New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY of NEWPORT
COLLECTION OF STRANGE CONTRASTS.

OLD AND NRw NEwpORT-HlGH LIVING AND HIGH
TmNKiNG-THE BURDEN or RICHES.
IrRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSEl
NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 3. The witchery
climate captures the newcomer here without delay,
and he surrenders the Delicious and dresni-
ness winch with healing and refeshmert on their
WINGS Indeed. one seems 10 have awakened IN that
land OF fairy wherein It always seemed eventdc and
lotos-eatng Is to the business. Ana yet there
Ia unwoDcd buoyancy In the air. with all this half
narcotic properly. Good Bishop Berkeley woad have
written the Minute Philosophy. with n einlnsei touch
AMI less dion but f. the ozone OF Paradise
rocks; but on reflection there ozone in tie
Bishops day ese II went underau alias 20 Newport
the natural rendezvous for Thinkers brain workers. ar
tsp and In earlier times their prcseuce has given
delicate quality To the place
Newport has always been an old port and its la,,erday
renaissance under the nnux OF wealth and fashion has
left this glowing rir.ness There two New
ports, peruaps-the original only Newport, with its
analui. harrow streets. while houses with oldfashonei
earyipgs doors divided cross-wise. are places
and brass Brc-dogs clesr-eut traditions asd rued re-
spectzbiity; the Newport along the Clins and
threaded along Belevue-ave and straying down Ia
atenans aud pushing back 10 the second beach. eiih
palace cottages and summer ciqucs aud seclusions
It's paaies and irreproachsbe equpsges lie polo AMI
is sybarite dinners ana the half-Parvenu
consciousness OF It's gilt-edsed pretensons Nowhere
shall one find social distinctions aud currents reso
e,tasers of different species The sewPor'ers have
no part Vastly Fair. They permitted
10 horses look after their ranges aud plum
iag; they may bring tho naiunsl ilg and rolls. the
daily aud Lr,er supplies. but that's The end OF
their teber OldPou lives its qaiet modest life. and
hunts up bourgeoiso heaven after is own fashion
New Newport qusns it's nepentba out OF private flask
and rnersins altogether different notions both OF this
life and that which s to come This c0tiags life Is
luxurious graceful. picturesque, and cOsty u repre-
sents large fortunes aud nush revenues and that noe
schooug IN lavish European life whish enables one TO
scatter money th grace and nj the same time
catch something OF its Delights Its terrible shadows
are safety and Its best distinctions. far
as Is apparent excusvcness and the realization Of
tain rank OF caste which assert its own lnits
tons And yet the ootagers among tbs most rest
less people in the world The most exquisite and gen
erous establishments often forsaken for An autumnai
bout at Saratoga. or month at Lrnox ora European
rtins or they rented, household goods and all.
TO strangers or loft unopened until midsummer Many
Of them cost hundreds Of thousands aud their appoint
nents exhaust the OF elegant aud decorative
arts
The old Redwood Library extends upostentatious
with liz quaint collections Of books lie many
portraits OF National celebrities and its sketches and
studies less Interesting Of painters who are
nearly forgotten The various weekliss and montbiies
lie pleasantly within reach. and IN the garsh whri OF
life outside. its quiet acoyes douDy welcome by
the way the naturalist will be Interested to stuy
fern-eayod beech grown thiekly boiled. densely
headed OF and exquisite habit on tho upper
corner Of the Redwood Lawn. tsppears to be ins"
,afr and puzzles the botsn~t while II delights the
amateur. But Can hardly expect TO lind lively |
from among these holiday people and |
seekers this thr0Dg OF dnde-sh young men.
and bIcnched old boys" whe TO be doing thsir |
this fair city by the 70 demonstrate to every
body that the life they living is not worth living at
all Ills reassuring however, 10 remember that the |
Redwood stands for day and generation when Chan
ming and the Perrys and Gilbert stuart and Mslbone
and Washington Austen aud crpey represented culture
that was Dether sgnosc sDobbisb. In the cast
scepcs AZ TO the actual and ideal value OF human is
Tue Beevuea,e is studded ON both sides for two or
three blocks with dainty little shops given mp TO the
service OF tbs gtterng upper wDrld-brie-a- brse,
ewcls, art-furnlshings flowers. modes; hints and
echoes, indeed of the uptown luxury-stores OF the
metropolis. The architect has Willingly kept bis work
true " the old qusintnes- and one finds amuse-
lnent In tracing the old fancies and eonceits OF
touched up with Dsthetic intelligence In
almost everything built within adozsn years TLanosst
Is the OF Od-por II measures the length OF tho
city only removed block from the harbor Is as
narrow Eassaust Happily II Is on level ana has no
bold windiags NOWHERE perhaps, can you look upon
such complete anre-Rsvoiutionsry picture. Almost
every building IL wood-white and 40 two are OF the
same dimensions. There no hat roofs. Every foot
Of tue perspective is alive with picturesque individual
ty. Now and then Queen Anne building In brick may
SEEM bearing LIS date OF construction. Hsrdly pane
,f glass seems be modern. The yandal OF improve
and there has planted lie rectangular ugliness
On the ruins Of these colonial house& Tue keen con-
ssrvatism Of most property-owners happily stays the
plague rhis same Unsuitable vands mooting tho
question OF widening Thamsss st. II wers dovouty 10
be wished that patriotic descendants Of the old
soousz would throttle tho aforesaid vandai and cast
him in the Msy the guns Of Fort Adams turu upon
him IN sxtsrmnsting fuy Whenever he shows bis front
In this invioiable Old thoroughfare.
Bot thsre eottagsrs ana cottasers The veneer
able George Bancroft hs Gig hy -second year. takes
vacation keeps hs two smannens eos 1T their bcst
pacss until O'Clock cvery day Ills Delighted rewport
hons 4 but rsmovs Of his perpetual Workshop. Alex