The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16
ANGLING FOR A BIG FISH.
MIR. CHARLES OELRICHs. ATTACH
ED To ROD AND LINE,

Iards and BeresfOrds.
Narragansett Pier. Aug. 1.-THE old
saw that there are as good fish in thu
sea as ever were caught. viii not hold az
ter this summer. There IS 10 be a catch
ing match that will out-lnterest all pre-
vtous fishing experiences and viii deprive
the sea OF its largest fish.
ON some day. 60 be determined soon,
Nj. Charles Oelrichs will attach himself
to a line. such as tarpon are caught
with. and viii fling himself into the sea.
For twenty minutes the summer dwellers
Of Narragausett are to try to land" him
with rod and reel He is TO be pulled
ashore. The match takes place of the
rocks. between here and Newport, and
the winner is to have the 500 which Mr..
Oelrichs viii put up. He can be played"
pulled and tired out In any legitimate
fishing way except by a hook or net and
he. ON the other hand. is to be a typical
FISH. without hands to break his bonds.
He is an expert swimmer and is ex-
pected to win. This challenge was the
outcome of a swimming match. which
was given up because match between
Charles Oelrichs and any other swimmer.
except Herman Oelrichs. was considered
bandow and Marshall Wilder
Narragansett is very cllquey this year
You see the Baltlmoreans IN one group.
the New Workers In another Miss Rivera
and Miss Thompson, two beauties OF the
former place. holding private court at
one spot on the beach! And at another
there viii be distinctlvely southern po-
htical group, with Mrs. jefferson Davis
ana Miss Winnie as It's center. Both Ia
dies talk well and both have always a
crowd of listeners. They are to spend tho
resi- or the season here, except for occa-
sional trips away.
Summer places are lamenting this sum-
mer the peregriaatng instincts OF their
guests To-day 1t Is Narragansett. with
us board walk and its pier and its casino.
Tomorrow all is changed for Atlantic
CITY. with its walk made famous through
prose and verse
Gov. Altgeld OF Illinois was quietly en-
tertained here this week. AT least. II was
sald he was here. And during his stay
niue groups watched for him at the COR
neTs. The governor has been at Newport
only a little way off for a eot,nla ~
weeks, and has been making his excur
slons 10 the surrounding spots He often
goes incognito. for IL is his expressed in
tehtion TO study up the ways Of the cas-
terh summer resorts, where all the mill
llonaire OF the United States go to spend
their money. And Altgeld was liked here.
lie may own strong ideas and have strong
ways OF expressing them, but his summer
friends declare that as summer man
ne Is a very gallant Altgeld.
summer feature here is the afternoon
tea. You sip and resp" explained a
hostess, who was draplng her piazza with
turkish stufs for tea-poiIring thar
afternoon, and tomorrow somebody else
SIPS and resips. You might as well ba
PACK on your dinner invitations. as dill
Another summer point that makes Mar
ragansett different from other resorts ia
the Saturday night dinner. This is, with
nearly every family, a table d'hote afrair
Inc chefs 90 to town Saturday and stav
over Sunday and Saturday night Won
take table d'hote at the Casino or some
otner nice eating place. All your friends
are there. On Sunday night you coach
| away into the country, or go and dine
| with some one whose cook has remained
on duty, or you nibble crackers ana
| cheese at home.
Two letters received here aroused
much interest among the two sexes re-
spectlvely. The first concerned the men.
II was to the effect that pierre ths
Great" Pierre Lorlllard has forgaken
this country with his horses and has uni-
ted IN England with Lord William Beres-
FORD on the horse question. Their united
STABLES under united name would SO
me letter said, run together 1t was
stated, moreover, that both would come
to this country for the next great stake
events. Great news this for sportsment
The other letter was a peculiar one II
referred to the fact that Miss Brice Is
visiting Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger Mt
the latter's country place. and limited that
erature All Of the summer girls have
done so In different ways from compiling
books or poetry to scribbing a sentiment
upon a fan But II Miss T}rfce does Iit-
erary work openly She WIFI be the first
daughter OF politician to thus enter the
ranks OF writer's.
Many yachts touch here daily. Tt is
part OF the days fun to go down TO the
pier and see them land and note the un-
certain walk of the ladies aboard the I'M
certainty Of their "sea legs" The Sui
tana, with the Drexels aboard, touched
here the other day, and there are others.
The famous yachts, lying Off like timid
white birds In the ocean, draw nigh flap
their sails and vanish, when the crowd gets
big enough to scare them.
In their private car John r. Mel can
and family, looking not at an disappoint-
ed arrived the other day and began hold
Ing series Of receptions by the side of
which, IN size, the Chicago convention was
a limited affair.
When in doubt the Narragansett people
go down and sit and watch the bathers.
Who these bathers. are, where they come
from, and whence they 60 is a matter
shrouded in mystery. No one Of the sum-
mer colony knows them. And they expect
| nc. recognition There is a story that the
bathers are the college girls who are act
ing as Mattresses in the smaller hotels
and another shore yarn is to the effect that
these fair nymphs Of the spray are fash
| tonable town typewriters down here for
their two weeks vacation. As each set dis
| appears for the city the next set arrives
and takes possession Of the trim little short
skirted bathing suits. But you mustn't be-
lieye what you hear or see on the beach
in summer.
The fashionable set do not 90 In bath
ing, and that is the fault of the crowd on
the shore. When you battle you must
wear a silk bathing dress with bathing
corsets underneath You must have expen-
sive bathing shoes new several times q
season and you must not cover your head
with a cap. 1T is too much fuss and fod-
die to dress" remarked a pretty young
swimmer who has delighted the pier pre-
vious summers. And I'd rather watch
the others"
Narragansett people have an odd wav
Of closing up their summer homes ana
going away for a few weeks. They board
out the dogs and canary birds and send
the servants away on their vacation. one
family boarded the family watchdog. a
small Japanese poodle. at one of these
dog boarding houses for five days. ON
their return a bin for $12 was presented.
with 50 for shampoOs. What would we
have done if Jappy had been a big st.
Bernardo exclaimed the young man OF
the family, after paying the bill And
how could have ever boarded opr old