Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-18
PARADE oFrHn AnlsrocnAcY.

.B. C., t." writes the following interest
;ns letter from Newport, II. l., to the New
york Times: l have had occasion to
irop down on Newport quite often during
he past thirty years, and have observed
rary little change during that time.
There have been additions every year In
the way of cottages (palaces) and
Grounds. to be sure; there are more turn
onts 10 be seen and admired on Bellevue
,tenue of au evening nowadays than in
hose of wears gone by. And there is the
"asino. too, a lovely combination Of club
,nuse. cafe, theatre and garden-there is
nothing OF the same kind to compare to
if in this country-and there is a tri-
weekly merrlment among the polo play
ers during the months of July and Au-
gnst. But there are the same old con-
certs and so-called hops at the Ocean
House. and the same photographs ofdried
beef and slivers of ginger-snaps for sup
ner as in days of yOre. There are the
same willy mOkes VINO have driven their
rattletrap barges to the beaches for
score OF years, whose only aim in life is
In heat a stranger and vote the Republi-
san ticket; there are the same dealers in
Ieatherv meats who have done so much
,Or dentistry during two or three decades,
and there are the same "Iniun" purvey-
0rs OF Pequot and Narra2ansett
relics and implements of barbar-
ous warfare one meets at Niagara,
all of whom have hair on their
incisors and are in favor of Gladstone's
home rule. Neither Easton's nor Bailey's
Beach can be mentioned in the same
breath with Cape May, Long Branch, Bar
Harbor or Old Orchard. There is just one
public attraction here that cannot be seen
elsewhere, and that is the grand parade
of the aristocracy which takes place upon
Bellevue avenue every evening between
the hours of and Z. This is the most
brilliant cavalcade OF the fortunate pos
SCISSORS of blue blood and coupons and
magnfcently limhed cOachmen and swell
women with handsomely caparisoned
dogs that can be observed in America.
The best time to see this panorama Is
between 8 and 6, aud the best place to
see it is from the piazza of the Ocean
House or from the balcony of the
Casino. The best way to SEQ it, however,
and to enjoy it,, is to join (which one
may do for a moderate sum, and get al
most ineXtricably mixed in with three or
four miles of drags, tandems, tOur-ln-
hands, dog-carts, T-carts, DhRtons, Victo-
rias, English coaches, tally-hOs, barOuches
and innumerable other kinds of elegant
bVllDdRb6, dUu ll6ltiI W NbuA uiiNCA "hO
has forgotten to put ON his livery, of
course, and who is quite an ency clopedia,
in his way, who will entertain you in
manner something after the following:
That old gentleman who just passed is
Bancroft, the historian, and there isn't
tougher Old thoroughbred in town; the
aouse on the right is owned by a gentle
man in Boston, who makes Rome howl
when he gets his paint on. That's Colo
mel Best who has just passed; he
commands at Fort Adams, and
Is very sweet on his young
wife. That's the property of Gen. Wan
Allen-you know the evening papers CON
tain accounts of his suicide or accidental
drowning: guess he had SO much wealth
1t troubled him, but he was nightly good
70 those grandchildren, and he was
NIGHTLY well liked, too. and he was
good man for NewpOrt-he was a queer
Did person, though. That yOungster that
just Grove by is Foxy Keene, son of Jim
keene, who did things in roaring style a
lew years ago; he had millions then, but
be hasn't got cent now. The young tel
low don't look like chap that has to do
much hard work, though, does he? The
old man used to give slashing dinners,
you bet, and he had lots Of friends,
too. Where are they now? That's
what ! want to know; where are they
nov? Any Old dutfer can answer that
conundrum. That was James Gordon
Benefits place we first passed. Bennett
built the Casino, you know, and he is just
as likely to return at II tonight, or at
daylight tomorrow, as any other time,
even # he is at COnstantinople or st.
Petersburg at present-yOu know, things
are kept up at his house just as though he
were here; his servants are always
drpGEa1 f0r HinOar N binh q ROnEad
lay whether he is here or not; OIL tell
you, he's stem-winder. When he's here
there's fun all along the line. The next
place belongs to his brother in-law. There
goes the navy officer who married the
Pill-maker's daughter; he's a fly ma
1n", with a quarterback strut, and the
easiest mash on the avenue. There goes
bOb-tailed EnRlshman on a trOtter from
Little Compton who is sweet on an helress
rom Brooklyn with glass eye; look at
Aer pup with the diamond hat0and round
ais neck; her sisters mashed on the
coachy with the Chicago girl's yams who
hangs out at the L0rilIard lodge. That
Poor-looking chap you see in the mOke's
barge Is a fiddler at the Ocean; he Is
taking twenty cents worth of airing-he
can jerk bow, though, thapll make a
DurYlng-ground dance. Here come some
lgn steppers. my friend-the first is Mrs.
Plerre L0rillard, the next is Mrs. Leonard
Jerome, and the third is Mrs. Griswold
Gray. The two drags dashingup alongside
b long to +. NJ. Padelf0rd and August
Belmont, and the one just turning
out OF tho lane contains Mrs.
ogden Mills and Mrs. Pierson. Lock,
quick, nowl that handsome girl coming
lhis way is Miss Galatin. who was one of
the bellies of last season, and she might
We mis-, but she's engaged to Rowland
teI. The ladies who Just passed are
prs. sarah Belmont. Miss Whitney and
MISS Beckwith. They say there's more
'tYie than health at Newport. Have you
seen any very cOnsumptive-loOking
women for the last half hour? Don't they
an look as if the Lord had been good TO
tnem in more ways than one? Have you
lo'lced how many old buffers there are
ge'e with young wives? That's what
Knocks me silly-tO see how ready many
u Vuese little daisies are to give them
iselVes away 10 rich old second. hand hus-
oauuS. Here comes one now a S pretty as
sga9n blossom. You couldn't drop a
daonuAerchief, though, quickeTn she
" upped into the other one's shoes Just
Dscause they were golden. Still, sup
PTYHe sue knew what she was about-apO-
s.sAy mad two whacks at her aged part
s --l, ana II won't be long before his little
tl"'e II nave to be kept green. | forgot
~ snow you the Ross Winans cottage
to"y CAL 1t the Bleak House-and the cot.
80 o' theodore l.. Davis. There's where
euWher OF FoXhall used to do the grand
1 saturday and Sunday nights-he used
liz 0oine as far as Wexford on the Shore