New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
600 Entrants
In AsburyPark
Baby Parade
Thirtieth Annual Pageant To
Be Staged Tuesday After
noon Promises TO Set a
New Record for the Event
Queen Gives Luncheon
Round of Parties Marks the
Week of Preparation for
Great Exhibit of Children
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

ASBURY PARK, n. j., Aug. 28.-The
thirtieth annual Asbury Park baby pa
rade. which will be held next Tuesday
afternoon, is expected to be the great
est ever held here. Indications are
that more than six hundred children
will be in line when the parade starts,
and more entries are coming into the
office of Arthur Cottrell, carnival di-
rector, daily
States are being assembled here for
The pageant, the historic field day of
the American baby. Hotel accommo
dations arc becoming exhausted, and
it is expected that more than 10000
persons will witness the parade, which
will form on Ocean Avenue, march
down that thoroughfare to the man.
moth amphitheatcr, encircle it and
pass in review before little Ila Hop
kins, the Queen Titania of the parade;
Governor Edwards, his staff and the
judges of the parade.
The babies will ride in gayly deco
rated coaches and gocarts, on floats
and in pony turnouts and march in
long ranks
Hundreds of prizes have been do
mated. The prize for the best float
in the parade is $3.50 in cash The
grand judges of the parade are JEFF
ferson Seligman, Mrs. Arthur c. Stein
bach. William A. Stevens and Mrs. E.
Fleshnlann. The awards committee
consists of Dr. Charles E. Van Wickle,
chairman; Walter Taylor. S. Heilner
Calvert Benjamin B. Smith, Frederick
Rackus. Theodore Appelby, Dr. Z. De
Monscigla, Joseph Turner and Will
liam A. Berry.
Queen Gives Luncheon
The queen gave a luncheon to her
attendants at the New Monterey Hotel
this afternoon and followed it with a
thcater party. The little girls in wait
ing to the queen, who range from three
to ten, enjoyed an afternoon of rare
pleasure. On the night of the parade
there will be Mother Goose ball
in honor of the queen at the Monterey.
Almost every day preparatory to the
parade party is held at the home of
one OF the attendants in honor of the
queen and her court. Life here for
the little wards of the court has been
? continuous round of parties during
The week.
The concert Thursday night at the
Arcade filled the music hall to its
limits. MARI Rappold and Ruth Miller,
sopranos OF the Metropolitan Opera
Company, divided honors. Mario Cham
lSt, ttH'l, dlSO w dS Oh tHe PIOSIdui.
The last grand opera concert of the
season viii be held at the Arcade next
Thursday night. The feature of the pro
cram will be the seXtet from Lucia"
he artists will be Rafaelo Diaz, tenor;
Kitty Beale, soprano; Vincente Ballis-
ter, barytone; Pedro Debesi, basso:
Philina Falco, contralto, and Antonio
Paoloni, tenor.
Asbury Park Loses Pryor
Arthur Pryor and his band will not
return to Asbury Park next year, hav-
ing been offered a more substantial
contract elsewhere.
The Knights of Columbus carnival
at the beach Auditorium opened Mon
day night and continued throughout
the week to raise funds for the build
ing Of a clubhouse.
"Sing nights held every Monday
at the Arcade, under the direction of
Alice Louise Mertens, are becoming
popular with the guests of the various
hotels, who compete weekly for the
silver loving cup offered as a prize.
A special entertainment by Dorothy
Palmer, "Follies of 1920" was pre-
scented at the Arcade Friday night.
Ballet dancing and singing were fea-
lures of the program.