The Sunday herald., 1886-08-22
sEAsHORE JOTTINGs.
GIanee Aionf the Coast-vast Outlay OF Summer
Exeursionists-Their Resorts Almost a, ,CYntinu.
ous City--why the PHr,tSS VIA MT s2iitA.
NEwroRr, r.. l.. August 10. isse

NEWPORT, n. l., August 10, 1850.
This Is q kind OF middle point between the North |
eru and Southern pleasure grounds along the ATTAIN
tic Ocean. There 'ss distinct hhysloehohy TO be rec
cenised, bs those who 6bsertc closely, al almos,
evefy one 81 the Nost of &aterlhR baSes, though
Nriefs Tor the Press Are not Always nabpy In ex.
ptessihk the differences but there Is also a wider
difference between the gropps north and south OF
certain lines which may be lust indicate In brief
review, a., .,s "
1t, can scarcely uc sald lha, there are any dis
;luctve summer resorts south OF the Islands In
Charleston uarbor, and those have manly local
character. Coming north there Ia an interval Of
desoation around liattcras, and then at the mouth
OF the chesapeake begins the wonderful array Of
struggling or crowded settlements devoted TO the
hot-wcatner holidays OF tho people.
Has ally ole computed tho aiiioun Of money spent
On these WATCHING flacess They arc surely one Of
the liost cohsricuods ihptks 5r ths Astounding
wealth. d the ,cothtrS and. pbofe. First there is
the building OF them then the host Of employers aud
employed engaged In conducting them, then the
larger army that supplies them with food and other
requisites, and then the lnnumerable transportation
lines, railways and boats and stages, all just now
crowded TO the utmost limit Of safety. All this,
moreover, is additional to the mountain and country
resorts, OF vrlrN ,ie,flns need here be said.
The first large resort on the Peninsula is Reho-
both Beach, Just below Cape lIcnlopen. I, was
started, as many similar places have been, as a
camp meeting ground, but soon developed secular
s,le, which IL now the more prominent. on the
other side OF the Delaware IA OF course famous Cape
May, dear TO 30 many washingtonlans Next lies
Holly Beach, which the Unitarans have seized upon
as kind OF camp.ineetlng ground Of a mild type.
according TO ihelt forms OF wdrship then Auglesea
As,sH In i..u L..
OF the senl.detached sand Islands which form the
sea front now having s,uie ambitious name and
clever scheme for attracting p,balatoti until the
| numerical climax Is reached at Atlantic City.
The Washington Light Infantry. by the way, have
made no mistake In selecting this the site OF their
summer encampment. It Is pace OF such startling
contrasts, between quiet cottages and roaring cxcur-
sion houses, nabobs arriving In paror cars and plain
white folks coming In cattle italhs, nteYse excite
| ment In soihc places, perfect calfi In others-so
much, In fact, like great city in miniature that II
would be hard to fud taste that ,uld not he suited.
II you want fun. you can g, down an watch the
daily parties Of cxcursionsts; II you want nshiug,
you will Hnd It all around the island; II you want
little travel and change, go to North Atlantic City,
on Brsantint Beach; or to South Atlantic City, or
the extrere end df the islit an stll on the brad
waters OF Egg Eiarbof.
From this point therB Is scarcely riotc interval
than there 10 In the sdbufbs Of Washington betwce en-
the successive cottages aud hotels; ami the names Or
the varloHs resorts would hake catalogHe like one
Of Walt Whltmlns POEMS.
The influence OF Philadelphia manners, ways, and
people Is chiefly felt until Long Branch Is reached,
and then there Is total chlnge Ter the influence
Of New York, which reIgns all Long Island AMI
Connecticut along the Sound up TO the outposts of
Rhode Island. Connecticut Is now more an appa
| mage OF New York than one OF the New England
| States.
AT Newport, as sud before, blessel interval Is
| reached. The "Qneen OF Aqudneck" has a special
character AMI n ,vor that Is not changed by the In
rad Of visitors from one point OF Another. All re-
spect her sovereignty and conforh iiort or less to
her ways. which drc somewhat sensiious. Tropical
and, IN the case OF the wealthy; aihusipEy snowy
rhe evening parade on Bellevue avenue, the polo
games, the yachting, aud dit the rest have an dir of
amateur theatrlcals gotten up for the mutual enter
| tainment OF the performers and the on lockers
The local difference /, realty seen crossing the
line into Massachusetts. The Influence OF Boston
at once asserts ITSELF not In the way Of "cuchaw,
II must he said but In the way of trade. The Dral-
| min class, with the possible exception OF few q,
| Nahanf, go 70 Europe or elsewhere. Nanasket on
one side, Lynn on the other, with their depend
encies. are dominated by he "soliL men" and their
families, and resound with shorpy talk Of leather
stocks and bonds, Western mortg Iges, and other
Boston interests, at least during the brief time In
morning AMI evening when the husbands and
fathers are at hom, This ls not gay for outsiders,
and as result Bay State resorts are given up al
most altogether to Bay State people.
Another bound puts us In Maine, aud, presto!
another change to tho acme Of gayciy ani cosmo.
poauism. The bracing air AMI the picturesque rocks
Of the coast are potent magnets and Maine is more
and more getting the lions share OF the most de
slrabe summer custom At Bar Harbor, 1t Ia said
wonderful TO relate, they even have plenty OF men
the absence whereof Is the burden OF complaint
almost everywhere else. Another report. however,
says that these a',uullnt males troubled with
youngness,' and are mostly college youths OF
eighteen and twenty, enJ ,ylug their vacations In
their own boyl,h Way, AM that real grown men
whose company Is desirable in ITSELF are scarce even
on Mount Desert.
Returning to Newport, which has thus been used
as point Of mental observation over the throngs OF
travellers, who, az some malignant satirist says In
summer rush down the steep places into the sea like
certain animals mentioned In the Scriptures, there
IS not much to chronicle outside the usual routine
and the coming and going OF guests.
The yachting excitement aroused by the visit o
the splendid New York squadron has temporarily
subsidized until the race with the Galatea shall stir Il
again. 1t cannot be said that Newport itself is In
| u
to land sports, such polo, "fox" hunts. ant
tennis. AZ proof Of this, take a single Instance
Newport has never offered any prize for yachting
, and subscription to supply this lack moves very
tardlly-or given any public entertainment t.
yachtmen. though private hospitality mas Of course
been abundant on the other han |, the enthusiasm
for polo Is such that an English team, or club what
ever The proper name may be, Is been Invited Il
come over and measure mllets with our hardy
1 ANtnel
lishinen are not above taking pay for the keep o.
their ponies and other expenses, and subscription
paper to this end goes round Drisky aud bears III,
most prominent names here for good sized amounts
/, What reflection 1t Is that American scamansbII
10 now left almost entirely TO bc cultivated on gay
pleasure craft! Where are our future navigator
To come from7 The spirit s there, as shown by oil
this amateur salOring, but unwlse laws have cut II
OF from nearly all practical development.
There seem to be no new indications Of value In
regard to the yacht that ought to race with the
Galatea. Judging by the way the British craft II
spoken OF at home, and tho way the Irex has beaten
the Gcnesa, which is quite as good the Galatea
would he cruel TO set Lieut.. Hem TO racing either
Of the Boston beauties. The Atlantic or even the
Priscilla would make fairer match for him.
The Rhode Island people, who are little vexet
, that their darling schooner, the Sachcm, which
promised 80 well. did not win the Highest honOrs
are claiming some OF the credit for the Maynoweri
Victory In the race OF Newport. Mr.. HerreshoG, O
the famous yacht-bullding lrm mot the celebrated
blind member thereof, however) was on board ,ht
victorious younger sister OF tho Puritan. and, II
claimed, by his wise counses ana thorough knowl
/, edge OF the course, aldel considerably In the
result.
Another theory to account for the narrow failure
OF the Puritan to achieve her usual triumph rests
upon the significant fact that second row OF reef
Ing points was put on her mainsail Just before the
Goulet cup contest. As this was not found neces.
sary In her previous great races. say tho wiscacres
1t betokens some monkeying with the ballast or kee
and removal Of part Of the weight rendering her lesi
} able stand up TO high wind They point to the
fact that very early In the struggle OF Saturday
week the Puritan sent down her club iopsail, In op
position to her usual tactics, while the MaynoweI
continued to carry everything The result was that
the Puritan was beaten before the first light
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