The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-11
BREEZES FROM NEWPORT.
SPRd Y FROM THE SURF AND PETA rs
From IHB ROSES.

| NEWPORT, Aug. S, 1870 Like a true soldier of
the pross,I started instantly your ordors,wt Sir
Charles Napier Of Scnde's some what ethereal bag.
gage allowance OF" two shirts, towel and a square
Of soap' and found myself after dusiint and
ironing Of some hours IN the cheerful little steamer
which carries you right mcrrily from Greenwich to
| newport The coming into this most charming Of
watering places which resembles and outrivals in
many Of rs features the beautiful Isle Of Wight,
in II elf small enchantmcnt. The old town looked
| down with a Kind, quaint air on the gterng waters
| which boke under the midday sun into thous md
smiles, while its girdlo OF u hit hills was crowded
| with gems Of gay light cottages, each with its pic
turesq1o group Of croquette players, giving 10 the
scene Wa,teIulike grace. There crowds,
| too, around OF yachts, and yawls, and boats Of
pleasure setting out some excursion, with their
small ponuinta waving like
FIELD or FLOWERS,
and youth, and music and laughter, and I'll those
| appliances which make nature moro beautiful. Nor
Ia there any Of the crowd, or crush, tear which
madden you at other watering places. There
| was what THE late MIR. Burton used, with lugubr
Gus mug to cali :" holy calm" about the place
Even the omnibus had a decid cd ante revolutionary
air. and in the kindly way of tNc good old times
went now and again three four streets out of lie
| running to take up a parcel or drop fish, How.
| ever, hually, through many winding streets,
narrow and crooked Presbyterian
| argument, we found ourselves in nont Of
the French restaurant, Perores, where such Of
the small foreign attaches Mr.. Psran Stevens
cannot nnd room for, take up. Here however the
Italian Minister, diplomat distinguished for most
bright and Lively intelligence and pre- tty little nose,
| which seems. perhaps in compliment to our Con.
gress TO have been taken in exquisite miniature from
the Hon. Mr.. Morrissey's ana afterward tseSsd on,
had just arrived with full suite, we had retreat
upon the Ocean House.
| nIB rsKpivd noun.
The remorseless brass band for the moment
hushed, and the gongs had ceased to call Without
nothing was astir. Even the distant sound Of the
| surf seemed rather to deepen than disturb the
| silence IL was between and o'clock-the feeding
hour. Within might he heard the gentle murmurs
| OF masrcaton. Old and young, male and female,
Eenfemsn. With mous;aohes like the frinses
| OF scotch terrier, wero vainiy endeayorine
n IA the an, E eo4s 20 % Get S down S'
| OF enfruHttS, with strange negro kitchen French
destinations, Performed miracles with their knives
| title them to rank with the most skilful Chinese
luFgiers. Some yonng and tsr airs may inIuic
where angels should fear TO tread ~ eat too much,
and that with slowerful rush, which, however TO DO
admired in itself as gastronomic exploit, is not
Every young Girl las her little views and Lady
Blessincton, 20 mean authority, has laid 1t down as
settled law tlat any girl wandering in search Of
settlement should never in public eat morc-and
even tits in light, ceprcious way, more in playfl-
nees-than slice Of the breast OF the whitrst chick.
en-, some iced orange Jelly, Tires strawberries, cher.
RES, or grapes; and an almond cake, with somo
| youd is death TO the tender passion This dinner,
| indeed. was
A eRsAr ASTRONOMICAL cIRcUs,
| and gave forttastc of the (ourn.hands aud hugo
curricular displays Which were to follow; and I
mast DO confessed tins eating energy is re,ieuming
element Of vitality after the dresry drowsiness Of
The morning. while also the uucriticil disposition
displayed In devouring Heterogeneous mass OF Gull
nary condemnation without questioning whence t
came, or what II was made OF speasa most highly
| for the amiabie animus Of the eaters.
SUNSET coxs GALvANrc GRAcIousSEss
Then comes the piazza, and the staring at the
diners, and the drive 1t Was not sunset, but Com
gresham =. :. Cox there, ana with genital alac-
n y sN nfSEk ee haaf n5v pS' a
along with gentle grace amid the throng, the pride
and beauty Of the piszla. Mrs. Samuel Penniman
passed But there We're few New Workers there
The hotel was not hsif mll, tie season here not
having Jet broken rom IT, blossom into perfect
bloom, 1ni those who intahit IL chiefly people
from the small towns around BOSTON,
LITTLE NICE
who trying to nibble their way into society and
whom 1t Will be by and by pleasure poison
on. But the truth is the hotels here are more am
more subsiiing before the advancing most sensible
and graceful taste or home or cottage life.
since last saw Newport the Bellevue and Fill
more, then REGARDED a. the most fashionable, have
fallen The Ocean House alone is sin youRg and
may continue to carry buoyantly its brief sum,
mer life. But II is its cottages which give
ac A"tGF at e eSt charm n 'nd e
betu HoTide lite Is 10 be found in them. Elegance,
| refinement culture, wealth beauty. ALI are there
mixed up it may be-vhere no,i-with vast dc,I
| OF commonplace and mono;ony and some obuusiyc
Xnlsarp blI i,ley are there the pest OF what is in
port with all ts fnfaronna e, il far less provire A.
1 less midde-class lngieizc' less ssrignieous than
| tie drawn M Dcmtey & Co. of Nahani and more
brilliant than Saratoga. There are other charm no
. watering places on small scale, like New London
| Tut they are simply spots OF refined retirement and
| quiet grace, aud Of course cannot compare with
4 | Newport. Loas Branch. too. has some redeemina
| beauties. IL has lie handsome Hoey chateau, Will
It's kind and courty mistress, It's genial aud keen
| eyed smaster who, quick but most cordial. label.
you at glance. ana It's iairgir, flower Of that deli
. GERASuN SCHOOL OF BEAUTY
peculiar TO America, and its stately Versailles gar
dens and its galleries graced With gems o. Paul De-
larocGe and Gtrome, and the modern French 10
D,dntiQns school. pucked from the choicest ateeri
ericEs, once renowned as TIE mate Of Ellen Tree
4 | IN Ion. Who, with Louis Quatorze wig and IeG,
SQUIRE SMILE worthy OF the grand monarque him
sell. sit. IN sunny spot beside the lodge remem
herring Adrnstus, and waiting for an Aderney cali
Can u be That some o. The blood OF Ma. accom-
= who took refuge In this country about that period
has stolen into the veins OF HoeyS
Long Branch has, too, the frs; of light comedian
Lester Walaek' tooling along the beachsn his iir'
trap the perfection OF trappis architecture, with hi,
sad Monte Crsto air, signing Ike Alexander for mort
2 worlds to conquer, with beside him, perchauce, h
daughter who sends her glanees like herllds OF de.
' light TO bear around ner hearts sweet messages
;, which, when the young pursuer tries to seize them
= run back to hide themselves in the happy heart
: perchauce the beautiful Madeleine Hcnriques Sc
full OF bright JOY when she uers her iancies
so full oil thoughtful tenderness when size DIV els OF
q them, 1t has he gorgeous West End Hotel, with "a
its front, seated in his graceful wagon, tho gaan
and ce4r'eJed Senator Dreamer, who looAs Iik
one of those
4 TALL, PROUD DEER,
n seen sometimes standing silent a craG which. II
II his parent land, oerhangs the beautiful Tough Ina
t and beside him tie young Alroy OF politics. Surro
@ gate HutchinGs with his hyperion curls and gentle
Nandyke face, while within Its spacious par ors tha
o | agile, intellectual squirrel Marcus Cicero STANLEY
catches sunlight IRON the chgnon of the lovely Mr.
70 Sheridan Shook. II has also that
GREAT BOILER ~ DRKEcHEs
\, Magninco Fisk, whose escape Of steam demands
continent to contain II, and which, however inelt
10 | giant In contour, cannot be regarded without pei
"a | cclNlng the huge power within. II has II
President, and several other presidentable pc
pie, and things Of that class; but wi,ht
1t has a coarse and vulgar glare and its Ions
monotonous line OF undressed, unnowerod unshe
| tered hotels have braSen, bare, eafess look, bu
N little relieved by the unfurled bathing breeehes G
every shade OF faded cooring, which, with air q
tatIered gaiety, Haunt in front their dripping sper
doufs Us you ride along. A. croIkery To pOTce.al
r | LoIg Branch compares ~ Newport
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