The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-19
THE TANNING PROCESS.

The fashionable bathing hour at Long
Branch is IL o'clock. Seekers after health
20 down on the snowy beach at that hour
and plunge into the breakers. Men and
women alike battle as il their very lives
depended upon it. Most of them keep with
in the life lines, but there are few adven-
turesome ones. particularly women, who
strike out boldly and swim out distance
Of a quarter of a mile The bluffs are
lined with sight-seers and the observant
STUDENT of human form may feast his or
Der eyes on all sorts of legs and all sorts of
IOckingS encasing them.
Long Branch is still considered fashion
able resort, and there is no end to the ex-
penSive gowns worn by the women. But
he Long Branch of to-day is far differ
ent place from what it was when Grant
was President, and held his summer court
there The place is still living on the repu-
hton made then, and people come from
far and near to visit it and while away the
bnstering days of midsummer When
Grant was President, the politicians found
it convenient and sometimes profitable
ding place. They made up one set or
clique that kept things going at lively
pace and as money was no object the hotels
we're crowded, champagne flowed like
water, and gorgeous equipages lined the
grand drive during the afternoon. AT
inner the ladies appeared in costly even
Ag dresses and the men III regulation swal.
low tails The balls at the big hotels were
crowded with fashionables, and there was
an air of easy luxury about the whole place
hat was agreeable even to those who had
DO fine clothing and small bank accounts.
many changes. The politicians
have gone. Big, bluff, genial
Tom Murphy, Grants collector at the
port of New York, is seen here now and
Aen. He looks like ghost come back from
some village churchyard. 1t was Murphy
who induced Grant to come here and to
him more than any other man. must be
given the credit of making the place a sue
cess Murphy was big man in those days.
He was making over 100000 year out of
TIE New York custom house He lived
/ Ike a Sybarite. He supported an enor-
nous establishment. He had horses by the
! dozen, and servants By the score. He always
made tour of the big hotels at night and
bought basket after basket of champagne
for any of his friends who would drink it.
lie usually spent 800 day for liquors and
he dispensed the inequalities of his home
with the lavishness of prince. When |
saw him the other evening he was blowing
the froth off scent glass Of lager beer at
the same bar, where, for so many nights,
years ago. he threw down his big bills and
| loid the bartender to keep the change.
bis home still remains, although it is kept
| up very moderately now. Ire horses and
carriages and servants have been scattered
% the four winds, and when he rides now
II is in an ordinary stage where the fare is
@ly nickel. Nearly all the other old timers
have been scattered, too. A few remain.
among them is George w. Childs, the
owner Of the Philadelphia Ledger, who
Owns one of the finest summer houses on the
| New Jersey coast. He entertains regally,
and his stable of horses is unexcelled He
Is one Of the few well-known old-timers
who lives in the luxury he did a dozen
years ago.
The men and women who populate Long
Branch to-day are, with very few exceptions.
class of the most ridiculous shoddyites.
measured by the bushels of diamonds worn,
and the gorgeousneSs OF their apparel, they
would stand high. People without social
standing, noted only by the gorgeousness Of
Ihelr rallnent, abound here. There are
men VINO began life by selling socks and
coAar buttons. Solomon in all his glory
was not arraysd like one of these. The ears
Vi the women are weighted down with the
IareSt Jewels that money can purchase. 1t
would seem that the Kimberly mines had
, ueen ransacked to procure diamonds for
T 1nor ears, their necks aud their fingers.
Inc men are also overdressed. They show
a wotul lack Of taste in their clothing, and
snelr III breeding by the variety Of their
hnger rings, and the amount Of watch
'ualh That spans their capacious stomach.
IA word Long Branch is peopled by
vulsar, overdressed, loud-talkiug men and
"onleh-the men gamblers and followers
=. TIE turf, and the women with reputa-
T T'onS trifie furnished, to puJ it mildly.
tfTIele are very few respectable people.
jin9y I'VE quietly in their own cottages and
Nv not mix in with the throng of over
I.eSSed nobodies who strut around the big
i Eio@S. The cottage life here is really de-
nsauul, and there is a small circle of So
Ivy here az exclusive as can be found
uuy where in the world, but the ordinary
, sisltor sees none of 1t. Although the enter
TNtulhs Is as elaborate as any thing seen at
5o" port, some of the private bathing
~ I IVES owned by the cottagers are marvels
W. luxury. A bathing master was telling
s -e today of one house that is big and
,tgyouy. The floor is covered with beautiful
al The walls are papered, and there are
Ga lue conveniences of ones bathroom at
a Iln1 There are big mirrors, brushes,
n outuS towels, spangles, soaps, powders ana
yfsariulhes, and my lady fair is driven in a
Az NY httledog cart from her home nearby,
Gov ls IN half an hour she emerges daintiiy
say SoSV5pmed. She makes trim figure on tho
.Tsr' Her suit is of light blue flannel and
SIns9y cloth, trimmed with red and white.
ana Is snugly encased in tight-fitting corsets,
gatL her fluffy brown hair is carefully
p",GeTed under an oilslSin cap. The waist
Ma asht-ntting, and silver pin keeps it in
N 49, -, az her throat TIE sleeves are made
fa,i, mnlte jersey cloth The skirt Is short,
naII within two inches of the knee. A
s s1n OF white and blue horizontal striped
dsia,ngs cover her shapely legs aud a
''S pair Of hirh healed low cut russell