New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
SEASON
TO OPEN MAY 20
Tribune'S Summer Colony
Will Celebrate with
Double Holiday.

The furniture for the dining room
and lodge and the decoration for the
Beachwood Clubhouse, at Toms River
y. j., are beginning to arrive at Beach
wood. and the red swings for the chill
dren and the hammocks. rustic chairs
and beach umbrellas that will add so
greatly to the pleasure of visitors are
now being placed in position. The
yacht club floor has been made into
one of the best possible dancing sur
faces. and the opening dance on Sat-
urday. May 90. the night before Memo
rial Day. will mark the beginning OF
series of Saturday dances that will be
held during the summer.
Members Of the yacht club will be
pleased to know that the fastest speed
boat on Barnegat Bay will fly the
Beachwood Yacht Club flag. and as the
motor boat races held at Toms River
are sailed over the course directly in
front of the yacht club and clubhouse
members will have the best possible
point from which 70 view them.
The lodge and dining room will open
for the season on Saturday. May 20,
and reservations for rooms at the lodge
for the two-day holiday are already
being received. The price charged at
the lodge is 70 cents day room. or
Sl.25 for two persons IN one room. On
Sundays and holidays an old-fashioned
New Jersey shore dinner will be served
in the dining room for 80 cents. At
other times the service will be la
carte. and fish fresh from the waters
Of Barnegat Bay, crab and shellfish
will be given preference on the menus.
Edward Henske, of the Del Monte Ho-
tel, Monterey, California, has been en-
gagged for the season as chef.
The hard clay auto road from Allan
tic City Boulevard TO the clubhouse,
swinging back to Atlantic City BOul e-
ward through Lookout Street, will be
completed by May 30. and as soon as
settled will be treated with glutrin to
make it dustproof. The pebble walks
leading from the railroad station at
Beachwood down Beachwood Avenue TO
the water and thence along Bayside
Walk 70 the bathing beach and club
house will be bordered with flowers,
and rustic seats will be scattered along
the entire waterfront. The view from
the clubhouse porch across Barnegat
Bay has been pronounced by those IA
miiar with the New Jersey coast one
OF the finest in the state. for the club
house. standing on "A high bank, gives
an unobstructed view over the whole
of Toms River and the upper part OF
Barnegat Bay
A collection Of Indian goods. consist
ing Of pottery. war clubs. tom-toms.
prayer rugs, etc, from the Navajo,
Moqui. Sante Ana. Pima and other
tribes Of Indians, has been given the
Beachwood Club by one Of The Trib-
une staff. and these. with hanging bas-
kets Of ferns, will be used 70 decorate
the clubhouse. and the browns and reds
of the pottery and the green Of the
ferns should make a very pleasing color
scheme
Beginning on Sunday. May 9. the
steamer Ariella will leave Toms River
from near the New Jersey Central Rail
road station soon after the arrival of
the morning train from New York. and
passengers will be taken directly to the
yacht club pier at Beachwood. During
the summer season this line of steam
ers leave Toms River frequently during
the day. and skirting the southern side
of the shore. with Beschwood for the
first stop. 20 to Seaside Park. which
is on the ocean side of Barnegat Bay.
Also during the season fishing boats
with competent captains will make
their headquarters at Beachwood, and
those desiring days outing down the
bay on a fishing trip will be accommo-
dated at small expense.
During the last week one Of the fish
ing boats brought in four bluefish,
which is unusual. as these fish do not
usually begin to run until July. The
fishermen at Toms River presage Al
aSyly oranins Of thu 6AhipG ssAaon.