Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-07
LETTER FROM LONG BRANCH.

LETTER FROM LONG BRANCH.
high Tide at Long Branch-E4Ow the
EOurth Passed - Cottage Life - Per.
sonal Notes - Fashionable ssOsvip 4.
PrincctOn's Bellies and Beaus. Etc.
special Correspondence Of TEE EVENING STAR.
r.. LONG BRANCH. July Z. 1883.
It's now high tide here, speaking inrcspect
70 the season for visitors, and since the last
DAYS OF June the arrivals have daily augmented,
anu most OF the recent arrivals are permanent
guests, who have come to stay through the
summer. All the hotels were crowded on July
Sd and 4th The latter day is never noisily Gel
ebrated at Long Branch, for as nearly every
building. large and small, hereabouts, Is OF
WOOD, explosives and everything likely to cause
ooniagratiOn are strictly prohibited. 1t was
however, the first joyous 4th Of July Long
Branch has known In three years. Two years
ago the shooting Of President Garfield on the
"a prevented any celebration here, where he
had 30 recently been, and last year too
many residents of the place and visitors
were afflicted by the recent accident which
was 80 fatal on the railroad between here and
New York, for any one to feel like rejoicing on
the national holiday. Flags few In all direc-
lions, from hotels and cottages, on the 4th, and
the guests at the West End, as well as the pro-
prietors were surprised on that morning to find
the large dining room very deliberately and
tastefuliy decorated with flags and cOlOred
streamers. all having been put up at the instance
OF the patriotic head waiter after midnight the
previous night, unknown to any one except his
assistants, who worked nearly all night cover
ing the walls with flags of all nations In groups,
and the ceiling with festoons Of the national
coiors. In the evening rockets and other fire.
works In unusu0l numbers were sent up sea-
wards from the bluff in front Of hotels and cot
tages.
At the morning concert at the West End
hotel the orchestra began with q pOtpouri OF
national airs In the evening the hop In the
large parlOr was numerOusly attended, and
many most elaborate toilets were seen. The
dancing has been kept up vigorously every
evening this week.
The severe storm which visited New York and
vicinity on Monday was only seen at q safe
distance here, and scarcely drop Of rain fell in
spite OF the threatening clouds. Since then the
weather has been warmer. but every day brisk
fresh sea breeze prevents any suffering from
heat. Not fly, mosquito, or other annoying
insect hasbeen seen here.
| COTTAGE LIFE AND THE DRIVES
The cottage owners have come In numbers
within week, and the crowd of "swell turn
outs on Ocean avenue morning and afternoon,
especially between five and seven p. m, is as
great as ever before. have seen no fourth
hand yet, and only one tandem. The days OF
sensational turnouts were over when Jim Fisk
and his coach and six and Helmbold and his
coach and six, through circumstances over
which they had no more control than their
horses, ceased to appear at Long Branch. The
tandem team now here has one clipped horse
and one brown, who wear white collars and are
driven with white reinS.
Gen. Grant drives pair Of bright bays. each
with two white hind feet, in somewhat high
buggy without top, having seats for two per
sons. The horses are quite large and perfectly
matched. The general, when driving. wears a
high white hat and light ecru linen buster. He
has had his hair cut very short, indeed.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Marshal and Mrs. McMichael are at Howland's
hotel, where Attorney General Brewster's wife
and son will soon be also.
+ Pay Director Cunningham and Representative
and Mrs. John G. Carlisle spent the 4th at the
West End hotel. The latter couple left next day
for New York and expect to be in Washington
Saturday, where he goes on business and will
remain there a few days.
Mr.. q. w. Chids, who always calls himself the
sexton Of the Episcopal church at Elberon, as he
always shows strangers to seats there was on
duty In this way last Sunday for the first time
this season. as he arrived only a week ago
Rev. DIR. Chas. Hall. of Brooklyn, formerly
rector tor many years of Epiphany church at
Washington, conducted the services at the
ElberOn church last Sunday, morning and even
ing. and preached in the morning. He was the
guest OF Mr.. Fahnestock during his stay.
Ex-senator Mitchell's wife and very pretty
daughter left Long Branch Monday for New
York, to prepare to go to Richfield Springs to-
day, where they will pass the remainder OF the
summer. Miss Mitchell expects to celebrate her
birthday. August 28th, by q handsome enter
tainment there. Mrs. Carlisle Patterson's youngest
daughter, Miss Lizzie, will spend part Of the
summer there with them.
Mr.. Richard Stockton, the son Of ex-senator
Stockton, has been here this week. His mother
and sister have gone to Richfeld Springs for the
benefit Of Mrs. StocktOn's health.
Pay Director Cunningham's wife and son have
gone to their cottage at Narragansett, R. I.
Ex-senator Chaffee has been General Grants
guest at his cottage here lately.
General and Mrs. Van Vliet expect their mar
ried son. who is In the army and stationed at
Detroit, to come soon with his wife to visit them
at Shrewsbury. Miss Lizzie Moore, Of Rich
mond, Mrs Van vliets pretty niece, will arrive
at their cottage about the middle of the month
Senator Mcpherson was at his ''catamaran,"
as his cottage at Seabright, from it's peculiarly
Of construction is playully called by his friends
last week for day on hisway west with party
on an important business trip. He will return
in week, and will again be at his cottage,
which Is entirely built Of native cedar and Call
fornia redwood, until he sails for Europe, July
2Sth. His wife's mother, Mrs. Gregory is now
at the cottage. Mrs. Mcpherson is in Switzer-
land, and will return here with her husband and
children in August.
Mrs Andrew Coyle, Of Washington. after the
commencement exercises were over at Princeton
College. went to Ocean Grove, where she is
now, but she is soon going to Portsmouth,
NH.
Commodore Vanderbilt's widow is at Sea-
bright for the season.
Colonel Fred Grant has taken house at Nor
ristown, and expects to live there in future
General and Mrs. Grant say they will find it hard
indeed to part with his wife and little girl
At Spring Lake (nine and half miles from
here) saw a beautiful new church opened on
Sunday, which was presented to the Presbyte-
rian congregation there by Mrs. Baird, of Phila-
delphia, whose late husband accumulated q
large fortune BY locomotive works. The church
is all OF brick and stone, and has many very
beautiful stained glass windows. 1t is very
quaint in it's style OF architecture
IhearfrOm Princeton that Washington waswell
represented there during the college commence
ment festivities. Mrs. Stewart and her daugh-
ter, Miss Daisy; Mrs. Beach and her daughters.
Misses Katie and Agnes, and the Misses Mckee
yer were all there. Mr.. Alain Arthur, the Presi-
dents son. who was there also, was as marked
hoh oo months hoon In hfo o<kor<;oc.