The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
,VKNLEY AT LONG BRANCH.
rur SUMNER GIRLS IN a FLUTTER
OVER HIS COMING.

and Cycling RunninS Nech-anu
week Contest For Summer POpu-
Observation-Disclosures in summer
sports.
Long Branch. Aug. lit is a settled
.sine that the President is coming to Long
Rr3nch. A route has been laid out for
Aim embracing stop at Saratoga, where
-5 clement. a war comrade has invited
him 70 visit his summer hotel, and lit
,s stay at Manhattan is planned. From
here YOU get hot as far as Long Branch
IS concerned, and the President will jour
rev on. settling at Monmouth, which Long
Rrapoh claims as one of its four corners.
Another famous summer visitor who has
rromised to put in an early appearance
is the Hon. Thomas B. Reed. who. for
same reason. attracts more attention than
Mckinley himself.
In q. summer spot where great beauties
o, YEARLY, and around which cling asso-
cations of grandeur past and present,
if IS difficult to find anything that makes
real sensation; but, in so far as it can
eptbuse over anything, Long Branch IS
onthusing over the coming of these two
statesmen. Blue gowns are being put in
order, and blue duck cycle suits cleaned
M to be in readiness for the Presidents
eve which rests upon blue so lovingly.
Blue is his favorite color all the year
round.
Long Branch, to those who see it for
the first time. is one long street running
parallel with the ocean. 1t is a great,
broad avenue running along the entire
ocean front. On one side are enormous
hotels. with great front piazzas and great
surrounding lawns, almost as big as
parks. Facing them is the ocean. and the
summer visitor can sit upon the veran-
das and look seward day and night.
But there is less of the ocean at Long
Branch than you would believe. There is
no beach to speak of, and the tide has
washed and beaten the shore until it rises
one precipious cliff over the bathers
head When you want to take dip you
climb down a little flight of wooden steps
to the water. Here and there is a mar
row strip Of sand, but often you are fore
ed to step from the ladder into the shall
low water From the piazzas, which are
the other side of the broad avenue, you
see only the ocean from distance True,
you get the murmuring of the tide and
the splash of the waves and the smell of
the salty brine, but it is not a long, level
beach like Ocean Grove or Asbury.
Long Branch has been celebrated from
time that cannot be counted for its
driving. It is perfectly level, and along
its roads have sped the worlds famous
trotters-yes, and do speed there yet.
I..TI . 1,n 80, hEF
noble white Russian four-in-hand, and
here all the great beauties from Nelson
Of twenty years ago, to Della Fox, Caro-
line Miskel and Lillian Russell of to-day
have enjoyed the Incompatible driving.
Women Of independent wealth, too have
driven here-famous personages. Here be-
tween Long Branch, Elberon, Red Bank,
are the cottages made famous by Grant,
Garfield George w. Childs and Mrs. Wins
low. And here now dwell Maggie Mitch
ell and George Pullman in summer quar-
tiers. There is something infectious about
Long Branch. once having visited it you
get the fever for it, and want to come
again. Yet it is by no means an Arcadia
mot an IDEAL heavenly world. Here
wealth and fashion struggle for suprem-
acy over goodness and poverty and come
out ahead every time. But if you have
the Wherewithal to enjoy yourself you
can have a royal time at Long Branch
such as you cannot find at many other
summer spots, but you certainly must
have the coin.
There is golhng here and bicycling. These
TWO sports are active rivals.
oeaprlght is an hours cycling beyond
long Branch. Century riders do it in
halt an hour-and here you find the George
Gou.d seaorght links. Mr.. Gould is pres
Hehl OF the golf club here, and has do
hdteu magnificent piece of land to the
C,uO. lie Is said also to have given most
u me club house and the surrounding
ouAdihgs. His cottage is a square stone
mouse. not too pretentious for comfort
~ wholly capable of entertaining the club
M"eh MIS- Gould gives her famous golf
I'cepuons. But the family is seldom here
LAST summer they fitted to Alaska. This
year TO Europe So that October is the
any great extent
H mere inere are many golf links outlying Long
nIanch. one lies toward Elberon and
,oNels an enormous piece of land. 1t is
e He Iaa mere 90 make the links long, a
n.y. ilile stretch in an almost straight
- C - not TOO long a run. 1t is ten miles
sIaightest way.
Ing plcycling here Is something to be
OF. SO popular is the wheel at
"s bIdEch that the largest livery stable
'"Intd out a number of carriages to
o'l'llodate the wheels. A big sign an
ounces That wheels are rented by the
MY or hour. They are also "groomed,"
~, means cleaned and repaired.
-",Ie is a marvellous rivalry here over
w., "nee.s. Each wants something finer
vs. 'le other a popular acress has a
49, whose handle bars are German sill
win turquoise, her farovite, stones.
l,.'1' owns wheel whose mud guard
Il. EXQUISITE piece of bamboo fit to make
r.l t's OF an oriental stand out over
49,. ''t-a-orac possibilities. Several have
'Ilsator tool bags, and one young
.'i' me wife Of millionaire, boasts
81, IIer that is made Of one piece of
IF finished tanned seal skin, with
'iy SILVER monogram set IN one side.
'ln name OF the wheel on the other.
e,IS summer girl has her wheel nam
or, = ana every man, too. "Centaur."
WOOD, Warwick" and Saltwater"
N IN, @ popular names with the men.
.J,. "'Inen choose "Trilby," Psyche"
G, ana Best Beau" All sorts Of
gt.'i tesombianccs are seen ana the
named and christcned as though
are number Of bellies here this
IN. There is Miss Sumter Of New
bu Miss Leone Rohr of Baltimore.
.'illng fine sway ina the kfnrdop, ~