The Washington herald., 1917-06-24
OF VISITORS
POURINGNT0ASBURY

last and most vital feature to make
Asbury Parks season open took place
today when q majority Of the big
ocean-ffoEt hotels began receiving
guests. thousands Of visitors poured
night the boardwalk promenade dis
closes throhg ot the proportions Of
the best past seasons. The resort Is
ready to entertain its full quota of So
joufnefs and Indications are that war
times wiz have lIttis effect on the
aboos, lights out and curtailment Of
other features, have long since been
dispelled. The Sandy Hook steamers
are funning as usual and the summer
train schedules contain more expresses
The marked change in weather con-
ditions during the past week from
rain clouds ana cold north winds to
sunshine and balnay breezes from the
sea, have had a spontaneous effect
and filled the resort with visitors. All
OF the old features which for years
have combined to make Asbury Park
the queen resort OF the north Jersey
coast, are Turing many new faces to
the hotels and cottages. Cottage rent
ing Is UP to normal and the hotel men
report reservations far in excess Of
the records of last year. While the
New Monterey, the largest hotel in
until a week from today. next We'd
nesday will see the last of the other
big houses In full swing.
Groups Of bathers are forming each
afternoon along the beach. all of the
boardwalk shops and pavilions are
In the Casino has lost nothing of its
old-ttme popularity. A week from to.
day the Arcade season begins and
hotel dancing will also be resumed
next Saturday night with formal dress
balls.
n6I.s. The last ..usS Of the sr2gps Of :. bath at
been enclosed by strong steel nets In
tended to protect bathers from drift
wood and debris which is sometimes
| driven ashore by stormy seas and the
enclosure Is also intended as q panic
preventive against any possibility OF
Asbury Parks villa colony Is as
sembling from many cities throughout
the United States and new clubs are
forming TO carry on an kinds Of war
relief and Red Cross work. In the
bungalow sections of Wanamassa.
Iona Park and Northwest Asbury,
many families are now domiciled for
the summer.
Asbury Park Is arming and farming
on a plan which Is open to the in
coming sojouFner. There Is opportu-
nifty for tie male visitor to learn all
about squads LETT and right front
tary Corps, an organization which has
become of battalion strength and uni
formed in battle-gray khaki For the
amateur gardner the wide and deep
plots In the North Asbury and north
west districts offer splendid opportu-
mites.
Transient visitors will be surprised
In passing through the cottage section
of the resort to find that many sum-
n1eF residents came here early enough
to plant their gardens on the front
lawn where potatoes and other truck
have displaced the beautiful grass
plots. Those Just arriving seem proud
to find their is still time to arrange
for raising table vegetables. School
children alone have ten and a half
acres under cultivation in the city and
the board Of education has engaged
Principal L. H. Bureh. of the Bangs
Avenue School, as garden supervisor
for the summer An exhibition will be
held in September under the auspices
Of the city and prize competitions will
be held for the senior agriculturists.
During the spring months a munich
pal program was developed with an
eye to a normal condition. Since the
April FIRE, four new motor-driven fire
apparatus have been added to the de-
partment equipment. To better facil-
itate the distribution of the city's 5
water supply, a new 6,000, 600 pump has
been ordered for the water station
where the city assemblies its artesian
water supply for general Distribution.
Four motor-propelled sprlnkling carts.
OF 200 gallons capacity each, have
been added to the fleet of twenty-five
horse-drawn carts for dust-laying pur-
poses. Hundreds Of new shade trees
have been set out, miles of new side
walks have been laid in the outlying
suburban sections and workmen are
now installing ornamental lights
standards for a white way through
Goodman avenue and Kingsley street
Asbury Park is to have a new
$50 900 theater with a seating capacity
of $500. Work was started on the
structure for Walter Rosenberg, the
owner, several weeks ago and it is
expected the premiere performance
VIII be given about the first of August.
The theater occupies a corner plot at
Saint James place and Goodman ave-
nue. and has been named the Saint
James.
During the summer months the
boardwalk amusement centers will be
the Arcade and the Casino. At the
latter pavilion the dancing season
started on Decoration Day. Lorin
Patterson's Orchestra has been re-
engaged for the season and will rem
DER dance concerts each afternoon
and evening.
Arthur Pryor's popular American
begin their season on June S0' The
Proyor musicians will wind I'd a
three weeks engagement at Willow
Grove, Philadelphia, tonight. Mr..
Pryor has retained all of his old and
popular soloists, but has added some
the secondary chairs. Special con-
certs and speciality nights will, as
On the lakes the water fowl colony
has increased in numbers and ON
Deal Lake the fleets of boats and
canoes are being assembled in prepa-
ration for the season events. Motor
boats have been launched, there be-
Ing many new and speedy craft in the
fleet. The launch service to the
Ross-Fenton Farm, popular resort
Fishermen are having good sport on
the two fresh water lakes within
Asburys municipal boundaries and
Deal Lake as its northern line. Pike
and pickerel are to be found in Deal
''Sunnies" are to be found in shallow
Sunset Lake, the playground of the
duck, swan and geese are maintained
by the city. Wesley Lake forms the
southern boundary Of the resort, d.
viding Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.
there is also a rowboat portage.
Asbury Park will entertain many
conventions again this season. The
convention period opened with the
annual visit of the ministers of the
Reformed Church of America for
their 111th annual session of Gen.
erai Synod. Last week the Civil
War Veterans of New Jersey assem-
bled here for their annual campfire
meetings. Their headquarters were
in the Plaza Hotel. On June 30 the
!. Young Judea will begin a five days
conference here. The Retail jewelers.
Association of New Jersey held their
annual convention at the Coleman
House this week, when A. w. Cor
neiius, Of this city, was elected vice
president Of the organization.
A recent report by the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey intimates that
thew have more one-day excursions