The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-07-28
Saturday, July %, 1888.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

all the watering places, and
scarcely the first notes ofthe open
ing symphony have as yet been
sounded. A brief period for recu-
peration and refreshment is no
doubt found to be important be
tween the seasons, for even the cons
titution of Il girl of sixteen can
hardly hold out without an inter
mission against a winter Of %uninter-
rupted gayety and racketing, a
spring Of private theatricals, thea
tire parties, and horse races,to be
followed IN the summer by new in
v%entions and discoveries in the art
Of pleasure-getting, flirting and
trifing at Newport, Saratoga, Long
Branch.
AT Naraganset Pier prettyfaces
topping muslin dresses and fiutter-
lug ribbons are already to be seen
ON Rodmans piazza, with substan-
tial background of both demure
and kittenish elderly maidens
well provided with telescope and
opera glasses tor the detection Of
sentimental couples on the rocks.
AS yet, however, a necessary ele-
mcnt of even the mildest Irritation
is, unhappily, wanting-there are
no men. But they will come in de
tachments, warrented good for
fourteen days, as soon as the sea
son for bank and Office clerks holi-
day is once fairly established.
The Studio" as the favorite resort
for bodily rather than mental re-
freshment is called, has opened its
hospltable doors to the bathers who
now throng the beach, and with
their scarlet turbans, tightly
drawn-up stockings. and scanty
skirts are a study equally for the
artist and anatomist.
tits high tide at Long Branch now
speaking IN respect 10 the season
for visitors, and since the last days
of June the arrivals havedaily aug
mented, and most # the recent ar
rivals are permanent guests, who
have come to stay through the sum
mer The cottage owners come in
numbers within a week, and the
crowd of ''swell turnout ON Ocean
avenue morning and afternoon, es-
pecially between five and sever p.
m. is as great IS ever before. |
have seer no four-in-hand yet, and
only one tandem. The days OF
sensational turnOuts were over when
Jim Fisk and his coach and six.
and Helmbolt and his coach and
six, through circumstances over
which they had no o control
than their horses, ceased to appear
at Long Branch. The tandem
team here now has one clipped
horse and one brown, wLO wear
white collars and are driven with
white reins. Gen. Grant drives
a pair Of bright bays, each with
two white hind feet, in q some
what high buggy without a top,
having seats for two persons. The
horses / quite large and perfect
ly matched. The general, when
driving, wears a high white hat
and light ecru linnen buster. He
has had his hair cut very short i'll
deed. Leading citizens of Sarato-
ga are moving actively to have one
or both Of the National Conyen-
tons held there in 1884. a com
mitteo has been appointed to see
what can be done towards securing
pledges for a fund to build a wig
wan and the indications are that a
tempting offer will be made in def
finite shape, to the National com
mittees. The Proprietors Of the
hotels are disposed to bid literally
for the patronage that a Presiden-
tial Convention brings with it.
Col. Clement of Congress Hall has
offered to give $1,000 to the wig
wan fund if the other houses will