New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-09
TIME 4 MINUTES, l IL SECONDS
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From Our Special Correspondent.

latter, Newport Cape May and Long Branch retain
the greater favor For tourists the White Mouh'ains
The St. Lawrence, Lake Superior and the Aesnanie''
ARE prominent places But for medicinal waters 'ho'o
Uf Saratoga by far the most popular ihefe ".0
numberless springs of chaybeate and otnef waters "
Canada New Englcnd. New.York ana indeeu as i"r
South as Georgia. None OF Them however eoniDine
ihe sane advantages of mountain scenery eood ROADS
markets and access of these springs. Saratoga is adj
sacen, to the great eenters OF popuation n lac Is
Summer ,uburb OF NewYor more than MALI Of all the
visitors being from the city, As rural retreat for the
exhausted. worn and fading energies. il is
certainly valuable adjunct, q rich pasture
for the drndges of business and fashion.
These springs are remarkable in this respect. that
although their properties well known and the
chemist by holding certain proportions OF sulphur mag
lesa calcium &C. in solution. produce the same
water vet another these springs have dubbed
ND houses palaces parks, carriages, music, beauty
wealth and oriental magnifeence 20 an evidence OF
what some Enohanter produce not from bottle,
bat out Of running spring, have but TO look 10
listen and TO hear. popnons city is engrafted half
the year upon struggling village. Pleasure seeking
and pleasure nlskNg have transformed this hil.bound
vale Of rocks into scene more like the creations of
fairy land than the habitations of this busy world
RATIONALE OF THE SPORT.
Considered in their essence these resorts are sym
lols Of higher development Of national life. We are
low riding the crest of great we've Of fashion, roll
ing in the direction of physical and social improvement
The Only tyranny groan under and that most srey
cusy Is that Of mporous fashion; but even here there
isa revolution. IT'S yotaries have by common consent
turned themselves out Of houfe and home and conyen
tional restraints for TIE benefit Of return toward
fare Travel acquaintance with new sights and
49, 81 a.
BENEFITS There is education in this sort Of thing
great finding out Of the folly of it, and grad.
ral weaving from the dazzling circles Of
fashion. TO say that Saratoga is merely
kind Of hospital for invaids, grand
congregation Of equity, dyspeptc and used.up sinners
If not strictly The Springs only the occasion
o The not the neither is it altogether
grand matrimonial exchange for that would be
thing painful TO contemplate. Herodo.us the old
gossip tells Of a custom among the Northern Greeks
where the young madens accumulated yearly and
married to the highest bidder the prices paid for the
more attractive furnished dowres for the palmer sort
Something Of the auction OF hands, with or with
out hearts takes place here but if SO little mariuony
were not attended with great deal Of Irritation the az
fair would be intolorable.
TIE ATTRACTION oP THE sIxHs
1t Is quite certain without It's promiscuous and
not be half so popular Much of tie Stiffness saidness
ind decorum of homes is abandoned here. Young men
I'd Young women universally keep more Of each others
company There is q certain amount of josting and
forced oontguity which gives free scope TO the
irclinatons Methers relax the parental discipline.
md heavy fathers dip into sports and conversation
which at home would be impossible. Scandal is so
common as to lose its sting The Average Of morals is
not lowered the mask OF hypocrisy is simply removed
for while A noticeable feature Of Saratoga is the
very large proportion Of females. One is tempted TO
ssk whence they come, or what their GRAND
Marriage il uprermost in half their minds no
doabt. Porty danes with delicate and over. dressed
daughters fam dress drive, dance and coo the live
long day and hight. have couple Of hundred
young mady in love with half tie number of young
women, who for the part cared nothing for their
tveexcept its concomitant attention There are lots
Of young couples in all the bewidering exctemen, OF
loves young dream, who ore delriously happy as
strikes envy into the hearts Of oil beholders These
however, are the rare exception For the rest. tbev
&c mostly fortuna hunting Misses Of advanced
Old bachelors whose accumulated designations have
made them serious. selfish and carna Widows maid,
and divorces here in abundance The redundapce
OF women exhibits itself in a striking light
WHO GOES TO SARATOGA
Who ire the visitors a. Saratoga Of all classes ex
eept indeed the poorest wealth is the only passport ant
that rs indispensable. For a handwriting tenacious
and hrify people just out of great war; none throw
morey about with tie same prodigality Rapidly gath
srel hastily squandered The ordinary expenses OF
single person at Saratoga may be put down at from s.
20 S per day; but the extraordinary have no limit
TIE addition Of one lady induces an additional expend
ai1re Of $40 or s2 per day. family of six or eight
travelling in modern style with all the accessories o.
1onrhorse carriage servants and equipments may cost
eco to $500 PEI day. There are several such estab
1shnents" Of this character beside any number be
tween the extremes OF course this estimate does not
'Heude the cost OF dresses diamonds operacoaks and
Inc thousand and one mysteries OF these ravishing
'ouefs Tor their cost Is fabulous and may perchance
serve ior more than this occasion
WEALTH AND FASHION.
lbs indispensable that money shall be spent freely II
KIND Of point Of honor and good breeding among LOT
moneygetters and sharp business men, that however
nay sickle and hggle for the last cent in bar.
gan az home they shall absolutely throw money away
-e" Always get the most expensive article, and make
a'conlf OF the filthy luore. To tell the truth while
80 VI me costumes Of the women are surprisingly
AAt hf The most part there Is shocking and in.
'esaole waste Of costly materials Taste
oe bought but may be acquired. For
.1en or twenty really tsstefully and
1fy crossed ladies prominent here
VIC thousand vulgar. wretched and sbortive at
p's AZ neatness. The prevailing vice is a DISPOSE
w. 70 'ocess and snowy characterization Yet pho.
rinea speaking the gastoria triumph is the great.
ea' OF all Whatever else NAV he said Of ma e are the
es'uissscd men and women under the sun, after all
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