The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-28
Saralosa Correspondence of The New York
Herald.

unanimously voted this the most bril-
liant season within their memory !!
No wonder tho gossips cry out as with
single voice, "Good heavens, what Il
rush % How so great q multitude
an be packed away in place SO
mall is one of those problems tha,
nly Y the caterers of the great caravan
aries can happily solve. Time was
nd that only last season, when the
,bliging hotel clerk, that fabulous
:rcation of a gushing fAncy, would,
with an imperturhablc smile and an
nir Of lofty miscration. order vou
placed in an c'cyltor aud shot to No.
800, first floor under the roof. Now,
one registers and little slip Of pa.
per with the name Of vi!lagcr and Il
number representing the room YOU
are to occupy in the said villagcr :
domicile is handed to an ebony waiter,
who, at an uncertain Ie.iod of the
day, when he has leisure, will show
you round. The dpper story Of near
]y every business place in the village
has the shadow of one or the other of
the great hotels resting upon it.
Apartments of any kind arc at 2 pre-
MUM, and telcgraphic desc chcs arc
received at intervals Of few minutes
during the entire day, ordering rooms
reserved. When, ticn, in addition to
the unprecedented rush during the
present month, the great irilux .! per.
Bons desirous of witnessing the races
is taken into consideration it is not
difficult to form some adequate idea
IF the state Of affairs here to-day.
SCENES AT THE HOTEL. OFFICES.
Some Of the scenes at the hotel
Offices are intensely y comieal. lana
glno pom! ons ,ll gentleman entering
the door with u severe, almost fierce,
gIance at those whom he may zee
chance to encounter, but with suih,
cient uncertainty in his step to show
that he is not quite at home. lie has
rubicund face and close trimmed
white hair, and he is plcthoric, with
''g'od fat capon linod.' He wears u
fob chain, with heavy seals aud broad
gold keys. Evidently in his FL &C of
residence, wherever that may be, he
is man Of great dignity, as he is as
snrredly Of great weight anywhere.
llele, however, paop!c who catch his
eye return his glance with the same
gall and vinegar he has managed to
express, or oftcDcr, treat him with
half-conscions Indifference, so that by
the time he finds himself standing at
the counter waiting the pleasure Of
the clerk ho has experienced more
humiliation and dcscand"d to low or
level in his self-arprecati"n than he
would have believed po>S llo With
what an humble air he ttmm nicat cs
to tho noncbalant clerk Ii modest
desire to secure room lIJw aghast
he looks when Informed that in all
that great pile there is no space he
can obtain even for half an hour, if
only to change his soilcd, travel. stain.
cd apparel for something in which he
will be more presentable ! And how
limp and di>heartercd he appears rs
with head bowed down he follows u
dushy guide to some remote "cottagc"
or up u narrow staircase TO the sec.
ond floor back, over druggists,
groccr's or shoemakcr's. Such scenes
are of constant occurrence, and prove
that even Saratoga, with all its dissi-
patton and gaudy display, teaches
here and there q healthy lesson of
humility.
W1NGLEss ANGELS DRESSED IN GAuZE
arc always in order here, but are par
ticularly plentiful just before the
races especially, when, as was the
case last night, there are hops at half
tho hotels. Down tho shadows Of the
street they went fitting all through the
evening. appearing here and disap-
pearanco there, till in the constant
ovolutions of color from the swaying
drapcry of every hue that caught the
lamplight, they appeared like frag
mouts in great kaleidoscope. Be-
tween Congress Hall and the Grand
Union, tho piazzas of which wer"
bathcd in brilliant light, they passed
in endless procession, and in every
description Of ncgligc or elaborate
toilets. 1t is one Of tho pcculiaritics
Of the place that ladies seem to ina
gine it is not at all necessary for them
to be attended anywhere, either in
tho day or evening, and they run
about with the most perfect freedom
and abandon. v ere they aware OF
the character of not few of the clc'
gantly dressed men they meet upon
the promenade here this week, the
fair creatures now so cOniiding and
unsuspicious would certainly be over
whelmed by temcrity as marked rs
is their present fcarlessncss.
CHARACTERS IN TIE CARNlvAL OF
FASHION.
Sitting upon the balcony Of one 0
the hotels last night, as the endle-