Evening star., 1899-07-10
AT NiRRAGANSE1'T PIER.
Everything Indicates n Prosperous
season-Muny Neutrality-suspicious. There.

Special Correspondence of The t.yeains Star.
NARRAGANSETT PIER, July I, 1889.
Not for years, if ever, We're 50 many
Washingtonians at Narras&nsett the first
week in July. The hotels have made an
excellent start and cottage accommodations
are at Il premium. John K. Mclean, puD-
Usher Of the Ciuciu,1ati Enquirer. now of
Washington, has Emmct cottage on Ocean
read. /. c. Van Horne is at Dove cottage
on the South Pier read. Edward 4. Mitch
ell is installed in R0dman cottage on Rod
man street. Mrs S. j. Todd has 'Morn-
ngside'' on the kingstown road. Central
street includes the Rev. Z. NJ. Prescott at
Prestecote, Miss Margaret r. Gale at Idle
wild and Mrs. Beaie at I\irklea. On the
Cliff road are to be found Z. d. White at
rinn:steTre, \. NJ. Hopkins at Grove cot
lage and ]. f. de Assis-Brasil at Wharton
cottage. The national capital hotel arrivals
include Mrs. S. c. Armstrong, S. j. Todd,
Mrs. T a. Bingham, Rutherford bingham,
MIR. and Mrs Calderon Carlisle, Miss Car
Isle, John F. Muiiaiy, Miss Elsa Van Horn,
MasteEC. Van Horn, Miss L. NJ. BouiiSny,
Miss Miriam Crosby, S. jackson, L. 5. n;
Mrs. S. Jackson, Miss Jackson Mr.. and
Mrs. H. b. Brown, VIM. II. Acklan.
All indications point to an unprecedented
season at the American I9auVille, now
styled the Brighton of America. The Casino
and the Fourth brought many guests
can usually be counted late in July. The
recent rains and winuS have So freshened
everything that Narragansett was never
brighter COttaGerS Were never before 50
numerous. One new hotel has been put up
the largest yet built here-and another OF
the biggest hostelries has been enlarged
and remodeled. All the inns have been bet
tered more or less, so that accommodations
have been strikingly increased since last
season. All the larger hotels have orches-
tras this year. some of the musicians revei-
ing in such names as the lmbarrato Trou-
badours. Another development is the sola-
rium or san parior, heretofore confined to
winter resorts. A return to the veranda
fad is noted, the newer hotels all having
miles of piaZzaS. The tendency of all these
changes is to make each hotel more of
distinct community, drawing away from
the Casino, which has always served a
great social clearing house. Sherry made
a blunder here years ago in giving band
concerts at the bathing pavilion and charg-
ing admission thereto. Now the pavilion
band has been discontinued and the adnlis-
sion fee abolished. The bathing house of
the Providence Steamboat Company is too
near competitor. If excursionists invade
Sherry's place. now seems certain, aris-
tocratic Pierites will have fits. The whole
tendency is toward populariZing Narragan-
sett. One of the largest merry-go-rounds
in the country has been set up in the CEN
ter of the beach. The Sunday excursion
lists offer the most troublesome problem for
the police. The future of the resort trem-
bles in the balance: by August it will tip
at one end or the other. The facilities for
reaching Narragansett have been striking
ly increased since last summer. The Sea
View electric line has been extended to
Wexford, there is a direct boat for Prov
idence and Block Island. and the Newport
boat, spic and span, makes four trips week
days and two Sundays, giving glimpse of
the North Atlantic squadron.
Brander Mathews this year hangs out
his Columbia colors at Rosemary on Kings
town road Archibald Clavering Gunter is
again plotting stories at Ilverthorpe Kim
ney, the cigarette manufacturer, has an
automobile for every day in the week Sew
eral brewers are represented on Cliff row
and four or five of the best turnouts are
those of southern distillers, who are press
ing railroad presidents for first place In
representation.
Senators T. C. Platt, O. H. Platt, Nelson
Aldrich j. c. Burrows and w. B. Allison
members of the Senate finance committee,
are at the Little Casino cottages, discuss
ing reform of the currency. Tea will be
served free Saturdays at the South County
Golf Club.