The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-08
FROM SUMNER RESORTS

ECHOES FROM SUMMER EsORTs
A good many Washington people will re-
member the prank played on a demure
young lady by Miss Belle -, of Balti-
faore! which Is family, outlined. though the
best Of II Is not told BY The lolloHihsi "G
correspondent writing TO Tom Topics from
EarfAsAnssu ,r;...ssIr: People who have
ever bathed 10 these wsis,s know wins. =
luxury II is. Such wild waves, And such
pretty sifls. Really our girls, both young
and Old, HAYS n radiance not to be found
elsewhete. What cah IL be have met
girls A. NewpSit that did not seen, pretty,
Afid *beh theT came here, TO- stay a week
they became really biistminA IL abpeatspnicce:
| think IL is the absence Of woffy atsut
dress and adornment which wears on their
expression Of face. Speaking Of the absence
Of such care In dress reminds me Of funny
story that heard last night. II seems that
Miss Prim, Of Baltimore, daughter Of an
eminent lawyer,) used TO visit the White
Sulphur Springs, Of Virginia, until this
fact took place. And since that time the
whole family have been at Nsrragausett
and we'll behaved, and rather commented on
the wild harufn scarum Ways Of certain
beauty, who was q favorlte Of the men.
This girl, Miss Belle, of Baltimore, made up
her mind TO pay the rival In hsr own coin,
and got DIP faficy ball. No one could tell
what they wotld wear, and all, gentlemen
rs we'll is ladies', 8efe TO wear masks; how
ever, Miss Belle. learned Chat Miss Prirh was
TO appear In. The evening arrived; and q
tall man paid desperate attention to Miss
Prjm. She sat in the dark part Of the
beautiful garden, slipped champagne In the
dim light Of the veranda, and accepted
those little attentions that lovers give and
take. Before the hour OF parting an en-
gagsrnent was made for future meetings, and
With warm expression OF love, they parted
to meet again IN a few ihothef:si at 4 given
room, when all We're TO unmask; and 70 atfd
behold, Miss Prim saw, next to her, The
beau ideal, and her ardent admifer, Miss
Belle. The news few like wild fire, and IL
became so dsagreeable there that the family
have ever since come here"
Bar Harbor Ia as full as IL can possibly be,
and notice has been given authoritatively,
according TO the Boston Gazette, that from
this time on there is room for men only.
Accommodations for ladies are out OF the
question, as at the few dances that have
been given the women have stood fathoms
deep in the ball room, and the men have
been few and far between. This will be
remedied next month, when young fellows
In banks and Offices get their fortnight's
holiday; but alas ons thing is certain
that while all the prettiest and most attrac.
tive girls are at Mount Desert, Newport has
monopoly Of all the eligible men.
II is about time, says the Long Branch cor.
respondent ofthe N. Y Star, that something
should be said in defense of the average
Long Branch woman who dons a bathing
suit. So much absolute nonsense and in
many cases extravagant fiction has appeared
Of late in the daily papers that any one unao.
quainted with the Beach at Long Branch
| might Justly suppose that II exhibits daily
scene calculated TO rival the "Black Crook"
or q comic opera. It would Seem to be the
delight Of some pictorial contemporaries 10
| present an individual to their readers whose
stockings are her chief attractions, gotten up
in the test fashion know n to the lady bathers
Of Boulogne and Biarritz, totally unfit to en-
counter the rude handling Of the breakers,
|
ex posed places on the bluff, to the delight
and admiration Of all dudedom.
| While there are, no doubt, few such per
sonages-and they may be numbered upon
| the fingers of single hand-the vast major
ity of the ladies here are far less given TO i,n-
mOdesty of this character than Is probably
the case at most fashionable seaside summer
resorts. Indeed, the average lsdy's bathing
dress at Long Branch is an exceedingly un-
slightly affair, much more repellent than at
tractive, and calculated to Withstand the
severe tumbling about which the weaIer ia
likely to receive. Long Branch ladies battle
for the pleasure which 1t affords them and
the invigorating effect of the salt water, and
not for the benefit Of the audience that may
be Watching them from the shore. II there
is any great display Of hosiery here II is more
likely TO be on the part of those who seldom
indulge in the luxury of a seal bath, but who
prefer instead to bask in the sun upon the
sand. Whether il is through accident or de-
sign that the latest fashions In stockings are
SO extensively exhibited on the beach is, Of
course, delicate question. There can,
however, be no reasonable excuse for iguor.
ance as 10 this article of feminine toilet on
the part of any one who my visit the shore
almost any pleasant afternoon.
Apropos of bathing, it would seem 10 be
/
youth at the Branch TO indulge their appe.
lite for the water by seeking the more com.
Portable quarters which the hot salt water
bathing establishments afford, rather than
sxpO0e their delicate constitutions to the
hardshils of the surf. was passing out OF
well-known place of this kind the other
day, and noticed a slender youth, who had
evidently just emerged from the tub, being
weighed by his chum.
''What do you make II out, old boy - in.
quired the first.
"Ninety-sevsn pounds exactly"
"By Jove! Ihave lost q pound, don't you
know weighed ninety -sight pounds when
went in"
"Pooy boy" exclaimed his friend with
quiet sarcasm. "YOu have only ninety.
seven baths left"
The Newport correspondent of the Boston
Transcript writes that Newport In the season
presents a greater variety of distinct types
of men and women than any other place IN
this country. We have the more expensive
foreign diplomates from Washington, tn.
travelling Euglisbman doing the States In ,
tour OF six weeks, the philanthropic en-
thusiast from Iceland, wishing to raise fund
for girls school in that remote spot. w,
havedistinguished olsricals Of domestic make
aud foreign prelates who come 10 hsrapgu,
the rich folks and taste our sea breezes. IL
purely American types We are also very rich
The quiet, solid, wealthy folk from New
Finland and New York, who live In grsa
houses ON the cliffs, and do not bother them
selves about the Casino or polo; the vulgar
rich people from all over the country, who
fiaunt their money in every body's face and
spend their whole life en- 6pidcnce, prancinl
! up and down the streets in fine carriages