The sun., 1919-08-03
NEWS OF THE NEW Jersey SUMMER .RESOI

AssuRr PARK. N. J.. Aug. Q.
TOR the FIRST time I'M the history
Of Asbpry Park bathing all the
bath houses were open until s
o'clock last Sun day. They wiil be open
to the public again tomorrow and this
will be the rule until Labor Day. The
size Of the crowds justified the use of
all the bath house and ocean space
that the resort can furnish. The Sun
day throng was 4 typical mid-August
crowd, come a few weeks early. and
this week end the condition was In
tensifled.
As part Of a movement TO extend the
season through the winter 1t was re-
ported this week that railroad officials
would restore to its pre-war basis the
autumn and winter train service be-
tween the Jersey shore and New York.
A feature. of the, new schedule IL the
after theatre train. which leaves New
York at midnight and which was with
drawn In the first few months OF the
war.
The leading hotels were active this
week raising subscriptions and plan
ming benefits TO endow an Asbury
Park victory bed in the Monmouth
Memorial Hospital as q memorial to
the men OF Asbury Park and vicinity
who gave their lives In the war. The
movement is a part of a campaign to
raise a fund OF $4,000 for the hos
pital. The drive closed tonight with Q
concert and dance at the Brunswick
by Alonzo r. Parsons. .a .t
The Hotel Lafayette contributed
500 to the fund as tho result of a
card tournament arranged by Mrs
Margaret Frost. Sojourners at the
New Tenney Hotel sent in s27. Sam
uel Meter gave $500. while 500 has
been pledged by the Elks. Miss Hor-
tense s. Fuid OF Paterson. who ID
passing the season at the Coleman
House, turned In $12. received in dol
lar subscriptions. .-~
Those who captured point awards
in the Dteufnamsntiiat the Lafayette
were: MRS. IA Devin, Mrs. Allen
Hopping, Mrs. G. B. Hewlett, Mrs.
H. B. Sutphen. Mrs. B. o. Bowers,
Mrs. william Cable, Mrs. c. c. Small
house. Mrs. F. A. briggs. Miss NJ. A.
Klein, Miss Givvons and Mrs. T. g.
Gill. ,.... ~. .--
suntragistr to, Hold Meeting.
Asbury Park has been selected by
New Jersey suffragists as their mid
summer convention place. They VIII
meet in the New Monterey Hotel
August 49,. the anniversary OF the
birth of Lucy Stone. founder OF the
association. Suffragists from clubs
and organizations throughout the
State win attend the session and &C
ton may be taken to Offset the move
ment,-. of the Anti-Snffrage Associa-
ton. Mrs. Z. f, Feickert OF Plainfieid
is president of the association.
Plans have been announced Tor 2
large community centre. They call
for quadrangular court surrounded
by a group Of twelve cottages to be
built in the burned area OF the city
at a cost of $125,000. Mrs. A. w.
Wr,sley, who built small community
centre on. Second avenue last spring
IA the protector of the development
There will be a community dining
room. amusement hall and other fea-
lures. The court will have frontage
Ion First avenue. Work viii bogin In
the autumn. y
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Derris OF
the New Monterey Hotel announced
the birth of daughter Monday. She
will be named Dorothy Schneider
Dennis. ,,... p. ... -.. 49,.
Nine. Margaret Matzenauer, prima
donna contralto of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, was the attraction al
the third grand opera concert Thurs
day night at the Boardwalk Arcade
she was assisted by Arthur Pryor's
Band, with Emil J. Polak at the piano
Nine. Matchmaker sang arias from
The. Prophet" Samson and Delilah'
and Joan Of Arc" &C.. .-..-
The Friday might carnival dances
at the Arcade. with living posters
chosen among the younger set of sum-
mer visitors and posed by Miss Mary
Lawson Leech, are popular entertain
ment features. In the last tableau
given Dolores de Garcia and Robert
Rockafeller posed for when the
Heart Is Young" Miss Irma Calamt
was seen in Moonlight" while the
Misses Hilda Angleman and Beatrice
Hall were the central figures In Sun
set" In patriotic poster b. Frank
Brown depicted a returned soldier
from France. Monday nights at the
Arcade in conjunction with Pryor's
Band concerts George w, Reardon
conducts community singing. 3d..
| More than lsixty children attended
the souvenir dance at the Hotel La
| fayette Monday Those who took part
in the special dances were Jaqueline
Dean, Doris Abies, Margaret Stickley
Myrtle Fullen, Dorothy Day, Dolores
HaslSins and Martha Murray.