Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-02
SCENES AT LONG BRANCH.

Mrs. Stuarts Miuions-The Best
Swimmer-January and June.
Long Branch Letter in philadelphia Times
An hour ago | was filled with gossip
/ about the incidents and accidents of lie
at this seaside city. But the people whom
have met are far more interesting than
the romances have heard. Yesterday
morning saw an elderly woman being
wheeled about ia an easy char by an u
tendant. She lives in considerable style
at The West End, and yet the lingering
hours of her life cannot be very happy.
Three rooms and splendid private par
Tor accommodate her, the companion she
has chosen, and the servants necessary to
make her comfortable. This lady has
many millions of dollars, but is without
kIth or kin to enjoy them with her or
spend them after she is gone. There is
something sad in the reflections which
sight of this lady creates. Mrs. Robert
l.. Stuart is the widow OF Mr.. Stuart, who
died at the head of the great sugar retin-
cry at New York bearing his name. He
is credited with having left $l2OOO,OOO
to his widow, and the charitable ana ed
vocational institutions Of the country are
TO TecelVeit at such times aud in such
amounts as Mrs. Ztuart may determine.
She gave $500. 900 last year to Princeton
College, and will doubtless increase the
amount. What her other bequests are to
be no one can vet tell, but the whole for
tune is to be distributed before her death.
Mrs. stuart is a woman OF benevolence,
and her charitable acts are as numerous
as the minutes OF the day. She has
magnifi cent house in New York. which
rivals the Vanderbilt mansion in
the grandeur OF its appointments.
A year or so ago in this
splendid palace sne fell, believe. on one
OF Its waXed floors. Since that time she
has been a cripple, and is is taken
about in her easy chair. Az
ter all, great riches do not always bring
c0BEAlt and contentment. Mrs. Stuart
lNkAEsfe with a parrot for a pet and
-tEeeP-af friends who visit her occasion
ally as companions. She is driven out
every afternoon, and lives at her ease
pSut no prattling, happy children awaken
the echoes in her apartments. She is fast
journeying toward the sunset land, with
millions to give away and crowds OF cor
morants begging for 1t. 1T is really
strange to see how many open hands
there are following this rich woman
wherever she goes.
An hour after she had been driven away
IN her carriage | went to battle. Sport
ing in the water was a young girl, the
picture OF health and maldenly happiness.
Her face and arms were brown as berry
and she spOrted in the breakers like
mermaid. she could swim better stroke
than any of the young men surrounding
her. Her graceful antics in the water at
tracted the attention not only OF the bath
ers, hut of every lOoker-On from the
splendid bath house Of the Hollywood cot
tages. She would dive and turn a SOM
ersault in the water as gracefully as a
swan, and her plain but neatly whiting
bathing SUIT added charm to her move
ments without retarding them. She
must have been in the water haitian hour
or more, the very picture of a water
nymph. | never saw female swimmer
who could match her either in agility or
gracefulness. Every one WAS inquiring
her name and just as she walked out OF
the water, a perfect picture OF symmetry
and becoming m0desty, some one said:
"Why, that 10 Jennie Kenney of Phila-
delphIa. She is the most noted swimmer
along the coast"
This was apparent from what l had
seen. l believe this young lady is the
daughter OF Mr.. Fl. F. Kenney, the Super
intendent of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton aud Baltimsre railroad. But be that as
1t may, she carries of the palm among all
the female bathers of this place. As |
saw her emerge from her bath house
half hour after she left the water. dressed
in a neatly-ftting suit,I could not help but
think how much richer she was than the
old lady with her twelve millions. The
one young, healthy, aud attractive, with
her life all before her; the other old and
alone, with life spent and burdensome
millions To give away to those VITO will
appreciate the giver only as a reminis-
cence.
Watching this young lady in the water
was an interesting couple--one old, the
other young; January and June locked
in curious embrace; the frost OF winter
and the fresh EN- blem OF beginning sum-
mer united. The man was dressed in a
fun sun of black and his furrOwed face
ard white hair recalled Longfellow's
words in describing an old man:
Brown as a berry was he, like an oak that
is covered with snowtiakes.
Yet the veteran walked erect and with
a sprlngy step, that denoted the strength
of life that is still feeding his heart and
brain with rich, warm blood. His young
wife looked upon her elderly lord with
something like tinge of satisfaction as
he stepped about and she saw that his
limbs are still elastic and his gait is not
sUAnOllug. her neat ana trim ngure
was clad in a rich light suit of most taste
full pattern. She may perchance be %
years old and is of most comedy appear
ance. Her companion and husband is
nearing the 90 line. They move about a
great deal. Every pleasant morning
they rest by the sea and watch the young
people battle. Wherever they go they at
tract attention. In the evening about the
porches OF the West End they are pointed
out to the curious. They are delicately at
tentive TO each other, but not in the least
spoony. 1t is ex-Gov. James l.. English
OF Connecticut and mis- Young wife. They
are not over their honeymoon yet, al
though they have passed the season at
which most young couples would
consider the days Of billing and
cooling were at an END AS they
sat and chattsd this morning | couldn
help but think that the young lady might
have gone farther and Jared worse. Mr..
English is good enough looking to crafty
any womau's pride. With his riches and
position IN the social world she can GER
tainly be content. So, after ALL while
people wonder at this union of the old and
young, there may be satisfaction in the
woman's heart, and that is better than
with young husband.
EXPLAINED AT LAST.