Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-27
LIFEATTHEBRANCH
Summer at Fashionable Sessiue me-
sort-A Never Ending Tide Oh
Rolling Glory.
Curi0sities i'm ChiIdren-"yeanes anu
the BOnnes-Tandem FlirisHoh
and Its Difficulties.
Letter o the Neu York riues

| Letter 70 the New YORK Iil-,
At last the sumusr seems TO have ar 49, 81
its affairs, and from chaos of tfnu usAs III
confusion, flying furniture and issnlonAoie
debris, Long Branch has settled into com
parative order, and life runs snooinE- Ia
dowagers have met in brocaded esuIu go
| fixed TO a nicely the social or hnsnci -
of everybody, immediate or prospsc.s, .I ~
magnates have ascertained who hsAes .ne
incest beverage, who drives the fss e.
who is the most dangerous behind a. iui,
or is sptest TO get the odd, and unal mes
best 10 use in smoothing cenuubiai i -
caused BY late hours and hiccougn' s
MeFlimsey has unpscked her nifaSles VI
fleece and color and is making ksleiuoeooPe
OF herself four times daily without dnp
the changes; dove-eyed Juliet has learned ner
Romeo's name, and her keen-eyed mAmma
has definitely decided his income ana eilei
bility; numberless Maids aud Tntohs nave
discovered new ways OF playing y ioIsu
and-tumble with Neptune; the Deh-ooys
know 10 wonderful exactness sna' ever. i
man will assay, and now work ban Ior al
he is worth without waste Of time, wisP or
muscle; the cottsgers have arranged IegoIar
routines OF entertainment, rigldly 4neun-
scribed their several cliques, and eel me pen
dulum of gossip in steady and vigorous
swing; many a Faust is casting ABOUT iol
Marguerite, with never devil 10 ssslsti .ne
Thermometer is too lazy 10 be ficks; even ine
wind seems disposed to the dolce tar naenIe-
in short, the machinery of seaside reVei is
fairly in motion, with all its glitter and en-
ergy and swiflness of bewildering change,
oiled, polished and guided by the arcn
engineer of all things wordly-Mamm mon,
On afternoons Ocean avenue is one endiess
tide of rolling glory. Jeames-sisteiy, au-
gust, magnificent Jeames-is still the Jeames
of Fifth avenue in respect to Immaculate
shorts, ravens wing beaver, burnished Dut-
tons, creaseless coat and shimmering jacks,
but his imperial dignity is somewhat softened
by the luxury of his seaside life: his spine
shows faint symptoms of compiaisant
curve, and he even 'condescendsa 81 rare IN
tervals to turn hts brosial head TO one side
and relax the austerity OF his lips into NOR
tai emile while passing the prettiest OF the
bonnes attending the butterfly troops OF chill
dren on the lawn. These b0anes, by the way,
are Gallo or nothing in dress and coquetry
this year. With the snowiest OF Normandy
caps and the gayest of ribbons decking the
smart gown, in distance they carry the imag-
ination back 10 Oman and the Rance; but
closer inspection reveals Tippersfy crook
of the mouth and a Galway inclination oil the
front teeth to project, which betrays their
true nativity. Their names, TOO, are perfect
blossoms of sweetness Ia Ruskin smile, by
the Way; they are all Lucilles, Maries, Ce-
lestes or Ninettes, despite the Biddy or Mary
Ann expressions spread over the face as
plainly as butter on wintry wsffle.
The children they marshal are legion,
from The blue-eyed and damp-mouthed
prodigy who says "Goo-goo" when he is
pleased, and is seldom pleased, and bowls
like an intoxicated tug whistle when he is
cross, to the spindle-legged boy and short
skirted girl with beribboned pig-tais and a
figure like rubber ring. They toddle about
the lawns, Toll in the rockers, shovel sand on
the beach, play tag in the corridors, shrill
their joys and sorrows from cock crow to
sunset, and at light some of them sing green
apple lullabies and evoke muffisd profanity
and remembrance from all sides, and occupy
the public mind TO the exclusion Of other ills |
that flesh is heir to.
Filtration is rampant. The average Long
Branch girl is a Diana in the chase; her
culver is never empty; her bow is far
reaching and true, her aim sudden and dead |
ly, and her short-range work so thorough as
to leave nothing but shreds of her victim. |
She apparently finds her Endymion thrice |
daily-Endymion in seersucker and serge
and is to the outward eye as devon. as he in
alteration. mornings merry badinage |
begins the fatal work; a lazy Moons half
shy, ELECTROMAGNETIC coquetry makes the
cnnquest csrlain; a wicked glance shot swift
Iy on the drive hsstens the finish, and a
dreamy waltz in the evening, followed by a
languid stroll through the silvery sheen of
the lamps, when the curtained sky, the softly
stirring wind, the eolian murmur OF wires,
and the rythm of old oceans roll
ing anthem lend witchery TO the hour
all this places the victim ON the altar |
and makes the sacrifice complete, leav- |
ing only the last sweet touch OF lingering |
hands, the whispered goodnight and the arch |
glance, and the wilted rose dropped over the
baluster as the vision vanishes, TO swing the |
incense of parting. Parting? All! yes, in
deed, for the chances are strong that when |
Endymion arises from his dream-haunted |
scene of his happy misery, he finds that even |
before his appearance
THE imperial votaress passed on
In maiden meditation fancy free''
full in pursuit of another, and he is but a |
leaf of the past, sere and valueless as one of |
Val Ambrose -far-drifted and almost for
gotten.
The belle of two seasons finds tandem |
Irritation the most exciting and pleasant. |
The great difficulty of this lies in letting |
neither gallant charger of her team know |
that he is in double harness, and the skill |
in SO adjusting the blinkers that |
the leader can only see ahead and the |
wheeler only look behind, in some cases scars |
above art and approaches genius. Oh course |
sometimes a tricky leader, suspicious be- |
cause of having been there before, will break |
away or back, and occasionally too spir-
tied wheeler will kick over the traces, but |
the chance of this happening only adds 10
the interest and highiens the charm. Four
finland driving is no longer much in
vogue with the scientific firt, except
at the opening of the season or by way |
Of trying the mettle of new acquisi-
lions, for it requires only GOODNESS and /
strength, and does not call forth the tact and
nice judgment needed in tandem. The bud
usually drives single, handling the fairy rib
bons with more or less skill, according TO her
natural qualification and abilities, but
always with ahalf distrust OF her powers and
/ sense of danger. The veteran rings the
changes on all styles, goes with a rush,
,nd is deep in second before the first affair
8 even concluded.