Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-21
James Gordon Bennett as 4 Swell.

i ;:iaG that | DO wrong, perhaps, IL
Aiming 10 Bennett as - swell" |
Layen'ta s.aug dictionary st hand 10
give ne the precise meaning Of that
term, but think that swell is per
son who seeks to mako q great display.
either with money or without it, und
that the word does net necessarily APP
Fly 10 rich man who, without making
An exhibition of himself, spends his
mon, lavishly fer his own pleasure.
B..Ineit may have been u swell ~ every
seLse Of the word at one time, but he
docs not appear to me TO be one now.
| can not illustrate the difference be-
tween lie two sorts of men better than
by contrasting the appearance Of Ben
nj t. the otter DAY at the Polo Grounds,
with fellow who is unmistakably q
tremendously heavy swell. The latter
Individual, one Ely Goddard by rame,
came down here last week from Yer
mont, where his uncle or some other
male relative owns copper mine, with
the evident determination to totally
eclipse Bennett. Goddard, who as
have seen it charged in the Vermont
newspapers. last year intimidated bis
eraployes into electing him TO the Yer
mont Legislature, and who astonishes
the natives up there by driving the
most extraordinary turn-outs. came
down here with his tally no coach,
eviientally feeling that he would be us
much an object CT admiration here as he
was in Vermont. OF course he went
out to the Polo Grounds with his four
iL-hand. He was dressed in checked
suit, loud in color and of the latest
English cut. Upon his fingers glittered
nine rings, and his dashirg tent en-
SeDbie was crowned with tail white
hat. He swung up at tho most con-
apicuous place in the Polo Grounds,
and calmly awaited the advent Of Ben
nett. Presently a village cart-the two
wheeled, implanted little contrivance
that every boy and girl in Newport
drives-hove in sight through the gate,
and in it was Bennett, wearing the
same old gray suit that he wore hero oil
last summer, ana looking the very in
carnstion OF simplicity and humility. ]
believe that for once Ely Goddard
wished that he was driving a village
cart instead of q coach and four. The
magnificent greensward upon which the
polo games were playing was set apart
and prepared by Benefits munifcence.
The brilliant spectacle Of the players
charging across the turf would not have
been seen if Bennett had not set the
fashion; the glittering mass of equ:-
pages, with their burden of fair women
and more or less corpulent men, had
come there. in certain sense. at Ben
nett's call, and yet there was rather less
"style" about him than any other Wis
itor on the grounds. He could hardly
have put on less style. indeed, unless
he had gone outside the fence, and
taken standing-room on "deadLeads
hill long ledge of rocks which
command the best possible view Of the
whole polo field. and which is always COW
cred by the rabble OF citizens on foot
when the games take place. These
rocks. by the way, would have been de-
Prived of their commanding view of the
field by the erection of high board
fence il Bennett had not interposed his
veto to the proposition. The citizens of
Newport, thanks ~ Bennett, can see
the polo games to better advantage
than one within the Enclosure, and see
them without money and without price.
-! Newport letter.