Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-02
.ss-SE:CAIINE: BONN EAST.
Summer Fashions in Out-os-thc-way
PiICc.-ROyS shoes nrc Nade-s.Oiicr-
ing. Along the Hia>.nchusctts Coast
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From Our Own Correspondent.
SwAHPscOTr. Mass. August New Workers
who have only been to Boston know but little
about The sister city or in what respect it has
the advantage over their own more populous
town Boston Is certainly smaller and more
provincial in its tone. but it is also more home
Ike more neighborly. aud It ms lovely out
lying villages in every direction where the
tired man of business can make \ lovely sum-
mcr or a!l-the-ycar-round home without the
expenditure of more time than it takes To ret
t. the upper end Of New York even by the
Elevated Swampscott is a case in poiat. II
Is half an hour from Boston By rail Vet it is
literally by the sea. The back of tie cottages
upon MS principal street rest unon the water :
ei@"' the swish of the water makes music by
which the babies are lulcd TO sleep: the fisher
mems boats lie upon the sands the fiShermels
houses form n Characteristic feature of the
landscape. yet the modern horse car passes
yOuT door and will take YOU in five minutes to
The Lynn depot. and twenty-five minutes there
after the cars will land YOU a!:nos; al your Of
fee door in Boston If that is where your
Off :e is
Nor are you limited to Swampscott in YOUR
CiblCt' OF al locality upon TIE North Shore FROM
Boston TO Gloucester. about thirty miles Is one
continuous village. And this is oHly in one di-
rectiOn- The lines outward extend in numer-
Gus others like the fingers of a hand and are
even more thickly dotted with beautiful subur-
ban neighbOrhOOds and communities built ND by
the growing populations and the railroad sys-
TEN: but all more or less related to and depen-
dant upon Boston as the heart OF the organic
structure.
The beauty of Swampscott is It's ncarness to
Il nnSItI tbn q ,f,
sea. with its own beach at its backdOors: Lynn
Chelsea and Nahant beaches all in sight and
within easy walking distance: and beautiful
fertile country of orchards ami farms and cool
Old woods lying on the otnpr side and within a
stone throw of the beach Queen Anne cottages
and seaside villas. The variety furnishes fresh
drive every Gay for Il month. and the contrast
OF the waving fields of grain and thrifty apple
trees with the grandeur OF the ocean views is a
never ending surprise to persons who have seen
the sea Only at COney Island or Long Branch.
and who think of a shore a strip of sand with
perhaps shed like hotel upon il. Swanpscott
has q population of its own, but ii is of course
greatly increased during the summer months by
lis Boston contingent and by tie winter resi-
dents of other cities. some even from New Ork
and Washington having made a summer home
here or in the neighbOriEc town of Lynn, the
contiguous village of Chelsea, or upon the
Island of N;.hant.
DEAD NAHANT.
New Yorker had ever obtained a permanent
fOOthOld upon the sacred territory of Little
not To say Great Nahant. 1t is exclusive prop
erty. 1t belongs to BOston's Bluest of the blue
blood If is famous for its exclusveness. its fine
asphaltum sidewalks. its light taxes. and its
excessive dullRcSS Its rock bound shores are
approached by q wide strip OF made ground
leading out OF Lynn at the beginning of which is
q sort OF old COney-island of shed and hotel from
ph
which shine as beacOns at SwamIscott and all
along the shore for fish dinners or suppers at
fifty cents per head dancing and fun thrown in
This is the last sign of life after leaving Lynn.
Crossing the long strip of made road washed
on one side by the waters of the ocean as they
break on one of the NEST beautiful beaches i'm
the world. and the other BY the harbor of
Lynn-nOW undergoing needed publication by
the assistance of three dredging machineS-we
approach what seems to he a dead town it is so
absolutely quiet and destitute of all apparent
life. There were picturesque villas with Nor
man towers and G%teways. there are Swiss cot
tagcS. aud red. old-Engsh gables there are
vne-wrcdtIed Arches and ribbon borders
which must have been crown at enormous cost
Tor tie VIM at Ealant is the dreaded enemy of
plant l:!c. But in all the lovely frames and
hooks AMI settings there was not living
face AID iii ali the highways and by
WAYS not living form save
DurSem&id with her charge and a solitary man
precisioa-bGt all apparently a. dumb as Nahant
Itself. II TINS i the :ate of craftsmanship
De- lett SOLITARY and alOne-then one NAV well
pray against eXcluSIveneSS and recognize the
consolation which some one has mentioned as
arising from being kept ut a distance by some
people, ard that is that they are at an equal
distance There ere lawn tennis grounds and
there Is a tradition thar party Of Young people
were once seen playing that cheerful game in
front OF one of the Nahant ChatsauS but IL has
cd f,Iyy hot
it could have occurred in this generation
Twenty-Five Years ago when the present owners
and occupants OF Nahant were Young il was q
gay aud thriving and particularly fashionable
watering place. But it determined upOn q
Charmed life. would not have a hOtel-one was
started twice, and twice burned down-and
resolved 80 keep itself to itself 1t has been
let alone severely until it has lost all attraction
at least for ;:n outsider. and has less appear
ance OF life in its streets than that wonderful
City VI the dead. Pere-le-cfalse.
THE BEACH PEOPLE
Ocean street in Lynn joins Swampscott bv an
Invisible line. only perceptible on the bills of the
tax collectors. Lynn is city and has city Jun
ketinss TO pay FOR; consequently the taxes are
high. Swampscott is governed by its select
men. and It's tax rate is only about half Ocean
street faces Lynn beach. and upon this street
and the waters front live the most distln-
guished, pr at least many of the most distin-
guIsi:"d. OF the summer residents and town
people Here Is the cottage of L. b. Aldrich
and Is family. only part OF which now resides
IL II. Mr. and Mrs. Aidrich being absent IN Eu-
rope Hc!e Mrs. Frances HOdgsOn Burnett
spends her summers. and Mrs. Jean Davenport
Lander. who OWNS here valuable estate upon
which there are three seaside residences but
VINO. Ike eirS. Burnett, makes Washington her
winter Ec;uc. Prescott. the historian lived
here near Mrs. I-andeF's cottage. and there is
shown the trunk Of Il cherry tree round which he
continually wali,e.! while CONFUSING his history;
bU: h.s house has been enlarged into a private
family hotel called the Led Rock house though
tie man part remains IS when he occupied IT,
IL" View from the terrace Of any OF the beach
Cottages i enchanting. aad reminds one of the
Spectacle upon the lake of Thurm in Swtzer-
la.3, leaving out the mountains. hnt taking in
the circular CXranSe Of water which is mich
finer anG the alaphitheatrical effect of the Cliff
villas and cottages which line The shore.
Maria Mitchell i one Ct the summer residents
OF I.ynn. and her strong characteristic face and
figure. crowned with white hair. make a : rik-
In. picture anywhere. Miss Mitchell interests
herself with ''NCmaus Union work as She
does in the wCIs OF women wherever she NAV
BE- and recently gave a lecture upOE astronomy
vE.ca Interested women and working girls, who
were quite ignorant Of the subject, and made
them know nor. Of the worlds above us than
they Lad ever dreamed of before
us Jean Davenport Lander. widow ot Gen
Lander. and once a popular actress. occupies q
Cottage which she made out OF stable belong
ing 10 one Of the houses upon her grounds and
WHICH i directly upon the wafer Sitting at the