The New York herald., 1874-07-09
The BijOu City nv the Sen
opens the Season.
\ MODERN ClEOPATRA'S GALLEY,
Som g thing About Horses
and Real Estate.
SOLVING CONUNDRUM
How Moderate Living Can Be
Had at Newport.

Tne season" may be said to have fairly COM
nenced here though the rush Of transient travel
has not yet set In. We may look for that at the
latter part OF the month and all through August.
10 'he meantime 1.-The regulars'-that Is the COZ
tagers and villa people, though almost everything
shat Is not palatial in lie and style Is termed
cottage here-knOw that this is the day and nour
Of real enjoyment; for Thames street Is not now
deadlock OF carriage wheels as 1t viii be little
later, and the bath road is not perpetual fog or
dust, and the bathhOuses on the beach haven't to
be waited for and watched for with lynx eyes and
pOunced upon at the first moment OF vacancy.
But this last item OF convenience is partially owing
TO the water temperature, which still retains the
chill Of spring, owing to the latecoming summer.
The singing heat or "the fiery Monday" seemed
TO make little difference in the temperature, and
the thrOng OF oathers who came down in iull con-
ndence that day came out OF the waves sadder
and wiser than they went in.
ON THE FOURTH
excursionists from Providence and other places
strOlled over the beach, but the GOODNESS OF the
day cooled the ardOr for bathing. The excite
nent Of the day, however, was in
THE sAI-BOAT RACE
around the island Of Conanicut. The boats were
In four classes, ana prize was to be contested
for by each boat The light, graceful craft, deco
rated with fags made one OF the prettiest sights
that the season Will see as they sped on past the
Point Betting ran high and was not entirely con-
nned to the masculine members and friends. The
pretty fashion which came in last year with cer
tain set to pay morning or evening calls by yacht
conveyance, wherever friends and acquaintances
could be reached at various points OF the island
Is coming in again this season though the excuse
Of the burning drought and the binding dust OF
last year Is wanting this summer There was
good deal OF 'golng out of the way" and doubling
Of distance for this notion, but 1t was,
SOMETHING NEW,
and that was enough. Perhaps II the young
Rhode islanders recent invention-a paper boat
light enough to be carried like the famous Rob
Roy, on the shouders-shali come into general
use, we may yet see party Of summer visitors
coming over from Bateman's to the Point on
washington street, and, picking up their boat,
make another detour through the town, going over
to Compton, perhaps, or to some other quarter
equally divergent. Beautiful as Newport is, the
sparse watering OF some OF the most lovely streets,
b0wery places which entice every pleasure driver,
makes one long iOr some new dlspensation OF law
and order, and even tyranny, In the way OF water
privileges. AS for the Fort drive, where we follow
meeky in each others dust, as George Curtis said
years ago, and which can be said just as truly OF
to-day, who would think OF taking it after the
charming experience Of sailing over In pretty,
cushioned boat, and then strOllrg about ''spick
and span," with grain of soil skin raiment.
One can make just as fine toilet in these yacht
Bailersner for that matter, for there Is no crush
OF skirts, no cloud Of sand to filter through. But
the owners Of fine phaetons anu Respondent Ian
daus and blood horses will follow meeky this year
As years before IN everybOdy's dust no matter
what discomfort may result therefrOm Tor the sake
Of displaying their spendorS. Speaking OF horses
brings up at once
THE LITTLE NORWEGIAN SPAN
owned by DR.. Charming, the only specimen Of the
breed in Newport. They are pretty cream -colored
ponies, with white names tipped with black, cut
from birth, until they stand up like fox brush and
the fore legs zebra striped. Tue Doctor is one of
the heirs OF the great Gbos estate, which, lying in
trust 50 many years, has run up into the millions
OF accumulation by the yearly increase OF land
values. All the land lying over between the first
and second beaches and out towards the Hanging
Rocks, and back downward over the hill by the
Narquand place is or was pretty much al the
property Of the GibDs heirs.
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN'S
house is built on land bought from this estate two
years ago. number of lots have been sold and
away stretches the Gibbs estate to the border land
OF the beaches. When the visitor of to-day looks
s rcer in
mOneyed estimates until they are becoming verlt-
ably "the fat Of the land trust properties seem to
ago, before Newport had begun to think OF build
ing back over the hll and backward,
ing But to live lurther beacnward than
tine Gins even to-day is to live out Of the range of
lady social visiting and though one may M admire
beach, and agree tnat 1t is very pretty thing to
drive III to town across shore behind The little
sene lamp is lQnted, there will come a vain long.
ing for Newport gas, which only lies hands
band at the ocean House and other town delights
rHE OCEAN HOUSE
mucn earlier than usual on account o the clOsing
though It IS the only hotel in the city Of any pre-.
season to revive something Of the old time spirit.
the fashionable Juror which once made Newport
hotel life the rage Latterly the cottage and villa
Lie has OverbOrne this Juror, and New York and
New orleans, instead OF coming In lorce as
formerly to the 'hrst doors" and the piazza
beginning OF all this decline Is to be traced to the
"hOtel prices" which went up and up ana up, and
never came down ,,m where % one could make ma an any
There has been an attempt to change this
sufl1ciently to remove the giant growth OF prelu-
has taken too strong hold. The old Ocean, how
ever, IS fascinating place-a sort OF gingerbread
castle in effect, but ascnatng-and this year, with
new furnishing here and there, 1T will be the CEN
tre Of all the transient travel, and 1t Is always the
porch: as 1t were, OF all Newport lile New York
and Chicago and Paris meet together there In
amty just now. From the latter heaven upon
earth there is live count, upon whose aristocrac
uuchmcutS leIiiuluc IOuub AmcrlCd Cdu lctsJ ncl
adoring eyes without stint as he takes his mld con-
stitutonal up aud down the famous plazzas.
TIE CLIFF COTTAGES
nave been taken quite readily this season, though
Il is one OF the most expensive ways Of living TO
rent the socailed cottage at 1000 per season and
pay 81 per day for the restaurant serving, which Is
one OF the features OF the GIN houses,
j. b. Lippncott, the well known Philadelphia
publisher, has rented Cliff cottage this summer
and another well known ''magaZine man" Is eX.
pected. Philadelphia magazines must "pay,n to
speak in Yankee yernacular, for pere we have Mr..
Peterson of Peers0ns Magazine, lord OF the beau-
tul De Lancy Kane manor. on the bath
road, the most charming OF all Newports charm-
Ing places, and the most extensive and expensive.
THE DRIVING ON THE AVENUE
has not attained It's full measure yet though Mr.
Cary's four-n.hald, which appeared week
more ago, caused q little excitement The out.of-
towncrs commence their drive earlier usually than
the town residents and drop OIL little earlier.
This earlier start will this season give pretty
view now and then OF pretty feminine Occupa-
which Ia hai q fa shiQn DrINe