Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-07
THE TROPICAL HEAT.
cooL BsEszes FOR THE RICH AND
POOR NEAR NEW YORK CITY.
Counting Ills Count Aeqnaintances-Ihe'f
Varied Occupat,ons--Deatho OF Edi'or
Hennessy. of the TIme&
Correspondents Of tho Richmond Dispa'eh.l

varied sf"~'f- -
Hennessy. Of the TImes-
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispasch.l
Nrw YoRx. August SAT the writing OF
this letter the metropolis Is Absolutely
sweltering in tropical heat. The discom-
forts Of life here Just now arc as great ai-
most as those OF southern India. LOT we
have almost as much heat and very ht'ie
preparation for tropical life. But II must
be said in behalf of New York city that IL
is possessed of more advantages for q SUM
mer residence than any other city In the
country, for the simple reason that there
ia never on hour on n hot day when one one
cannot find cool spot within On nouI
tourney. A resident Of one OF the ihte-
flor cities who finds himself being
broiled TO death is compelled 20
spend from twenty TO thirty hours
on a railway train before he can hnd
good breathing spot. IL ~ safe 10 say Inas
there are at least 800 charming resorts ac-
cessible TO New York people and the purses
OF the poor. One may attend to day
work here and sleep under olanketln .ns
Carskill mountains. You may tske ssn
up the sound for fifty cents, ana lay IN
enouoh ozone to last for the next day.
You may run over to the cool mountains
of Jersey. the Oranges, or may take saiI
down the bay on one of the magnincent
Long Branch steamers. Then there Is
Coney Island and Rockaway. ana al,
the points along the southern LONG, lsian an,
coast, where surf-bathing, ana sui
water bathing may DO had dd w.
] ran down to Long Branch DAY OF S"Q
ago. There is no excursion hereaooutS tnae
will compare with the trip on either the
steamer Monmouth OF Sandy Hook, when
connect with the Long Branch railway a.
the Highlands. These boats are modes OF
marine architecture, fitted mp exclusively
for passenger service, and they make tnelr
trips with the regularity OF railway trains.
They travel at the rate OF twenty mues an
hour. and when they choose to turn them
selves loose there is nothing in this part or
the country in the shape of naval arehi-
lecture that can keep up with them. one
of the swift racing machines known as the
Vamoose undertook recently to show her
heels to the Monmouth. She was van
pushed in very short order.
Long Branch to-day IS enjoying new
lease OF life. The place looks cleaner ana
brighter and smarter in every way than II
has for years, but still the hotel people are
complaining, and this indicates that the
public has not as yet returned TO It's oid
love. The life and centre OF fashionaDle
Long Branch are, OF course, the HOliy-
wood Hotel and cottages OF Mr.. John
Hoey. In his private residence. his no.
tel, cottages, conservatorles, grouhas,
bathing-houses, etc, MIR. HoeY must pave
invested to-day at least T2,OOO'OOO. Inere
is no such spot IN this country; Ia
fact. nothing that is quite so dls;
tInctlv European as the Hollywood
Hotel and its surroundings. With
its cacti and oriental plants there is a
touch of southern France about 1t when
appeals TO all Old-World travellers. MI.
Hoey finds great pleasure in superlntend-
ing and looking after his splendid domain;
He is q devoted lover of horticulture, ana
he INDUCES his fad to the fullest extent.
Hale and hearty and active as a Doy Oh
20. he is the life and soul of the great
HOLLYWOOD estate. He IL up every morn;
ing at $3.50. breakIasting on his piazza ana
reading his newspapers. Nine o'clock In
the evening finds him In bed, and through
oil the long day he may be found ID twenty
different places superntendng his care
takers and laborers, or providing tor the
comfort OF the guests of the cottages.
SWIMMING.
Just now his greatest fad is his magnih-
cent swimming pool. which IL the one
fashionable resort of Long Branch: here
every morning at IL o'clock lnnes's Band
dlscourses music TO a great thIong OF Ia
dies and gentlemen, VINO amuse themselves
by watching the antics or 100 or 200 ath-
letic swimmers OF both sexes. Later IN inc
day the great swimming-pool is given up
entirely TO the male sex. SwImmlng-race5
take place during the week and valuable
prizes are given to swimmers. Long
Branch is sensible in one thing, and that
Is that il has not as yet placed any restric-
tions upOn its pleasure-seeklng visitors.
The well-known Daily club house" for
gamblers IS as open as the r0tt9e-e,-noir
casinos of Monte Carlo. he Mon
mouth Park race-track attracts great
crowds three times q week, and altogether
the place has many attractionSt Tor fast aud
friyilous Americans. Saratoga had moral
fit in the early part of the season. and I'M
dertook to close up its only conspicuous
gambling resort, known as The Club
House" All the small gambling-houses
were suppressed easily. but the season was
scarcely under way before the hotel-pro-
prIetors began 10 observe that the closing
of THE Clubhouse was decided detrl-
ment. Mr.. Spencer, the proprietor; had
determined to keep bis place closed ana
spend the summer III Europe. Inc pres
sure of the hotel keepers and the practl-
cal citizens of the place overcame the
moral scruples of the gentlemen who were
conducting the municipal affairs OF Sara
toga on the PuritanIc plan, and as result
the old Morrissey gambling-house Is inIulI
blast.
Ii has long been pretty well understood
among intellie snt people that tho pleasure
resort which does not furnish facilities
for pleasurIng will not get very tlgnt
grin on the generous public. At Long
Branch, on the Sunday Of my visit, L
found at the Ocean House ex-senator
Tom Murphy, the actual founder OF Long
Branch as a summer resort superlntend-
ing the neWly-reflted hosiery. The old
gentleman is as genial and as happy as
ever, and he seems to find the ornamental
hotel business q very delightful occupa-
ton. Nearly all the old-time politicians
drop in to see bin, and the rejuvenated
Ocean House bids fair to achieve Its pris-
tine glory.
COUNTS HAVE HEARD OF.
The theory that news events happen IN
groups is we'll sustained by plausible ana
ingenious arguments 1t has no need OF
the support of those transcendentai theo-
ries which neurologists delight TO pro;
pound when they speak of cycles ana
epidemics of crime. The death OF Cyrus
W. Field at once brought to the fore the
Atlantic cable and all that pertains to It's
history and results. Readers OF the news
papers must have found that out weeks
ago. II is not my intention TO do more
than make an allusion to that sad event.
The Commercial Cable-the newer trans
atlantic line-is interesting just now. as
always, but especially perhaps on &C;
count of lawsuit recently instituted
by Count Arthur Dillon, "of the Duchy
OF Luxembourg" who says he was
the original protector of that cable COM
pany. He is suing my friends, John W.
Mackav and James Gordon Bennett, the
principal owners OF the stock OF the COM
pany, on a contract. by the terms of whie1
ne says be was 70 have $50 shares out OF
1000 shares of preferred Commercial Cable
stock to be issued by the company as q
bonus TO its three projectors. The Count
is modest IN his statements OF his relations
TO such great capitalists as Mackay aud
Bennett in this enterprise, for he owns
that, while they put III 80. 600, ne put
in only 5000 OF the merits OF the
Counts suit | know nothing. But l
couldn't help thinking when l heard OF II
of the number OF counts now ana
recently in evidence IN New YORK
and their extensive operations IN
busineas affairs both in this and other