Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-09
OUR LONG cRANCH LETTER.
How Psorle 9ispo-1 Themselves at the Scmmev
Capital.
lSpecsdt Co'rts7oadeace of The EcssisJ S,ar-l
LONG BRANCH July g. 1881.

raay has been large enough 10 fill I'll the best
rooms In the hotels. oa the nights Of those DAYS.
however there were hundreds turned away. and
ar several of the hotels cots were placed i'm the
pa'lois. private Office and everywhere else where
people could be slowed In spite of the fact
thas every one was talking of the Presidents
WOUNDS. ana expressing sympathy with him and
hs vile. and all segsued anxious TO lea;r, the
"a Latest news. the aG,uscmeats went on as usual
There was a brilliant hotel hop ON SATURDAY.
SNcnihS' ihe attendance Was large the dressing
handsome, and the dancing was ken, up vfyor-
cuN!- think more people who come to Long
h'aac.l seem Ia enjoy ,laScing than have OBJ
Sc'NeG 40 SMatoga where the beautiful ball
Rooms ~lll be lined three rows deep with saecta-
tors. and scarcely a dpzen couules usually will
oShc2 dailn. the evening: and as early in the
season as this the children only dance ti,cre.
mere Is dancing every evening now in nearly
al the large hotel parlors. and I'm the mornings
many assemble To hear concert rro,,, the hand
Ihere Is more bathing now each day than when
last wrote. but think most pcone 10 whom
sea natas are essential seem Ia pre- rcr 20 take
t,lem indoors where delightful arrangements
are made. strict privacy is secured and the fem-
peratGfe is raised or lowered To order
DRIVING cN OCEAN AvENrE.
favorite pastime as driving is with lin. and
as mary facilities as are offered Cor that diver
sion here, General Grant does not seem to drive
n"nfN 50 much as formerly. He has very fine
4 3
ana very rapidly. Bat driving general, is daily
becoming more of "A feature here and every al
tefhoon, from to {. Ocean Avenue shows n long
fly0esS,oh oi carriages IN every variety OF shape
ah1 style. drawn 10y fire horses. and iilled with
Edcs. gentlemen and children. Mann If the
latter Rave their own pretty fancy conyeyances
uia"h 10y ponies One small pony ioiice at
tacfcd 10 yellow two-wheeied cart {tle wheels
RED. drifea 10y little girl not over twelve wears
old The pony is trained to keep directly be-
in tt~lin
are anu never swerycs 10 the right or left but
keeps ms nose just back of the large carriage.
bu, Wei trained as their ponies nas hc. IL Is n
flsk Tor Tue Children 10 drive on Ocean Avenue
IN the AFTERNOON between the hours naned be-
cause the throng Is then 80 great and accidents
SO frequently occur from careless driving by
those VINO want to 90 fast around the turns ar
the Avenue. Owners OF fast horses seem TO
Waat TO display them TO the people on the bal
Comics as they pass the hotels and thcrefor,.
drive rapidly and recklessy Consequently an
oNer'urn Is lar from unusual. There have been
TWO TINS Week. by one of which two Ladies' re-
ceNed painful injuries: one breaking a small
Done IN hei ankle. and the other being severely
cut near the eye. They are both recovering
however. and will doubtless be Niilin,y Ia rIsn
the risk again
Most of the families here who own horses
seem 10 nave variety of vehicles for use I'm DIFF
ieIeht Weatlers and at different degrees Of tenn
peTature. The Newcombs OF whom I have
formerly written, who have children and enter
tam much company have quite an assortment
OF vehicles and horses. The latter for the use
vi the adult members Of the family and ponies
,1r W lhe ciiidfen- Although Commodore aud
MIS- 6arTison's family consists oal. of the,n-
selves ana her sister. they have several vehicles
ana horses, and two cOachmen
THE corrAGEgs.
Inc Garrison cottage. which is now nearly
hnisiied is to be tie largest here. ard win have
ie" rivals anywhere in its furniture. Commo-
uoie ''afIisons son has purchased one of the
pest building sites in this immediate r,eighbor-
hood, the only one sufficiently elevated ia com
ihaiid an extended View of tie cottages hoscls
ahd village, as well as the ocean. frc.n which if
Is less than mile distant. Many have hitherto
uJSaeu ~ 10 puy TINS pretty rouad-topped hiL
Shch Is Just opposite Mr.. Hoey's place but n
mas never been in the market until this summer
@ auu MI "atfison promptly secured it. and viii
ing. "0"-
Mr. George w. Childs has settled his cottao.
here. as well as the elegant new ON. he has bui,t
near Bfyn Mawr. on his wife That ona has
been completed quite recently.
Inc cottage IN which Senator ard Mrs Nc.
ihefsoh, OF New Jersey. spend their summers
- - at oeaprlSnt- Just az the end of Monmouth
Beach. only about three miles from here n In
very quaint and picturesque and has a charm-
ing situation between the Shrewsbury river ana
me ocean The Senator owns directly through
rom tlie one body OF water to the other and 20
many 1eet out into each that his wafer fronta
can bc protected from trespassers.
His lawn extends to the ocean and is op,v
eight feet above it. Mrs. Mcpherson, who Is AZ
Drignt here as her friends have found her in
Washington, always has house fulI OF yonno
people Miss Marion Cutter and Miss Siact -
Washington are both with her now Miss Ma
oleiiand, ol Brooklyn who has frequently Wis.,
ited Mrs. MCPHERSON i'm Washington. il also with
isr. Inc Senator and his wife were deeply
nation He came from Philadelphia that after
noon. believing him to have died. and promptly
pun tnc nag on his lawn at half-lnast and his
he'.hoors followed his example. Great was the
rejoicing when better news came.
THE ALL-ABsoRBING TOPIC.
have made slight reference in this letter to
the all-absorbing topic of the Presidents assas-
sination, because the readers of The STAR have
already heard of how the news was received
here. where his wife was at the time and where
he had so lately been. think the reason why
many here so soon recovered from the Effects of
the shock which all deeply felt when the newa
first came was that the reyglsioa OF feeling was
so delightful. after the ruInor of his death had
been credited for about two hours when word
came that he was living, and had been able to
converse with his wife on her arrival The sxr,,-
pathy with her was intense as well as the admi.
ration expressed for her heroic demeanor when
sac learned that she must 20 to the bedside OF
nti Woullaeu nusDanu III W aSningfon instead Of
Joining him i'm Jersey City for pleasure trim
When his case was believed TO be homeless all that
ladies' here seemed to care to know further. was
whether she found him alive and conscious ON
her arrival All here who saw Mrs. Garfield after
she heard the news speak of her fortitude as un-
llaralieled. the more go that she was still weak
from her recent severe illness. From her having
spent TWO weeks here. although few met her II
seemed to residents of Long Branch as If an af.
hiction had suddenly come to one of themselves.
and 1t was IN regard TO its effects upon the Pres
ldents wife and family more tlian upon the
country, that the terrible crime was discussed.
Personal GOSSIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnoux. of New York. who ara
pleasantly remembered since their visit to Paw
master General and Mrs. Cutter in Washington:
Mr.. Shafer. of Illinois, who has passed several
winters in Washington. and is considered Closely
to resemble Secretary Blaine i'm face; and Mr. Jas.
b. Eads have all been here lately.-Judge ana
Mrs. Lambert Tree and their son. after leaving
where the latter was successfully er
amined for admission TO the college have aIsn
been here this week. They will visit Chicago
and the most attractive resorts of the novf6.
west. They have given up their house i'm Wash
n9fon. (Mrs. Phillips residence on Iofarr<x~