Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-02

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according to Shakespeare, saw "Sermons N
stones and good in everything" and such IS
likely TO be the case with many divines who
promenade the hotel piazzas here In an even
ing, and peering at the brilliant throng through
the windows of the richly lighted parlors,
persistently Iterate the Sth verse of the last
chapter Of Ecclesiastee, wherein 1t is recorded
VANITY OF vanitiee, all is vanity. saith tks
preacher" To the nine ministers Of the pei
who are at the Congress / suggest another
verse for to- o-morrow's sermon In the 10Th verse
Of the 10th chapter of thar good book, which
says that "a teast 10 made for laughter, and
wine makeh merry: Iut money ssroe.eh al
hinos" For it Is not character, intellect,
education, position that make up the human
sum here, bat the answer to the inquiry
'How much is be werth 7" Did he make tin
q lucky strike in Erie or in , .'corner" in CeI-
tral or in either Of the v aderoilt stocks
This is no fiction, for a man stands twenty
feet from where j write who made thirty
thousand dollars in stock spt cuiation
two days ago and Is up hers already to
spend part Of the proceeds. Some OF these
fashionables will go TO church tomorrow, and
ought 10 hear and feel sermon, so that they
may say there is "good in everything" if the
preacher has extracted religious reelection from
this display Of folly. By the way, the road
placards en- the trees and fences with moral
and religious warning. They fit in the face
OF the many passers-by to this effect AFTER
to-day, the Judgment "Come to Jesus-now
is the day OF salvation;' "Flee from the wrath
to Gomez "Remember now thy Creator" etc
1t appears that an old lady living in the coun-
try near here has become SO impressed with
the wIckedness OF Saratoga and its need c.
salvation, that she has had these religious no
tces printed and posted In the face Of the sinful
multitude. But all is not bad here. There are
plenty good and true enough even in these big
hotels, while thousands are IN the cottages
ard boarding .houset, with which the place
abounds, who seek and receive health and
p,easu ure outside of the SO called fashionable
circles.
A Little of the Bad.
About two blocks from the principal hotels,
and Just back Of the Saratoga depot, there is
three. story double brick house. behind au an
e,ent growth of elms. Its blinds are closed,
and IL fanciiully dressed men, young and old.
were not occasionally seen descending Its flight
of stone steps, it would lcok as though lis oc-
cupants had gone to the sea- shore for summer
vacation. 1t don't take long TO learn, however,
that in this somewhat imposing old building
Saratoga keeps its "uger.' The amin ll is just
now in the fun flush CT his strength, aud is
making sad havoc in the grsenb1cks thai feed
his yors cIous appetite. All day long, as well
as all night long, when stiffness Is beneath
every root in town, The rays of the gas-light
stream through the creyices OF the blinds and
meet the corning dawn. Within, he richly up
holstered rooms are just now quite well occu-
pied. Men OF wealth and leisure, and even
men Of high Official station, are seated at tee
b're covered cloth tables handling the ivory
''chips" with dexterous hands, and coantIug
ho,- Ice.
The apartmen are imply M gnificent. Lace
ar trocatelle cuT aims SHE the wncCTs
and a football is buried in the rich carPe. oi
the tufted floor. Last night u. :. Senator, al
ex-senator, a member of the Houl e, and an ex.
member, fought over again an old Washington
contest, and the Senatorial party il is reported
broke one OF the tigers paws. The Hon
John Morrissey, who used to preside over this
palatisl place, has nothing to do with it, but
strikes for higher game in Wall street.
Mesdames and Mamsellrs.
There is one thing that forcIbly strikes 4 Wis.
itor to the great hotels, and that is the enor-
nous number of portly ladies here. 1 We.
about to write fat, for that is the expressive
word. Atone hotel there are over forty women
| whose avoirdupois is estimated at 250 pounds
| each and there are several who exceed 80
| pounds! sometimes they all happen to be in
the parlor, and the scene is not unlike the re-
cent big baby show in Boston on a grauder
| scale. A wag says that "this too solid flesh,
was brought on by use OF Empire water for
| successive seasons. Most of them seem amia.
| BILE and are good looking, and have a benevo-
lent cast, IL they are fieshy. True, some of
| them dress as II they Were only twenty, and
| have, at the same time, two or three "respon.
| sibilities' In elaborate dry goods, OF whom
the good old mother doatingly says that
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| nPuvIes and palavers as are made to the
/ young roosters here in velvet coats-such se-
we're attempts to look prettv-are indeed pain
full TO locker. on in Saratoga. Those who are
/ posted say that there is nothing on the beach
| at Long Branch like il. Bat Ness you, Gear
| old ladies. your lace caps and frilled ribbons
| will be In shreds before these rich young
bloods will marry of your daughters. They
| don't see II. BY and by the summer will be
| ended, the harvest will come, the veice of the
turtle will be heard in the land, but your
daughters won't be married. How true il is
said that men look upon Saratoga as something
of Centre Market, where lambs and peaches
are exposed for sale for their money.
The Saratoga Races.
The races were inaugurated to- day. The
telegraph will give you the res ult. The grounds
here are very handsome, and the buildings the
Il
ance is of course very large, people coming
from every section within the last few days
| Just to visit the course. There are one hundred
horses already on the ground, including all tn,
/ distinguished runners in the country. Bayo.
| net, Plantagenet, Vaaxhail, Pompey, Payne
Lancaster, Nemesis, Narragansstt,. Cottrill
| Pieasurevllle, AbdelKadir, The Banshee, Lo
cal, Nellie, Mcdonald, Privatesr, Genera
Duke, and many other notables are anon,
them. It's called fun by not few to &c. al
at , a. m. and 60 out to the course, mile on
l to see the horses exercised.
Fashion Notes.
The influx Of visitors from the East and Wss
has rather dampened the new birth OF the Gre
clan bend. The Boston girls have set thei
faces against this s'Nsw- York abomination.
/ and, bile the bend will net be strangied do xn
it will lose much Of that elevated tone wit
1 which 1t inaugurated the Saratoga season.
| has quite disappeared from the street dresses
l but Tedoubles its glory at the evening hops.
The present week has shown quite an irrup
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