The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-31

The Grand closing ssii at sswaSrt.
We publith in another cotaUn an ascpsa. Of
The great closing bali OF the season at NJ wport
which took place at the Fillmore House on Thurs
day last. The Jenkins of the season seems 10
have sserply repre,.ed his irrsg;uative tsndeD-
ciee, and to have caotiue5 hiroae,s to matter of
fact ca:alogre IF ths sseles who graced the drew
Ing rcom. We ehe.i not follow h.a example by
giving IN this place the names Of the ladies lie
,as imnsosialized; ffey mag, towevcr. be found
elsewhere, and their vanity auly tietled iu small
tnpe. The toilets seem TO have been worthy o.
the great seat offsshlon ard Of the aaguEt occA-
sion on wpich they we,a assembled. We notice
plenty Of diamonds afss lace" 'soar,tt feathers
tipped with gold" "wh:ts flowers a,6 viiamonns,'
poiht lace and diamonds' "p'oh flowers and
elegant diamonds q tiara OF b-au,ifd' dia
uonGa." Sc, sc, The intormstio-' about rhe
dressegis msagre. Jenki,s evidently i new to
liz busire-s. and Is not a9afe that Eve lines i
toe very shortest space that should evec be a.
lotted 90 q basl dress; bat each as IL ~ IL show.
that the fasuiobs are jGiJ cultivated. Som
dresses are honorcd with especial nlenticu One,
"a costly back MORE au;ilsis, embrDi,sfreC in
jet and velvet" has, we are informed, been
lately imported from Paris now 0.a Jenkins
acquire this interesting piece-oF information!
Tnen az TO the iaries- II Jeukies kept
his fancy within banads al the po;nts on
which bis predecessors Lave been wont 70 diate,
he is not restrained by eDy sense OF asiicacy
from passing an impartial opinion On the lair
creatures whom he was baldlns 20 ~ TO pas
tefity. Oss lady was exceedingly ada,ifel;'
another VAC d graceful cancer" while her
sister was Every pre',y;' third was more than
this, she was graceful and pretty" very ia
nous lady eS-9r;ed from JcOl.iss the ava that
she was aHssb,e and charIring:' several were
@ mach admired and two Or three baG crowds
OF admirers one, and here we fear Jenkins
TT niDiscences must have beel getting IN better
OF him, looked as lovely as ever" another, be-
ing viewed with the same retrospective eye,
danced with her usual spirit venerable mat
ron was majestic ard beautiful (faacy Jen-
kins' notion Of naiestyD; one fair creatgro was
altogether o charming peysoo," and another,
wbo appears 70 bave exhausted Jenkins yocab,r
larry, was not only g." > charming person" but was
altogether beautiful girl IL one case only docs
Jenkins asnee OF justice oblee him 10 depart
iicia The Mandatory ven; Oh two young ladies.
who might have been, bus Tor one nnlgclIy turn
Of fortunes wheel, leaders of fashion in no less
sphere than The Imperial Court OF. France, and
inIniliars Of the Empress herself, the inexorabie
Jenkins passes the awful sentence that they had
rather too many flowers for head dress" VIC
anticipate, Of course, al GStion &c, libel against
the graoeless calumniator.
What thall We addl That the entertainment
was splendid" the "6isplay grand" the "mu-
sic excellent" the proprietor" of cou-se "gen-
tlernanlyp (wby are hotel landlords always 20
pointedly certified to be 'gentlenanly?') and
the supper and drinkables calculated to gra-
tify the most epicurean taste" but everybody
takes this for couyse-or how would jenkins
have got theres
We fear that the paimy days of Newport ho-
tells are over. Newport, as a watering place, Is
probably the finest and the best worthy of
fashions favor OF any in the United States: We
mean, in respect of its natural advantages, ito
fine beach, its wholesome air, its lovely &C merry,
Its rich associations and the agreeable people
who live there. But the hotels have cut their
own tbroats ny dut Of steady course of over
charging and undertaking, by subjecting their
patrons TO al ingenious complication OF bodily
ana mental torture, aud by ncgiscting every
thing that could oonduce t. the Substantial com
tort OF their guests, the hotels of Newpost have
had the happy effect Of driving the better class OF
visiters 20 that watering place into private vii
las. The vicinity of the town i now studded
with charming country residences, some erected
at greet cost, others neat little boxes built as
email cxpensc; come few owned by persons who
let them Tor the simmer, but the majority
owned and teDanted during the hot months by
wealthy families from New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, the Southern States, and even Mexico
ana the West Indies Tno inhabitants of these
pretty retreats form society OF their own. and
Iareiy pingle with the nondcsclipt crowd which
jenkins illustrates at The hotols; they have the
cou,age 70 carry out their aversion for the SO
ciety OF gamblers, chevaliTs dindastrie, Califor-
nan widows, and dksipated youths, VINO form 50
large proportion of the hotel world. Among
themselves they are sosiable enough, and we
presume that no respectable pcrsoD, with the
usual social qualifications, would find The gates
Of their circle incxorably closed to his approach;
during the summer mouths, many Of them ezcr-
cise, in large and liberal manner, tue genial
duty Of hospitality not only to their immediate
neighbors, but to pleasant people all over TIE
country, and TO the best among our foreign
yiaiters
In this direction IL is reasonable 10 expect that
Newpott will Increase and thrive az a watering
place; but we rather think that the past is only
the beginning Of series of unfortunate seasons
| for the hotels
| THE REvtrstoS N THE SUGAR M,Rxrr-
Everybody but few Spectators will rejoice over
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