The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-07
SOCIETY GIRLS AT TENNIS
WEALTHY BEAUTIES AND TREIR
SKILL WITH TIE RACKET.

! silly she handles her racket Ole would al
most thiu2 she had never been in a tennis
court bsfore.n
And the fair bntc critical matr01 indicated
with a wave Of her fan. young girl VINO
was taking parJ in the game and certainly
not without enbarra ,sment. Sac MISE
| play sever Il times and nor partner, a tall
! young fellow with a high brei air about
him, ha ! al ne could DO to keep her from
"faulting" at every stroke. 1t was evident
she was a beginner.
II should hate to give my partner so
much trouble" resu nod the critic by my
side, as she rocked her chair iazIly on the
piazza fro which We 5verIoo sel g play
ers. e :ery young lady ouslt to know
tennis a "a indeed alm JSt all do. | make ii
poi with my own daughters to have
the fairly profile ent IN VIVA ever amuse-
meat is popular in society duiIg the sea-
sou. AMI tennis IS the rage just now yol
know. Everybody plays"
"R her Intricate for beginner, isn't is?"
| velture1 tO suggest.
Not a bit more SO than any ether ga ne
IN which young pc pie, particularly yoln
girls, can appear to advantage. CrOquet was
UJu rldiculOusly slow, you low Besides
i, didn't ALLOW any freedom Of movemsnt as
tennis does Ohe doesn't get tired hand
ling "A racket, especia ly if one has a clever
player for partner"
Ienuis j., in truth, the pet fad of the up
per ten just now. 1t would al most seem as
though clety had gone wild over it. The
fashionable young girl of the period is
crack tennis player and can manipulate a
racket with dexteri y eqI al to the 'ciety
young man AMI with inf i. ely more grace.
lbs a terrible game for those who are
disposed TO fiirt, isn'tit::' continued my con-
pauiou
Indeed" | interrupted.
Just LOOK at Miss Blank, over Their e,
girded h-f Lutte Norfo K jacket, with her
skirts well buuche1 up a % showing a
| glimpse of moi cry above a ra her neat ankle
and those fetch x tan-cOlre canva Shoes.
| Isn't she at her best just now? Come, confess
IT,"
And this worldly-wISe dame indicated a
| tri u, little fl cure, to the eft of the court,
serving tne ball with a elaboration and
skill, ii st to the riglt and tnen TO the left,
her foot on the uns AID ner lltAe a ID grace
! fui body poised In an attiUu lie sucl as Alta
lanta might have aSsum d when s g was
about to start on her famous run with the
golden apple.
it Is ia; little over Gig It We lrs since
lawn, tennis began to be affect I'd BY American
S.4Is. IL va, JAe rage IN London and all
q
lawn tennis e INVENTION was held at the Fifth
Avenue hotel here in 1881, AID when the
National association was organized. Since
that time teni is clubs have sprung up every
where, b best kn1wn Il noug Jn5m being
| ie New YORK tennis club, Whcl is now
| three yea Old, and amo & whose members
| are many well known o:ieCy ladies, includ-
| M some of the shining lights Of the -Four
| uuAdred
Almost any fine afternoon "the Meadows"
II One hundred a d Sec Dnd street, immo-
! lately wess Of fifth avenue, are made a
| cenUet of attraction by g lhaut play of
the young uptown tas ionables who turn
| ut III droves TO share in the sport. With
their st iped dresses of bunti &, their cute lit,
! tie shoes and Scotch caps, they ente. the field
! me ry as clckets, slnglng TIER racket
| bags and prepared 10 capture tue honors of
| tine court from the gentlsmen who are mar
| snaIed around III "DlaZer,n canvas shoes
| and he looseSJ and coo,esJ of hanuelS to op-
pose them. And they make a pretty pict-
| ure moving about swiftly and gracefully
on the snooJhly mown grass, or darting
| hlther and thit or in the exciting intriCa-
cies of the game. Ogher favorite grou IDS
| Of the upper ten" are Noun Morris PARK
| at One Hundred and Twenty-h. ST street.
| the Central Park common, tue New YO. k
attn etc club grounds at Traver's Island,
and the splend d new gronnd of the cJun-
try club at Throgg's Neck-the latter being
the most exclusive of al. There are also
well patronized grounds at st. George on
Staten lsla d, where the elite of RIcnnond
cJuI y and many fashionable paroles from
tAls city play when he heat Of town drives
them to seek the sea breeze. The New
YORK ten is clue has its own grounds in
WeStchester county near b .ycheS er village
an there game is played, not as a mere
duletante aauseme t. but i'll true scientific
| "a q
ton bel < r.gidly observed By the players
The dlhe. ent armOrieS a o used by some of
the clubs as winter grou IDS,
No,able among the experts is Miss Har-
gous who was interested in the recent per-
70 uiance at millionaire James NJ. Wa.er-
bury'S amateur cirque near Baychester,
when 500 of Now YorK's best known society
pepp.e witnessed the extraordinary show
giveI by a NUN or of versa lie ana fun
loving young maidelS from Fifth and Maii-
son avenues Miss HargouS plays a re mark
ably st ong and we'll alancsd hand at ten
mis-, is the CO lest III the court, deive S the
call With the facility and strength of a crack
pitcher on he diamond field a ID strike
OUT with tue unorrlng accuracy Of the
famous Mike Kelly himself S le is not
strikl ely handsome, but IS finely proper
tionel and Is exceedingly graceful in her
movements.
The Misses Remsen are also known as
! Specially skllltul with the racket and sell
don lose a stroke. Both are disti lguishe /
10y Their easy carriage aud grace in tae
! Held. They wear the re uiatlon tennis
suits, W lIch shoN off tnelr fac N ysique TO
advantage. Sr Ro lald Ca heron d sis
ter are both MOTEL for their will at play, and
/ wueI here seldom miss al oppur-
tulltY to enjoy tns game. They play in
the English yle, winch differs Ia some
minor details from the rules laid dowA for
AmencAn players, but taey ae both re-
garded as strong additions to any side of
the court
Mss Mariquita Serrano, the handsome
dau,sht u d ueiross Of the rich CuUa sugar
mercuant, IS one of tie finest PLAYERS il
New YORK aud IS most attractive figure IN
the fed. Sic ID and se-m iglv del cate.
yet as agile as kitten, she never lags in me
game, a III Is a Keen sports woman ald a
dangerous opponent. Sac is eq tally clever
either il a three handed or a 1our-. aadei
game, and wuel tie h.iI IS large she shines
. by contrast with the weaker players.
lie Misses Potter, daughters OF
Howard y. Potter aud near relatives of
BlSnop Potter, are both br illiaAJ PLAYERS
a..d are he utiful girls, besides.
Miss & lswul l. Tnoss bt0uher is a noted
amateur horSeman and patron of athletic
sports, is another remarkably handsome
, figure in the teams cou,t. Mss Bees. a
, rich young helreSs, with the co tour and
: pm s.que If Cleopatra, great lambe t.
d dusky eyes, and soft, peach-lke complex