New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
SUMMER LETTERS.
RYE.

tlo strin Of Hampshire seacoast and those Mas
sachusets, such Salisbury, swampscot, and Nahaht'
are among the peasantest and most enjoyable IN sum
mer Of any am acquainted with. They are beaches in
reality, strips of dry and burning sand IN Whon
walk. much lees drive, without excessive
awkwardness and fatigue. The beach here is two miles
long firm and shelving safe and excellent for bathng
aud delightful for driving. The surf is mueh nner l
on Long Island the New-Jersey shore III comes r
larger volume, and has regular sweep ana rUi' -,
peculiarly sOnOrOus sound, that neither Ne"poi' -,
away or Long Branch can boast Of Az 'hc is 49,
have frequently heard persons speak Of the gloomy u
late oppressive wash Of the waves, ana o' inc
ingit is apt 10 create especially in certain iuo"
Here the ocean has rich and resonant nuslo, d" Vn0o
frsb and iovous as II il invited you TO rOhckhS tui
ble in its briny arms have been told that those VINO
id NOT ike the sea naturally acquired fondness 1ort
at Rye because it seems so much more ahmateu anu
svmpathcic than does elsewhere. should Judge tms
70 be a GOOD place for marine development, ana can
recommend it TO tellurians not in harmony Win te uo-
,,,n Of Neptune This beach and the view from 1t are
,nquesonably favorable TO culture. Several per-
sons spending the Summer hero, they have done for
five or six past had much to overcome at hst-
the mouoony and solitude OF the ocean affecting ther
spirits eaSiby-but they now have positive passion
for thing connected with tho sea- One OF two OF
them unfortunately are literary and in all their verse
and prose you very apt TO find metaphors borrowed
from bllows and ships and storms, with any number OF
references TO naiads and mermaids and the whole tribe
of the OCcanides
Naiads who can live in water and who do not die on
land at Rye, where bathing Is more popu
lar than at seaside palaces Every resort has It's
particular fashion, and the particular fashion here with
both sexes and all sects is total immersion Everybody
Cos into the sWf-bOys and girls from six to sixteen
and men and women, old and young. ] do not DeneVe
that all them enjoy it, hut it is the mode ana must be
followed noticed several younS women in the surI
this morning who looked fOrOrn and wretched when
a ]
had been "a crude sy,lOgim demanding completion or
dilemma presenting both horns When the breakers
bufeted them they stood firm and rigid, with clenched
hands closed eyes and compressed lips, their whole nina
and body evidently made up to meet the worst They
have strong wills, 10 doubt, else they could not
have borne what must have been disagree
able. They stayed in the water much longer than
was customary; they obey, l presume the $40
ical maxim. "Do what yOu dread to do"-and
when they came out their skin so srivcled and ther
lips were blue at they might have been mistaken Ior
galvanized mcrmaids that had been washed ashore
They have large spartan element in them, know; and
the man who expects TO play the marital yrant In that
quarter Zone of the masculine objects Of marriage OFTEN
seems 70 be TO secure something weakerto yrannze over
viii, am confident have arduOus role to perform.
If they can't get the better of him in one way they VIII
in another They VIII cut the buttons from his shirts
hide his boots misay his letters, and stick pins into MN
when he is asleep until he will be glad to make any COM
promise that shall effectively guard his freedom from the
small torments which only the feminine mind III state
Of anger can devise. have few very dear friends
whom I shOuld like, above anything can think OIL 10
marry to those seaghtes But my friends are espoused
already, and perhaps they could not do worse Ven
geanoe is satisfied.
A PRETTY RATHER AT last.
lam afraid no one Will believe it, but have actually
seen woman whom bathing dress did not spoil.
don't know who she is but fancy she must be sister
or cousin of Aphrode. for one not of the Queen OF
Beauty's blood could effect such miracle in her own
person as to be attractive in the guise of dripping uIn
brella happened to be in the surf myself and coming
up after a dive, observed lncar the shore a1emlhhe
figure which appeared both graceful and comely'
epposed the water in my eyes must have distorted my
vision rubbed them and looked again. expecting the
fair form TO be unidealzed suddenly But was not
saw clearly that the actual the IDEAL or as nearly as
IL ever can this material planet. The waternyHpA
was blonde grayeyed with such long lashes that she
seemed as she stood there, half asleep Her forehead
was rather low-somethng after the Greek models her
nose delicate but rcrouss the nostrs thin and emuous
as they were inhang the breath of roses-a deusoh
they might naturally have cherished from ther prOx-
unity TO the redrpe lips curving so softly above Iul
round chin Her throat white and so alaDasterhke
that imagined could the light through IL. Her
features were not regular, but they were admirably
adapted to her face Her expression was one OF perfect
satisfaction without particle of sefconsciousness she
appeared to smile from her straw hat-eyen that rude
covering had air of symmetry and daintlness-to her
little white feet WHICH, InOugn INC "NiN
visible to anyone who understood harmony OF proportion
The dress the nyInph wore was fine white flannel
tunc trimmed with blue, descending about half way 10
her knees with drawers 10 match About her neck was
a broad rolling collar and around her wrists plain cuns
which the sea seemed TO respect as it did, indeed her
whole attire Whether her clothes fitted her. or she
fitted her Clothes not prepared TO say; but there
was mysterious adaptation of one to the other that
have noticed before under such watery circum
stances She had none Of the disheyeled, drenched
draggled appearance of wet garment hung on ne TO
dry which marks nearly all surfbatbers supposed at
first that she could not have been in the water at
all but closer inspection showed her garments TO
he saturated with moisture. While trying to de-
terine how she could get wet and look so well she
ran into with Outstretched arms, as she had
been Amphitrte herself welcoming her wandering lord
back TO Eubean palace with all the Establishments OF
her immortal charms. If Neptune were not her hege
lord she certainly loved him. and delighted TO dis
play her love- Before he fairly reached her she threw
herself in enchanting madness into his tumutuous
brace and hung upon his curling lips as she lOnged to
grow there To drop metaphor she swan like the duck
that must sentimenay have been until she was far
beyond her depth; then suddenly diving, remained un
der the surface for fully half minute. Afraid that
she was drowning, 1 revolving plans, in
my own mind as to mcs effective Of becoming
a romantic iiepreserver when she suddenly rose still
further out on the crest OF large breaker her pretty
face radiant sunbeam. had further fear for her
felt she was in her native element She was as grace
full as swan in the water, and after floating and swim
ming quarter OF hour in every picturesque way she
put her head TO the Shore and TO land like ideal
Yacht before the wind. her enter at the bathing
houses, and might have learned who she did not
however Like Byron oathe the low vice, curiosity
and beside dreaded dsiusion When the gods send
you a vision Of womanly beauty the vision
and avoid investga CATION.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS.
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