Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-02

VINO nave no occupation ana merely Kill time
and spend an income, and then think Of the
people who are bread winners. you will realize
how very many there are of the latter class
and how few there are of the former. Perhaps
you hear good deal Of the pleasure makers,
and SO you do in one way. but all day long in
| the Office the counting house the people
| who do nothing are never heard OF at all.
Some of them quiet and lead quiet lives,
but others are hot in pursuit OF good time,
and it is this set that pursues pleasure more
persisiently than do similar classes in other
| countries.
Il must go away" The remark was made by
one of these lively people last week.
| Why
"Oh. well it's getting quiet here now and
down at - they are just whooping things
up"
| is the scenery pretty down there2" was
| asked.
"Oh. no r he replied, mot particularly. but
| there are lots Of people. and there Is something
going all the time"
| That is. after all. the main thing. and il a
| spring resort were started in the middle OF the
desert of Sahara and people were told they
could have jolly time there the probability is
| that it would become fashionable resort in a
very short time
RESORTS EVERYWHERE.
The truth is that the class of wealthy trav-
elers has increased SO Of late years that now
the country Is dotted all over with resorts
especially designed for their occupancy. AL
| though Florida is more of a winter than n
spring resort it is nevertheless a delightful
place at this time OF year. Its growth of late
years has been marvellous. 1t is not long since
1t was decidedly primitive, and people going
| thore expected simple accommodations simule
| food and little or society. 1t was resorted
TO as II place for outdoor sports, fishing and
boating and riding. and it took some time to
| get there. But now you can go down in n
1 rIul hot tran nd ffar
! fiirt on hotel piazza all day and dance nearly
every night Two hotels have been in opera
ton for several years which are probably
the most palatial structures of their kind
In the world Unless he goes in search of it
the guest does not see much of local life. He
| eats French cooking, Is waited upon by serv-
ants from New York and he associates with
guests from every quarter Of the globe. Some
| are foreigners. many are from New York. New
| England and the west. very few are from the
| south AMI almost none at all from Florida.
| The same thing is true in less degree OF the
resorts In North and South Carolina.
THE SEA SHORE IN SPRING.
The spring is. However. the time when the
sea shore in mild latitudes is sought BY tho
people who are in search of health and eayety
at the same time. They do not have to 60 far
from Washington to find them. There are
bands of music there, there men there
| there are ball rooms, there is excitement and
| valid. the person who thinks she is an in valid
! the rich old man and his family who travel
| simply because they have the money TO do 50
AMI the young man wio Is there to see the girls
and TO show his clothes.
| WHY YOUNG MAN WENT TO LONDON
| 1t il related Of one OF the latter class who
makes Washington his tenting ground during
a portion Of each year that he went to London
| last spring to some of the sights and to
| MAKE the acquaintance of of fha l,.ti,
| guished men who set the fashions in trousers
and other articles OF apparel in that metropo-
| lis What the professional heavy swell saw was
well worth the trouble and expense of the voy-
age When he went away his soul had been
rackcd by conflicting emotions. Should he
| wear cutaway coat III the afternoon or should
he wear frock coat Should his derby hat be
brown or should 1t be black. Should his collar
| stand up straight Ill front or should the points
| turn over! lhGse were important matters
| which he could not decide. and AZ for shoes
| why, they almost drove him crazy, for il 10 of
great moment whether their toes should be
pointed or rounded or almost square.
WHAT HE SAW.
| And SO he went to London and paced the
fashionable quarters of the town to study
clothes. Parliament was in session, but he did
not go to see the lords and commons West.
minister Abbey stood with wide open doors in.
| wiling him to enter and study the historic
| sepulcher, but he preferred the study of the
| taiiors' stocks OF masculine adornmeuts But
he found that the variety of apparel worn in
| London was even greater than the variety worn
| in Washington or New York. He saw one
| noble young earl come out Of his club in q
| brown hat and another in black hat; he saw
one Pail Mall dandy in u cutaway coat and an
other in a frock coat. Lord Randolph Churchill
| had pointed toes to his shoes when he saw him,
and the younger Ponsonby appeared in shoes
| almost square. Here was pretty to do. Had
he crossed the Atlantic. lost v50--or as he now
| says, ten pun and eight-at poker in the
smoking room, had been horribly sick, and all
| for the sake Of being as much at sea in the
matter of styles in London he had been
| literally at sea on the Atlantic ocean. After he
had spent two weeks of this perplexity he de-
cided upon happy way out OF his difficulties.
ONE MAN HIS MODEL.
He would study the clothes, not of the men
| Of London. but OF one man OF London and the
subject for his study he decided should DO his
royal highness, the Prince of Wales. After this
decision the young American found an absorb
ing occupation III following the prince. When
| ever he heard that Wales was going to witness
| a par tcuar theatrical entertainment he bought
| a ticket and went too, and lie followed the royal
| sport into the race course and the cricket
| field. He even had an idea that he would learn
| to play baccRrat and get really into the princes
own set. but somebody warned him against
| this and represented that it cost more than he
| could possibly afford to associate with the heir
| to the British throne.
HE ALMOST KNEW THE PRINCE.
But he saw SO much OF the prince and
thought SO much about him that he began to
have a shadowy idea in his mind that he knew
him, and when he returned to America this
shadowy idea assumed definite shape and now
he always speaks up and defends the prince
when dislOyal Americans make fun of him. He
even goes 50 far 10 declare that the prince is
a very sffable, agreeable man latter you get to
know him." and that. as for that baccarat scan
dial. if people really knew the true inwardness
OF it there would be decided change in public
opinion-a gentle suggestion that he does
know the true lnwardness of it, but is not at
liberty to disclose it. He settled also the cues
ton Of clothes, and there is not suit that the
Prince Of Wales wore when this young man was
in England that has not got its duplicate in the
latter's wardrobe. Therefore, when Washing
tonians meet this young man again they may
know that they are gazing upon what may al
most be called = sprig OF royalty, since il 10
clothed with precisely the same verdurs ~
royalty.
TIE MOVING PLEASURE sxEKERa.
Now it has been remarked that NO pleasure
makers in the world are as persistent ~ Ameri-
cans. The latter never do anything by halves
The Englishman. for example, although he
leads q lively enough life in London during the
season, nevertheless passes Q considerable por-
ton OF each year in the country, aud while