South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-08
To Be IN FASHION
IS To De DULL
So Asserts Marie DRESSER Az
ter SOiOurn at Newport,
Which is Home of the Latest
Modes
By MARY ISABEL BRUSH.

NEW YORK, Sept S.-"Why does
the undercurrent pull so hard at
Baileys Beach at Newport" asked
Marie DressleT.
Because the water is so eager to
get back into the ocean; 1t doesn't
like the town." / replied.
Neither do l." exclaimed Miss
Dressler. Il felt just that way when
/ came 10 this. the worlds most FASH
i0nable summer resort she con-
tinued. Il wanted TO pull out again
and let my little $4,000 contract go.
"Fashionableness is dullness. New
port is the home OF fashion. You can
fish out the conclusion for yourself.
1T is one other thing besides FASH
iOnable--eXpensiYe. l paid Sl4 day
for room and board and had TO sign
extra for the ice tea on account Of the
lemon
AT that rate what what would a
taxi come TO by the hOUT2
you will never know, because they
have none OF the minor luNuries at
Newport
IF you want 20 drive from your
boarding house down the back way to
your stage entrance, you get a sixty
horsepower. double~barreled touring
car with driver and footsnan IN
livery.
Il couldn't afford to take a maid
10 Newport. but 1 engaged one by the
minute, a native, and / asked her q
few desultory questions regarding her
character and standig.
My husban.' she said, is the first
citizen of Newport He chimes the
bells at Trinity. and they say ne Is
the best whitewasher on the island
when / went 20 Mrs. Fisb's 1. said
10 her: See here. your supremacy IS
gone Then I told her the story. Ii
was lust before her Mother Goose
fashionable event of the Newport sea-
son. and she, who is one OF the few
Newport women with a sense of
humor. said: IN hand over my scep-
ter Immediately.
1T know Mrs. HERMAN Oelrichs
and think she is a fine woman. She
IS attractive and so is her home. She
is also interesting. But for most OF
the people they are as tiresome as tho
Ocean Drive which / couldn't walt to
see. Ny husband and 1 grabbed q
machine when we had been there an
hour and started out for the drive
had heard SO much about. WeL, IL
you want 20 have my ideas about IT,,
] wouldn't live on IL II you'd give me
the drive.
MY only notion ~ q pretty place
IS where there is scenery. On the
famous Ocean Drive YOU go FOR 4 mile
and yOu come 10 tree. Then you
clump OF hedge ~ any OVer-grOwn
weed In between these is Just one
continuous, mOnotoUOus roll OF ocean.
If YOU care anything for variety.
you want 20 keep away from Newport.
particularly II you care for variety
in conversation.
If YOU want 20 know who sat next
10 you at dinner on the evening pre-
vious and who IS entertaining at lun-
cheon on the day following. why
there SIS the place for YOU.
These wives OF Americas multi
millionaires. spend all their time talk
ing shop. Their business is entertain
ing and when they get up q function
they talk about all the other func-
tons while IL is soins ON, and later 10
makes accumulation OF one additional
subject for the next function which
will be as much like IL - carbon
copy.
"Ttey never get excited over any
thing
The proper stunt IS 20 keep unoN
cited and 20 pretend that YOU
FUSED up.
I'VE were out WhiZZing
machine one afternoon and
loud shouting
Here, I'm the stu #,tat
them m" said L They're gN4ag 49,