New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-19
b. assured, Saratoga Is still goIden-clasped,


men eth ingcr, 10Th 20 ~, AID whcn The 'TlnA
must h. packed. they still u: go.sipmg upon ne
/ edge Of the bed, and were you un!ef T. y"u
would hear how every Tgm-Thunh or Prince
Rlque, with the iGft. was re most chiTairc ana
rcslsiess Of King Arhurs what innumeTao'e
faic-halred PreciOsas were wondering a. 'n'
ZANE wonderful Ar.hurs and how many a
| tina has been rescued. 0. al leas. vas clearly
ready 70 be rescued from Gnpo.Hng stoc" Joo-
tius. mercantile old Blue Boards. Then, gorged
with eyperience. 5Ia., o. HI world patronising
and enduring life the royal ArthurS, scornIng the
heaps Of broken hearts they leave behind, trans
fer themselves and their boots "a q nev realm OF
coDoues, q, Newport and reduce the NOS. IA
pregnable hear,-ciiadels with well-dIlec,ed
Redowa, or a fatally fascinating Scho;tlsh.
But while VIC all laugh at Saratoga, rs dress,
dancing and Irritation, we are all very fond Of
gong there. and very naturally fond. EXcept
indeed those who 60 INTO the country to 10
ouiet." and whose eloqueOce wakes energetic and
even explosive against all who love or frequent
Saratoga. Such, | an told, may DC sometimes
found within the range Of The shadow Of Park-st.
spire, 10 whom Saratoga j absurd, r.dicu-
lous" " insufferaole," an nothing more.
Saratoga Is an OASIS of repose ID the deser; Of
our hurry. Life Is leisurely there, and business
is amusement We DO not fatigue ourselves N
having good time, as the anti.Saratogians love
10 assert
It's perpetual festival. The " United States
the nearest hit we Americans can make 20 Boccac-
clos garden IL is spacious house, admirably
kept, with a stately piazza surrounding smooth
green lawn, constantly clOse-,haven. and shadow
ed and cooled with lofty trees. Along that stately
piazza we pass to the ballroom, and across hat
lawn and under those trees TO the bOwllng-alley
and we. mere men, to the CObbers We rise and
breakfast at any time Then we chat litte and
bowl Til noon. Ifyou choose, you may sit apart
and converse instead Of bowling. of course upon
metaphysical and moral topics. Al noon we
must return to the rarlor and practice the polka
which We have not danced since yesterday
midnight There are sofas and comfortable chairs
slrewn around he room, and If YOU have reached
no metaphysical conclusion IN the bowling
alley, you may wish TO continue your chat
We ladies must 90 shopping after the polka, and
we mere men may 60 to the bath Dinner then
IN our semi-t0iletles, fatty feeling Ambrose and
Anthony to get rs something to eat, and watch
ing the mighty Morris, IN an endless frenzy of
excitement, tearing his halr-(mem to inquire
If Morris wears wig)-whenever plate, loud
crashing shisors on the floor
After dinner the band plays upon the lawn, aud
we all promenade upon The piazza. or IL the
paihs, or sit at the parlor windows We discuss
the new arrivals We crtIcIse dresses, and
STYLES and manners. We discriminate the arctic
and antarctic Bosonans, lair. still, and stately
with strain OF scom IN their Saratoga satsfacs
ton. and the languld, cordial and careless
Southemers, tar from precise IN dress or style,
but balmy IN manner as a bland Southern morn
ing We mark the crisp courtesy OF the New
Yorker, elegan, an dress, exclusive IN assoca-
ton, pallid ghost of Paris, without II, easy
elegance, It's bonhoRp,i, lis gracious sarior faifc,
without the spirifuei sparkle of Us conversations
and the natural and the elastic grace of is STYLE
We find that Partisan toilette Is not France, nor
grace, nor fascination. We discover that eXcu
slveness is not elegance That the richest of loke
is an American at a watering-p place, putting him
self aside, and then loltily looking down upon
tit NE dIONfl4 MN. Alas NObtlIdD nFONi, l
know tina, we are excessively elegant, but some
how we don't have good time From my lofty
loneliness CHANGED today TO hear one. who is
not the least lovely of our Saratoga bellies, de-
clare that she hated the New-l orkers Oh,
Brown, what pity that our grandfather made
so much money IN the red.tape or the wholesale
provision trade, and 50 condemned us TO elegance
and eXcusNenesS
But while we mark and moraize, the last
strain Of Lucia or OF Ernani has died away and II
is 5 O'clock A crowd of carriages throngs the
street before the door, llutler through the hail.
a tripping up and down stairs, and we are bowl
ing along to the Lake. There is but one DIVE
Everybody goes to the Lake And no sooner
have we turned by the Congress spring, than we
are an the depths OF the country, IN long level,
reach of Pines, with few distant hills OF the
Green Mountains rolling along the horizon 1t is
a city gala at the hotel, but the five minutes were
magical, and we remember the city and It's life
as a Winter dream The VIVID and sudden con-
iraSt OF this little drive with the hotel is one OF
the pleasantest points OF Saratoga hfe. Ia the
excitement OF the day, II is like those sudden
steppmgs out OF an evening, from the brilliant
ballroom, upon the cool and still piazza
There Is range OF carriage. at the Lake
select party Is dining upon those choice trout,
black bass and young woodcocA Various other
select parties are scattered about upon the banks
or on the piazza. contemplating cobblers The
descent TO the lake Is very steep and the
smooth water IS dotted with a few little boats
gliding along under ;he wild, monstrous banks.
The afternoon Is tranquil, the lights tender, the
air is soft and The tapping of the water upon the
Pebbly shore Is happy no, SO musical as words
spoken upon It's surface.
In the sunset we bowl back again 10 the hotel
] saw most Autumnal sunsets at Saratoga, cold
and gorgeous, hike the splepdor of Oc,oher