Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07
EVENTS IN ASBURY
Ben Greet to Stage "Titania,
Queen of the Fairies"
THURSDAY WAS TAG DAY
Pretty Summer Girls Served as the
"Taggers."
CHIEF OF POLICE ON THE JOB
Announcs a Mild Crusade Against
Users Of "Abbreviated"
Bathing Suits.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.


Ben Greet was engaged this week by thu
Asbury Park Carnival Association to stage
Titania queen of the fairies and hel
court In coronation ceremonies, which
will begin the carnival August 80. AS
slsting Mr.. Greet will be his regular
band OF players, known favorably
throughout America and Europe for their
hiSh-class presentations of Shakespearean
drama,as it used to be given in the Eliza
bethan period. On the night of the coro-
nation the Ben Greet players will give
midsummer Nights Dream bringing
in the Asbury Park Titania and Puck,
and instead of the four or five fairies
generally shown the staging will be ar
ranged SO that there will be a host OF
these sprites, fifty at least In other
respects the presentation will be exactly
as given heretofore by the Greet players.
A complete change in the first days
program of the carnival has come about
through engagement Of Mr.. Greet, who
plans to make it an all-day affair. In
the morning the queens horsemen, her
aids, color bearers and trumpeters, gayly
attired. will visit the hotels at which the
queen of the baby parade and her va
rlous attendants are stopping and awaken
them with a fanfare of trumpetS. The
same troop will assemble in the after
noon, when the herald will proclaim I'll
tania queen, ruling over the hundreds of
babies and little children, who, for the
next four days, will be participating daily
In carnival functions. The troop will go
first to the cottage Of Mayor T. Frank
Appleby, where the proclamation will be
read. and then to those of the directors
of the Carnival Association and of other
carnival functionaries, winding up at 4
o'clock at the Arcade, where there will
be a public reading Of the proclamation
Then will follow one of the most in
teresting spectacles ever seen in connec-
ton with the Asbury Park pageant. For
two hours a congregation of children as
sembled in the stadium. in which the
evening performance will also occur,
will listen to the recital by Ben Greet
and his players of tales from all the fairy
books. These will be recited by actors
and actresses in costume. Opening the
program, Ben Greet as the Pied Piper Of
Hamelin will come marching in the sta
dunn. followed by 200 children, also in
costume, who will be swallowed up in
the woodland scene on the huge stage
there.
Miss Marguerite Newall of New York
had the honor Of being the first member
of the royal party chosen by the baby
parade committee, who made its selec-
ton early in the week and announced it
today. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward NeWall and is a guest at
the Hotel Lloyd. one of the leading
houses on Sunset avenue. Miss Newall
is eighteen years old and blond, though
not of pronounced type. She is already
a typical society girl and seems destined
to be one Of the most popular of the court
attendants.
Asbury had its tag day Thursday. By
common consent but one public affection
Of this sort was planned for the summer.
yya1l fnr Gil ole
day, particularly as the 'taggers" were
in many cases the best looking summer
girls in the resort. The arrangements
were made by a committee headed by
Mrs. D. w. SiSSOn, and the proceeds
were, of course, for charitable purposes.
A crusade against users Of abbreviated
bathing suits started in the first of the
week by order of the chief Of police. 1t
was not at all drastic. However, sew
eral hundred people at various times have
been sent to their houses upon emerging
from the tunnel leading to the beach.
The regular Saturday hop at the Bruins
WICK tonight was well attended. The
beautiful ballroom was decorated with
cut flowers and vines and many hand
some costumes were noticed. Among
those dancing We're Mrs. c.. A. Parsons,
Mrs. D. Armstrong, Miss Maud Peel, Miss
Grace Peel, Miss T. Carson, Miss Alice
Repp, Miss Rensen, Miss Stevenson, Miss
S. Carlisle, Miss M. Sacher Miss NJ. Per-
nering, Mr.. III. S. King, Mr.. A. A. Davis,
,jr., Mr.. S. S. Rudolph and others.
A children's party took place during the
week at the Lafayette. 1t was the largest
yet given there this season, over a hun
dred little folks dancing, and was watched
by scores of hotel visitors from the doors
and windows. Some of those who gave
songs and fancy dances were Miss Helene
Miss Carol Schultz and Miss
Francis Stillson.
The Hotel Columbia gave a compliment
tary bridge enchre to its visitors a few
nights ago. Twenty tables were arranged
in the Louis XIV ballroom, and among
the prize winners were Mrs. Julia A.
Grobb. Mrs A. E. Maust, Miss NJ. Malone,
Miss Fannie Malone, Miss Lysinger, Mrs.
Otto Heppenheime, Mrs. L. Earle and
Mrs. J. Z. Ridenour.
A concert was one Of the attractions of
the week at the Coleman House. Assist
ing the hotel orchestra were dozen or
more Hawaiian singers, who played their.
native instruments and sang Hawaiian
melodies. The program was SO success
full that it is likely to be repeated by re-
quest in the near future. The children at
the hotel gave a fancy dress dance
Wednesday evening, under the manage
ment of Mr.. c. H. Rivers, jr.
More than sixty couples participated In
the midweek hop at the Bristol The
ballroom was attractively decorated with
ferns and flowers, and the young people
danced until late hour.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Norcross and Fam
lily Of Washington are among the re-
cent arrivals at the Brunswick
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Croehl of Wash
ington arrived this week and engaged
apartments at the Coleman House for
the remainder of the season.