New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13
FROM ARA TOG 4.
THE FANCY BALL.
Cor.,oopdencs o. T,s n. Y. Tn 5ul..

Corespondencs o. II. n. T. froua.
UNITED STATES HOTEL, Aug. II, 1855.
The season is now culminsts3. From all parts
of tie States and even from tia. portion Of I" our
blessed Union" which the rich imssininss Of
hlbusieI;rs dalectciars add to tie number already
60 difficult 10 remember, and yet more difficult to
go7e1n-Cuts People are here IN abundance,
drinking the waters o. health, waters palate TIT
s.irg ard other ihirgs too curious to cite, which
must be left TO the fancy; waters which certainly
in dazzling saucy spsrkle-in suggestive Aplcian
goulme.Iy-in TIE champagnei.h exctaus qualities
have not Their equal in the world or at least 10
that part of our planet subject to human analysis.
Tbs indeed seems the chosen spot Of tie ante
diluylan chemistries where, through all the ages,
the comp0nents which go 10 make up the mysteries
of ply steal being have been submundaney stirred up
with perennial longIpole mixed and mcdulated,
.ur.ei ever and trituIaed in perfect manner that
10 mortal cunning can approach, ard when so pre-
pared-sud ICED into the barea!n-they are un.
corked and ever and ever foam up and up, types OF
the uIYeaIying, the pure, and the immortal. Inc
whole Of this religion seems, indeed, valley oi
health for the fountains already discovered are
called mere forerunners Of others yet TO be accl-
deltally fallen upon; at least 60 say the authorities,
as one BIZ one lew springs have been opened t. the
world. That very respectable and valuable lngre-
dient-nd iron-so necessary to the domestic inan-
ufscture Of the blood-bcod often go poor IN
ouantit, in the veins of those who have been sub
iccted 70 our national expenditures psrbarlc
fevers-produc.s of our deyil-take-the-hi ndInost
system If scattering into new swanps and low,
mar ,bv shores before tie original oLes are cult
waited aud reduced 10 the laws of c!yIZatlOn-Old
ron. a. originally handed by Vulcan to Health
supe-sbounds in the later Saratoga waters. But
the Old CNgress beverage is yet the iavorite' and
thther especially in advance OF the breakfast stream
The young and old, the Ill aud the well, to taste the
luxury Of the trapped gOld-sea, telurih1. Hard
drinkers abOund-iubibers Of the lager-beer pat
tern. wLo appear 70 think that Heaven made man
fer suhon and recite their fests in gulPlng down
their numerous glasses o. the mineral liquids.
No place is better for seeing the chromatlc rarle
ties of national character than here, and OF study
ipg the steps toward not merely ciylty but hleh
breeding sid style which are essential as models
to every nation. A. the world IS governed by gym
bolsm-and the main difference between the savage
AID the civilized man is clothes and ceanlness-lt
is curious 70 observe here the crude sproutings OF
that kind in uxtapositon with the positive achieve
ments Of good taste. The movement, however, IL
upward Tie number Of men VITO dress like u
tertakers-who spit tobacco,juice. and who clean
their nails in pub.c-is reduced. The women-es-
pecially since hoops have come into iashlon-are
improving il STYLE bu. exhibit tie fault too Often N
narrowing assortments of tints. The laws OF color
are Ike those Of music: they are mathematical.
aesthetic and cannet be violated with impunty-an
apothegm which may be submitted ~ women Who
lay on such shriehing array of tiDts, and travel
with TWENTY-FIVE trunks, or ess, thinking that
noisy vulgarity IS proper tone. Some TWO years
ago there Was woman here who had, II was as
,exted, sixty trunks. Since the crisis, however,
the number is reduced. Ii is not the fashion to
how ok
whole. Saratoga, if motley, IS at least respect.
able The hotel where stop IL the largest ever
encountered, and is conducted with remarkable reg
ularitv AID cleanliness. Some soleclsIns IA cookery
might be corrected, such IS plasterng butter on
chicken and steak served at breakfast, etc. Inc
OLD head waiter Norris, who was generai'ln-cllei OF
the colored brigade Of waters here for twenty hye
years las left for Cspe May Morris, though OF the
classic school Of colored buffers, at the head OF his
army was very peremptoTy and sometimes loud.
Francis his successor is Of quieter nature, and has
adopted the philosophy of rep0se as the highest execu-
tive faculty But even Washington swore and storm
"a sometimes, and perhaps the new ch.ef-tormerly
second in cOnnand-may be forced to speak above
Ms breath. II is sad 10 see some Of the Changes III
the regime here Tie places of Mrs. - and Mrs.
without " HON il was thought this hotel would
be Incompetence now vacant. and no ons has
stood forward y I'll them. But the syer-surgIng
ride rolls on The tables are nlled with new corners
tie band plays as usual il the shrubbery aud IN
der the tees where i cannot be heard-the one
good dive 10 the lake Is taken as usual, and the
speciality Of the place, crisp potatoes, ls there.
(Psre nthesis. Py the way, for the beleht OF the
80, 900 women VITO were aroused because / he
TRIBUNE, one bright morning, said they DID not
know how to cook, il may be well to say that these
crisp potatoes are prepared with the article raw,
cut Ike waters and then fred with lard, the iron
very not. They sre eaten with fish
From one branch Of The fne arts TO saotner. We
Lad fancy bal last night. twas entirely exter,-
pore few hours only were permitted for tie
dresses. AID I'D t. the moment OF presertabity the
inner nv s.eries Of msntua-akerdom were Sely
pursued The men, with Two or three exceptions,
went in ordinary evening Costume; go, toe, the
srest msior.ty of the women including me dowagers
snd so-re widows. AID Al those wearing mitleateG
an ctioa DR. goods, dry goods word purely Amer
cs.). b.. some Of :he faEcies were most dainty.
Wb.re a. q scu.1 ard good-loOks, and "the eX.
-er.sp, :ae res" n full play before he kerce
ts,litss Of Ia. attack us toE dazzling L. ne JOY
o. s-ess % sCcb a occ>-.oo. t. esseS questions