The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-30

In gallant array" with al sorts of diamonds and
things. Dinner il at three and fills up two hours.
Next comesi riding, and in the evening the fair
flowers Of creation dance to the music OF Monks
Band, or vsgabondise barehssded about the streets
Of the village. Such Is the daily life OF the Saratoga
belle. She gets up good many hirtations, aud abe
likes II. Look at that splendid creature Ia pink
she has already exhausted three waltzing men, and
Is now flirting with thin youth in the corner. He
is telling her that he Is of for Newport tomorrow
and wants bit OF her hair before he leaves. She
tries TO look sorry, but is really thinking whether he
could give her brown stone front in q good street
and ten thousand year.
The daily life of the mob at the springs is about
the same that Of the BELLE ii he is ladies snob.
He is her cavalier servisnte, and revolves around
her hoops He is treated as she trea her lap dog,
and Ia thrown smile with the me air that Fdele
receives chicken bone. But IL il the style among
some snobs to call these women a bore, you kao~."
awful segars. drive horses which are bought, and
he buyers sold ut the same time and otherwise
pend their time in those healthy aud invigoratag
ports which make the American snob 80 valuable
member Of society. The ladies' snob il preferable
the horse and billiard snob.
1t has been excessively hot here for the past three
days-the thermometer averaging ninety 10 the
hade. The rooms In the hotels were like the fiery
urnace in which they put those old philosophers in
the scripture and most OF US were obliged TO live on
the piazza. We were between two fires, in flct, as
We did not dare to take the hot ralray get away
There has been no event worth notice except sun.
rons trout, woodcock and fried potatoes were got
up splendidly, and eaten up voraciously, and the
arrival on the same day OF La Grange, that satis'
fyin" nima donna, with Gottschslk, pianofore
player and knight of the order of Isabella" and
Ann Maria too, l should suppose, by the way in
which the lady snobs run after him. La Grange
has been to Canada, where manager Bookstaver
says she was highly successful; partly because she
was grea. singer few people found that out
but more because she baroness, which is IN IRE
to the taste of the Canadians than her exquisite
singing. Gottschalks orders drew more money
than his Marche de Nut The fashionable world
will 60 to their concer. here, and it will be a sue
cess. From here they go to Newport-much the
pleasantest place of the two Indeed, there is
nothing at Saratoga but the medicated waters which
few people really like, and large number OF very
well dressed men and women most Of whom look
as if they really didn't know how the ID to get
through the twentyfour hours. But tuey are bound
to the wheel of fashion, and must revolve with it.
Ny advice 10 all is keep away from Saratoga unless
positively ordered here by physician At present
1t is dusty dissipated country village, with all the
vices and none Of the conveniences OF great city.
Ny next letter will be from q cooler place,
trust. We leave these gay and festive scenes this
afternoon.