Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-06-03
Newport Amusements.


 Susan Coolidge describes as follows, ln Scrfbner's M1gGzine, some of the amusements of Newport
 "The amusements of Newport, in the season, are many and various. First and foremost should be named the Casino, 0 new feature, but alre&dy q most important enc. This charming place, which is both like and unlike the conversation halls which, in Europe, bear the same name, is built on the ave. nue not far from the Ocean House. It. aspect from the street is that of a low picturesque facade, two stories in height. in the old English style, of brick anu olive-ptintsd wood, quaintly shingie. and oddly carved, with wiie casenen windows, and here aud there Q touch o; gliding. A single year has toned it color down to a delightful oldness, whici would do no discredit to a street T. Chester or Coventry A broad entrance hall in the middle of the building leads tC an inner quadrangle, turfed and set witil flower beds. in the midst of which iises splashing fountain. Above and below. on the street side of this Quadrah gle, are club. rooms and offices, broken by q picturesque clock-tower. To right and left are more club-rooms, Q restaurant. reading, dining and smoking rooms , dressing rooms for ladies and gentlemen : smaller saloons, where entertainments may be given and kitchens, wisely or. dered on the second floors, where thei. noise and smells can annoy no one. The fourth side of the quadrangle i> filed with double curve of roofed gal leries, two stories in height, wher, ladies sit the morning long, work in hand, chatting with their friends, en toying the smell of the spray freshened flowers and listening to the music of thL band. Beyond this first quad angle lie. another and wider one, edged with tree, and shrubberies, past which winds th, carriage-drive from an entrance at tn, back. The lawn Is devoted to open-ail tennis. At its far end is another lon. building, in which are racket-courts bowlng-alleys and a beautiful ball room, fitted up with & stage and all ap purtenances for private thentricals. l.. will be seen how many and how variou- tastes may be served by building o this sort.
 "Polo play, and sitting by to see polt. played, are among the other favorite Newport amusements. Still another i, ! to ride or drive to the meets of tht | Queens county hunt, which, in tht | latter part of the season, has rup about twice week. Foxes are not too picnti- ft1 in the island, and therc are day | when the hounds arc forced-fdute q, nlieur-to follow train of anise-seed, instead of the:r legitimate scent. But the pace. the jumping, and the chance of broken bones are equally good and aa Reynard does not complain, and no baby, in act of being soothed of its in fant alment by the mild infusion which does duty as scent, has as yet fallen a prey to the mistaken f. rocity of thepack, there seems no reason to cGvil. Ladies often join in the sport.
 The Fort music is another weekly pleasure, involving as it does the pretty drive round the southerDmost curve O the bay, with the villa crowned slopes o Halidon hill on one hand, and on the other the wide outlook of blue water broken by many islands. Close by i, the tiny rock with it's time-wsshed ght house, where dweIs the brave Id. Lewis, heroine of so much daring ad venture, and beyond stretches the long point of Brentou's reef, surmnunted b1 the casemates and smooth glacis of For Adams. In the deep point of the inne cove lie the wrecks of two ships, one 0 them an abandoned slayer, drifted man, years since into this quiet harbor, anc gradually breaking to pieces under tn, slow, untiing touches of wind and tide Only the ribs now remain they lie black, skeleton-ike shapes, reflected ii the tranquil waters of the cove-a per petual pleasure to such artist eyes a take pleasure in contrast and happy ac cidents.
 ''Deside the fashionable Bellevu avenue, and the celebrated ocean drive which for nine miles follows the siluos itics of the shore from Bailey's beach t Brenton's cove, there are others les famous, but no less enjoyable the dliv over the two beaches, for example, m out to the long end of Sachuest point through gaps in stone-walls and acroa fields of grain, by overgrown tracks where wild flowers and tall, noddm grass half bury the wheels ; or the drive to Coddington cove. to the Glen, t Lawton's valley, or along the shore ( the eastern passage. The inland drive afford constant characteristic glilnpses.