The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-13
THE YACHTING CARNIVAL.
The Squadron MT Newport-A Hop ax the
Ocean House-Regatta I'm the Harbor. &c.
OUR 81 ECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Tine Squadron Mt Newp0rt-A Hop st the
Ocean House-Regatta I'm the Harbor, &c.
OUR 81 ECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NEWPORT HARBoR, August 11-P. n.
The ladies' al agreed that squadron looked perfectly
delightful yesterday morning, dressed out ID
holiday attire, ocers and guests all the ALERT crows
dressed in their best steamers, pennaais, signals and
ensigns flying awnings spread fore and an shore boaa
and yachts gliding and among the aeet throngs
Of visitors arriving and departing Tho quiet beauty Of
the picture should have been illustrated by the pencil Of
clever marine painter. better subject could hardly
DO found anywhere The morning hours slip away plea
sanity enough In paying and receiving visits. We al
meet old friends here, who profuse In Offering kind
cvilites 5ome Of 60 shore dine, nnd that
Newport, particularly that part Of In Tho osean and
Atlantic houses, 10 very gay and very fnn. On sha
arrival Of every boat there may be helpless and
unprotected females lying about loose the reading
rooms, while their male protectors searching for
quarters. This year the fashionable world (hotel3
seems to have enieRated from the Fillmore House
and taken up ns habitation II the Ocean House,
which 10 kept by Kerner Il Birch, - dependency
Of the Clarendon in town. The fashionable drive
yesterday Touro street, from the Jewish Cemetery
TO the Point The day was . most delicious the
atmosphere eo warm and perfumed, Ike breath Of
lovely woman (~ith good teeh) and the promenade
thropged with equpsges, in many Of which the ya,ht
club uniform might have been dscerned in that close
proximity to the crnone Of the fair which ia the
privilege all worlds sort of folsom and jetso
as the lawyers say.
In the evening there is to be f." hop' At the Ocean
House, to dress for which all 70 board. Dressing
for ball board yacht humorous affair 70 think Of
aerward, though not quite convenient affair at the
time Things are got out Of the places,
and the toilette performed under mos; unaeard OF
difficulties and then, when the quite fnsned the
tn tho or,ls
slip getting into DOT the yawl which takes you
shore may, like the which sweeps away the
hope conquest has been buded But accidents apart
All supposed 70 be safely arrived At Ocean Hall,
the upper story OF what is called the Colony the place
where they that much race bachelors
And, apropos TO that remember hearing conversation
morning after hop this Colony Of the
early birds had called for his ifienl to join him
ter in the hail vsary Of the fantastic who had been
aroused from his first sleep by the noise OF the voices,
cried out II don't see Why gentlemen can't 10: gentlemen
gee why gentlemen viii dance over other gentlemen's
heads all night" So it seemed about an even tning
Tie gentle men VINO retired early must have had hard
time OF II last night Toe hours here getting later
every year People used 10 10 bop at ha past s!ght
nov they make half past ten eleven and what with
hour more Of he Germsn, the affair isn't till
the single gentleman who don't dance is thinking about
The hop like the other hops ever saw and that
aa good many The Iropton Of the mariners god
smsus them The aoies we're al ' pretty ss1 bred and
We'll dretsed-eome Of them more The weather
mixture Of muslin, l.ces and ribbons which makes even
ugly woman look ety. One thing noticed here
well rs a. ssiny Tgy things ssi the dear
they &c. old bow they ought 10 have dressed
yoSn Ssy are ssss i've or len
clever ones But men are afraid of them, women
sush are the reflections of q philosopher on hops II
general. This hop in particular of old and
uely, young and pretty women, mixed up with dress
hntsOn vvhte kalA Il.