, 1877-07-29
The Fog Damage---A Fatal Hand
Laid Upon favorite
z Fashion.
A Grand Coup de Grace by
a Blonde Belle.
Edward Everett Hale and His New
Book---His Daughters Picture
in the Exposition.
James Gordon Bennett.
F+om Our O1r7. Correspondent.

From Our o1rs Correspondent.
NEWPORT, r. l., July B.-The' fashion Of
-+crimps'' for this month has been, rs far as the
following" goes, pretty nearly obsolete, for
the mighty hand Of nighticr power than that
of Fashion has been laid upon it,-that of sea-
fog and damp: for: nearly the whole of the
month has been rain month Perhaps there
are coast towns where this treachcrous hand is
not so fatal; where the cunning "wave" and
4'triu'' can hold their own: but that town
is not Newport And so 1t comes that the lash
lon Of crimps is pcrforce Of necessity just nos
an obsolete one. Yesterday heard pathetic
conversation between two young d<7noiseEAs on
this very subject
4..But you know. Maud, that am another be-
ing with my hair plain-''
still--n
"a difference! tell YOU that l am another
being. What blondes could do with themselves
in The old days before crimps were known can-
not understand. anu only loo thankful that
YVES born in this ecncratiou!'' All this with
look of solemn seriousness, as II the happiness
Of life hung upon it. 4 little penstve pause,
and then
were to have a wet season, I should not stay
here. should go to the mountains."
l. seems very funny to write this; It seemed
funuier, however, to hear it, for it was all said
in such solemn, almost tragic, manner. Three,
or four, or FIVE years ago there was another
tscase' similar to this here, though it lacked
the element OF solemuty; aud this was
L GAY blonde
who acknowledged herself entirely OF the but
terfy order II vas 4 rainy season: and our
butterfly, Incoming convinced that it WAS rain
tt,st would lust, aud finding her beautiful crepe
chevature entirely disorganizcd and demoral-
{zed aul rs she felt, her beauty suffering there
from, D}itllely packed her trunks, aud. MAX
ing no secret of her reason for dcparting,-in-
deed, making, hare always thought, one OF
the finest little strokes of wit and policy,
which, a1 one nluw :oul Ill the weapons of 11cI-
Guile out OF the hands of her 14d:nrA e7e''aies,
and placed her at once in the position III
4 BOLD AND CAPTIVATING GENERAL
who would always be mistress of herself and
the situation. !
'sO yes, you know am going away on at
count of the fog and DAMP she would brightly
say my hea,th: M, indced,' with gay
laugh. "It's my hair--takes the curl 2ud the
crimp entirely out, makes me fright, anu, OF
course, couldn't stay, for my hair was my
ftr3ug point, you know.H AND So this arch
5anssel bctuoS herself away to fresh liritts and
pastures new. Sic has since that time hob
1,oilu witt grcat ladies and PriaScs il: their own
countries. 90 not doubt .s,:cI her airy audac-
it- and spk.dE: tci:e: n l,Sr ow:l ri.nt OF way.
carried ksf t1rougl: my anla:l situations;
But the suggestion tea. rts!'es with I'LL TINS
Is whether .r.>:utn arc no. 1n&rc aliu uose sat-
rjtieing everything to c1tcrEal appearance
1;jnnti,ll arl.: l.-uutt:7 WHO have ltnio"eu the
summe7-:::.!e here and liaye followed Or fallen
rood deal i1,:o tho tide ol :5Gy fashion. declare
sta'tly that we are o'y G4i;ias tac 'litn! steps
in the domain Of AIl aad Arts Grca: mistress,
Beauty. This sounds exceedingly We'll, and !
like to rcl,c1nbtrl it
WHEN l'yE MADE 4 PARTICULAR FOOL OF Ny
in heinc lcctIlct AMI cheated ont OF what
should have gong to more useful uses! But
the gospel Of beauty Is gaining .r!'1ino, ana even
such sweet duty preachers :s Edward Everett
Hale saws III this last little new book Ut his,
s'The Wonderful Adventures Ut Pulman,
through one Of it's h.roi,.es, WHO finds herself
in house of beauty: Yet believe We were
all born to such beautiful things" Brunette
and B!ondil1a have been tiourlsllEg Luis quota
tion with great yigor eycr since the author came
oyc1 here tro1. his NafraTansett summer lioule
the other CAV aud prea: he'd to lis in the unta-
nan church. 1t brought Boston t'acr: very fs'rel
lily to sec tha1 tall figure and the Kind eyes AMI
hear that rolling .yo'xc with its curious
then drops ag:-zavatingly out of car-snot..
The audience was large one, and what Que nf
the State newspapers styled = a crowded, fash
innablc, and somewhat distinguished congre!a-
tion." But conventional IF1nlt' Ghairsh Goef,
whose ideas Of CcitaT1ans are evidently good
deal mixed, described the attcl'tlan:c Is OF
FASHIONABLE RADICALS"
But the very simple orthodox do"trine that
God can control ell sin, and TINT everything lie
planted brought forth fruit, some thirty told,
some sixty, some an !aMired fold, and that SO
the Church through the teachings OF His dis
cip}es showed that As time went OIL 1t was
bringing forth its hundred fold Of fruit. and
growing l,ettcr day by 'lay, this was hardly in
the VENT airsplit1ing, speculative radicalisra,
Aud ,l1. Hale himself does NOT belong
to the Radical school in any way,
as any person who is intelligent on tho unita-
Ran or Radical question very well knows. But,
TO let this pass with tue rest Of the ignorant
twadel}e which good many people thlnk IS con-
rcFsatiop. let ue turn moment to Air. H:ilc's
b,o's, published On Saturday. which his recent
visit here has made subject Of criticism with
the three members vi the Scrap-R<',k Club
1sbo have found their way here. It is the latest
Of tho Town and Country Series, and has the odd
title Of &C, I. L.; or, Tue Wonderful Auyen-
tures Of Pullman" Not't'dy in the world, l
think, hut Edward Everett Hale would ever
have found such an odd title for book. The
first part Of the title
THE MYSTERIOUS INITIALS
arc explained in the preface in verF interest
Ing Of which is a fair specimen: Z
More than generation ago, common Joke
one Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that when at
insolyept debtor, a rough who had been en-
gaecd in All -'nnrlcntantncH*, or ANY other !oafc.
who had changed his home, wished TO leave warn.
ing behind h1in where he had gone. he chalked
upon his door the letters 6. T. r. These letters
were in no sort mysterious They meant and wert
understood to mean. Gone to Texas" olt
enough to remember their use, when they were
quite a. intclisble a@ A. S. $. or Ii. D.. have
Greu amused aud surprised TO that this generH.
ton does not know whxt they mean, and thai !
word OF preface il needed TO explain. was sc
einplr, End 70 fur gone in wears. that when an
Dounced the title to this book supposed ali
America would kuow,-a1l Amesica would kaye
known tk!tty yeurs ago.-~hat ,hese letters mean.
mn, no thought Of ii secret society .. OF other
cabala.
In the opening chapter Of the story, occasion
is made ro aliude to - The Strange Adventures
of Il Phaetos.'' that charming story Of Black
which lends Its name to our little talc.'' Aud
thus we get the reason Tor the second part Of
the title, which VIC might have accused Mr.,
Hale Of plaglarizlng if he .,sd not been 80 can
did. And with this candor there is the frauk aa-
dcnduu, ts II only the mantci-pece of mr. pre,
deces:or would fall upon my head'' But