The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-09
AMERICAN TR0UVILLE.
nr .MgRICAN GIRL AT HER BEST
49, sTNARRAGANSErT PIER.

r-.,5as Have Gone Away, She Stays
-,.-bt Along and Enjoysit Immensely
re Awful Dearth of Men Does
- Tro,,nle Her in the Least-Some
ps1les Of the Beach.
CCopwiqhted.l
~.,D,eANsErr PIER, R. l., Sept. T.
v-,rber, does the American girl appear to
- advantage than at Narragansett
D.. !, e,rlv September, when the beach is
- Ioveliest. and when the ultra-fashion-
~ have either gone off to the mountains
80 u, for the winters dissipation, or
49, nm ND to Newport for a couple of
lbs sociable gossip on the long piazzas of
.ta Amer can Nice. And if Newport be the
W., # this country, Narragansett is, with
ovan more appropriateness, dubbed the
Tro,,v,lIa Of America; for here one sees
- O Foclz Of fair women as can be found
Lara else Moreover, it Is notorious
go Nswport had never been famed for the
49,. If IFS fair and wealthy patronesses,
oi &c rscapt contest there for the title of
o "a'-,ni,,sr beauty has excited among the
NaT~aoansert girls a great deal of amuse-
1nent anu no little jealousy; Tor II Newport
has ten bellies, tine American Irouvllle can
trntbfuIlv lay claim to 100 OF the most en-
chanting creatures that ever htted on be-
wiIderi 2 bathing suits, or hung on to
lfe-lOpe.
these cbarmers yesterday as she slipped her
morning appetizer through two straws, ito
boor of any of those Newport women claim
inc m he the queen of beauty. The secret
of II all is that nearly everyone there is
Ticb and they have lots Of men dangling
after their money bags and fiattering them
with fine talk. Now, we here are just as
hlue-blooded as the Newport women, but
onT papa5 haven't all got millions in stocks
and the funds. Our people are mostly in
trade you know.
there She added, pointing to a lovely
vision in soft muslin, who was coming uD
the board walk with a lap-full of buds
from the florist shop near the Casino; ''sbe
would eclipse half the beauties one sees in
Newport ballroom, and you ought to see
how she dances too a perfect little fairy,
and no wo der all the men are sweet over
her; that is, about ali the men that are mere
just now
Aud detected a bit of a sigh at this
unconscious clnfe sion of the masculine
lack Of interestin Narragansett femininIty.
IL was IdA ClJ q " OlOChg anu VI Oahlflsb W DIS
lust over The fresh young creatures were
comingout, arrayed for the forenoon saun-
ter along the beach, or for drive along the
road to DunmOre. On piazza almost op-
p0site were two elegantly dressed young
women. One stood leaning on the rail and
gazing wistfully enough down the road, as
though slightly eRnUi; the other, also half
bored, sat back in her chair and, with shout
derS well thrown back and her splendIdly-
nodded arms reaching up behind her head,
looked off i'll the same direction. They
We're waiting for their escort. Happy the
man who mas the chaperoning of SD charm
ing a pair, | mentally calculated, when a
little pony chalse drove up and natty
coachman alghted and tipped his hat to the
ladies'. A moment more and they were
bowling otf-and not another man in sight,
either.
But, bless You, they didn't mind it. If
you could have seen them a couple of hours
later, as did when, with my friend of the
morning, they were enjoying d triangular
dip and having lingering" schoolgirl
fashion III the surf. you would have said
that the trio formed one of the prettiest
pictures you ever laid eyes on. The tall.
statuesque girl, with the fine arms wore a
suit that was simply stunning in style
and brevlty-a sort of checkered affair that
reminded one of Columbine in a panto-
mime. Her sister had a jauntv little glazed
sailor hat and close fitting gown of serge,
sleeveless and snug enough to make every
me OF the 1.-the and beautifully-rounded
form appear to advantage, vet without
beng bit loud. My little maiden-she
was probably about 1S-was like one of
the water nymphs one sees in die Nibelun-
seh. empowered by her long hair of SHIN
inering gold, WIN, oh was held together only
eY a single bow of ribbon, while it foated
lar below her slender waist. And these
three graces laughed and frolicked and
dlpped; they sang and dived and romued.
anu noated and dived again; and after their
nouTS mermaid play, they emerged like a
GROUP OF young sea-goddes5es, fresh from
the ~ath and looking lovelier than ever.
lhelr checks glowing with the roses of health
dhG beauty, and their eyes brimful of nler-
Htnent and innocent sport.
!. mere are still a few representatives of
Gae -Four Hundred left at Narragansett.
MIS- hamilton Fish and Mrs. Forster being
" ~iIloiis me number. | am afraid their
ST. VI u5corum would have received an
eIecUrlc snocl, had they seen the costumes
worn oy two very handsome women on the
t neach iater In the afternoon. One was
i InaV OF a young south erner-a New Or
lo9hs oeile, learned; aud it was certainly
S@icu'aIeu TO be visible from a distance
one was plump little thing, with q
superoly white and velvety Skin. and
que knew just how to show it off to the
~ SIs. advantage against a background of
9 9iacA' Her pure Greek face and her
II.ll2Ied arms were the only things about
ner ouat were not ensilhouette. Her hair
was Vled up IN the conventional silk can.
e e an escaping tress or two revealed the
t , thaI us color was tawnv gold. AS she
noun ed the steps Of her bathing machine
an. turning looked seaward as though re-
SslUt.IHs 70 leave the water, she made per-
49, ~. pose ana | was instantly convinced
n ~ nrC stood before me who, if she had
i IOna else TO coquette with, would make
go, " her mirror, as a distinguished
lately. - SE'iu 70 nave done
co She fingered so long on the steps of the
On -, oIIl 'nal my curiosity was aroused. and.
ba. User "oservation, I noticed that her
Das,.n'.s- sun was susplciously dry-looking
foo 5e e. u step lower she dipped one
a,d t ~, t;ie lwenty-four inches Of ocean,
saudi ,di''1'iiy wlthdrawing it, gave a little
tcs again and again were these tao
nir1,. ttepeated. Yes; she was scan
n mn the beach, to see whether there
"" %aS man in sight. Not a douht
ST. ~. At last, with something like n
hi i9G ot disappointment she wheeled about.
IirI 1iy tooh header and swan out with
b,s9o2 Jus strokes to the limit of the life
tbos, Sle was fast swimmer. too. and
,no9;. "hlIe arms had the strength of a
cgsa,s !, PRESENTLY she returned to the
batT-,l-,o 'o"lnga little stream of water from
of Le eeI her lips. She reascended the steps
frn,. ~ llllacinine her curving and tapering
~ showing with indisputable natural