The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17

| clous and is clever performer on the
banjo. She handles the reins with all the
skill and abandon of a western stage driver,
! and like Baroness Blanc, dresses all in
/ white while driving. Her costumes
are very numerous and very ex-
| penstve But they are stylish with
out being at all loud Mrs. George w.
Chllds wears handsome dresses that have
that quiet air Of elegance already referred
| 10. The pink costume she wears o. morn
lngs On the veranda attracts a good deal Of
attention. Miss Florence Pancoast. a
Philadelphia society bud, has pretty girl
ish figure and dresses in extremely good
TASTE Miss Parish of New York, whose
parents rented the Sam Sloan cottage for
the season, Is also the possessor OF an ele-
CANT wardrobe. She drives a gray and bay
before a graceful Victoria nearly every
afternoon.
A paragraph is always in order about the
prevailing bathing suit at Long Branch. as
any big seaside resort. There is no bathing
at the old Long Branch, because there Is
no beach. Neptune surges right up to the
bluff and all the surf he carries dashes itself
into foam high up on the cliff. But at the
west End and Elberon the bathing is I'M
usually coed. Tie popular bathing suit
that the ladies wear is made of jersey cloth,
cut high in the neck and with short sleeves.
The skirt Is short, and reaches a tribe be-
low o knees. Most Of them are made Of
blue cloth, with stockings to match 8 me
OF the younger girls, who would rather get
tanned and take their chances of freckles,
have their bathing suits low In the neck.
It would be serious bluuder to end u
letter of gossipy nature about Long
Branch, new and old, without referring to
branch of society tnat has been one of the
most prominent and permanent in its fidel-
ity to this resort The theatrical profession
has formed a part and parcel of Long
RranHh N ta or NJ nd d
cline for over quarter of a century. No
other summer home has harbored so many
OF the men and women whose lives are spent
in amusing and entertaining the pub
lie. A list Of the sojourners here
in the years gone by would include
nearly every actor and actress of note since
the close OF the civil war. Many of them
have occupied cottages, and all of them
have been familiar figures on the drives and
promenades. Lester Wallack was one of
the Thespian pioneers of the Branch and
his picturesque cottage, which he called
The Hut" still stands near the West End
hotel, half hidden by the trees. is an object
of interest because of the dramatic associa-
tions that cluster around it.
Along with all the other phases of society
the theatrical profession has fallen Off in its
patronage OF this resort, but this year finds
goodly number of footlight favorites So
Journing here. Miss Julia Marlowe is one
of the observed of all observers. She has
cottage here with her aunt, Mrs. Currier OF
New York, and the young actress whose
future is believed to be so bright. can be
seen on the drive daily. She is studying
hard but is growing stronger constantly
and developing into handsome and finely
formed woman.
Neil Burgess and mis- family have a cot
tage at the upper end of the old Branch,
and Nellie McHenry and her husband Nat
SauRburV and (1liVar IloUd Rvron baua
the cottages they have occupied for num-
her Of years Mrs. Byron is a ST ter of Ada
Rehan, the star of Days company, now
playing in London.
The most interesting thatrical personality
at the Branch, however, is Maggie Mitchell
She came here first about the time Wallack
built his cottage and has never missed
season. She is as small as ever, and her
age is telling on her. But the salt air and
her habit Of taking the part Of child in
"Fanchon the Cricket" for so long, keeps
her bright and lively. and she flutters
around the West End plazzas during the
morning concerts with as much vivacity as
ever Her granddaughter, Fanchon, always
accompanies her.
AS for theatrical managers, they come
here i'll such numbers that is is hard to keep
track of them. They have not deserted the
ancient resort and declare they never will,
although some of their cottages stand in
the almost deserted part of the Branch.
The most prominent of these promoters OF
public pleasures who long ago he anne
habitues Of the place are r. NJ Hooley OF
Chicago, j. II. McVicker, the veteran west
ern manager and father-in-law Of Edwin
Booth; W. Fl. Nixon Of Philadelphia, John
A. Al5augh Of Baltimore, Albert Hayman
of San Francisco. Frank Sanger of the
Broadway theater. New York; Henry
French of the Grand Opera house, II. G.
Miller. owner of half dozen theaters, and
Charles Frohman, who was 80 long asso-
dated with the Madison Square theater in
New York.
Despite its damaged condition aud the
loss of so much OF its old fashion and fame,
there is lots of life left In Long Branch yet.
LAWRENCE s. MORT.