Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-17
aRA.aIDR NOTES,
All fashionable saddle-horses At New
port have their tails banged,

tipit hAfp Nhpii 'aiiS pahtph
The most successful summer ieliOns
that We know Of are the announcements
Of some Of the summer hotelkeessrs,
The narrow guage road from iieston
10 iynn is one Of the best managed
railroads ia tho country, and the busi'
ness las largely increased over last year
Good order. music, staneh boat,
and Obliging employees, mako the trips
oeeanwam Nv the Empire State one oi
tho most pleasant Journeys around
Boston,
The era Of cheap Oeean summer travel
IL reached, when yOu can 90 nom Hos
ton to Portland for ono dollar, Unlike
tho cheap trip to Chicago, You can come
hack Vt the sans low price,
A new hotel il proposed At Old Or
chard beach, and $4,000 Of the stock
was subscribed for in one day, The
house will be on doogin's rocks, where
there IL the plateau Of elevated
ground, half nile from the other
hotels
baltimore ladies Ut Cape May are dis
iingiished from all other. by their
beauty and tho elegance 81 their toilets,
They are the admiration 0i the gentlemen
aud the envy Of the ladies, and wear their
honOn In tile easiest aud most delightful
way imaginable,
A. FAR ~ the hotels are concerned, the
season at Newport ID very light, anil
up 10 the present time Improbable, one
The fashionable exodus to Europe las
unquestionably impaired the brilliancy
~ well Us the financial prosperity 81
Newport this War,
Neither Cape May nor Atlantic City
are doing especially we'll, and cOnSe'
mantly the hotelkeepers are not
especially amiahle, The mosquitoes At
the former place are doing all they can
To make tho season lively, and present
their little hills to one and oil every
night for hlOod'money,
The season ut Long Branch continues
to progress most successfully and salts
Mctorily, each and every hotel being
crowded, There II more life aud gaiety
than at any other place. and II N very
evident that Long Branch has aud II
going 10 keep the lead
There IL very little dancing ut any Of
tho summer resort hotels except among
the children, aud nobody appears to
take particular interest IN the hops Ia
which everybody haS access, A great
deal Of excellent danciug music II do
cidedly going TO waste this year
eyes, lisa very lovely dress" said Mrs
Harridar, speaking OF Miss Dash, who
at that moment swept by in great gor
ge0usncss, "but Shes cr0@eyed, her
father went through bankruptcy ionr
years ago, aud | know to my certain
knowledge that all her dresses arc made
at home"
"Trce tollcr nit n half" exclaimed
Count Ramslackle to tho hackman, "dot
was u schwindle !" "lt's tho regular
fare" said the hackman, "but seeing it's
you, I'll take You for three dollars and
iilty cents" "Goot !" exclaimed the
count, at was widout bossipilitics to
sheet me !"
Samuel" said Miss Pussy Cat New,
to the hotel waiter at Rye Beach, "there
il foreign substance in my soup, in.
consistent with the title given the liquid
in the menu" "What dye soy" OK
claimed the waiter. ooh, for goodness
sake You stupid, take the tea leaves
out of my soup"
"And the style of beauty of our
American girls" said Mrs. Glover to the
German nobleman at Newport, "what do
you think of il, baron? ?" "Vell, vas
full mid enthusiastics, Mrs. Glober, und
neiler dinks dot style vos possible. Do
you know der name off good shoe
maker? ! hafa hole init der toe of my
poot."
As it is impossible to manufacture ont
of fat farmyard animals ear purse
suitable for lady to carry, so it has
been found impossible to make Coney
island place for the select and exclu.
sive social elements of America. The
experiment has been tried and has failed,
and now the less the hotelkeepers say
about the exclusiveness of Coney island
the better.
"And them" goes on Mrs. Philadel'
pha at the office of the Tabbycat hotel,
Long Branch. 81 want the chairs in my
room changed. They're awfully uncom'
Portable. While you're about it, change
the bed too; it's perfectly awful, and
then have the carpenter fix the window
cords, and the gas leaks, too ; have that
attended to at once" "Anything
more" says the clerk, Eyes, pitcher of
ice-water"