Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-30

NEWPORT, n l.. Aug - -"
ssansiy hearing al fashionable waienng
places thar have not the slightess clnm 70
fashion. But there il no do0os whatsvee
that Newport is fashionable IN the naiies1
and ssricsest sense OF that indennafe adlec-
tive. II i one Of the very few places IN the
republic entitled to the distinction. II such
Il be. though the term, however well de
errved. il not altogether complimentary
To he fashionable Il suppossu W uie~u
cultured. refined, elegant. hiSn ora. o.
good lineage and ample ineunfe- pa' "a su.s
country, rs in other countries, ho"aaSss !"
means little more than rsiss<aose nanaens>
some social taes and training, large PRIV
tense aud abundant money
Society. as persons outside OF u tnSs TN
sgine il to be-simple. easy, kindly SYM
pathetic. polite within a. - as Without,
always delighsini-san st sly pc ioohu
anywhere \ eoierie OF THIS stamp may %
met at long intervals, but ooieris Is s.hs.ii'
slowly formed. cantufis seiestSo' Has'su-
iou., wholly independents Society, IN con
vent ional import, is TOO large, too complex.
too selfish, too niereenasS, 10 oe fesuiateu
with discrimination Society here, WIN
the biggest kind OF an ;, Is PARTICULARLY IN
clude,l in this generalization, Us every one
knows who has observed IT.
Newport society, like society the "ofiu
over, is promiseuoGs, compounded OF good.
bad and indifferent, OF nice people ana PEG
pie positively tl!sreputable. Notwithstana
Ing this notorious Tact, the smart set heN
prc,eiids that il Is exclusive but "has
does il not pretends What woaiu II oe
without pretense, This, Indeed, Win hhest
vi its members, Is Its principal Character
itic-
Since have been here have been think
ing over the antecedents of many of the
conspicuous summerers, and they are sin
gularly diversified. Some OF them nave
lineage, have led honorable II not very
distinguished lives, and are generous, dell
cate minded, thoroughly ''genteei,' 70 use
word almost obsolete Others, and the
majority, are noted for nothing ihey are
commonplace, characterless. inane, gen
orally coleeited, egotistic and saturated
with assumptions ~ every sort. thiru
ana ,a,,.r money makers, whose wives and
1au,ybtsr, ara, socially ambitious, and whose
shs,,rhin., tb,u..ht is to get on in society
mi IN disnort themselves ostcntatiously.
A fourth S., is made up Of men who have
a,o,,ir..d w,,l,t, by commerce and are So
an
a.. hy mo- moan. scrnuulous as to the means
IL, no. M, sensitive To the priyate repu.
,ati,n ,b.y u,.,.,s They are inclined TO
su,,,,,.,. IN talk about family and blood,
,,r,hal,lv h,.c,,,,s,, they have none. and 70 be
in,ji,v ~ alTsr,ations that are translucent.
~ th..s.. h,lony their sons. who AS a rule
a.. shams snohs brapparts. who boast
-, ,I,s,, ,,rs not in business and that they
G..o,i,., s.v,.r.lv unconscionsly maybe. Oh
,heir f,th.,s and intimatiug that they are
I'll ILL auc,.s,rv Thes, younr fel
- o,,t;va,e a,hIeiics and certain vices
III ,h,,y r"'.,rd as fashionable and take
W. Mn. ~ bi,ie With lutte mind and
~. "'1I,,,r., ,b.y hav.u.nallv been coached
,an,,''it - c.,u.g. If hipb repute. reck
a.. ~. rro,,er ching but get
t;n,, .in,o-, No beuetit from it, They are
,..r,, fanJ az slan,, narticularly the latest
~ -, ,,,..,,,, ~ H.. s,,or,;n,, world
III" 'A'''
some of thess fellows improve with years,
settle down, a, uuire common sense and be
ram. sober minded and not unworthy citi-
yens But gent rally they remain what they
are marry rich girls. figure as clubmen,
polo players, turfinen, yachtsmsn, no less
than in scandals. public or private They
finally pass away before their time, ex-
hausted from youthful and mature ex-
cesscs and commended in obituaries for
virtues they hsSe never shared They sci
dom make the world a whit better or wiser
for their living in it. Their defects and
wortblessness are shroude,l in their fame,
or want of fame, as society men. 1t is re
markable how rapidly this order of drones
I. b,s,a has Ia =