New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-02

il must require deal of stern selfsacrice In giri
to 90 bathing house gorgeous and come out guy
I'd almost think OF retiring from the gaze OF an
admirng crowd 10 their astonshed view soon
after in nothing but my bones Certainly the dear erea
lures do look rather queer and sloppy after coming out
of the water Even "Our Fritz would hesitate before
advancing on such brigade Were woman, aud TINS
SUFFRAGE I'd consent TO be shorn of the right.
Late in the afternoon drive on the avenue Is the
thing. There you may see any number OF slapup
gals in - bangup" charots Some drive pony ph@tons
notice that pretty girl never drives alone or Win one
of her persuasion in the matter OF SEX while anugy
one either drives sngly in company with some girl
shade uglier IL possible than herself. is this tho
principle that misery loves company The avenue, when
sprinked very pleasant drive, and the scene Is
decidedly gay one, Notwithstanding the scarcity OF
four-n-hands. Where are they all looked to see
nothing less than three of kind shown any hand, but
very few of the youth seem to hold more than pair
The cottages along the avenue modest little affairs
built simply for Summer use, remember, and shut UP
with the coming OF the first frost On the average they
do not cost more than 100000 EACH though some range
from $4,000 TO $S0OOO0. There Is no use In spend
ing so much as this a house to be occu
pied only three months of the year-slOocOO Is quite
enough for OF simple taste and economical haDlts
and his neighbors will respect him quite as much as II
he laid out more Moss Bank, think is rather within
this figure than outside OF it, As TO who has the hand
soonest cottage the avenue, shall not attempt to
decide-though perfectly competent to. The Peruvian
Minister'S a snug little affair." costing. with its grounds
in the neghborhood of $OO,OOo You know it when you
pass by the peculiar bark Of the dogs Belmonrs Is
not bad Morons is rather neat and Gardner Brewers
ineffective in the disance-these brewers have
accumulated money wonderfully fast since lager became
popular drink. None Of the places, however, exactly
suit my taste. 1t may be I've been spoiled by Moss
Bank. Mrs. George Francis Trains cottage is on the
ocean bluffs getting full benefit Of the big sea breezes'
Probably she would not feel at home without good deal
Of blowing around her Up here she won't feel george
Franciss absences much If at all.
One thing that will make Newport memorable to me
is meeting Mrs. Julia Ward Howe here. Mine eyes
have the glory" &c. When that magnificent Datte-
hymn first made its appearance occupied position as
reviewer-rather should say, noticer-of new phDca-
TONS 1t went my heart and saw in 1t the lyric OF
the war; but Of my friends seemed to see II as Ia
yoraby Irememher calling the attention OF one gen.
tleman OF acknowledged literary taste to IT, he saw
nothing in ii to prase-nothng at all; thought stupu
Objected TO the sentiment well to the rhythm Par
ticulary he sat down critically ON line In tine last stan
| zas which struck me as exquisitely beautiful:
In the beauty the lilies Christ was born across the sea-
twas wrong in point of fact he declared inasmuch as
Christ was not born in a garden at ALL but in manger
Wa not that Interpretation sufficiently literal 10 satisfy
ne most exgeant 1t is satisfactory to me to think that
in the due course of things this critic has got his deserts
retrbution has overtaken him. once New-forker, he
| is now a Professor in a California College.
sailing party came off, given by Mrs. Louise Chandler
Mouon-a writer of terse and vigorous English, and
correspondent of THE TRIBUNE. Among the guests was
that glory Of American wOmanhood, Mrs Julia Ward
Howe and her two daughters, the younger Maud show
ing one of the brightest rogush faces in the world
under arim ayeld hat, in which the maiden, sur
| named Muller, might well be posed Kate Field, her
bright face and flowing hair set off by aunty sailor hat
Mary Cemmer Ames, whose bright lance CLEANS amid
the independent hosts who ride with the fairhared
TfltOn; Mrs Ann Thony conductor OF The Moss BANK
| Daily Programme and Corresponding Secretary OF a
Pnckney-s Institute for Raising the Blind lovely
blossom from the lowery meads of Providence;
the hostess Of the OCCASION dandng and all OF us in
the verbal Of her voice. and your correspondent
TO fl ont the picture and make II pretty. But stay;
enumeratng the saints have forgotten 10 mention the
bodies There is T. W. Hcgnson, contributor to an OBJ
scure Boston magazine; Mark Antony, eminent as a
woodcuter and eater of Spanish mackere; Prof j. r.
Osgood otherwise known the Boston Chicken or
the "Slasher of the HUB" eminent pugst, pedes-
trian and inventor Of ingenious but impractieabe
corkscrew, beside several other young gentlemen of
| about the age, whose names l do not now re-
member.
A dense fog was setting in when we got under way,
and the wind, southeast when started gradually
veered around to southeast by south, half SOUTH little
| northery, thankyOu But by bOwsing down the cat
haTpngs, lashng the spanker 10 the main royal truck
letting the gatOpsail be hauling taut the weather
board b-boom, marlinspike-wise, managed TO clear
our hawse and stand weathery out TO sea, with wet
sheet and a flowing clewine 1t was thought at one
tmeha would have TO get an extra pull on the blight
of the larbOard cat-head, bark was seen bearing
down on us, about four bells Of the dOgwatch, but
we got out of the mess by ianming dead-eye in
the fore-fOot which relieved the forecastle some
| and gave us a better look TO wndward, after
which a pull at a small flask in Prof. OsgOod'
port pocket brought up all right and set the heel of
the mzzenOpmast a-shvcring II may be that I've got
the seaerms and nautical maneuverDgs little Mixed
but they all there; them 10 suit yourself If
you think you make better of it than have.
If YOU don't think we did all those things though ask
capt Bill known as the handsomest skipper OF New
port and particularly patrOnized by ladies that &C
count, though regret 10 say that he is comparatively
ignorant Of where TO find founders, and knows next to
nothing Of theIsecret hauntsEof theawid tautog.
| Well, had delightful time of it with Mrs Howe.
The moment / knew she to be Of the party got
out few Of the books always carry in my travelling
bag and read up metaphysics, German, philosophy,
geometry arithmetic, and the other things. The result
was that she did MT get Our conversation was
carried principally in German, out Of Difference 10 the
rest of the company who not up very well in He
brew It Of made very little difference to me in what
language spoke, though my strong suit is Kanaka.
rcgre to say in this beautiful and exceedingly
liquid tongue Mrs. Howe is not so proficient as should
wish. Thus, when | said to her Ora matake payce,
oo-oo" she replied Did it hurt you much Z" when the
correct thing to have said "muckee-muckee." But
can't know everything, and suppose she has never
eaten a missionary. In metaphysical matters didn't
exactly agree, though regards main truths there is
less di renee between than you might suppose. We
both believe that there is great deal Of human nature
in men and women and that should take the
risk OF losing his jack in wild and probably futile az
tempt to make game A. TO the origin OF evil, we are
divided. think it began Boston, but she locates it
Cambridge On the glacial theory, too, split mold
ing 10 the theory that before the invention Of catawba
CObblers there could have been for such
amount OF ice, and that in the economy of nature nothing
Is produced To be wasted; while she contends that the
vast ncs o. ice not thrown away they have
been meant Tor the backsders Of the primitive church,