New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-11
SARATOGA.

AND CHARAcTBRs-CI 6OPATRA SBEWTON-mOOh
on YOUTH-Tgg CONFEDERATE NIcBBs-s
BnAUTY AND mr. Observation-Disclosures
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sa,,,ocs l. . oir,se From a distance il looks lovely
and desirable IT'S thing Of brlhaucy sparkling ana
,,;nos r.,e-v and ORG trembles lest it should fade
heso,o one can reach its shining neghborhood once
S.re one finds TO 70 dfow o. Congress Water and me
hubble reputation. one DAY Of II is amusing, Two are
tedious three are saddening and The foarh bids far 10
mako one cynical oz life. o. eomely maons who SIT
sthome and sigh 70 think Of PARKWAY ores you cannot
share by reason Of too lgh, purse-o pretty young
slAdens who dream that yOnr delicate beauty Wouu U
sold 20 br ghteI bloom in The tropical atmosphere Oh me-
great bathrooms and weep because papa VIII nov ui,Is
,on ben an the smith girls hcre-ye who listen WIN
.yedDlty 10 the whispers fancy and pursue WIN eager
rets the phautoms of hope, who expect ina oNt''-
III nor,rr the rois,s Of expectation, AID that the de-
s.epees of home viii De supplied by the hotels aend'o
She history OF Saratoga, dTeancst OF watering places
This IS The possible Saratoga An ancient village with
VIDE streets with shaded houses, with Magnificent Ola
4lms With great porcoel hospabe, cool hotels, where
charming people e. find other charming people from
Erawsy places whom they could never hope 10 srsot ex
seut al such common c,ncrs and 90 know whom gen
n.ne pleasure. Al atmosphere Of quiet and nGnenen Of
sayety ard leisure ofsimpcy and sweetness. she grace
Of the city without rs preteusoD. the elegance without
she exclusiyeness ,he brlIaucy without tho glare.
Summer month al too swiftly passed in such companion
chip and then te mouu.ans, q" the sea-.hore ~ tre
woods, or hons again with ucSlef le-'si a"d Dneh't
-shoess. and bette purposes.
This Is TIE actual Saratoga, the Saratoga of to-day and
ri The hotels Huge dining halls with lons walls Of star
Tag white with much luser of silver services, ahd too
heavy spoons; bathrooms witt the same hadoWlcss sur
ssccs with binding clare Of gas and -'hus at"c pnere
u odos al Opera gauey with got and tavey Win
paint. ,.. .- ,,-..,
Il Eust have gown wise for thcro are not thousand
eosrders in this great carva,sey which receives 800
The yearly rstes Who came with the juno ross 20 Con
xrsss Hall anlthe United States and only fitted when tho
sone warm DAYS as AugC-t ard the emembeIe music OF
&c sea called them 70 Newport cone no longer, or
they come thcy stay IN quiet places aid make 10 pam o
che stupid and snowy pageant wbeh every -ay repeats
The extoropate charges Of the landlords 81 ihe vusdy
Of the crowds have dismissed them the stady Of the
respectable bit onte6uvan science org ogaPhy and
they have found sweet unknown valleys n the country
svet fsrn-hous> on oyoly river banks, ID cool hsun
among the hills colleges de .ca-sholc. Our AMER
Gan fever OF desire Tor American ho.e-iie seems ~
little e. have burncd itself away. perhaps, Il cost G
any dollar and mach discomfort arc finding Out VIA,
Summer the e1ntr oushi to nc auN 'etnng oar i"ce
- seek il.
lis happy change for th, moral apao phcrr Of thso
,laces l. laephtic. From o'clock tu II there Sir Ems
snto dining constant procession OF over dressed
women q Aipuaut and loudtongled Indeed, there
Io time when tie mon are loud of tongue and The
pemen overlressed They breakfast in robes hiieo ~
right OF value 70 the BALLROOM aad ty night Of tasteful
sess to the rag Tag, Their heads Nok like the MODELS
of the London B,nrdIes>ers' Convention. They sweep
down 70 the Spring in robes whose delicate borders bring
hack fringe ofmgd or dgst They lounge in the par!ors
or on The piazzas costly AID un'dy ausy They dsap
pear little while and come down 10 dinner IN raiment
which dazzes, and, ilr Tho bret hours ~ dancing
the evening tongue snail describe tleI Ilm's ana
aounces and farhelows. Dress s rot q capital oacnse
certainly and goad dressing j. Cardinal viltac. b. II
Mrs Madon said that Size could never forgive any young
woman for not knowing that looked pretty as she
could nor for seeming 20 know T. size would lave stored
up here such burden Of impiacabhiy would have hin
dered her entnnce 20 The Kingdom. For there is 40
moment Of he dsy when these demsels lose their con-
seriousness that they looking pretty as they can
They are clothed upou with vanity alJ self They smile
and giggle md smi.k N lie hl belief hat
all eyes are rveed apon Them. they bowl 40
1he ALLEYS and are loud when they mean q" &c
gay They play crOgue TIE lawn, and are bold and
smpertinent when they 10 he sportiyo and oIch
They promenade in the pa7lcrs, end wnsge and TJs'
when they mean 10 glide ,Id ,wim lbey dance ~ the
ballroom and mistake mpufeaoe Cor badiloge, sid noise
Tor iovousness and self er,ion for selfy0sseSsol
There ere girls here s. rosc-tais aud modest
.oles bot they ore ont OF place ~ the mob Of Others
nd one longs 90 gather Them up a1d se them down else
Hhere before these artificial sbTiyel tten.i These
fashionable yong ladies audblg comment OIL tie cor
Times Of their neglboYs agdiby sucEerl beg pardon
of a polite world, Int il is exactly what they do
nj toilet little less fashionable ct a complexion little
aess fair at manners little rustic Han thor own.
They paint and powder degree which arclses in one
adesperate longing TO get each SD 81 u iheD under
pump and nercessly elce lcm 60 coLe,, their holos
.iin and never more hide 1t. And worse than all they
5aee till one Two hands could span their tortured waists
there is hardly Ter, uIdss 20 Who would confess
10 erdle "a inches long. a the lest is folly, This j.
srime What vitality there he in frame so crely
zaaltreated ard deforedl What wives and mother can
shese silly ptable lnisisking creatures become
The mothers OF these SNOWY girls plain, ard quiet,
sitting in corners feeling thenieyes az loss aud sien'
an self deiease The daughters override them without
snercy going where they choose, dining aad flirting by
aheseves indebted 10 the parental purse Tor money bnt
BOT to the parental presence p,oesor he p'nal
Jsisdon for guidance.
There is little matchmaking there eligible
nen here II 10 noticeable that the young people are ce'y
seung, Schoolgirls and lads; and tie older FOLK have
sen up the frivoltes cf AFs0r and high dresses
sndsit psrlor end fan inseal Of psoeralirg the
dong pszzss to be
There are but two o; three beauties. One we lad
zsalthily admired from corners, AID behind newspapers,
but when to-day at dinner, SIZE put both howa 81 tie
table and gnswed her from the Wep tears for
the betrayal Of hopes and gave her up On The fy