The sun., 1891-07-10
rAoHr1se 70 cauacH.



Sunday at Southampton. L. l.. is not like
Sunday anywhere else. In the long reach ol
watering places between Bar Harbor and
Cane May none is more peculiar and unlike the
others than this cottnGe settlement The
owners and lcssees OF nll the cottages are New
Yorkers. and the buildings are all set up on
either side OF q long and narrow lase the shape
OF plank and not many thousands Of times
larger. This lake Is the common meeting
place OF the cottaGers and their common high
way to the beach. The cottngers have to have
church and It has to be Episcopalian. as q
inattor OF course. but In addition to that 1t has
TO be set MP among the sand dunes on the
beach directly at the foot Of the lake. This is
because all the people in all the boats always
sail to tho foot OF the lake. so that IL the
church we're anywhere else the chances would
be against any ones ever going TO 1t. 1t is u
long. low. sprawling little church. cory IN
miniature Of DR.. Houghton's Little Church
Around tho Corner. That is the way the New
Workers at Southampton think OF It, but per-
sons less provincial than New Workers would
Do moro likely to call 1t typical country
church. And that is what DR.. Houghton's edi-
foe is. though 1t happens to he sct up in town.
There is the lake oil toothod at the edges
with tiny little piers OF plankinG, with row.
boais and catboats bobbinG Mt ,heir ends. and
there are the lawns Of the cottages edg ne the
blush water and reaching up to the broad
sruat houses all surrounded by broad piazzas
There are only twenty such. but other twen.
ties are behind them. In at least two more be-
hind each lakeside line Of buildings.
Sunday morning comes, and while all tho
cottagers are at breakfast their hired men go
down to the catboats with bucket and sponGes
to bale them out and tidy them up. And the
church boil ut the foot Of the lake begins to
startle the air among the sand dunes. If the
wind 10 of shore the boil notifies the sea Rulls
and the salt water clans and the bathing mas
ter and bis BOYS that church ia soon to TO. II
and children from the cottages flle down In
gorgeous lines to I'LL the coeknts Of the nonts
Of blue ii or or @ Black or re- red. TSey wear russet
younger they are the more likely that their
ladies' b}9ssom like The lilies With chinH shaDa and
expTess It eiers sias the any
waists waists and necks i and sleeves Snd.sincs i is
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distension to the bottoms Of their underskir;s.
Just 80 as to give the bra7en eun the chance to
ana ut all the prettiiy olocked welI.ilied slIken
stockings that parade across the close trimmed
xs When the ladies II reach the Boats and make ths
long step from the solid wharves to the yield.
ing decks OF the erratic little vessels. Tue
the dainty silken skirts ale blowing out like
young balloons. But every woman knows how
az and kffbsRf Bling s't its % f%lness around in front
50 as to curb Its aerial inclinations when she
% bo% to he
sheet and eend the sail clickettng up the mast
Just as he orders the hired man on the wharf
nose away from the landing. So the wind is
stopped from frolickin ing and set to work upon
cns So ehsSE viii ss
pressing behind It.
And then the scene on the lake becomes
white sails eanted aboye their leaning decks:
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hats Of the women turn mt the eockpits into
ysss Of axs o
Around the lake are domicied such we'll:
Horace Horace Russell and lis sometime sntas:
sis; snd k2I1 AJw.Hs JSiss
ROGUE. Edward Bell. and twoscore more.
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procession into the doors OF the little church.
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handful Of ATHLETIC bachelors. who have worked
their way in rowboats by means OF what is
called white oak breeze the only wind that
never fails. Then follows the church service.
and after that he gatherings OF acquaintances
In knots. asking how DIDO ut the doorways- A
8 ranger would think that the end OF this must
be a return to the skimming cocknts put on
the contrary the next thing in order is the
procession to the beach for the aiter-church
bathinR-tne most original and peculiar insti-
tuition ut any New York watering resort. The
clergyman is said to lead the rest at times.
The women do not bnthe. They are wearing
their hest beshines, put on with the helm OF
their maids. and heaven alone knows what
bother and damage would ensue # they tried
to undress and dress again In the flve-by-four
bath houses on that beach-the very meanest
bath houses that can be imagined: But while
the men turn aside at the huddle OF rude shan
ties. the ladies file down upon the beach under
their gaudy parasols. with their silks flutter-
ing In the breeze. They wade through the
light. loose sand. ankle deep. in their low
shoes and soon reach queer arbor made BY
heaping oak branches ON a rough framework
OF tree trunks and branches. There are
benches under this clumsy CANOPY. and each
bench has pair ted on tts hack the name OF the
season. There the women sit and distribute
hon.bon and the goss sip OF the settlement un-
I'll the men como forth In their bathing dresses
to furnish amusement and to provoke laughter
or admiration as they plunge in tho breakers.
THE ESCORTED GIRL