The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-26
SORRY LONG BRANCH.
WHERE THE WILD WAVES HAVE
THEIR SAY UN6EEDED.


He Resembled an ApoDlectic Po-
tato Bug-A Stroll Along tho Piazza.
(Copyri0htl
LONG BRANCH, n. j., July &c Long
Branch without the RACES is like champagne
with the sparkle gone out of it-see Amelie
Rives.
Between booksellers and piety, the
famous resort is badly hipped. When the
New Jersey saints declared war on the book
makers they did not realize that they were
Engaged in that occupation popularity
known as biting off their own noses Now
they see their mistake alasl too late.
Though hotels and railroads feel the de-
preston keenly, it is after all the natives
who suffer the most. The farmers who
prayed on Sunday and sold'supplies to the
ungodly on week days, find now that they
have seven days Tor religious exercises
The livery men whose carriages were won't
10 be loaded with sinners journeyiug to and
from Monmouth stand idly from morn to
eve. scanning the horizon for stray
patron. The small army of tradespeople
Look forth from their windows with lean
and hungry expression. On all sides the
sign 80 Let stares them mockingy in the
face. The great driveway from Broadway
10 West End is practically deserted. 1t oc-
casionaily brighrebs up as handsome turn
out, stunning trap or blackboard laden
with pretty girls drives BY. There is
momentary squirt, a slight flicker of enthu-
siasm. and then the bro ding calm Of nature
settles again, and nothing is heard but the
roar Of the sad sea waves.
Most mournful sight of all is the desolate
race track. the empty grand stand which
once held shouting thousands, covered with
canvas and with shutters up. Grass grows
on Monmouth track. It's liable to grow on
Ocean avenue unless something's done.
And through irony of fate. never we're
Long Branch, Hollywood and Elberon 80
lovely as now. Never were the roads the
country round in such perfect condition.
1t is desert blooming like rose.
How do people amuse the nss yes at Long
Branch! They do not bath that's evident.
4 long and careful scrutiny failed to dis
covered any surf Dathers, save a dozen chill
dren and one bare-armed, bare-legged, bald
headed man, who in his yellow and black
striped SUIT resembled an overgrown and
apoplectic potato bug, and who cast appre-
henslve gianceS about seemingly quite
alarmed at the attention he attracted
There were no coquettish maidens in wicked
bathing duds to allure the eye. Look
where one might, there was alas nothing
which could bring the blush of shame
to the cheeks of a spinster or Sunday
school superintendent.
1nere are swimming baths at Hollywood,
the only place in the neighborhood where
water seems TO be popular. Here flock the
girls and their attendant SWANS and battle
to music, after which ices and cooling
arm X. are partalIen of, then aSGroll through
me beautiful hollywood grove or drive to
hlOeron consumes the morning.
Meantime there are the rnorniug cOuoarte
at the hotels. Signs here and there request
people to modify their conversational tones
during the music, an excellent idea by the
way. as it relieves the conductor of the or
chestra from the necessity of stopping the
music in order that the listeners may hear
each others conversation. To these morn
ing concerts flock the dowagers The water
ing place dowager needs no description.
Everybody knows her with her irou-gray
pompadour, her 6orid complexion, her
wheeze and her diamond earrings 1t is
usually one of two useful commodities
which have furnished the diamonds-bsef
OF beer The dOwager was on the piazza Of
Tue West End and was engaged in the de-
nghtful occupation of informing her new
acquaintances as to her social standing in a
western town. "My husband is III the
whisky business she stated with JUNCTION,
and one of the richest men in the city,
trife nearer.
To these morning concerts also come
those eshmable lrdies who do fancy work.
The fancy work lady is also not unfamiliar
type She is recognized by her somewhat
Iaued beauty, her water waves, her little
shoulder shawl and her pretty hands. The
woman who does fancy work ALWAYS has
pretty hands. It's coincidence-inScruta
pe--ono Of those phenomena which cannot
be explained
Here, too, comes a rosebud garden of
girls, and tiuttering after the butterflies,
a'ert 10 sip the sweetness of these flowers
me butterfly is an airy aud brilliant in
sect-a trlfie feathor-pated, but such gay
ana gaudy creature that the flowers always
give IL an eager greeting. On the broad
piazza, near an open window, through
~ulcl stole the soft, seductive stratus of
.SFSpino, one Of these butterflies had set
yea down amid a perfect nosegay.
ttGought OF that scriptural prophecy which
nuts Vaat an hour will como when seven
women shall lay hold of one man, and won
Herea vaguely If the moment Of fulhllment
nat not arrived, for thera were seven
sLaPely, pretty girls In ravishing costumes,
palus attention to one youth, sweet
suIug In white fannels and a yacht
s cap, though despite this
nauClcal garb, he did not look as if he knew
puilzzen mast from jib-boom. However,
t o Aaew when he was in clover, and he
SteaVed ais admiring eoterie with the in
S,leTent triumph of a young sultan. He
az ~ Tue most comfortable chair. A black
so .ed ueauty stood at his side and held a
I-1.IeV umbrella over him, lest the winds of
"a % Gu gu visit his face too roughly. A round
No, ulnlpled blonde, in pink gown and bon
IN sVood before him gazing lovingly down
uS eyes. Another girl famed MIN with
rr iIieI scented toy of lace and feathers,
s "nle contingenG of four stood ready at
moment to relieve the others.
Que sees curious sights on the piazzas Of a
tr r.,,,LleF resort hotel. A woman who at
La. 0Yeu much notice by the gorgeousness of
. 80; tune and the flash of her Jewels was
sbo - Aunchback. Il~shapen as she was,
ana possessed a woman's love Of finerv
l9ca nei ualnty costume, with its frills of
onisi auu uoVs OF ribbon, set off bY an ex-
lana parasol of white silk and duchesse
won,o mas JUST as complete as those of the
Ia aieu 70 whom nature had beea lavish.
He -"ury and June were there as usual.
san. vas decrepit aud shambling along. a
days. Huu mumbling specimen of bv-gone
in ,ybis sue was fresh, fair, faultlessly gowned
vida 10 from the ostrich features in her
She foi nHI TO the tips Of her canvas shoes.
lord 49, d sunny corner for her ancient
ionsa ~ a aIIer settling him among his cusn-
en- eynS Ia Grandfather Smallweed sat down
o Gu u proceeded to read to him Tho acconnt
wbio5 u!Soing up of one THE Allep.n over
and ghoulish gIee. -'N'ou VIII Sinister
scenes lug along the piazza two window
the one C,Au ~ nC my eye. In low chair by
prettp ~ CIV, widow of the huge parlor. sat a
her obai1 ~ -headed girl. On the arm of