The colored American., 1901-08-24

hest Of tre season. There are TWO large
concert halls here, ana both have had
flied houses during this time. TIE
Ioto games ended ON Monday. Gener-
sfIv the END Of POLO here meals the
sln,g but steady return to town OF Mar
raganeeut's summer colony When
tfe games cease, rsin commences, and
I'm NOW on It is almost an inVarIabI0
rnle tDat We Will have four or five sue
cessiye days Of rain. Tne season at It's
besr has been q Disappointing one IN
mora ,yays than ore. Thele nave not
b.en as many people here as usual; and
those here differ from those Of few
gasrs ago. Those employed in Ghe hotels
cnmuIsIu of q great falling of OF tips,
thg hotel mans dependency. WAen
measure % afforded those Inclined to
me GD-gal the ices ale satisfactory, buG
since the fire Of last year, snd, SherTy's
Css,DO. The pleas ure resCrg OF The pier
WAS destroyed, there seems to be q gen
ertI dissatisfaction among those who
route mere 10 spend and re Ceive their
urrev1s WCrtn, and as a matter of
rours5 tIps have decreased, in some
cas.s tie guests have even absolutely Y
ov.rloohed that standing rule of hand
ing the servant his. IheIe ls q rumOr
stI0at that the buckingham Will ne
rsDuill and 3 race course planned. Ii
LnIs bs done II arragansett Will not have
to depend on 1t 80 jacenCy to Newport
Tor its PIE .ige and popularity.
4 uaper OF unusual int rest at the
1iterarv by Mr.. Joseph Ballard of ClAf-
in University, the subject being,
China and International Law" we
csp saw with pride that for once the
race Issue WAS a side issue and the sub
iect Of the paper was discussed. 30 in
geregling Was the subject that the chair
On not one occasion had to pass Judg
ment on q p)int Of order. The prO-
gram was not as elaborate as It has
ueen heret ofOFe bat the argument PIE
sented pro and con made up for any
other dt ficlency.
Ine Flower Boys g&ve.8 grand cake
walk sud dance at HsIcyOn Hall Aug
ust The cake woIK' was the feature
Of tue evening, lis participants showed
marked proficiency both In the leglU-
mate anu bullssque forms Mr.. Justin
Brown aud lA0y OF W WashingtOn were
the fortunate winners Of me fiIst prize,
The officers of the club sre Messrs. Mas
ton. ID. b. slartIp T. Cuick, Il. Pryor,
Jonn Wugg and f, NIXen.
Among Tie most popular persO on pres
ent may be mentioned Misses Maud
and Louise GRAVES, l. ColliLs. sadie
and Name Gamer Ot Boston,; Misses
Il Frye, Elsie Miles, hackeLb, En-
ma . eplUe, LIZA Canpb ii, Mamie Oyd
and Mis- -. HIimts Of Wa~hingLo
Nesgrs james [. W hisuaBt, R0Uert ID.
7, excite and j. Henry King Of New
York. !
MIR. George w. Thornton showed
marNed ouu.Uy III bis direction OF the
cake WalK. He Is I'D lead the cake
wax which Is 90 Ds given al the same
hall on the night OF the 2Stn Inst. On
TINS da.e there ~ co oe gwen cOmO1-
nation caKe walk pUIHa walz and dance
which is TO be one of the season. Tne
CuaupIuus of tue seasOu sr9 10 compete
III one fiusl even
vIessra James VaTr ck, AdOugh Byrd
Frank Thompson, Justin Brown and
u.ncIs WiCu tuelr ladies one 10 appea L.
NlT Ed AmbIrr's untxcell5d orchestra
held sway last Thursday and he has
the contract fer furnishing the muslc
on the 20th.
On Monday night grand concert wss
given al COmbus' Hall. An original
sketch, The Ghost" deserves great
credit. 1t showed much study on part
Of the participants, and would, with
little remedylng, do credit to first
class vaudeville mouse.
MessIs Lee, McCTOne, Jeffries and
Jones .Of the Browning Quartette did
MCOllie, Thompson and Tyler furnished
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