The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-14
WATERING PLACE NOTES.

They begin to put on great airs cut West ct some
Of their miserable little watering places They have
the audacity to say that the fashion and wealth
which, up to now, have held carnival at Newport,
Saratoga and Long Branch, have migrated to Orange
county, Ind. The springs are promiscuously called
West Baden, and Thursday night !" says q corro-
spondent from there. 1--WE had fashionable hop, at
which there was an array OF beauty and millinery
art which could put Long Branch Newport ito Its
stumps,' vulgarly speaking TO equal. much less to
excel.r AL right. Fake Newport. but leave us Long
Branch.
A little reconstruction Is headed at Cape May &C.
COrding to the following wants:-First-Good drives.
Second-A theatre. Thrd-Another new hotel.
Fourth-Good pavements anu streets. F.fth-C,ty
passenger cars or omntbuses to 90 out two three
miles. Sixth-A large restaurant. Seventh-A fine
garden. Eighth-A nice ballroom. Ninth-Cheap
accommodations Tenth-More light at night
Eleventh-As many liberal hotel proprietors as pos.
sible. Twslfth-A steamship line to aud from New
YORK.
There are also people VINO don't want police ON.
to annoy anybody for tribes and let things de-
serving their vigilance escape; don't want the own
ers Of cottages think that they can get any price
they wish, 80 long as there Julya and Augusts In
the calendar don't want that person interested In
the welfare OF Capo May to make people at home
believe that 1t cannot be visited by any lady except
those who have $40 chests Iul OF fery and TRUNKS
as large rs the Great Eastern.
1t seems that there is nothing OF peculiar interest
at Martins In the Adirondacks to Sempt the tourist
to stay there. All that you can do from day to day
is ito use common expression Of that REGION
.lay around loose" All you can see h only DIT Of
lake Of no particular beauty, some three four miles
view In length anu about one quarter In breadth.
with an ordinary looking hill beyond.
II you go down TO Point Pleasant, N. J., take the
Jesse Hoyt TO Port Monmouth, the cars to Farming
dale, thence by stugc to Arnod's eleven miles,.
BRING your own cigars; don't trust TO Jersey ten.
center5. You won't be alarmed by bin as long az
your arm. The Captains charges are reasonable
very. In these days trip To toe seashore takes
stainps, and plenty OF them.
AT the Chaiybeat0 Springs. Georgia, this Is how
they pass the dismal hOurs:-lt Is their prlyt-
lege to rise IN the morning when II suits them,
alter which they walk, drank all the mineral water
they can hold and project Plans for the day. This
the occupation until eight O'Clock. when the gong
sounds for breakfast After the morning meal Is DIS
posed oil they dispense 10 their rooms or about the
grounds and play tenpans, croQuet, backuamm0p,
billiards and eucire, and bathe walk, read. write
letters drunk the waters and chat until two O'Clock
when dinner ID commenced. A brief nap after DIN
promenading, flirting, driving ana drinking OF the
waters. The man VINO would not come home nom
there more sober and vtrtuous citizen ought TO be
sent to Hell Gate.
at the watering places receive a model OF the new
order OF bathing costume about 20 be designed by
convention OF distinguished ladies ct Deppe, in
France IL Will be something tight and short, not
lower than the Knee, and ciasping the figure with
equal grace aud lrmness-s something between the
running costume OF French jockeys and English
prize lighters. IL Will be composed Of q vehement OF
stout WHITE merinO, close fitting 10 the shape and
bound at rle knees with scarlet ribbon, a scarlet
round the waist, and scarlet ruche round the
neck, short sleeves Topped with scaret bows aud q
casqiettc or the same material as the Indictment"
with scarlet peak Next year this COOL light, hand
Brunch, and, OF course. Will make our watering
places ten times more attractive.