The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06
WHAT u eorxe ON IN sOusr1.


Certainly, o darker. Rloomler. Hmpsr 100
tiysl than our last glorious Fourth was nevoi
soon. Evon the elements were In Rebellion
and refused to permit any OF the CUSTOMARY
tributes 10 tho dignity and importance Of the
occasion. Dense fogs settled down upon tho
dacks Of excursion steamers and on the pisrzas
Of seaside hotols. PARTIES to country houses
wsrc compelled 10 abandon tho tennis courts.
turn their backs upon pleasure boats. ana tsKo
refuge In draw poker and corner h'rtations IN
doors, In short. the Fourth 10 fsstal holiday
vss q dead failure and only tended to Increase
tho gloom and staanation which have bssn tns
features OF watering. place life thus faf. NC
70, no spirit. and very little promise OF any"
II tho report from far and near.
And although tho season II young yet ana
few weeks will doubtless make favorable
changes vet tho outlook Just now 10 not en-
couraging. In Newport there are 20 many
empty cottages. % many mansions closed ana
barred, and 90 many have passed into strenge
hands. that until the new elements that are 70
make society there this summer are We'll fuseo
and blended. little or nothing can 60 on.
The royal and imperial families Of Aston and
Vanderbilt" - they were i'm pertinsnly named
last season. are conspicuous By their so-
sencs. The doors Of Mrs. Paran 6tsvsns's
hospitable mansion. which were forever turn.
ing on their busy hinges. will b closed TO her
friends this season. There will b no charm
ing dinners at Mr.. G. @. Baldwin's. Lady Nan.
dsyills. Mrs. Griswold Gray. Miss Ysnaga. Mrs..
George Riyes, Mr. Frederic Stevens. Mrs. I'd.
ward Cooper. Mrs. Lloyd Bryce. and the Misses
Hewitt are ali among tho absent The arrival
Of Mr.. James Gordon Bennett. who II expected
to sail about the middle Of this month direct
for Newport In his yacht Namouna. will make
a stir In Yachting a. we'll - social circles. and
will doubtless give rise to not little gayety.
In genuine and respectable specimens OF the
British sristocracy Newport promises to be
lamentnbly deficient this year. Unless ono or
two come out at the close OF tho London sea.
son and take q peep at Newport on their way to
the happy hunting grounds Of tho far West.
society in tho City By the Sea will be sadly at
loss for sensation. Lady Randolph Churchill
and rossibly her clever husband arc the
only ones promised a. vet, Prince and Prln.
cess Ponistowski will pass part OF August
there but the Prince. although bis ancestry
dates back to a period far more remote than
the Norman Conquest, 10 not an Englishmsn.
and therefore does not count
Il IL said that Mr.. Fitx Garretson, q very
agreeable and vell-instructed young man. and
brother OF Mrs. Rowland Russell. has accept-
cd the AGENCY OF 4 house In the grocery bust.
agemsnt OF tho retail establish ment on Bellevue
avenue This is somewhat new departure. but
ono certainly in the right direction. Ifs Young
man cannot earn living by his brains. which
ought to be the main dependence OF edu.
Gated people. he may do It quite ~ honorably
and respectfully in one branch Of trade % In
another. and he IL justified in taking the road
which he believes will most surely and swiftly
lead on to fortune. The old.t;me prejudice
which insisted that a man might sell a barrel
of flour without damaging his social position,
but must inevitably forfeit 1t II he offered the
same article for sale By the pound IL passing
away. And go. also. ia the superstition that
shrinks from allowing women to take money
for honest labor, while 1t sanctions the ruthless
display Of their attractions and accomplish.
menus ON tho amateur stare. or in closs prox-
unity to and in imitation OF man in tho hunting
neld and on the race course. The world Il
growing wiser In all these matters.
The advocates for the coeducation OF thu
sexes and for the admission of women to the
same field Of labor and enterprise a. men. win
be somewhat dishesrtsned by q study of the
class lists recently published in Osmbrides
University, England. Neither in msths.
matics nor In the classics did any female stu.
dent attain the honor Of a frst elsss. and in
the second appear tho names Of forty three
men against two women. Al the women wore
probably ten times a steady. dilissnt, and Dor.
severing % the men, this looks - II their
talents did not run in the line Of the HIGHER
mathematics, and suggests that tho time and
strength expended upon them might have been
given to studies that would have proven more
appropriate and remunerstiye.
The hotels are all open at ssrstoga and
| 5000 or 1000 people come and 20 daily but
emptiness in the midst Of ysstness 10 the only
idea conveyed to the visitors mind at the pres
ont moment. At the United States there are
but a handful OF people a. yet-smong them