The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24

STARTS WEEK
OF FROLIC
Cleopatra on a Barge First
Prize Rain Fails
to Foil FunmakerS.
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(COuf1nuen from Flrbt NdB0y
fairy-iike scene seldom edualed. The
effect was heightened by a full moon
Music was Furnished by Arthur Pryor $
band. and from time to time the cro"us
along the shore took up the popular airs
that were played and sang them so heart-
Nv that the volume of music coulo De
heard for over a mile.
Notable among the floats was tne
''F1ower Garden entered by ). II. BEAU
mann. of the West End Hotel. Another
was the '1Newlyweds," entered by George
w. Matthews. proprietor OF the Hotter
Matthew. on First avenue. Mr.. Matthew's
was the donator of one of the handsome
silver loving cups given as carnival prizes
and another was donated by NJ. II. frost,
of the Lafayette. r. L.. & A. McCoim' OF
the Ardsley. also do~nated'a cup
Miss Jessie May Hazelrigg, aughter Oh
Scott r. Hazeirigg. president OF the Atian-
tic Coast Electric Railway. who is to De
crowned queen of the carnival ut corona
ton ceremonies In the amphitheatre Tues
day night. was the guest of the carnival
With her maids OF honor she
occupied the yacht Zaza.
Included among the carnival judges VINO
made award of prizes from Water Bros. y
docks Immediately after the carnival Were
Major Robert Lee Longstreet, OF Wasnlns-
ton: James L. Fitzgerald, Assistant Cor
poration Counsel OF New YORK. VINO 10 d
guest at the Lafayette; Walter D. Greg
sory of New York, publisher OF IraVeI
Magazine; John r. Keough, president OF
the Agricultural Implement Trust; former
Public Works Commissioner Joseph M.
,Bvrne. of Newark: Charles J. Taylor OF
Baltimore: Clarence LeVey. Joseph Weekes
and.Frahk w. Harlan. of New YORK; VIII
lam Beecroft. of Deal; Arthur Cottell, OF
Asbury Park. and II. r. Lindemann, OF
Newark. who is a guest at the Asoury Inn
Rain. which began Ito fall soon after the
carnival crowd assembled. interfered ma
ferialIv with the show, but by no means
broke 1t up. The first sprinkle sent away
two or three thousand, but after nat
there was q long interval before the sec
ond. shower. and the water did not come
down In any great quantity until about
10: 80 D. m. However. the sky being en-
tirely overcast. much of the spectacular
effect was lost. for the full moon was
yelled. s.s.s 81 49, is.saE
Altogether. the most beautiful exhibit was
that of. CLEOPATRA and Antony on a barge.
The float won first prize in the novelty
class. 1T was given to Miss Reta Rotn, a
niece Of Charles Roth, the actor. VINO
euperfptended the decoration. This after-
noon az the ,Ross-Fenton farm, Miss Roth
reclined on a luxuriously fitted divnn and
about her stood female slaves. A male
slave, his body dyed a reddish brown.
burned incense In the bow Of the boat. All
of the figures wore rich costumes of Orien-
tai ~pattern. The barge was covered over
completely with a mass Of cut lowers
mostly American Beauty roses and ferns.
with Miss Roth in the exhibit were the
Misses Metuchen, Hazel Rue and Blanche
Ross and George Leslie.
The gypsy camp, entered by Miss Maude
Simmons, got first award In the class TOE
floats, The float was thirty feet square.
and contained the whole gypsy OUTFIT or
tents, wagons, dilapitated-lookin urchins
| and other bits of realism. Miss Rena
worth was the gypsy queen, who told the
fortunes of Miss Bessie Simmons and MISS
Julia Simmons. others on the float were
Miss Belle Holbrum, Mr., and Mrs. George
Maher, Miss Ella Hurley and Fred Hur-
ley.
second award in this class went to a
f1oat entered by j.. w. Coleman. or the
Asbury Inn. 1t represented q room In a
cabin. and was called Priscilla and john
Alden Mrs. J.. c.. Broase was PRISCILLA
and John Atkinson was John Alden.
One of the ~prettiest floats was that en-
tered bv Miss Mabel Winsor, called the
ssGarden Wall" 1t took third prize. A
wall painted on canvas was at one END
OF the float. and over this was a vine OF
climbing roses The bottom OF the noae
2 represented a. flower garden. Miss Marie
winsor. a little girl, prettily dressed,
perched In a mass of apple blossoms on
top OF the wall. Miss Bessie Sweeten and
Mrs. H.. B. Sweeten were others on the
fioat.
Last prize. In this division was awarded
TO little Miss Myrtle eBilber In an exhibit
called the MAID Of Deal" She was a
aea nymph~ astride of a big sea horD,
which s~ur4nounted a pile Of rocks made
out of canvas. The littls girl was dressed
in pink tights and had a quantity of sea
weed scattered about her.
A second Cleopatra exhibit got nrSt
award In the rowboat class, with Uncle
sam second, Solid Comfort third, Maid
of the Lake fourth and Melrose fifth.
These boats were decorated with abo
ately designed frames outlined with Jap
.anese lanterns. Commodore ]. Il. Wort
man. of the Monmouth Yacht Club. to
whose efforts most of the credit for the
carnival is due, won first prize in the
class Of launches with the Queen Titania
Z barge In which sat Miss Jessie May Hazel
riRg. who will on Tuesday be crowned
uueen of the Asbury Park carnival, ano
the young women who will be her maids
of honor.
Naughty Girl entered by Harry High
man. got third; Mark H.. fourth; Annette
NTH. and Ethel u. honorable mention.
The Spiders Web, Miss Margaret Wild
demeir, won first honors In the cano'
class; Walter Whites canoe, the Indian
second; Japanese boat Miss Lillian p
fourth. and William Winan's Patriotism
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