The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-24

pale rose silk and crepe; on your head is a straw
nat Wresthed IN roses, and your face is shaded by
HnaIS Huasol oL rose tuie. What procession it is
tne civilized blackboard, dog-carts, currcles, and
every every n now aud then four-in-hand that looks a
mass OF colors, Tor Newport dresses to drive and
the effect is most atti active. You are bowing
ana a. smiling, for eyerybody-the Bemonts, the
Goeets, the Lorillards "all of us are ont To sec
the rest of the world.
CASINO GAYErY.
Ill nearly o'clock when home is reached,
and you are to dine at g, and then for a dance at
the Casino. Dinner is as elaborate as if it was the
midst of the season in town; everybody is in even.
ing dress, and you-well, you look like Puritan
rose all in white, with your bodice made almost
nlen' IuSt showing little of your throat, as
French and good taste demand is proper for a
young girl AT 1890 the start is made for the
Casino. and IL o'clock finds you dancing with the
Commodore of the Sphinx to the tune of one of
the strauss waltzes You wonder if people ever
grow tired of danciug-you feel as if there was
someUnlnR IN the air, or in the music. that makes
you want to keep on forever, and you never
Inlnk That perhaps that naughty Cupid is play
for YOU "'' nv '''e e''
At O'Clock you leave. AS there is no supper
so a Ine m Hasino dances your chaperone has asked
T, lew intimate friends to come and sup with her.
mere are salads, ices. and wonderful cup. You
sit out on the veranda and the sailor lad brings
you your supper. \ ou talk about the neon, aud
wonder how the Sphinx looks now when the
water t must seem lke mirror. Go? How fool
ish he is to suggest it. You would never be per-
mitted. You would make a dreadful 'lot of
talk" Then he tells you how lovely it would be
70 sail IN the Southern seas that ship to be the
Lady or the Sphinx; to rule with law of love
the commodore himself, and to wear as your in!
sgnia of office plain gold ring on the third fin
ger or your left hand. You don { remember say
ing Y es," but you must have, and then the Com
m0dore waits until all the rest have gone and
telis your chaperone the secret. Good Bye
ana then you are in your room. Quickly Fecie
takes OH your gown, brushes your hair, and
makes you ready for bed. The sky is beginning
to show morning light, and as you are going to
sleep you think and say, rs there anything in
tue world so delightful as day at Newport?''
SUGGESTIVE NEWPORT LETTER
The postman carries little letter next day
from your aunt, who is your chaperoue, to your
mother. This is what she wrote:
. DEAR GERALDINE: You have probably heard
from Dorothy and the Commodore of the sphinx
MY dear, II your other daughters are like her
VIII marry them all for you and give them, as
sae mas gotten, the catch of the season. Your
mode OF education is success. She is so deli
clously demure, and yet she is so perfectly we'll
ored and wel-informed. She is the typical in
genue, and consequently attracted all the men,
VINO were tired to death of the fetching girls
the fast ones and their kind. have to apologize
to you for doubling your wisdom, but really it
did not seem possible that quiet home. an edu
cation supervised by mother could have such
result. If l had a daughter ! should ask you
TO mother her. Dorothy seems to have no reali-
Zation OF the Commodore's wealth, but seems
SATISFIED with his love. 1t is beautiful There
certainly is something in the air of Newport
Lovingly, EDITH GORDoN GRAHAM
And this is the story of day at Newport.