, 1876-08-13
WAUKESHA.
THE S1TUATION.
;8nsfi0I E0f.rk9nondkucf nf The Tffh

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
WAUkEsHA, Aug. 1l.-Village gossip is at
low ebb during the midst OF the season. Eacl
family is so much occupied with visitors @
boartlers that it has no leisure to inquire int
the affairs Of others. We see people COMING.
people going; attend church and find half th'
congregation strangers, and new minister IL
the pulpit: meet our old friends at rare inter
walls, and find them wholly absorbed in the car'
and entertainment Of their guests. There Is Il,
opportunity for quiet, harmless chat abou
that s'silly Mrs. Flutterbudget,' or the pros
poets OF Miss Last-of-herSct- Notevcn chanc.
to cxclaim over the habits Of Mr. Take-too
much. AIRS. Grundy herself has pack
ed her trunk, and left unit
she can have more attention, and better accom-
mediation. And, OF course, there is no GOSSIP
among the spring g-boarders! Loungers on ths
hotel steps never remove the precious cigar but tt
discourse on politics, and the state Of the markets
Ladies in the par}ors converse only about patterns
and the latest novel. People at the spring imbibs
the sparkling Bethesda with only a passing com.
ment On the beauties Of NATURE or the value Of the
water. There are no remarks about the s'belle o1
the season - no queries to whether this gentle.
man Is q Widower. and that Z bachelor.
THE MANSION HOUSE HOP
q Week AnV WIZ u pI6aSInL AuasF. IlGQSufe-EC
ers coming now, and there will be many parties
at the different hotels during the coming month
is well for the inralls to people about who arc
we'll. aud full OF life, and not have their misera ble-
ness reflected in the sickly patlor OF everybody
whom they meet in the bourding houHcs and ut the
springs.
The Cornet Band concerts at Bethesda continue
to make that fayorite resort increasingly CAV Sat
urdny evenings. Every establishment that the vil-
la.c boasts Is out then, md there is as great va
rcty i'll vehicles and horses us in the people who
its owner to town On Fair-dny to the stylish car
rage shipped from Chicago for the comfort Of its
fair occupants during their stay in the country.
For week the pleasure Of riding has been great
~ hindcred BY the choking dust, but the due
showers last evening hayc c1Icctually settled that
for short time Ut least.
The ''rush y comes Saturday night, Last week
the Fountain House was full and other hotel. were
obliged to lodge their guests at ncignborng private
houses.
Of the many ptcnics that each heummerdeyelops,
the picnic IL the
NAsHoTAu ANNUAL,
TINT always comes when the boys arc home, and
the lnryest-moon il full. For ten years tho sa,uc
party, with some variations and many changes,
bank Of the lake under the shade Of the fine, old
trees. ranab1cd through the woods rested in the
beautiful i,ts eapei gone out upon the
and then separated nto line Of silents carriagcs'
coming slowly lomc again through the quiet glory
O1 luC utUoItISul 1uE COUPLING OF II at tniE
picnic has becl, the basis Of many lasting friend
ships, perhaps. of some heart-troubles. Many
who have taken that ride together, will never acain
meet; others, have become st1d. married people,
and never expect to takc this any excursion but
with each Other Az from time to time outsiders
marry into the charmed circle, they are also asked
and the invitations read, Nr. Or Airs, So and.
So and the respective wife or husband
This ycar, tile Dodge Club were appointed Com
mlttee u Arrangements, and sixty Invitations were
given, but man; could not leave business, and
make pilgrimage to Naukcsha, even for Nasho-
tab. so the company numbered but twenty six.
The plan was to spend the day ut Nas.lotah come
home by Lakeaide. have supper, aud t.1cu 60 ous