The morning times., 1896-08-16
In the Swim
al Narragaasctt
Westinghouse Who Are Enjoying
Life at the Pier.

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New Horkers in another: Miss Rivers and
] Miss Thompson. two beauties of the former
| place. holding private court at one spot on
the beach. And at another there will he
| a dis,inctiveiy Southcsn political group.
| with Mrs. jefferson Davis and aiiss Winnie
| as its center. Both ladies talk well and
| both have always a crowd OF listeners.
| The are TO spend the rest OF the seasonhcre.
except for occasional trips away.
Summer places are iamentins this sum
mer the pereerinating instincts of their
| guests. Today it is NBrragansett, with its
| board walk and it's pier anC it's Casino. 10
| morrow oil is changed for Atlantic City,
| with its walk made famous through prose
| and verse.
Gov. Aitgeld of Illinois was quietly en-
| tertained here this week. At least 1t was
said he was he re, and during his stay little
groups watched for him at the corners.
| The governor has been at Newport, only
| a little way of, for a couple o. weeks, and
has been making his exclusions to the sur
| rounding spots. lie often goes incoGnito,
for it is iiIs expressed Intention TO study up
tire ways OF the Eastern summer resorts.
| where all the .milionaires Of the United
States go to spend their money. And
Altgeld was likedhere. lie. may ownstrong
| ideas and jhave st:ung ways of expressing
them, but his simmer friends declare that
rs d summer man he is a very gallant Alt
| geiIi.
Two lettnrs received here aroused much
interest ameng she two exes respectively.
The first cunceYned the men. 1t WIS to
| the effect that ,aic re tile Great" Fierre
sLnrillarti, has foEsa.sen 1kis country with
| his ,h0sEas md has united in England with
| Lord William LBcrdsf1rtl on the horse Ques-
tian. Tl,sir uniked stables untler a united
name .weuid, SO theilette said. run tngeth
ar. 1t Mns Stated moreover thn bot h would
come to this country for the next lsreat
stake events. Great news this fnr the
'spnrtsmsn!
Tile other iiettcr WIS peculiar one. 1t
refsrreti etitptic.factthn Miss Bziccis visiting
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Crugcr at tie lat
tcr's country ip!uee, and limited that Miss
Brice tud q l;otien Of entering literature.
AIlof the summer girls have done SO in diff
ferent ways, fromeomptling hooks of,poetTy
Ito Oscritfiniing Il sentiinentipon fan. Butit
Miss Brice docs literary work openly She
will be the first daughter of a politician
10 thus enter .the ranks Of writers.
Mauy yachts touch here Grisy. Itis part
OF tire 1uy fun to go uown;O the Pier and
see them land, and note the uncertain
waIk'Of the ladies aboard. the uncertainty
of their ':sea legs." The Sultana. with
the Drexels abaa I'd, touched here the other
day, aud there are others. The famous
yuchts, lying off like tiinid white birdsiin n
the eeenn. draw nigh, flap their sails and
vanish, when the CROWD gets big enough to
.scIre them, is4i' ~ -'-
In their private9car John R. Mclean and
family looking not 2at all disappointed, ar
rived the other tfsty and began holding a
series OF receptions by the side OF which. in
size, the Chicago convention was q limited
affair.
When IN tiouht- the Narraeansstt people
30 down =tsnd sit Hpd watch the bathers.
Who these -bathers are. where they COME
from. md whence they go, is matter
siTuudedinnrystery. No one Of the summer
colony knows them. And they expect no
rueagpitiOn. There rs story that the
ibattIersare the college girls who are acting
as waitRessesifn In the smaller Hotels. and an
other sisone yarn.is toithe effectthHt these
fair atynlIils of the spray nre Fashionable
town tgpewriters down .ltsTe for their two
waekS' vacatian. Aseach set disappears
Tor -tt,e scity,the next eat Hrfives ann takes
poxnsssiDn OF tire stDft-skirted hithing
-sutts. But yon mustn't believe wfIat you
hear ursee OH the beach tnisunmer
Thefasiiionable sstdlo hutEoitn bnthing. 4
and that rs the fault uf ttre rrowd aon the
shore. When you ibathe you nlust wnar !,
a silk bathing dress with huthing corsets 4
underneath. You must have expensive
bathing shoes. new ;sevassl times IA sea-
season. and you must mt nOuaf yoar head
with u cap. 1T Is too nIuchfuss andifodile i
TO dress" remarked pretty young swim 4
mer who has delighted the Pier previous