, 1876-07-09
NEWPORT.
Hard Times, Is !t?"...On the
Ocean.House Piazza,
Charlotte Cushman and Her
Iiger--The New Coaches.
a Barn Party---Louisa Alcott--.Annls
Slump---Joaquin Miller.
Special Cbrrkspqndeuce Or The Tffhu..

olunp-."Joaquln Muller.
Special Correspondence Of. The Tftbxas
NEWPORT, 4. l., July 6-Hard times, Is # I
Come to Newport aud sit on the Ocean House
piazza awhile and watch the turn-outs and their
freight Hard times | Who pays for all this
lavish luxury OF purple md fine linen; this
gorgeousness Of carriaEe, and footmen, md
horse-dcsh, which Is not the exception but thu
! rule herca Where docs the money come from
that furnishes all these fine entertainments,
these lunches, and dinner parties and evening
dress~pasadcs3 II it comes hard, one does not
see the effort. "Plenty Of money In the coun-
try" the business men have declared, In wind
ing up their discussions; "p1enty Of money In
the country, but people are afraid to use it."
This may be true Of business projects, but they
are not afraid to use 1t in personal expcndf-
ture, asthc outlays Of those who hare It here
fully testiies.
| SEE Ta1s FINE PHAEfoH row.
4 broad baskct-body, cushioned and lined With
trtncesse silk. The springs and woodwork Of
the body marvel of finish and elegance. Tha
two ponies that draw 1t step high and feel their
pioou, perhaps their cost, for eoe don't know I'LL
that horses know. and they know 50 much it
may be that they have the capacity Of UNDER
stanaihE %! the sharp money talk that goes IN
behind their ears. The rumble OF this line
whose chief duty is deportneut' and whose cSiaf
and 1eser-f faNitG atnuscment ia the rffarie ~
guarded conversation OF the yonnr wn,nen sho
git before him. have sat beside one Of these
lair feminine Whips, and know whereof
Of this snerch. Which was NJ hnnsaf3ria a.
and social criticism. &~'''''eA 11'6'Hts's
"Oh, he doesn't know what mean, was tho
response. The spirit OF this is good deal like
that depicted in George Sands Teverino,-I
is at work inside the chateau. and Aln1,t in ~.
Spouse to the rctaoustrance anu}ed nv n fricrd
who listens to her frecdom Of tongue, that sha
must forget that she Is not done, replics
II am alonci'
J. HER BLUE BLOOD
doesn't recognize the human attributes Of on,
Of the canaiie. Whether nv little Miss Colum-.
bia exalted herself to this cxtcut Ilo not know
rates Buttons capacity Of understandine what
he heard. A friend Of Charlotte Cusfman,s
tells funny story OF the actress and one Of
these tigers, which Is worth retelline. The
great Charlotte Is out driving In ono 81 thcge
very phaetons. Talking busiiy with her friend
and companion, she does not perceive at once
that her tiger has relaxed his ripfd dutv at de.
pertinent which commands him to maintain 4
rigid perpendicular, and is taking his cnset
lis spine was Of the same texture OF bone and
muscle as that Of other peoples. Presently,
however, turning her head she discovers poo1
Buttons in his Tccaldtrant position. With al
her tragic manner, she seizes him by the shoup
ders, and cries In her deep Toicc.
sss1r UP SIT uPl
What do vor mean nv sittfno III tho+7n
This story was told to me by iaav vAo herse1f
has good deal Of inherited dramatic talent.
and as she told it she rather eubarrassingly I'd
ma shoulders. as We had mo tiper nrespnt and
We were driving On The ayenuei
This week two Of the mucI- alkcd-of coaches
are to be nut on the avenue md Ocean Drive hv
alr. Hugo o. Fr,tsch and 3fr. Augustus Viii
Ing, Of New York. Their starting point is the
Ocean House, from which the nsssenpnrs viii
he Mn,ted. md a. whfcf, The nassenoers S;I1 aIao
disembark. EacI. cooch is a fourin-hand. and
The paxsatgeTs Grz u Be Of e pyoprktors' o,ca r.
lection. t'0h ho! swell affair, eh; where ordi-
scorufully, and q good many honest sonls ect
the same one-sfded idea, and fancy particular
slirht upon their class because these reutlemen
do rs thew have nerfect rightlto do with their
own. which il not inatitutetf for mere nrott@ IA
which is to bring nleasure, One thinp I hnyv
not n fioubt Of. md thnt ia that
yHEsE pLEAsuRR COACHES
Of the gentry will inaugurate by-and-by line
of nnhlir cna;.hcs IN the somc nlon for tia ova
nue and Ocean Drive. A. horsxc.cnrs x, I have hern
driven out Of the Lcpislature bv thc land-own-
ers this inaueuratfoI, would he heartilv vel
coined bv the vast army OF poorer folk who ,cW
70 to Newport and look On at the glories in
prcsent, Eut which their nspfring Amcrican souIs
nonEerani hone for in tho ,ext f3,rn ri Fnrtnness
wheel.
As said before in previous letter. the Bos-
ton element ia larrcly felt here. The other
ninht Boston woman rave pretty and odd
ENTERTAINMENT which emphasizes nv meauing.
iuests were biddcn m to an ort1uary eyentnr
party. On arrival, they are conducted to thc