Telegram-herald., 1890-09-21


f0osFafsas fseo - s4rsntlaa 3 co1
Fs.-i1as e.ast Is nos whsss fAs Pes
tesat -, nor 3aszs ths greatest nale-
ees et peoHis are. aos yss vAsrs ths
moasy j., thoush meaes 5 there toei-
dea IA - but lt - - eAera M1s Aster
give a2lisnes ana dlspsasss hospital
~. Ia Ars. Ass3r's w4ke Is zl~ays t4s
seicisut prims ninlstsr, Ward Meal
ilstsf. ana sAsrs these tso srs = tie
HEADQUARTERS of AHsrlesa aristee raey-
IL esrtAia olhsrs d.d uoE elset - cons
slso-~tAs Es'ments snd 6oslsss. the
Liviogstoness Nan3srbiits. coopers.
Lzsrsness aud bonapartes these did
nos r22s e5lamen e4 ase slth Mrs.. Ass0r,
thea 40 p see could be called ths court
has thsy AZ. AID by these presents,
upper swslldom i still 81 Newport.
Bat The super-sEistoeratie pretsn-
sioas ot AsapoFt are not based en-
tirsly en- blood aad money, for Bishop
Potter leads Ais A0ly presence, aud isst
year fought tie claims of the common
people TO the use of the beach.
There Is a subtle difference, bat =
difference entirely palpabie 70 The cas-
uAl visitor between she social at
nosphers OF Newport and shat OF
the other similar Fesorts--Naragansett
Pier, Lsnox, Bar HarboT aad Richheld -
70 which swelldon goes occasionally.
This is graysly important point on
which the public will be glad to DO in
stracted Be il known. therefore, that
a. the other places visitors not IN the
set are graeiousiy allowed 70 enjoy
themselves unfrowned upon "a intrud-
ers, and one may live at the hotels
without being called vulgar. OF course,
By including Lenox. | refer to the time
before the court moves up there later
in the autumn. But at Newport every
thing is de rigeur. Society does not
indulge itself even in surf bathing,
taking its aristocratic baths indoors.
There IS here no hotel life; only hotel
existence. There are sets in other
places; in Newport there is but one
set. and woe 20 you if you are not in 1t.
The social surface here appears TO the
outsider calm IS a summer sea, but 1t
has its sensation within; its intrigues,
its jealousies; its people with idiosyn-
cracies. Among the last is Mrs. Paran
Stevens, who started the epidemic of
burglar-fright which is at present
robbing the set of its beauty sleep and
furnishing the stock theme for small
talk Mrs Stevens insugurated the sea
son By the loss and recovery-found in
her own bed-of $4,000 worth of dia-
monus. and suit for false accus alton by
l.. ha
since she had Paris agog, and the detec-
tiyes of two continents hunting for
jewels found eventuslly in her own
rooms. At this time s. he hada suit against
her By Swiss maid for false imprison
ment Last year she had three deteo-
tives to watch her grounds which were
invaded By night maraVders, who
turned out to be her maid keeping
tryst with lover. ? isss exploits by
an outsider would cause harsh remarks,
but Mrs Stevens is an fait at Newport
and they are thought delicious mani
festation Of Individuality.
Ward NcAllister Is social monde
script who ge,s kind of advertising
which be would feel to be undesirable
if ne had a modieum OF refined taste.
There is not man with whom he
knocks elbows socially who would not
scorn it. One can't help feeling for his
family; TO be known in society as Ward
NcAllister's daughter must be heavy
fate The announcement at the be
ginning OF the season that "Mr. Nc
Allister had gone to Newport earlier
than is his custom to prepare for the
reception OF Prince George OF Wales
and the English squadron struck the
keynote of his importance here Sthis
season; aud though Prince George has
not appeared he has entertained every
body else, and fairly fills the eye
"a the most important parsonage IN
Nsvpo after Mrs. Astor. II will in
terest the philosophic reader to know
that the man who has attained this
eminencs has comparatively small
income and that be does not live IN a
costly cottage.
alrs. Fred X Vanderbilt is perhaps
the most interesting oottarer here. She
has more character than all the other
Vanderbilt women together. She is the
Lady Bountiful OF Newport.
Mrs. Cornelius is stingy, and counts
even the money she pays out TO those
who serve her, but Mrs. Fred, born her
self in poverty, seems TO have hear:
for all who suffer. The Christian
Scientists in the sst-there are lots of
them-maintaine6 after her severe
sickness last sumner, that il was the
prayers Of the poor that restored her
TO health.
The truth seems TO be that Mrs Fred
has taste "a we'll as character and
heart, and whatever pertains 10 her
gains some new grace thereby But
there really are some aesthetic marvsls
in her house. There IS drawing room
in il that il the envy of all Newport.
10 il Sunshine color. OF All others the
color for summer interior. Il has
plush wall hsngings which are deep
orange in ths folds and pale yellow
where he light glancss. like sunlight
through a wood. and hand-wovsn tapes
tries % the sane coiors mingled. snd
wood work Of white and gold. $ sum
rler's idyl
some knowing people have turnsd
their spy glasses on Newport fer the
express purpose Of watching tbs opera.
tions Of Mr. Calvin Brioe. of Napo-
lsonie ambition, who. not content With
Western Senatcrship ia understood 20
be nov engaged in scooping ir the So
eial position e. Nswpors which bis
genius has clsarlv prsdsstine3 Bin 20
hold It vss boI8 experiment. for