, 1874-12-13

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THE MERCANTILE GLASS
nenn1n WIN come not SO much for fashion az Tor
change and amusement. They nEe better class
Of people than the habitues OF Hamsgato and
A1argate,-less given to stunning tolfestes, 10
loud laughter, and to lncorng1o!e asplfaae;5 . e;a
scale from tho ultra-fashlonables Who make the
later scason as il . chasm wide as that into
which Curtius leaped yawned between them.
These visitors evidently come to Brighton for
the eake OF the sea, as Others OF their class fll
tho quiet little town Of Bsoadatairs. They come
mt to make T. sensation with costumes that
would mako Sbeba's Queen look black With
cnvy,-not to display horses that would make
Bucephalus pine into the eorry condition OF
Rosinante BY contrast,--not to stir each othor's
Jealous pulses With habits Of luxury that only
afflueuca can eupport,-but to inhale the
strengthening sea-air, to grow strong with tho
tonic Of sea-bathing. and to wa1 hearty, and
hesltby. and happy. under the niessea lnnn IN
cnces OF tho benignant mood IN Which they ma
Nature at brighton.
During this summer-sesson
CHILDREN
are largely in tho p1eponderance. Ton meet
them everEwhere-on tne l'eF, tne Esplahaae, 81 a,aa
for the children's sake that the place ia filed.
Later however they disappear; aud, when the
fashionable world comes to Brighton. to epafk1o-
and flash, and glitter, as bubbles throw OF prls-
matte CLEANS in the sunshine, children as entire
ly disappear as If childhood were moi, AS ii men
and women were the only human expressions Of
tho Divine intention. --
As The autumn approaches, another change
crceps over Brighton. The troops Of children
who filled its pleasant places. VINO were seldom ION
wooden spades. the sailor hats, and the sand"col~
orcd shoes, that are almost inevitable concom-
tants OF childhood Il. English waterins-places,
return homo to governess and to nursery. iho
groups Of simply-dres.ed ladies', who sat nour
{1,o Inv baae in ID
ow Of wido-brimmed hats, who wore their home
spuus and scrges from sunrise to sunset, as il
silks and vaivets had not for them tho subtle
power of fascination that they have for tho fem
nine nature generally, and andy. Who ,. were s.u NOT
even to stop wide holes in the family stockings.
az thoy bathed in the sunshine. melt away, group
by group, to be absorbed in tho world OF middle
class lifo in London
But, when the sweet tenderness Of the , En-
glish summer is intensified into the glorious lus'
tres OF the Brighton autumn,
HANDSOME CARRIAGES
begin to mingle with tho cabs, tbs hotel-omnl-
buses, the donkey~wagons, and the costesmon,
gers carts, that roll aud rattle over the broad
drive upon the cliffs. And. as tho autumn WAKES
more vigorous. az its sunshine filters through an
atmosphere more crystalline than any other IN
England, und bathes the town in amber Hoods
like the topaz brilliance that enfolds Naples and
Nice st Chrstmas,-tho more expensive houses
are filed; the carriages on thc dave become
wonderfully numerous aud splendid; the militia
rv band plays every morning and evening upon
tile pier; another baud twice week in the Pa
yilion grounds; concerts. at which tho hrss
London talent assists, are gwen: oails take
place ut the Pavilion; the Aquarium becomes
dressed women and aristocratic-looking men;
the pier is tLrongel. the esplauade crowded, and
tho
CAT CARNIVAL OF FASHION,
the giddy riot Of the pomps and vanlt1es, IS ut
its height, as If tho great purpose of creation
was. that We might eat, drink, aud be merry, for
tomorrow we die.
During tho winter months after Christmas,
the c,ty Is deserted by its fashionable visitors
for then sea fogs drift in from the Channel and
cling to the Sussex shore as il they too. thought
tit to enjoy season at Brighton. Then another
short season is created by those who are willing
to avail themselves Of the opportunity OF hiring
handsome apartments at rent scarcely moro than
nominal, and for gaining the opportunity OF
visiting their children, who fill tho 600 boarding.
schools OF the city.
England is SO densely populated, its people
press SO closely against each other, that, as in
crowded apartment,
THE GREAT CET IS FOR AIR.
Never, in our own broad, free country. where
men ara not more than acres. do VIC hear such
laments about relaxing atmospheres, deDiiitating
temperatures, lowering climates, and de-
pressing airs, as we hear in England. The
humid atmospcre hangs like d heavy veil over
the whole island, shutting down az in boz the
with us rise through our transparent
sir to be dissolved i'll space. In
London, the sky is domed over the huge city, so
close to its dingy spires and cupolas. 30 gray, 80
nebuloue, SO dense with smoke and vapor, that
m American fresh from our translucent airs,
our high -arched horizons and our immeasurable
ZenithB, feels that he cannot breathe; that his
lungs gasp: that his heart labors heavily with
tho stagnapt life-currents, that grow go thick
and foul for need OF the stimulating oxygen
large portion Of the island, save in close prox-
unity to the sea and this is the cause OF the
Embellishments laying invariably tic particular
stress that he does upon climatic Influences {tho
stress that we Americans are more inclined to
lay upon diet) when he seeks to build up pros
ttato SYSTEM ....
This also accounts for the fact that the larger
proportion Of all tbs educational Embellishments
Of England arc
plASTED UPON THE sEA-coAsT;
for it is truth (and the contrary Is not the only
fallacy with regard to the English peopls that
periences) that the English children of tho mid
die and upper classes are as fur removed from
the peony-cheeked, thick-limbed, sturdily bodied
type that We have accepted na that OF tho British
Juvenile. as ia the pallid, dropping, weary,
ennueed precocious beings that tue English be-
love ell our children to be. from tho hearty
young Americans who cluster around our hearth
stones. Very many English children. as have
seen them all over the Kingdom, look as If they
wero trying to grow in an impoverished air; and
that this fact is recognized accounts for the 600
schools in Brighton. and the nearly eqnRl num-
Der in Ramsgate and hIargatc, where the fresh,
pure air, sweeping in from the Channel, puts
strength into weak limbs, and more OF the wine
Of life into tho watery blood of children from the
inland counties.
II IL novel sirht to our American eyeB. the