New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
ASBURY PARK
Baby Parade the Absorbing
Event of the Week.

ETPnI OIL Vic VOSh'
,.h,-, Park n J.. Aug 24.-The baby
parade, which took place on wednesday,
! the twenty-second annual event was
wonderful pageant. For two hours the
vast throng. numbering between lI'""
and 1900. sat spellbound as the marching
infants passed. II was an entrancihs
arectacle and Asbury Park never saw
! greater holiday.
| Ocean avenue. as usual, was the scene
of the parade where carpet WaS 'a'u
and where the srandstsnds. rising tier on
/ tier. stretched the entire length OF po'n
, sides Of the street. Tho babies pafSed oe-
/ tween white pillars. from which the nass
Of all nations. the carnival pennants ana
! bunting stretched across the street
| All of the stands and the amphlthcatre
! a hugo stadium seating twelve thousand
persons. where Titana's pavilion was
nlaced and where the babies were judged
filed very early with Interested specta-
! tors. and there was not seat leit an
! hour before the parade began. The white
! costumes worn by most of tho spectators
colored parasols and Powered millinery
added great color to the scene
! In the nrocessIon were children i'm every
conceivable kind Of burlesquc costume,
which made nj ono division there WAS
! rroun for children I'm college Colors ana
! a fancy dress group: there were psoy
| carriages and So-Carts. ponies anu HodtS'
very little girls wheeling their doll car
riagcs: chubby faced boys IN express "as-
ous. undressod as athletes, stal"art as
/ lireguards and policemen. and INSECT
, laneous collection OF characters. ii was a
vonderf,l collection OF babies-more than
1--we hundred northumberland the decora-
! tions were tho most elaborate In concep-
! ton and artistic I'm execution ever seen az
| a baby parade
Among the Interested and distinguished
} visitors were Governor Woodrow Wilson
and his family. They occupied "A specially
| decorated box at the right Of the queen
uaviIiou. and manifested lively interest
In IN. parade. which passed through tho
stadium and down ocean avenue in seven
| divisions. each led 10y \ captain WIN an
efficient corps Of aids.
| Tonight another important function OF
the carnival programme wa held at th'
/ Monmouth Hotel. when Titaiia gave h"r
court ball. ON Deal Lake this afternoon
there WAS a pretty Venetian carnival ana
water sports. which the Queen attended
/ and which attracted hundreds of visitors
who comma andeered the boats AZ the boat
llyerics and formed a ilotilla OF LAX" craft
such as the pretty lake has rarely seen.
The Carnival Association Is adding other
attractions a. the programme aIFea"l
mapped out. and one IS contemplated
| Wesley Lake carnival and a great Are-
works display.
! The latest arrivals include.
~ the New Monterey M. and Mrs.
j. T.. station. Dr Jackson Howe. Miss
Agnes Lynch. Mrs John Wainwright Mr..
and Mrs Matthew Hare and son. Ed
ward G. Moon. jr., and =. 6. hinssland.
LAFAYETTE Miss Catherine cunningham,
Mrs. y. Eagan. II. q. EaGan. W. p. Jones.
@. Bardar. W. II. Grssse. Mr. and Mrs.
W warren. Miss Livingston, l. Cr"igcn,
and Mr. and Mrs \. VI Frost
Brunsw wick-Mrs. william Pryor. George
W. Parker. Henry y. Barnet. Mrs. f. j..
Lewis, Miss Adrienne Lewis. Mrs n {.
Suits. william r. Lane. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. ". Oakley and Miss Josephine Oakley.
Coleman House-Dudley II. flaming,
DR.. Joseph Mcdonald. V. Hoffman. Mr..
and Mrs l. Hunter. Miss Violet Colby.
Miss Joyce. Scott Cooper. Mr.. and Mrs
John Everett and c. G. Valentine
I T11za-Mr and Mrs. ]. J. Pitman, Mr..
and Mrs. W. e. Cowan. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Ullmau. Miss Ullman, s. l.. Flood. Mt
and Mrs. James Purdy. James Muihol-
land and Mrs. w J. Mulholand.
Columbla-Hsrry II. Jennings. John
Burkhardt. Mr. and Mrs. a. \. Lewis
Norman Lynn. John Luchsinger. Miss p
Campbell. Miss NJ. Campbell, HeEry r.
Carr and Harry l. Felt.
Ocean Hotel--R. VI. Cole. C. A. Cole
Mrs ]. Wood. Miss J. Wood. Theodore
Reihle. o. d. Keegan. J. X. Beaton. ]. T.
Barry. c. W. BuckIer. Mr.. and Mrs. a. l.
Preston and Mrs. C.. Trimmer.
Metropolitan-Mr. and Mrs. q. Simmons,
John r. sager. George p. Dickson, Mr.
and, Mrs. William Chamberlain. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. IT. Shines. Miss Martin. W. J.
Gill. DR.. Charles Van Werp and MISS
Marie A. Sees.
Fcnimore- J. o. Curtis. Mrs. A. f.
Graham. w. L. Young. W. s. Ewing
Samuel Mcguire. John s. Scully A. Il
Brown. NJ. J. Edgerton. Foster Ware.
Thomas Scully and Floyd " Wright
| Thedford-G. 8. Wilcox. f.. ID. wagner
William J. Moffctt. william Haskell, H.
Mel. Wilson. Thomas Thedford, walter
r. Morris Miss Mabel d. Burnett. r. L.
Burnett and J. Morgan Morris. OF New
York.
Sunset HaIl-E. H. Wathall, Mrs. NJ. g.