Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-30
THE AUTUMN AWAKENING.
Season at The Seaside Closing, and Hu.
mainly Returning TO work.
First Two Failures in the Theat-
rioal Line--Kiralfy's Spec
taoular Success.
Betting on the Dwycr Horses, and
Why IL Don't Pay.
Special Gin. Commercial Gazette.

NEN iOhhs august Gu Nlll llO
middle of August past, New York is turn.
ing its eyes toward the fall season. The
tide of European travel has already turn
ed westward, and it will not be long be.
fore the summer resorts also send their
contingent of New Yorker home.
"Most people" said the stagodriver, as
we rolled down Broadway yesterday,
''go away to spend Just so much time,
Others go to spend just so much money,
and a few go away regardless of money!
Most of us, who belong to the first or
second of these classes, have had our
fling, and are getting back to work. The
last is such a diminutivc portion of the
whole hat their going or coming makes
but little difference i'll the general crowd.
New York's adjacent resorts will be pop.
ular for q month yet, but places as neal
as Long Branch are reducing their prices,
in hopes of filling up their empty rooms.
While most of the hotel keepers at
Long Branch declare that the season now
drawing to a close has been satisfactory,
they qualify the declaration by saying
that last year was better, and even other
years excelled the present one. There is
hardly u doubt, however, that Long
Branch did rs well as, if not better than
many other watering places; and the ho.
tells at least paid their expenses. There
is no reason why Long Branch should
fail to do well. 1t has n ten mile drive
that has few equals anywhere else. 1t is
at an elevation above the beach, and
commands a sweeping view of the ocean
from end to end. 1t is kept in fine order
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if it were covered with n Brussels carpet.
1t has the Monmouth Park race course
near at hand. The bathing cannot be
improved upon, the air is pure and ex-
hilarating, and there are no mosquitoes.
These qualifications recommend Long
Branch and the popular patronage
it has received year after year
shows that they are appreciated. Like
Newport in one respect, Long Branch
goes largely into cottage life. Cottages
link the hotels together along almost ten
miles of the beach. Between the West
End Hotel and Elberon, n distance of
two miles, it is all cottages, and such an
endless variety of cottages would be hard
to find anywhere else. Out of over a
hundred built by Mr.. l.. B. Brown, of
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them present an extremely bizarre APP
pearance, with gables, walls, roofs and
chimneys twisted into the most fantastic
shapes, and painted gaudily, But though
odd, and in many instances out of taste,
and defying all the canons of architect
ural propriety, they have a very pictu--
esque effect, standing within lawns closely
shaven, and green like a carpet of emer-
aid velvet. The finest part of Long
Branch is undoubtedly the section ex-
tending from the West End Hotel to
Elberon. The drive way, too, is wide,
and the views are more varied and extern
sive.
The West End Hotel opened June Is,
and will close September 20. The largest
number of guests it entertained in one
day during the season was 1 ,O39, on July
81. During the month of July there
were $50 guests a day.
In the city the theatres are already as
Stunning a show of fall openings. Oscar
| Wilde's homogeneous Russian play has
linked hands with Mr.. Pratt's "Nenobia,"
and scored the first failure of the season.
The loss is not Wilde's of course, who
has already another pop-bottle on top,
but with Marie Prescott the failure of
"Vera" is a serious matter.
At Niblo's two hundred French ballet
girls fan the scorching pates of as many
bald heads, while standing-room is i'm
possible after the opening. Is it because
men in bearskin coats are SO much less
attractive than French ballet dancers in
barely anything, that draws a sweltering
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to see the latter these hot nightsl But
MIR. Hoyt, the scene painter at Niblo's,
has done quite as much as the chorus to
make the play successful.
"Good scenery" said this artist yes.
terday, sis becoming every year more
necessary for the proper presentation of
any theatrical success. No manager who
understands his business can afford to set
aside the scene painter in making his ar.
rangements for any new production.
Henry Irving, in Lond.n, has proved
how essential to the success of the stage
is artistically painted and appropriate
scenery"
Speaking Of Kiralfy's Excelsior" he
said: "It is q spectacular extravaganza,
full of show and stage effects. 1t is a
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seen in many respects. 1t is an attempt
to introduce Partisan ballet with all its
accessories. 1t has sixteen n One
%'scene in the second act shows a temple
high up in the clouds. In a terrace
scene, which has a good deal of orna-
mental architecture, there is some fine
marching, dancing and grouping. The
telegraph scene shows a telegraph Office
in st. Petersburg; this is realistic. In
this scene a number Of messenger boys
come in and do some good dancing.
Then there is the Suez canal scene, with
flags and banners showing a great TUNE.
interior. The last scene is a gorgeous
effect of light and color and stagesetting,
representing the Temple of Peace, il
which the dance of all nations is per
formed, illuminated by the electric
light"
1.-THE Dryer Bros, )" said n wellknowr
racing man this evening, ''captured a lit
tie over S25 900 through Kinney's run
ming at Monmouth yesterday. All the
season they have had poor luck, but they
made a good showing Saturday. 1t is 4
stable / never back, however. They lose
five races out of six, and then when they
are going to the front, a straight tip goe'
out from the stable, and everybodykrow'
it, so there is no chance for big winning
and no pay for your former loyalty"
Among the men who follow the race
there is a Brooklyn party, a Brighton
Beach party and an Irish party. The
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