The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-21
SARATOGA GOSSIP.
Necessity Of Feeling Hotel
NVaIIers-lInPudence of
GI.c HEIlIfners-Vyhn
Money Does.

\ sI.e Igilliners-VYhaI
re Money Does.
: Life at Saratoga, says Mis-
10 Grundy, writing to the New Yor
d World, is altogether a question {
y dollars. At one table ut hotel
:; family fare sumptuously, at tn
L next it is difficult to obtain foo
T fit to cat; the difference is mad
y by the direct use of money. Fee
e to the head waiter and his subol
dinates az the table you use, fees T.
t cook and steward provi5e for Vol
!, naeRu which So per day docs no
q otherwise secure. The system i
!. on the increase most decidedly
+ Instead of paying your waite
| once or twice a week you mus
e pay him every day, otherwise COLI
D plates, cold veg etables, and mea
cooked to rags will be your poY
: ton. If you can't afford this yoI
t are forced to feel that you are
} wroning the poor man who brings
you the dishes, and you wilt under
his contemptuous glance. On the
other hand, if YOU have full purse
how lordlyare your manners, with
what patronizing condensation
you give your orders! We all
have heard the story of the parson
who borrowed So every Saturday
night from one of his Pensioners
and punctually returned it the fol-
lowing Monday morning, giving
as reason, when explanation was
finally asked, that he could not
preach with an empty pocket
suppose most of US have felt the
same at times. We cannot hide
the empty purse; it seems to thrust
its nakedness before the world, and
we become suspicious of every one
who approaches us, suspecting a
! slightsor sneef from all. aa
If one goes shopping at Sarato.
ga, as ladies generally do on morn
ings when there are no races, and
sometimes in the evenings when
the shops are lighted, this money
power becomes apparent. AS
rule l have not found the shop
keepers of the place uncivil; they
display their wares and answer
endless questions as to prices with
commemorate patience; but there
are exceptions, and certain very
| fashionable modistes are of the
number. Two ladies went the
rounds of the shops together q few
days ago, one q buyer the other
ready with advice. Entering the
apartments of q certain modiste,
the chief of the establishment re-
celved them in most supercilious
style, and turned them over to her
underlings. Presently came one
of her attendants, and said to the
lady manager, madame, l have
been showing that beaded basque
and apron at $3.50, and the lady
wishes. to have it sent to her at the
United States to try on. Will you
do it?'' Certainly not" Madame
answered. Il do not know her.
Ask her who she is The girl re-
turned presently with the reply
that the lady was Mrs. Beetle, or
some such name, of New York,
and she wanted the articles sent to
parlor No. at the States. "Beet-
le," repeated Madame; 81 know
no Beetles, and shall accommodate
none. Ask her who she is" Sew
eral other impertinent messages
were sent back and forth. It was
not proposed, understand, that
Madame's goods should be risked
by being sent to a stranger and
left with her-merely that they
should be sent by one of her most |
trustworthy employees and tried on
in her presence. The lady
endured the impertinence with |
the calm superiority to petty |
annoyances which is one of |
the virtues it is claimed
in the first part of this article that
wealth bestows, and finally sent her
card to the naughty modiste, who |
was transfixed by reading one of
the most aristocratic names of |
your city. She was at once trans
fixed with horror-she came near
fainting. Her eyes rolled and her
features twitched. chat IT, she |
almost sobbed, 'should have hest
tated to oblige Mrs.; that /
should not have recognized her. |
Oh, you stupid thing" Ito the girl), |
t'y0W should have known and told
me. Yes; send her the beaded |
basque and apron; send her that
embroidered dress, send that last |
fiehu we got in, send her every
thing we have if she wants it, and
so speaking she FASTENED forward,
was overwhelming in her greeting
to the lady, profuse in her apollo
gies. "She was so near sighted"
ETC., and insisted, whether finally
purchased or not, that the most
costly articles her establishment
contained should be sent to the
lady's parlor. The two ladies who
were going the rounds had been
silent witnesses of this episode, and
concluded they would rot trouble
the lofty madame with their orders,
so entered the establishment of
another modiste. Here they found
the head of the establishment very
busy with other customers, and
the one attendant did not raise her
eyes from her work of preparing a
dress lust purchased to be sent out
of the store. With the conscious
dignity which q full purse bestows
the lady who wished to purchase
stepped over tho worker, who was
sitting on the floor, and began
tossing over the goods, opening
drawers, and examining their con-
tents and demanding the prices of
each in imperious style, The girl
on the floor answered mechanical
~, or perhaps answered not at all.
Finally, the lady said, "Have you
nothing here worth buying? Moth
ing so good rs this / bought of you
last year," and she held up one
side of the $500 polonaise she wore
TO the girls astonished- eyes Oh,
yes" exclaimed the girl, you did
buy that of us, didn't you? ! re-
member it-that is, I recognize
You, madam; beg your pardon. 1
was so busy. Oh yes, yes to be
sure, we have lovely things. Will
you not look at some? Ny work
can wait. Oh yes, its all right,
but l hope you'll pardon my not
knowing you just at first" etc,
ETC., etc, to the end of the chap
ter.
l wrote you of the cost ofladies'
dress last week, and find my es-
innate was rather uuder than over
fair valuation. In the eyes OF
some the $4,000 outfit, independent
of laces, jewels, India shawls. and
elouded silks to be used as petit
coats, is nothing; double the