The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
MISS HORNBERGER
IS CHOSEN QUEEN
OF ASBURYS FETE

SOoii0 "ofticbt III SAtA ~ SOiAA
mon sense as well as unusual beauty
n her head is not turned.
my head Is not turned the least bit"
said Miss Hornberger today after she
had returned from a dress rehearsal
of the ceremony.
Queen Titania will witness the "a
rade of decorated and Illuminated craft
on Deal Lake tonight. The aquatic
procession will pass in review before
a grand stand Upon which will be
seated 1000 persons. Upon the lake
there will be a float on which nymphs
will dance. Musicians dressed as Nea-
politans and Venetians will play as the
parade passes.
She Comes from Pittsburg.
Miss Hornberger is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. Hornberger,
Of Pittsburg. Not until Miss Horn
berger, dressed In her royal robes, APP
pears before a great crowd of her sub
jeots who have come to Deal Lake to
witness the boat parade given at the
opening wen Of carnival week, will 1t
become officially known which lovely
miss was selected from the hundred
fair girls contesting for the beauty
prize.
Queen Titania will make her appear
ance upon a huge platform built in the
lake a hundred feet from shore and
opposite a grand stand that seats
IA, 900 people. Upon the stand tableaux
introducing the queen n ladies of
her court will be seen.
AS a spectacle the Deal Lake car
nival will be the finest Of the series
of such events hat began three or
four summers ago. Upwards Of 1901 600
people are expected about the lake
shore, a considerable proportion of
them coming in automobiles from re-
sorts in all parts of the State.
Tonight's event is the ~forerunner of
the famous baby parade carnival
which will conclude with the queens
coronation. August "a; the court ball,
August &c; the baby parade on the
afternoon of August %, and The masque
fete the last night of the month.
The queens attendants will appear
as representatives of various nations.
Miss Adeline Pratt win be an Egyptian
maiden, attired in native costume and
a representative from India will be
Miss Margaret Gordon. Miss Helen
will appear as al italian, and
Miss Hazel Emmons as an Irish girl.
IA qudIlCt ~ PfSpaiC " IhC SA
trance of Miss Norma H~ornberger, the
queen, at whose appearance the band
will strike up Columbia, the Gem Of
the Ocean" Three Indian servants
will bring in a throne for her highness
be turned on for an electric crown,
which will blaze out Just above her
head.
This Will m liza q nrAttu tnh1nnIy FOR
the parade of boats. Leading the pro-
will be $50 canoes bearing hum
dreds of Japanese lanterns and many
red and yellow fire. They will float by
In silence. Then will follow hundreds
of boat decorated in a variety of ways
Here and there spectators will find a
full rugged ship, a floating bit of gar
den, q prize fight ring or an attempt
at a stage scene from some popular
light opera. i
M~errymakers in Launches.
Bringing III the end of the procession
will be a score of launches, some con
merry groups of young people
in masquerade costume, one a roof
with people making merry
around several little tables and another
showing a hunting scene with a ten,
dlIu tdIil y OClO1S II WoOu IIcs
Among the decorated floats, one will
represent a blacksmith shop completely
equipped, with a ive-year-old midget
plying the forge, while another will
show a kitchen with a little cook of
about the same age sitting in the midst
OF pots and kettles and busily prepar-
ing a meal.
AS soon as the parade has passed the
royal barge, a launch decorated with
carnival colors and flowers will dash
up to the queens platform and carry
her away
When the curtain rises on the stage
erected in the middle of the lake, It
will show an italian garden. There are
three terraces, each having marble
steps leading up to a stage in the GEN.
tire of which an electric fountain will
play. Scattered through a grove Of
cedar trees will be living statues repre-
senting famous works of art. After a
few opening bars of "Narcissus'' the
statues will come to life suddenly and
retreat to the depths of the cedar for
est.
Miss Helen Ogden, Miss Belle Pal
natter, Miss Helen Territt, Miss Ida
Dowell, Miss Marie King, Miss Georg-
cite Hamlin, Miss Hazel Emmons and
Mrs. Grace Metz, of New York, and
Asbury Park, are young ladies who will
take the parts of living statues.
A band of noblemen attired In six
teenth century court costumes will be
composed of Walter Devereux, Milan
Ross, jr, James Kelsey, Gordon Low
den, James T. Herring, Alfred Jeffer-
son and John Ackerman. also of New
York and Asbury Park, and will stroll
into the garden, and noting the absence
of the statues, begin a search for the
bandits who stole them, never think
ing they were human. But soon the
maidens, draped In gauzy scarfs of red,
white and blue. will flutter back into
the garden and join the knights in a
pretty minuet. Miss Hazel Emmons in
this scene sings to the accompaniment
of a band of strolling musicians. Miss
Margaret Schoolbred follows her and
does a French toe dance, and will b.
followed by Venetian singers who will
render a lumber of boating songs. The
frolic will be brought to a sudden close
by the appearance of the prime min
lister, who will that rulers of
the provinces of the kingdom have sent
from among their subjects beautiful
young girls who are candidates for
queenly homage.