Evening star., 1909-08-22
AT ASBURY PARK
All Ready for the Midsummer
Carnival.
PRETTY QUEEN TITANIA
Lovely Tableaux Are Being Pre-
pared for Her
HER ESCORTS AND MAIDS
500 Children Will Enjoy the Wei
come-other Features of the
Weeks Program.
HER ESCORTS AND MAIDS
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence OF The star
ASBURY PARK. y. j.. August u, 1900.
At the threshold of its greatest mid
summer carnival thousands of visitors are
pouring into the queen resort All the
hotels and boarding houses are rilled, aud
the lookout tonight is one to inspire un-
restrained optimism on the part of the
hotel proprietors, who are rounding a
bad beginning into a verita BILE harvest.
Deal lake during the fete will present
an enhancing scene. From both banks
Of the water myriads OF electric lights
festooned into d grand circle extending
the full length of the lake will give color
and beauty to the encircling lines OF
decorated launches and small craft. Queen
Titania and her fairies are presumed To
arrive from their fairyland haunts on the
night of the Deal lake carnival. They
will cross the waters of the lake. and
first step foot upon the soil of the queens
newly acquired domain The approach
of the queens barge will be announced
by buglers stationed around the lake and
her reception by the civil authorities will
be accompanied by national salute. Ey-
cry movement as planned will be made
with military nicely and precision. For
an hour or more the beautiful expanse
of Deal lake will be afame with colored
fire Several hundred dollars have been
expended in silver loving cups-the tro-
phies for which the decorated craft OF
every description and singing organiza-
tions VIII compete. Among the hotels
interest in the water fete has taken eM-
pressiye form. Decorated floats will be
entered by the visitors at the Columbia.
Coleman, Marlborough, Wellington, Man
haitian and Lafayette.
September is TO be masque fete night.
The masque fete, in connection with the
ASbury Park carnival, is the piece de re-
sistance. Around the incidents Of masque
fete night center all the enthusiasm of
Queen Titania's subject. They will frolic
with Puck the inspiring figure of fun.
along the Boardwalk on Ocean avenue.
into the streets and highways. 5000
revelers bent upon extracting from the
quickly passing hours all the fun and
pleasure possible to compass in short
period. Puck will pass through the
crowd and touch upon the shoulder with
his magic wand those of the maskers
who are eligible for knighthood. They
will be brought severaly before the
queen, and upon bended knee receive the
order Of distinction and try to realize that
it is all real
Next Saturday afternoon and evening
the children's greeting to the queen will
take place in the smphitheater. This
event, intended TO replace the court bali.
a feature for former years, will enlist the
services of 500 children, who will give
''The Mocking Bird
For the coming of Queen Titania and
her court into the royal realm military
fete will be the feature Thursday night,
the details of which have been cleverly
worked out by President Ayres and Col.
Aymar of the carnival association.
The greatest interest, of course, centers
in the nineteenth annual baby parade,
which will take place Thursday afternoon.
September >. Gov. Fort and his military
staff. together with host of distinguished
statesmen and men in the higher WALKS
of life, will add luster TO this wonderful