The New York herald., 1872-09-14
BRIGHT TON.
A Glance at the LOndOners' Resort and
an Estimate of Its People.
An Incident of Travel--The People One Meets
On the Beach at Brighton-The Town and Its
Fascination-The Aquarium-Big Fish
and Little Fish-Stanley at Brigh-
ton-Ths British Association.
BRIGHTON, August 20, 1872 .

BRIGHTON August 20, 1872.
Every Londoner who don't 20 somewhere felse,
this time Of the year, goes 10 Brighton. n may
he that he only stays twenty four hours, ane. that
ne opay goes once In season, but for that twenty
four hours and for that one time he may be as
surely counted upon as the return OF TIE famous
comet OF 1852. had been In London avst one day
when Il occurred to me that had betv,r do Oh the
rest and 20 to Brighton; the more Especially as,
Just at this moment, the British Association is
holding its meetings there, and dis penslng its wis.,
dom to the bathing world. As VT is well known
that HERALD correspondent vas already here,
the lion Of society, the admired Of all
admirers, the bright partculsy ystar upon which oil
eyes were fixed, there may rvpeople mean enough
to insnuate that the hope OF sharing in his glory
and shining by reflected Eight may have had some
thing TO do with this decision, an nsinuation
shall treat with the contempt it deserves. took o
second class ticket to Brighton, because was In
conversational mood, cnd knew i would be moro
likely 10 find conversational people in q second
class carriage than IN first First class people, as
rule, highly respectable that they are afraid
OF compromising their respectablity by speaking to
zach etner travel for hours together shrouded
and EMBODIED in their dignity, treating each other
IN suspicious 'distasteful way that Is extremely
embarrassing to O cOnfdng, gushing nature like my
own when aSn In q talkative frame OF mind.
therefore shun first class people, and in this case
soon had occasion to rejoice In having done So
for upon getting into O second class car found my
self IN the eociety OF some three or four persons,
engaged In lively conversation, but who, as
ascertained by listening, were, nevertheless,
entire strangers to each other This looked prom
ising, especially as there was one young lady
among them, very neatly dressed, who talked in
cessantly seemed to know everybody and every
thing in Brighton, and excited my curiosity exceed
irgly as to her exact position In society. She
talked very WELL too well for servant girl and too
much for lady, was dressed too neatly for
. chambermaid and too plainly for q
COcote, in fact was dressed like lady,
and yet she had certain airs and ways that were
not OF lady, and besides seemed to know rather
much about horse-racing and the wine trade for
that. She furthermore spoke familiarity of Charley
stern and Harry 0sgood and Jimmy Lawrence
young men who made out were great swels, and
gave many interesting facts concerning their past
history and future prospects. When the converse
tlOn turned upon the stay OF the Emperor at
Brighton she told us how particular friend OF
hers was on such intimate terms with Eugenie
that she called him by his Christian name and how
he said she spoke English so sweetly that he was
almost on the point OF falling in love with her. and
would, no doubt he had o title; and
how the rooms prepared for them at
the Grand Hotel were most beautifully furnished
in white and satin. She further informed us
that the Emperor would stay some weeks In
Brighton If he should find he could DO 30 without
700 much annoyance from the crowd that gathers
around the hotel every day to stare at him.
Who can she DO, / thought, this pretty girl,
travelling alone, 30 easy In her manners, 30 be.
cOmingy dressed, so peculiarly gifted iu conver-
satiOnal powers, having friends among the i'm
perial nobility, and yet Just then made place
hcol1 mo fOrh har fact yVoo aiff "a
and she put them on the seat, the toes Of two
dainty little boots modestly peepng out from be-
meath her dainty skirtsln the most bewitching way.
There was nothing IN the least immodest In the
action or the position, but an air OF knowing what
she was about perfect selfconfdence in her own
ability to take OF 0fherself and determination
to be comfortable. She smiled her thanks to me,
and then continued to the person to whom she had
been talking, 1--WE sold champagne at one place
for twelve and sixpence, and 1t was just the same
as they sold at the Others for sovereign" "A
barmaidl" exclaimed, inwardly, of course; for
would not for the world have let her pretty eyes
detect even trace OF disappointment in my face
upon making the discovery. SO, thought, this Is
how she knows 60 many people, and this
friend OF hers who is on such Init Init.
him by his Christian name, is probably the head
waiter at the Grand Hotel. No matter, l thought
sne s anGTs o% seT about
Brighton than from all the guides and gulde-bOoks
put t1 se Srsn m nssp hr TSa
not difficult for she did not know she talk
ing TO several hundred thousand readers through
the HERALD, else had she been more Circumspect,
doubt. It il not without some qualms Of con
science that report what was told me IN conf
dence, and am very much afraid that If she saw
this letter the geod opinion she expressed Of me at
parting would be slightly modified.
WHAT SHE KNEW ABOUT BRIGHTON.
80, you live In Brighton, Miss. You seem to
know good many people there" suggested
my father and mother do and my sister and me
we used to keep hotel there and very good h0-
81 0 %oaR aRd
awiuly hard, you know, TO make thing OF that
kind go; and my sister, who is widow, got an
offer of marriage and Is going to get married next
month; and her husband that Is to be Is so awful
fond OF me, and has invited me TO come ana live
with them, which we sold out the hotel and are
now living In London In rooms; and we are not in
business now, getting ready for the wedding. You
know what an amount OF things It takes to get
married; so think have done enough hard work in
my time, Tor my ssteris intended is very rich, and
his writing him. please
do this," and "Luue won't you 40 tfat Tor me, De.
cause y4u can 40 It 40 much better than anybody
thoughtful as he can be; which think nay sisters
doing better this time than the first time she got
married; for although he was pretty good man,
and they were just as loving towards her as they
and made her give up everything, and there's
and when thing once gets into she hands Of those
sharks OF lawyers they want to make their living
out or II and wont never let II 90. They hold TO
4 @ IKE dSG o. 70 S bone. ! am n only going down to
get some things TOR my sister.
CORRESPONDENCE You are going TO get
married yourself You are much too pretty to re-
main long SINGLE
BARhAiD-Oh, no; I'll never get married. have
no confidence In the men, which am rot Ike my
sister, for had q sweetheart once and had enough
OF II TO do me oil my life. l don't want any more
Int think would like TO 90 40 America some
time 10 see tee country. They say it's very good
country. You are an AM merican, ancnt you But
hate The weter, and there is no other way Of GO
tpp, In there
CoRRKspoNDBNT-No. YeN see the ratlrotd to
nm OF vefO O0mnlefed. The MaSer is lher