The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-23
TEE SPAS OF AMERICA.
vuR uoSl.e OF TEE FASHION ABLE SEASON.
Letters from Newport Long Branch, syan
Springs, Northern New YsIb,
Ia. 6c.. Re.
Special CssssspsAdsnes u the New hsSs
Rv aio.
Newport.
OCEAN HousB, !
NEvpORr, r. l., Aug. 10, 1898. }

Newport.
OCEAN HousB,
NEwpORr, r. l., Aag. 10, lso5.
n. WsotasY-Lifs al EeWpers-Be'sfts 81 BAN
Ss-Pisussss al a TVaisr'ng Place ett 81 tae
Rsp 20 Of P>obab'i Tres, Sc, &C.
The GODS begin ~ vouchsafe Us pleasant davs.
6tpce my last decided change Tor bs b-tte1 las
come DER the spirit Of our dreapr ard Cur log BE-
gins 70 show some variation froaa the styroy,ed
estry made in it ever SINCE 1 have been here
sThae twenty -op, aours commence with An anpa-
Mllelea degree Of stupidity = AID sad 10 relate the
,os ENTITY for the day was pretty much the same
thing The Gernania Band have commenced their
concern, and serve somewhat 10 enliven az old
SOxies, who require little moro excitement than
g.a. Afforded by our fair bread and batter misses
nsAing round very deco,ets state, to arouse Us
from shat apathetic dolce fer eate which seems 30
entirely 70 have taken hold Of your correspondent.
Would that kind and Discriminating Providence
bad granted me- that Mrs. Partington's power Of
observation or, TO bring down my adjective to the
me1isan Of those who eschew Burtons theatre, shat
peculiar talent for describing rsiment and fine linen
which distinguished ys1r correspondent H., in his
lbt letter from Newport
aces lss lie in the describing Ct purple and Rne
en, what shall one who Is impelled by the cacoahcs
a<ystsnSi, and who is debared by nature from the
Bsal topics CT watering place gossip, write about In
order TO excite the s htest interest in the minds OF
your readers Shall give them screed of doctrine
o tie pomp and vAniies Of this world, read them q
keture on sLe transcendent merits Of the Name
ksg0r law or shall look upon the follies and ex.
tavaganciss Of this lace with posice-economical
eye, snd content myself with the remark that the
money wasted here chiefly benefits the working
classes who supply the articles OF extravagance, and
therefore canBot properly be said to be wasted? But
this sort OF houiy Is NOT the sort OF ary NOTHING"
enc expects 70 eEan ate frem such place as this;
and So, however piois my intentions may be, l at
snee relapse into the paths Of in and iniquty
mans me, he at satsrny e. Place T. mos. singular
uino descend 70 breakfast, where we commence the
Aallss Of the day by uling IN single comoat
vxah waiter, in order " be able TO procure some
Ting - eat; we look across the table at Miss Smith,
con plment her upon her looking 50 well this morn
hx--eheeks OF chalk circles II charcoal under the
eyes eyes themselves lacklustre and the whites the
color Of pevers eggs, and heavens! how stupid! and
having partially hii.d the vacuum in our inner man
v'tA al aoomnabie breakfast, for the same reason
Nat tribes of savages eat dirt lest they may not
be able 10 get any thing as good, we saanter of and
sdmisister TO our intellectual wants by re idmg the
re salt wafer, not because like il, or because il
beDe us any indeed it makes us feel as ii we had
hen beaten with sledge hammers-but because It IS
nshioDahle, and therefore proper. Tden we deli
berstey proceed to subject Ourselves to foe or i'm
pfsoD ent by imbiong several glasses OF old otsrd
N order ~ restore to or the caloric which
bss been aestracfed by father Neptune; and Lighting
eeegar, " put up our legs aud think of nothing
We sometimes vary this latter amusement by gettiag
- neD next 10 nothing az is possible, ADD INDUCING
u tie modern style u conversation With scme young
nis; h,t thas isrt done very often, and only by
WY Of variety. Billiards or tsn-pns consume the
hne till near dinner, when We array ourselves aud
ee an mails are fed. Drring cut Auls the afternoon;
anj by ssy o. so called amusement, at night VIC
s1er,ie yours lady, rather damp from the exercise
she hes nndergoue and violently srin her round The
rceH, being inciied ther-unto by the eXertsons OF
~lnGr AID twenty 3a3lers sitting il row." until
reduce curseiycs 20 what NaIt0lini calls demd
damp, moist, unpleasant body" when We heave
f8sl sigh over this DAYS pielsuriDg, and turn in,
into small closet, 9ignitd sth tie of bed
pnpD, but which = hardly much larger than toe
Cnpboard where, when at home, We are accustomed
u gov Cur boots
Sueh is lite such il the fanereal diversion to which
yEs correspondent is c1opeitcd TO subject himself,
and Chic. . cignifed VIII toe name OF pleasure. I
IN AFRAID have BEEN visited ~ al unusually large
blue eevil this morning who appears TO have entirely
dkpelsd the cheerful pregros locations Of good time
c0nling, with which | commenced this letter. and
which coming event, castiog its shadow before,
would have cisJe.d those clouds Of carking care
vhish afpeqr T. have settled my brow; but sin
suely hepug that bcirre my next, some fresh ar
rivals or some startieg incident viii have enabled
NJ - have killed and bnried the monster, remain
EAeezsy yours, LIE FLANEUI.
EEnrcsr, August 20, 1853.
Nsaeroyi poeiTy--I Ia Don Juan.
Instead Of the vulgar toilette il which IDEAS as
6ey rise are usua ~ clothed and despatched from a
wstsring place TO be printed in the Herald, have
adopted the mere suitable gsrb Of poetry, Of the
htert fashion and cut az the more appropriate dress
sos this season; the same being portion Of ward
sObe Of similar stuff from my forthcoming poem,
dsxped in the tefm--splene.ic
A.eeh At Ne Sssit, she,s the clouds ard SEA,
Ger Te ,ra'H sps ek Of lad, Thers Neptune rests,
SssD BY bis H,eens six a pcepssnaliy;
And sooD common elsm;H. inyssfs
NJ OCEAN cepths tina heaYt ~ aud he La
Who tben 1. On sbcx bis .nden. rests,
Dpra 18th solsrnn &c, es Eo;es' 10
Wsfss from bio fsse ths sieoni osr PhosSas' Arc
O. pleasure bent the ehariei city man,
Like barometer before storm
From Eir ETY. Fnhrenheit without a plan,
Piasses 70 teropsrats, warm,
AIA hAtters him tis lie a. least that csa
Hsss % eoro te sclsil n some form;
Ard 20 lie hath STA. The cum has set
In md cay neath universai--wet!
h came TO lave his parsh.d N1ss awhile
I'm scpkd lymph Anaptic's sbCYs;
h winter vsAtare clad he's forced % smile
70 II NIX he feels - II he'd sAshs more,
Bycsst where a'ncG pseric bath. esgus
0a PrssDitz, sheets Of vs'sr sd .ssir cure
R. essH Per sisfiEk " u.s. AZ las Go &c Ia
S~ns ciceTone 10 pont out the beach.
Met verify bah t1ls pTfvtd a vsefr cure
To many who hove songh. lis br,ny surge;
Far ess. city ell drnk't more,
Though lot enforced, Rode IrsId liquor lsv
Asbsit ssill from spleen il De iy purge
{FJos Maine " Georgia u1sking ssoh q splurasl
b. which each na2t-t,ate bath kept his cath,
6~0n IN becauze tsncrce IL he wss tssh
Al last, The f. 4 Ard musty Tapoy past,
ssPgIs sias tho ssttLy enjoys.
The ksv Ct proslife spans tbs sky and heart,
10 rsorsow's brigh. prospective dsooys
HI vskss from nildewd sheets, end hsply starts,
Bs easement opss--s glasrnlsss spaos hope Clogs
Axon 'ho sun eoEDet Of elsuts have 10 veeed,
Ard ieat old thdses' ecu-ssrs overSowsred
But rev he shsbcs bis deyy main and bounds
High up In heavsa On kis mid career.
A3Hs arrested n LA ne.5n rounde
Hts shsCaded corse again Is burisA heyef
IL should hs stnqsle FOR b with ,Fly xounis
You still would batbe--s oonon;se your clsasr
rbs bstels here sssDd bark so inr on dry land,
Few Yoks more near, bJ S7at, 70 ocaey LELAND