The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-29

1 have rather thought Saratoga to be
about the incest place of all for people
to go in the summer, Notwithstanding
Newport, Chicago and st. Louis. but
now l admit that Narragansett Pier is
far pleasanter in SO many ways that the
Pier shall be M resting place as long as
money holds out.
1T is in some ways more exclusive than
Newport, while all the most fashionable
element of that place seems to be at
N~arragansett as often as at home. 1t is
not far by land or sea. Those who have
hobo mobos"' come oyer land. The
owners of yachts sail around. The beach
is fine and 1T almost all hours is dotted
with bathers. though the swell residents
reserve for themselves the MONDAY hour
for their dips.
There is one real consolation here.
You do not see Il sickly or pale face, and
people are not obliged to go to a spring
and drink a lot of vile water to make
them feel far worse than they did before
they took it. The races at Saratoga are
things OF great interest. but the salt
spray and invigorating breezes at the
Pier make one forget them.
The dress parade down Bellevue ave-
nue. in Newport isn't in it with the regu-
lation walk up and down Beach row.
This is part of the daily toll. First, you
get up ard dress for breakfast, then go
back to your room and dress again for
the promenade. Then you go back to
your room and dress for your hour or
two III the piazzas and then for your
dip. After that lunch demands another
change; but this, fortunately for the
overworked fashionable M allows
for a ride or q visit to the polo ground.
Here there is more excitement to the
square inch than q dozen horse races.
There are golf links, too, at the old Ran
dolph House. This is now the Point Jul
dith Country club. Here they have
lovely teas, and here, too, ladies like to
wear their very prettiest gowns.
The casino also calls for elaborate tot
lets, as it is a place where many women
meet. There seems to have been no kind
Of amusement left out when the casino
was modelled. 1t is a delight to the eye
to see the beautiful dresses in the ball
room, and one does not need to pity the
dancers. One sentence sums this up.
Powder stays on.
Perhaps half the engagements that are
annually made at the Pier are made at
the casino. 1t is a romantic place, with
nc end of coy little corners, set behind
palm screens or hidden by ivy, where
lovers may sit and spoon to their hearts
content, and there are the views of old
ocean, with it's moonlight and it's bridge
of glory leading straight to paradise.
There, too, is the delightfully."- romantic
walk along the beach toward Point Ju-
dith.
The cliffs are always filled with cou-
pies walking slowly along, telling or
learning the sweet old story. What do
they care for the Indians head? All
they think is that they wish they could
walk on forever i'll the tender light of the
stars. What life giving breezes these
are! They send u mans brains to the
winds, and he proposes before they reach
the point.
The girl goes back to her room and
calls her maid to iron her dress, to make
it crisp and fresh for the next day, and
then puts her hair up and sits down to
write the news to her dearest girl friend.
The man walks up and down his room
and smokes three cigars and then Won
ders how he came to do it and if his in
come is enough to maintain her in COM
fort.
was SNSt liuS, III L luluSlue IL Ill
ways will be. Puck might change his
speech Of "NVhat fools these mortals be.'
and put men in place of mortals.
Talk about timid. contiding girls! You
won't find them among the Four Hun
dred. There is little to teach them as to
the management of a sweetheart or a
mere man if they think he would be
worth losing time over. Poor men! /
pity them and would tell them how they
are being played like hooked trout but
for two reasons One is they wouldn't
believe a word | said. and the other is
that they would hate me ever after and
maybe say so.
One more thing / will mention. 1t
struck me as very odd. All the men in
the swell set are called Bobby, Willie,
Harry, Fhillie or some other pet name.
It doesn't make them appear very dig
nified to outsiders. Still they are bright,
go ahead fellows, ready to risk their
necks any minute on polo ponies or their