Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-07
RIGS OF THE SWELL
FASHION IN FINE WAGONS
Phsetons-The Greeting Party Sas 0sa-
ers-The vsnds1hii Buckhoaxd
and Oshes 1'uInosts.

IL there Is = pleasure in the World q
10 THAI Of bowling ALONG god rosd ~
the mercy If ehsanpi1g s<oeds. lt1a4el.t
be worth mentianinx that Lhosr 81 the
fashionable worS who take life eszliy
usually o~n Stables rcplete with the
beat horses that mooney can buy. 0noe.
90 Own good family coach. l>ay's
vehicle ana the wagon for general sorv-
ice. meant that one was saneb<.<iy.
Now unless there il = oosch. . ~s.xon-
cite. surrey, = sorr~y~tte. = l,hseten,
broughsn and = tAily-hs coach tho
master Of . summer estate feeds him..
seif indeed mot Ola fashions lixt.
Ii IL plain Ia see that the Angls-SAxon
idea IT becoming ''horsey." jnss a. s.on
A. the buds begin 90 hioora aud the ss.r>
dnre takes ON its coat Of green, hss per-
meated the minds and habits az car Amer
han aristocrsts. and now there n not q
wealthy villa owner In the country Who
does not pay - much attention 60 his
stable and his horses as "a his drawiuxy-
room and the costly bric-s-hrac tllercin
There are some resorts whore csiving
seems second nature 20 Tie summer ar
rivals: where bathing u secondary
pleasure and social gatherings s,nsist
principally of driving parties. mountain
excursions on baehboards or phsstens.
lake picnics. straw rides and Enoonlsphs
coaching tours
Bar Harbor is just tins sort 81 pseas,-
ure retreat, where, az the duchess of
Marlborough. who was here last yeak.
renarkcd: One seems 70 live wholly AN
ones carriage"
The past and gone French nohlese,
who loved nothing better than 90 ie
drawn through the bouievarcfs In their
grand turnouts and hold rssptSons al
the while. sitting in state In their our
geous cqxnpa,yes, would have been per
fectiy content to'have bern tran<pl~nted
from their beloved France to H. finr-
Dor, where this odd fad seems e. have
become u popular custom
IL Is an everyday occurrcncc for MrH-
Burton Harrison. Of villa Sea Or
chins," the famous autlsoress md NV
York society header. 20 be seen o.
Mount Desert avenue. the Ocean drive
or the Corniohe Maui. seated IN her
bamboo basket phs~tpn. dr4wn by
span OF ccai-basck st<edk. oomph-tnly
surrounded by parade az tsuankiAak
turnout<, Whose occupantx ch.6aer. chne-
ter. chatter 10 each other. szsA MH 0Ar~
rison In psrttculAT. unsii NE new exx1v-
ais look In vain for a sf3re,~ s1i04s<. =
or some sort ef IN exotinu aocadpnt.
only TO be informed that Il = she hsoft
Of the russacstors ~ stop ~ ~ Iosks
in the roadway~ and hold thnne nssla
greeting partte~."
OF course tAe visitor smiasa. .sod vAv
shouldn't he, for who evs bnsd %
such thing Anywhere slHcS BIT thsn
Blaine explained beay all
this when he said: "Thcs~ - but one
Bar Harbor"
How much the best socirty pDpas b.
lieve this is proven by tn tuHh hey
are In TO get away from tAsAir c1sy
homes and quicken - It's shosex a TIE
first burn Of the July sunbeam.
For stables of thoroughbnsds n b snSo
90 say the vanderhilt&, the shepords.
the McMillans. Of Drtroit; the ourneeS.
of New York: the MurohisonA. Of RalGS-
more; the Morrise<. of New os1anns:
the BsrneyN Of Washington. tsse A..
mours Of Chtcaco. and tho Cus1dngx Of
Boston, tsks the lead.
Mr. George Vanderbilt, the lord %
Point dArc~die. the Bar 'narbor hone
OF the vspdereiit~. IL lover Of Aos
horses. h does not love them from
only an e<thetic standpoint. cithev. -
IA the case w1ik woet social nfllionaircS.
he loves ehem for The sau.s>d that h st
them. and he chooses . hospe that can
never be yidfcnl~<l for his stylish halt.
This ihfosnstaou 10 given becau.e "a
or nearly III 81 NE swell spsns hsu
are .conesom~ssson Of dccisza s~6l~
hating gslsA shscki-d bes<hH, Sss bod
ida siivrr-hAznesed hsste~ who seesn
bot decorsted mmckirses, crust~d cnly
for sisU~. One csn hus-diy sce thst
there Is anything 81 the hssse absue