washington.
The Washington Is entertaining Mrs. A.
D. Hillyer and Douglass Hilyer of Wash
ington
Miss Mildred B. Fowler of Washington Is
comfortably quartered at the Passaic for
the remainder Of the season.
The Yorkshire Is entertaining for a pro-
tracted stay Miss Roberta M. Davis. She
comes from Washington.
Prominent among the guests at the Madi
son is merry family party Of Washing
tonians, in the personages of Mrs. o. w.
White. Miss Marion White, r. D. White
and Gibbon White. They will spend a
fortnight here.