New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-08
/ FRON NERPOR r.
Correspondence Of The N. Y TsIcure.
- rpppopT Aug. 81, Il


/ have little further of apy importance 10 commu-
nicate yon PAUSE in the dinciug-rocm, where
tbrgs do u 90 at the frantic pace OF ~ at n'eht
when they are wishing TO hurry up the German.
So much the better for the young Rjles and thelr
t.ilettes But an irresis ible arm hurries you. In
the direction of the pretty baT quoting saioH impro
! yjsed for the occasion, with canvas SIDES and
roof. II wac the understanding that people should
come fasting to this entertainment, and the ieistlne
is Of course proportionate Hot-house grapes are
a drug in the market, salmon, pdtfs, and game
pies. are everywhere. do not know the names
! of half the good things that are offered up at
/ these festivities. Who doesl / have only vague
idea that one may fake bit of boned turkey, va
! mllo ice end modest sip of Green Seal, without
srybodys being the worse for it, but on the present
/ occasion you are not let off so easily. Obligng
friends persuade you deeper and deeper still into the
mysteries of good living. This is terrapin-that is
! w,odcock-what the third thing is heaven only
| knows. bnr il looks marvellous inviting YOur face
shows that you are scarcely up to this sort Of thing
! you don't know the value of what yOu eating
Only if this was the way in which Midas ate gold
| il is no wonder that he came to end sooner or
later. The ruby cup of enchantnent, and also the
emerald do of do is pressed upon you,
but upon this subject you have your own persua-
sions, and have not read Comus for nothing. So
you look at if, put it to your lips, and carefully
seek out a convenient corner buffet where it may
be neglected. Fresh faces keep arriving, fresh
groups form and break up, and form again like the
ancient continents and islands of this distracted
globe, and best of ALL fresh ice-cream is continual
ly brought from Domdaniel depths of frozenness,
where it dwells and awaits orders.
This is q picture, not of one, but of all such en-
g
morning to the verge of evening Dress Among the
Young and pretty the little hats prevail and we do
not object where the hat does not actually rest
upon the nose, concealing the forehead, with the
plume dangling about the eyes, like Skye-tcrrers
forelock. Leaving the banquet, we find ourselves
among the flowers and music again, aud have the
same sense of floating up and down in the ethereal
COMPANY of the whitc-rObed ones. We take leave
tacitly and are not missed, dropping quietly into
the four wheeled and driving cut of Fairyland
along the avenue. But look the avenue itself is
Fairyland. The lOvelest Of sunsets ends the fair
day-the outlines of the Lily Pond rocks are en-
chanting seen on the left All sorts Of gentee peo
pie are driving up and down, and contemplating
each other in two parallel lines but we have not
time to think Of them, fully possessed with
that magic Of the evening sky interviewer in all
thoughts of Newport our ancient love, and its later
renewal.
1t NAV comfort our friends and the public to
know that we do not leave the gorgeous of the
reception with any distaste for the calico wrapper
Of common life, or with any mean opinion of the
plain beef and mutton Of the family dinner. Our
faith in bread and butter is unimpaired, we hail
the weather beaten tea pot with the old thrill of
silent pleasure and still believe that the Rev.
Thomas Bills handful of mushrooms, with little
butter and salt, were hard to beat.
Morning cells prevail, to a great extent, in New
port Our city friends seem to fear lest they might
by some chance forget their company manners, 80
there ia a rehearsal of civities every morning, of
which the scene continually changes, while thu sta
lie may be supposed Il be the same. Unwearied
cor science of oman, how art thou cramped into
that smallest boon of a card and a courtesy Raw
material of your Frys and Nightngaes, prompting
to daily aboriOus voyagngs bearing to the eyes the
refreshment of toiettes, to the the rust ing
of tho latest sIho, pvIhaps ID 10 tho dutiful
spirit that prompts to the bowl of soup, and mid
night watch at the sick bed. If so, direction is a
more important point in life than is usually sup
posed, even heaven itself involving the practical
typographical question of which way you go
There is calling at the hotels, where an fuites-
NAL black imp answers your ringing, takes your
card and disappears with very vague ideas of re.
turninf-caliDg at the cottages, in whose cOniden.
tial strawberries nestle carriages that dslOdge as
you drive up like birds rustling from their cover.
+" Miei complimenti," say the half.dozen p0litest
may be wanted, and your company will ne yer be
missed There is calling at the boarding houses,
whose close drawn blinds and impenetrable corners
suggest the idea that carpets intended to last
forever. Here, Odor of dinner prevails and as |
you leave You wonder whether it is "ce-cream |
day." which arrives with regularity twice week. |
As to those magnificent palaces by the sea, which |
are few and dear their callings never cease while
DIT ep calleth unto deep within toe range of their |
drawing-rO0m windows. And it is pleasant to do |
ones utmost, and start on an expedition to these
distant splendors in best clothes and carriage and
to meet all the inmates likewise dressed ia best
and going to be blessed at some grand matinee you
have not heard Of and to which it Is very clear that
you are not going. On the steps of one OF these
deserted shriDes you find pretty child aging, and
q good -natured black Mona says, % You had better
come in Maam, Mr.. Waddlekns is in the paror"
All! he is in there alone, is he No donbt he fire.
qucnty has that pleasure, and much good may it
do him. Perhaps he IL not one of the stationary
engines of society here and has business in the city,
where he tolls hot aud lonely through six days of
the week, departing by unlOvely ttaterooms of
steamboat to spend the seventh with b, little family.
And when he gets here, his familys little bills are
handed u bin, and he is made 10 subscribe to balls
to which he does not go, and to concerts which he
is never to hear, and all those fine costumes are
spun out of him. the out of the core of the
and the last state of that man is scarcely
one of frantic delight with Newport in the Season.
To us in the country, on the contrary, after
day of study and rambe, how refreshing is the run
bic of barouche wheels the trenchant knock at the
door, and the excited face of the housemaid az she
tells Us there is a handsome carriage below, with or
without liyeries and pleasant cargo of guests dis
charging at our little doorstep. We lay down this
weary pen, and reach hastily for the implements of
female husbandTy. As we touch up little the
hope passes through our minds that there may not
h..ia in ba and haf fh.a OF aui
her kittens may not be the first objects to be sat
nnnn. We do NOT cling 10 this-MhAt mnst he