The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-22
SEASIDE DAYS MOST OVER
BATHING SUIT SOON TO BE CHANG
ED FOR BLOoMERs.

Lake Chnmplnin-Ditferen he
tween the Mckinley and sherman
Girls.
Amagansett, Aug. 20-summer girls Of
the last are divided into two classes-those
who fight for smiles OF Mckinley and
those who want the benign glances Of
Sherman. The former at Lake Champlain
and the latter at Amagansett have led
two opposing legions.
Since vacation begun until now when
It is on the wane, there have been two va
cation parties" as pronounced as any
that were, year ago, harrassing the
country with divergent views
The summer girls have composed the
opposing forces, but that instead Of les-
sening the opposition, has made 1t
greater.
The Mckinley girls have been the ones
who want style and show and plenty Of
it, The Presidents spectacular vaca-
ton on Lake Champlain, with colors
flying. detectives on guard on every
perch. secretaries and typewriters rum
ming to and fro and the flags of the
army, navy, marine and land forces
Haunting the breezes. have attracted
some of the summer girls, while others
prefer the plain. everyday vacation
taken by the Secretary of State.
Amagansett is a little place on Long
Island. To reach 1t you must take the
Long Island accommodation (Which Is
warranted to accommodate no one) ana
ride anywhere from one to three hours.
Then YOU come to Amagansett You
pass within hailing distance of the Shin
necock Hills. where there Is the finest
goling in the world; and come within
whispering distance of Sag HarDor ana
Shelter Island and then you come TO
Amagansett Here you find yourself
upon the ocean again, and here you ind
the opposing forces of summer girls
those who wouldn's spend the summer
with Mckinley" for the world, but who
like to get down on Amagansetts beach
when the tide comes in and watch the
Secretary Of State enjoy himself In his
plain way.
If the summer man be a moralist or
thinking man he wonders a great deal
when he sees the contrast between the
two men who are so closely connected
in business, Mckinley and Sherman,
Sherman has one little room with mat
ting on the floor: a plain, square bed
stead, a very conspicuous slop pan ana
a wooden chair. lie is attended by only
one servant and this Is a sort Of man or
all work, who manages his room anu
helps the old gentleman around.
The secretary wanted to have place
handy, he said, to go and come IL
isn't SO very far from Washington to
Long Island; ana the secretary wanted
to go somewhere, near enough TO allow
him to drop back to Washington, and
back again to a pleasure spot. Such
place Is Amagansett.
The unique method employed by the sec
retary TO keep track OF his correspondence
has created envy In the mind OF all who
have hear about It, and has driven the
President wild with admiration Of his Ia
nous old secretary. Hundreds Of letters
came for Secretary Sherman the first day
Of his arrival. He began TO open them and
glance over them Then he stopped work
Ing and threw all the letters on the bed.
When the man OF all work, Erastus
Leek. came In to straighten up the room
he said: Mr.. Secretary, what shall
do with the letters?"
''Throw them away" said the secretary.
"All of them?" queried Rastus.
moo, not air.
"Wen. I'll tell you how we'll do, sir"
said Rastus "Tbem you want you throw
on the bed, and them you don't want you
throw on the floor and then I'll always
know which ones 70 throw away"
"But suppose / throw the wrong ones on
the floor"
Don't worry about that. I'll read EN-"
said Rastus, comfortlngly
After that the letters were carefully
sorted from bed to floor. and John sher-
man had the affairs Of the Secretary Of
State so simplihed that they took no time
at all.
The summer girls who are followers Of
Senator Sherman are the near-to-nature
girls Instead Of wearing elegant French
dresses like the Mckinley admirers at
Lake Champl9in they dress In calico and
sailor hats 9hey let their hair curl IT.
self In the breezes, and they wear bicycle
dresses all day. II they want TO. You can
tell a Sherman girl a long way off. One
OF them wanted 10 see the presidential
party enjoying itself on Lake Champlain
Hanna and all the rest-and jOurneyed
up there on an excursion ticket from Now
York. But she came right back. Mercy
me" said she. why / should have TO wear
my Sunday dress every day and then I
shouldn't feel dressed up"
Before Sherman came to Amagansett the
place was known for the presence Of Lucy
Cleveland, that strange cousin Of the
former President. She Is by far the most
prominent all-the-year-round resident and
the one who leads the scholastic. athletic
and religious circles. She has been spe-
cialy delighted with the presence Of sher-
man and the land boom" Of her dear
Amagansett.
When Secretary Sherman first came to
AmaRansett he was visited by n great
many "cranks." seekers after knowledge
old gentlemen who wanted 10 talk over
the politics Of earlier days. ana middle
aged men who wanted 90 live 10 become
old ones. dropped IN for a chat. To all
the secretary gave about the same re-
plies: 1.-THE good old times do not COM
pare 20 the new ones" and III q man
wanted TO live 10 be old be should cat
simple fare. wear plain clothes and go
90 bed early
That was about all there was OF a.
Don't you approve of French bin Of
fare2" asked some one. Mckinley iH cat-
Ing AN sorts Of foreign dishes and needs
two dictionaries 10 deeipher his menu 4"
"No ! don't" replied Sherman, Nothing
any Freuehirr than stcwed prunes'
Mckinley up on Lake Champiuln d doc
lug about the Hnme things he dld IN WASH
ingtou. keeping 80 the same routine and
seeing aH many strangers, bat John shor.
man Sherman me pHlneWent OF TO AM
sRameett. whore the sun tells everybody
the hour for going a. bod. ana was al
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