The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-31

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Narragansett Pier.
The chief products OF this point are
whisky and water. The water is for
the girls to battle in. and the whisky Is
refined into mint juleps to act as an
antidote against the water. No self re-
specting woman at Narragansett Is
without an attachment in the shape of
some sort of a man. and IL is his special
duty, after she has been rubbed and
scrubbed and is once more in an inno-
cent muslin gown. to provide her with
that innocent drink, which has been
favored by women ever since the days
when Adam toiled by the sweat Of his
brow to cultivate a mint bed 10 please
Nine. Eve.
Society and mint juleps are compati-
Bile. There is decided touch OF mauve
about society. while mint green is very
fashionable. There is a certain type OF
girl at the Pier. She is apt to be either
from Boston or Richmond. Occasional
ly she is a New Yorker. but the New
York girl is too knowing in some ways
and not knowing enough in others to
succeed as a Pier girl-that is to say,
she doesn't know enough about Plato
and Mr.. Emerson, like the lady who
wears glasses and who arrives from
Boston, and she is too ignorant Of CO.
quetry--not flirting. but pure, innocent
couuetry-like the Richmond girl, to be
success.
The style OF dressing at the Pier is
decidedly individual. At most summer
places a great point is gained IL one is
stylish, wears frills and ruffies and
laces and silks and satins and all the
frirps and fripperies, but here Il is de-
manded that girl must be pretty IL
she has three white wash dresses-that
is to say. two at the laundress, while
she is wearing the third. yet looks pref
ty-she Is success.
There 10 one girl here from Richmond
who claims that she can manage to
have more solid enjoyment inc24 hours
than the average girl does in "A days.
This Is her method: In the morning her
colored maid helps her dress in a white
pique gown, with plain skirt. jacket
bodice. a white leather belt and a null
tie. with a big fiaring bow nesting un-
der her chin that seems to say to each
and every young man, Don't you wish
you were as near this dimple as ann"
Her hat Is smart looking sailor with
a band showing the Stuart plaid. while
her gloves. displaying no rings under
them, are of white chamois.
At the Pier q ohaperon is not neces-
ssry. so my pretty girl trots off to the
casino with big Jack Gordon. II you
ask her anything about It, she will say
IN tones as soft as her heart: "Oh, he's
all right. He and my father are second
concfps and bia v,othor M vx,v v,othos
are third cousins and when they were
girls they were great friends. Even
now when they meet they talk about
what the gentlemen did for them-rode
horses UP staircases. Jumped high
fences and did marvels to prove just
how much each Of them loved his lady.
II is really a great deal better and
nightly more effective than sending
flowers or buying candies" After rat |
Ting off this the lady looked scorn at
her escort. who pulled his mustache,
hoping to increase It's growth. and
wished that women's mothers did not
remember 30 much and put such ideas
into girls heads.
These two had q very light break
fast-some strong coffee. bit of toast |
and an egg eaten directly from the |
shell. Then she and Jack had a stroll.
and Jack whispered all sorts OF moth |
ings to ber-pretty nothings-while she.
wo,nanlike. wondered II Celestine had |
dressed her properly or II that was her /
pettcoat that was slipping. When !
home was reached, home being the
barnlike hotel. there came the great
event of the day-the bathing. Mo- /
body who In anybody bathes at Long
Branch. because where the bathing is |
good IL Is dangerous. Nobody who Is
anybody bathes at Newport. because II
Is not good style. but everybody. from
the small boy dressed I'm an airy moth
Ing up to his grandmother. literally
swathed In dark flannel. prances and
jumps in the water and feels how good
II Is 60 be alive and to be the next best
thing 10 mermaid.
Nature has been very kind 10 the
Richmond Kirl and given her hair that
curls naturally; consequently rubber
caps and closely plated bralds were not
Necessary to'this sweet maid, as. wear
.ng.a long cloak OF white serge that
covers her from head 10 foot and accom-
panied by her dark maid, she Joins the
group OF men waiting for her. The
cloak Is removed, and che stands a eym-
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