The New York herald., 1879-07-06

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third-upon my word l don't know who the
rest are" This mode of colonization was
eminently successful. Poets and journalists. sing
ers and painters. managers and players met ON that
generous piazza overlooking the unruhied waters.
Therethey chatted. smoked, laughed and chatted
again. Mirth winged the hours. Whatever the world
OF art had to show. from the Venus of Milo to
the latest craze OF the theatres, day after
day the shuttecock of conversation. ''Ah," sighed
Mr.. james Lewis. OF the Park Theatre sitting with
your correspondent under spreading elm, "tllat
was the golden age of Larchmont With all the
villas included we were so small colony that every
body knew his neighbor. The ladies' would come
down there to the waterside in their calico gowns.
dresses. There no kind of formality or re-
straint. Now Mrs. Harkins dead and the Major
beginning to find out our quiet corner. Calico has
given place to silks bathing dresses swell cravas,
and as for the evening costumes, my dear fellow.
part. grow melancholy as q glib cat ana lounge
so increasingly that think Of hiring hall and
giving lessons in the noble art of sitting around.
THE ACTORS RETREAT.
The influx OF visitors which Mr.. Lewis deplored
was the source OF much JOY to the landlord of the
Manor House. tho only hotel in the place. 1t stands
the summit of decivity that leads straight down
to the water, and. being surrounded three sides
by trees has the air OF big chalet in an Alpine val
ley. 1t is managed rather boarding house than
hotel. and the transient visitor is. in measure
.feriority to the durable boarders. Its veran-
das bright with French b0nnes who skip, chatter
wear their caps ut coqnettsh angles and allow the
children to be as disagreeabe the fondest
mother could desire. Long before sunset they
to DO found. and behind them all the
inhabitants of Larchmont. beside the little semicir
cular bay, round which the white cottages sparkle
like the diamonds in dandy horseshoe scarf pin.
This is an admirabe bathing place. The waters are
perfectly STILL the slope of the ground is neither too
gradual nor too sudden. and a diving plank is run
out from shore into twelve feet Of water The ladies
sit on benches round the bay and applaud the swim
The boys paddle about in tubs and there take
their ease and bask in the SUM- Yon may see an
urchin Of SIX unable to swim. working of these
frail craft into deep water His mother implores
him to come back. but the infant Diogenes shouts
defiance from his tub. b
"In which case.'' says Mr. Lewis "as the Bard
has observed before me. it is wil-he. will-he, he
drowneth|
Looking along the audience on the benches you
would have noticed enormous sun bonnet. beneath
which nothing was visible but merry laugh. On
closer inspection both sun bonnet and laugh
found to belong to Miss Sidney Cowe. of the Park
Theatre Her eyes were twinkling with delight. and
her hair was glistenng with sea salt. Miss Cowell
was fresh from her bath. She is intrepid swim
mer and frolcs gsyy in the water the stage.
'roo MUCH BRASS BAND"
She is also extremely full of life and twitter-
ing like a BIRD when deep melodramatlc voice
was heard recitng tho tragedy of Texas barroom:-
They carved in a way that all admired
m ss sasTfa BadsS s asea
Which caused him great surprise.
The voice was the voice of Forest; the face, body
and general appearance were those Of Mr.. Nat Good
win, the comedian. HIS wife, still known to the
public as Miss Eliza Weathersby, was lying sick in
cottage they had leased for the season. 1t srewn
with skins OF animals, very serviceable dressing
rooms of provincial theatres; the mante piece was
lined with Japanese curios, picked up at San Fran
cisco, and the walls were hung with pictures OF the
pair in their characters Being asked for the
this. said Mr.. Goodwin. "when we were ont at Kali
amazoo lame old gentleman came stumping up to
me. and looking at me GROSSLY
you're Mr.. Goodinr' said he.
eyes, SIR"
"You play here to-night?'
''Play with troupe?"
Eyes, SIR"
"Got brass band with your"
''Then you don't draw cent" and he stamped
away Vigorously g Hs was right We diant G draw
what ails my wife. She has had too much brass
band"
The life at Larchmont has its quiet amusements.
They were rehearsing "Box and Cox up at the
Manor House, and assured the actors that it was an
admirable comedy. The amateur representative Of
Cox would recite his part while bathing to Mr..
Goodwin on the shore. He would debate question
of intonation before diving, and when he came to
should be more htly chop. They had also opened
their evening parties, at which the actors
ran the gauntlet Of feminine anas9 criticism That's
handsomer." And dropping fire Of sharp.
quick shots runs all along the line. ..Too snort''
side whiskers!" wonder bis wife lets him make
himself such ngure" There were two old ladies
kins house expressly to ''see where the actors
lived" They had once been to the circus and ex-
pected to the manager OF the Fifth Avenue turn
somersault on the veranda and his late leading
comedian jump through fiery hoops. And so the
players divert themselves In summer time. soberly
yet gayly; laughing. like Figaro. at everything,
gret.
MAYOR COOPER HOME
From the ridiculous to the sublime is only step.
From the actors to the Mayor; from Larchmont
Manor to Mamaroneck, where Mayor Cooper sum-
mers is nearly three miles Mamaroneck is as white
with age its chestnut trees in spring with
blossoms The village IL full OF ancient landmarks.
Its chief hotel is the shelldrake House. The beach
il distance from the village. and this year, for
the first time boarding house has been opened
there--the Rushmore Housewife accommodations
TOR seventy.hve persons. The villas that line the
Faubourg st. Germain of Manaroneck is q narrow
strip jutting out from the main land and known as
prominent New Workers. Mr.. Constable. of Arno d.
Constable Co.; Mr.. William b. Reid, the broker
Mr. John +. Haines, and Mr.. Alexander Taylor whose
coach bugle Dlares through the quiet streets 1t
was scarcely three weeks ago that Mayor Cooper
announced his intention OF leasing for two years
house Orienta Point. and quickly moved in. with
his wife, who had been in poor health and was
ordered air. his children, servants, horses. car
riages ana all his household belongings Mr. Bryce.
the Mayors son-in-law, OF the party. which
had scarcely arrived before schemes were
being devised for laying out fifteen
polo ground. Moreover. a second four-in-han may
shortly be expected which shall out bugle Mr.. Hen
dersons. The old residents. who are strictly con-
servative body. view these sporting innovations
with much suspicion, aud consider 1t little less than
lowed should be desecrated by the toot of coach
horns and the click Of polo malets. But Mayor
Cooper pursues his way unmoved through the midst
ing and returning after six every evening The hotel
propretors believe that his arrival will add to the
popularity of the place.
RYE AND BEACH.
Rye, which is three miles further down, has Its
niche in American history, whether as u frontier
settlement Of New England. border town. or part
OF the neutral ground. II is. as Irving said zone OF
those rich bottoms and fertile valleys which our
nfRh xupA finn far. N HAM
Selves" and il is nearly two hundred years since
certain Inuans-lpawahun. Aramapoe and the like
sold it's site to the early settlers aud all men to
know that "they doe hereby acknowledge to have
ceived as iull satisfaction eight cotes and seven
shirts, fifteen fathom of wompome." All its attrac-
tions as watering place centre round Rye Beach.
two miles from the villnge. Here. hun
dred years ago. horse races were held
and when some disputed point touching a
thoroughbred mare was brought into Ky .
courts the jurors thought the whole matter im-
moral that they refused to be sworn, saying they
would rather 20 to prison, and the justice was