The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-07
SARATOGA.
gpIendors and FOIIIes OF Fashion at the
Great Resort,

Great Resort.
Correspondence of the New York Independent
Grom Saratoga, Of recent date, says 60,
A procession of splendors is moving through
the Congress Hall, parlors Till midnignt In
interior & towns @ Of this State, whose gsrniture q
diamonds and gold Is reputed St yloq1OV, lSOI
Sy otS Us a5 sSGEe
''They toll not. neither do they spin, yet Solo,
mon In all his glory was not arrayed Ke Tx ,os one Hl
these" have never seen so muon OF lemale
beauty here in any previous season. ,Perhaps
we ought to emphasize the word seen, Tor some %
visible. The theory on which the fashionable
dresses are constructed is TO expose the upper per
n carpet for % several sS feet @ or even yards,
behind her The silk or the satin id carmen EN-
waist and the rest is enveloped in sort OF gos-
samer "iIlusion," or "delusion," or whatever
else il may be called Rumor has 1t that
father was permitted the exquisite satisfaction
of seeing his daughter hlssed when she entered
MOTEL drawingcroo Ine story may d, De lalSe tns
husband too has richly deserved to De more
than Missed for permitting fair, beautiful girl
of strangers, and the butt for ribald jokes of
rakes and ToleS. This is too serious matter
for jests In these times there is no little dis
cussion about "woman's rights'-her duties,
dangers, etc, etc. But let us tell our country
women plainly that one OF their chief dangers
comes from Paris Even now the indolent, in.
delicate, extravagsnt devotee OF iashlon IN
York or Saratoga, "How art thou become like
one of u.s."
DARK eyed OuDaDS aDOunu mere bulS year.
One family are reported to have a retinue of
fifteen servants. The horse mania, too Is in
creasipg every year. Superb four-horse turn
outs, costing thousands, are seen every day on
Broadway and the drives to the lake. Within
proper limits, this growing rage for horses may
be oommendable. 1t may mean the healthful
recreation Of q father with his family in the
parks or the suburbs of our cities; but then, on
the other hand, 1t often means q most reckless
ostentation, which ends in bankruptcy of purse
and of morals. would rather trust young
man who has q sharp eye for books than one
who has o sharp eye for horse flesh. The Sara
toga gambling houses are said to have reaped
large harvests. Their victims are mostly among
the weak, extravagant sons of rich fathers The
bait to the "club. broom" Is a free sumptuous
supper, with abundance of "choice Wines"
What water. power Is to Lowell and Lawrence,
that is wine power for the driving of nearly all
the DEVILS machinery
But there Is another side to Saratoga. If the
EVIL One has been here iu full force it is equally
true the "Lord hath not left himself without
witnesses by the hundreds. The daily prayer
meetings have been full in numbers and in
effusons of the Spirit One of the best speakers
at the meeting is a negro bishop. Last Sabbath
1 delivered Qn the Baptist church, my seventy
first sermon In Saratoga; and during all my
twenty summer visits have never been per.
mitted TO preach the precious Gospel of Jesus to
such packed congregations. Our temperance
gathering, too, on Friday evening last, was
thronged to the outer doorway. So there is salt
in Saratoga, as well as in her springs.