The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-01


...r5ex but glimpse Of the giddy whiri
ssrnot fail 20 be impressed with the Law
- exuenditHre Of money. The elegant
se.tasnces. the gorgeous turnosftz the
s.a.,tsfs1lly dressed women and the fault
s.ssIy afflred men make most enfrane-
- scene. while the interchange OF din
80 recerfions aud all costly enterfain-
r.enis are maintained with all the form
aflsv of a winters season.
rae social life Of Newport is unique
.ranx watering places in that IL is the
arlv resort where hotel life Is not prom
s~e,, feature Of the season This absence
- ssereotyped hotel life. with all the
nneapenfng influences that follow In It's
.<,sn. thus dividing the gay tnrong into
rnapy families and small private parties
rhere the usual home life continues. gives
- the Newport summer certain indi-
.tduallty and refined restraint seldom
<a,,,d elsewhere. The revolution OF the
xtsdy wheel" Is very rapid for all that.
bnt eosrseness and vulgarity are never
seen.
The yanderbilts are now the acknowi-
edged leaders Of the $50, and the Wander
sfls houses are far and away the most
striking and superbiy appointed of the
vewnart villas. 1.-THE Breakers" which
has recently been built by Cornelius Van
aerhilt al a cost of s3.0.0.000, is without
ao,,bt the finest residence I'm America, N
No. in the world. IL is OF warm-tinted
czen stone built In the style OF the
French renaissance. with the latest ideas
srd combinations OF modern architecture
great square structure with a Dutch
siIe roof. and the general bulkiness broken
n many places by corinthian columns
The building Is four stories high, with as
many apartments as an ordinary hotel.
Hardly less magnificent is the Marble
Palace" OF Mrs. Willie X. An immense
structure OF the purest white Rutland
marble. In the classical style OF archltec-
tvre with renaissance ornaments, and a
f'orsnthian portico extending from the
foor 10 the roof adorns the front. The
whole place is enclosed by marble walls
and entered through metal gates. which
are said to be the finest thing OF the kind
ia the country. and cost over $4,000. They
are twenty-five feet wide by sixteen feet
nigh and weigh over twenty tons. being
wrought OF gold. iron and bronze, after
tAs manner of the Louis XIV. period. and
consist OF upright and transverse bars
decorated with wreaths. festoons and
flowers. The central panel bears the mon
osram ". *. Y. Eash gate consists of
Duplicate designs In bronze and iron, di-
ylded BY plates of translucent glass. thus
hy day admitting light from the outside
aud by night revealing the interior iilu-
nlnatl0n. while furnishing at the same
tine complete protection from the wealth
or Inside the architecture Is correspond
ingly beautiful. The vestihule. fifty-seven
by thirty feet. has walls and floor Of yell
low marble. and the ceiling sixty feet
above paneied In decorated plaster and
supported by heavy columns. Marble
statues ara in every corner. and inches
occupied BY beautiful sculpture. The walls
OF the dining room are similarly treated
IN different shades of brown African mar
a. a
are sbaze with marble and gold. All the
rest OF the apartments are deliberately
carved I'm different woods. Mrs. Wander
bits chamber being beautiful carved
work In black walnut with padded silk
panels in fancy Partisan colors. The fur
niure Is In the most exquisite taste and
as sumptuous as round million could
make ID.
Among the other cottages that OF Rob
ert Goelet IS notably elegant, and Is an
example OF the most developed and highly
artistic house architecture of the day.
The most attractive feature OF the inte-
ror is its immense hall, which runs the
depth OF the house and mounts 10 the roof.
huge open fireplace occupies one side.
over which is a carved oakcn chimney
piece. brought bodily from a French cha
teau, which furnishes the keynote for the
treatment OF the entire hall. The hnely
carved staircase leads 10 galleries which
sncircde the hall and from which one en-
tiers the rooms Of the upper stories.
Louis iorillsrds brown stone palace is
thought by many TO have the most ideal
situation of all the Newport mansions.
situated as it is on high bluff overlook
iag the sea. against which the waves dash
relentleSsly. with A roar like that of a
mighty battle. The house is beautifully
finished in every detail and is famous for
remarkably beautiful fricze which
adorns the dining hall. Longtellow' $
skeleton in Amor" by Walter Crane.
The amusements OF Newport are similar
10 those OF other summer resorts. The
craze for athletics IS rampant here as
elsewhere. and there are excellent golf.
tennis and polo grounds. but the sport
par excellence of the fashionable set has
always been yachting. and the women as
Wei as the men are expert yachtsmen.
Bathing has never been IN vogue. even
among the men, az Newport, and with
women II Is decidedly out OF favor. AS IN
al fashionable resorts there Is casino.
which serves as a meeting place. for the
smart set. and contains a RESTAURANT, a
bowling alley. dance hall and thsater, all
hited M in most exquisite taste.
II would well repay one for trip 10
Newport merely Il see the gorgeous turn
cuts which,. every afternoon at s o'clock.
me fashionable hour for driving, throuE
Bellevue avenue. one OF the most beautiful
eoalevard~ on this side Of the water.
There are all sorts and conditions or traps,
nom the four-iu-hand driven by the mp
to-date maiden 10 tho large landau with
rs coachmau and footman. from which
he dowager looks upon the world with an
air OF supreme dignity. no two being alike
and all equipped in the most modish man
ner
Here it IS one gets a glimpse Of true
S~eldoin. and the get-ups OF the lVeried
men are not less a matter of wcndcr and
admiration than the beautiful costumes OF
tae fair occupants of the carriages.
These creations seem to SAVIOR more OF
the hall room than The boulevard. 80 cab
efa'ely are they fashioned and Of such
daiaty colors, All the fads and fashions
are here seeu. every detail of che costume
heias observed With that minutcness that
ever ch1racJeriEcs the dress of the woman
q fashion. The paraSols ara a decided
feature OF the summers toilet. in every
ease matching tie gown, and, Ike tho
large hats worn this season. look like vcr-
8a0le flower gardens. FOR they are
trimmed with huge limitations OF the field,
'0e garden. the ,onSeI Vatorys and lying NJ
my lady's feet IN the victoria are innp-
R'frahle lunches Of these natural flowers,
NDich hook as though they had been
throNn there that she might tread upon
tAelr sweetness.
bach day brings out 4 uew combination
q eoiors. ana thus the Eay scene s. ever
changing for the women ~ tho smart set
az continually seeking Tor new effects IN
seNES, shoes. p9rasols. or the thousa nd
st,a one things that 40 90 make up toll
~ IL isn't PARTICULARLY worthy smhi-
90. this continual seeking after some
.alhg n add % their personal appearance,
not, after ali here might Re a worse one,
AAa 4 There is a person Nho would object